Many Firefox users agree that the default design of the browser is both bland and boring, same goes for Thunderbird. Through constant testing and downloads of a few good sites listing themes for both software, I came across a website home to a theme extension for both Mozilla products, Silvermel.
The design itself is relatively simple, but effective. Colours are used well and the steel look reminds me of Mac OSX, which is never a bad thing right? With a nice looking design, it doesn’t end there, I shall go into more depth below between both products.
Mozilla Firefox
The theme on Firefox is more than welcome in my browsing experience, it is required. Sitting nicely with my gorgeous WOT addon, Silvermel looks very nice compared to other themes available, and there are a few nice tweaks I feel need mentioning.
Firstly, the Downloads window for when downloading files, launching them and clearing the list has been updated to fit in with the design. It looks much better, with the current downloads filling the length of the window with previous files being listed below.
Another great thing is the notification pop-up (that ‘thingy-me-jiggy’ that pops up when you have downloaded something etc.) has been styled to fit in with the theme. The author has really gone to great lengths to make sure this design just works all round and looks amazing.
Mozilla Thunderbird
The same theme is available for your Thunderbird installation too! So you don’t have to miss out on anything. Once again, the design is very good, which is brilliant as there aren’t many themes out for Thunderbird yet.
The above image shows the main window showing my mail, as you can see, it is very easy on the eye with a fluent design. The icons are of great quality, which can easily match the level of Windows 7.
I recommend you try both themes out if you haven’t already and see what you think. This is what the default look should be for both products, modern, simple and effective.
