Silverfox is a Classic Chrome Theme for Firefox ESR
A new open-source nostalgia project lets you turn back the clock on web browser aesthetics. Silverfox is a custom theme for Mozilla Firefox ESR — a long-term support version of the famed browser — that recreates the classic look of Google Chrome from 2012. We’re talking trapezoid tabs, parallelogram new tab button, a pared back speed dial, bottom-based download bar, a custom-built hamburger menu (wrench icon optional), and Chrome’s classic (if tiny) window buttons (the browser didn’t use native GTK window controls until 2017). “Browsers age, good design doesn’t”, say the creators of this effort. Speaking as someone who blogged […] You're reading Silverfox is a Classic Chrome Theme for Firefox ESR, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
A new open-source nostalgia project lets you turn back the clock on web browser aesthetics. Silverfox is a custom theme for Mozilla Firefox ESR — a long-term support version of the famed browser — that recreates the classic look of Google Chrome from 2012. We’re talking trapezoid tabs, parallelogram new tab button, a pared back speed dial, bottom-based download bar, a custom-built hamburger menu (wrench icon optional), and Chrome’s classic (if tiny) window buttons (the browser didn’t use native GTK window controls until 2017). “Browsers age, good design doesn’t”, say the creators of this effort. Speaking as someone who blogged […]
You're reading Silverfox is a Classic Chrome Theme for Firefox ESR, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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