The web browser is often the most used application on any given computer. We spend so much time using this application that it’s more utilitarian functions have taken precedence over design. However, all three major web browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox) offer the ability to customize your browser with unique themes. In fact, for the company, brand, or website that can design a theme well, they will find that there are many benefits to be had from offering fans and followers another avenue of engagement. The main benefit being (on average) a large spike in monthly site visits from those who install their theme. So if you’re interested in giving your brand a boost online, here are some things you might want to consider while designing a custom Firefox theme for your fans and followers.
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7 Design Considerations You Should Follow When Designing A Firefox Theme
How to Install Custom Gnome Shell Themes
It used to be very easy to install custom themes in Gnome 2, but if you have upgraded to Gnome Shell, particularly in Ubuntu Oneiric, you will find that there are not much customization options available for you. While Gnome Shell supports theming, there doesn’t seem to be an option for you to switch to the theme you want. For those who are tired of the default look in your Gnome Shell, here is how you can easily install and switch to a custom theme.
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How to Create Your Own Browser Theme And Share It With Your Reader
If you are running a business, you will know the importance of branding. A good (or bad) brand can single-handedly make or break your business. In the online world, there are multiple ways for you to promote your brand. One of them is to create a beautiful browser theme (with your brand on it) and distribute it to your users/readers/community. BT:Engage is one site that allows you to do it effortlessly.
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How to Create Your Own Google Chrome Themes
Customizing our computers is a cool way to personalize the machine we work on. Working on a computer that we have personalized and are comfortable with increases our productivity. There are various methods in which you can customize your computer; one of these methods is to customize the look of your favorite web browser.
Personally, I prefer Google Chrome over all other web browsers. I like the quick response time and security it offers. The browser also offers a gallery of themes that can be used to customize its look. But instead of selecting something from a list, I like to create my own themes.
Below you will find the tools that I use to create my browser themes for Google Chrome. I hope they will help you personalize your Chrome experience as they helped me.
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How to Customize Your Grub Screen With BURG Manager
Ever since Ubuntu upgrades its bootloader to use Grub 2, there have been no easy way to customize the Grub screen. While you can still play around with the code and make changes to its appearance, it is no easy task for the beginner. If you are looking to beautify your boot screen, you will be interested in BURG and BURG-Manager.
BURG stands for Brand-new Universal bootloadeR from Grub. As its name implies, it is a bootloader based on Grub and it supports themes and various OSes (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X). BURG-Manager, on the other hand, is a simplified GUI to help you install and manage the BURG bootloader. It allows you to change theme, configure BURG and also boot from ISO.
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Sprinkle Some Eye Candy on your KDE Desktop
KDE is beautiful, even if you never change a thing on your desktop. What makes it even more appealing is all of the customizable visual features. Three areas you should consider spicing up a little are your KDE style/theme, your Plasma Workspace theme, and your icons. The following are just a few of the most popular in each category on KDE-Look.org.
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How to Theme Up Lubuntu
Lubuntu is best known as a lightweight and speedy Linux distro, but when it comes to beauty and elegant, it is still lacking. Its default theme is rather plain and boring and its library of themes is limited too. Luckily, there are tons of beautiful themes out there that you can use and you can easily theme it up to make it the best looking distro out there. Here’s how:
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Go Launcher Ex: An Impressive Home Replacement App For Android
My favorite home replacement app for Android used to be LauncherPro, mainly because it is fast and highly customizable. Even after trying out many other home replacement apps in the market (such as ADW Launcher, Zeamly, etc), I always find myself going back to LauncherPro, that is until I have found Go Launcher Ex.
Go Launcher Ex is functionally similar to LauncherPro, except that it comes with gesture support and custom theming.
There is an older version of this app – Go Launcher, which should not be confused with Go Launcher Ex. While they are created from the same developer, they are not compatible with each other. Go Launcher user who wish to migrate to Go Launcher Ex will have to first uninstall Go Launcher, then install Go Launcher Ex from the market.
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7 Ways to Beautify Your KDE 4 Desktop
Part of the big hype over the release of KDE 4 was its new and improved eye candy, mostly due to the Plasma workspace. Those who liked the changes, loved the new KDE from the beginning. Those who did not are still complaining about it. But like any good desktop environment, you are by no means stuck with the default look. In fact, KDE offers more easily customizable features than any other. What follows are 7 ways to get the desktop look you dreamed about when you were a child.
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How to View Your Website Mobile Theme On Your Desktop Browser
With tons of plugins and turnkey solutions out there, any webmaster can easily flip the switch and activate the mobile theme for their website. The problem is, how can the webmaster check out how his/her site look like on a mobile device, if he/she does not own a smartphone? Fret not, with a little trickery, you can easily use your desktop browser to access your site and make it think that you are using a mobile browser.
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