Mozilla Releases Persona – Simplied Theme Management

Mozilla have just released a new Firefox extension called “Personas” which makes it easier for both developers and end-users to take advantage of themes. Up to now, themes were a clunky affair, both in searching for them and in execution. Personas looks to take out all of the hard work and make it a simple task for a user to apply a fresh theme.

Once installed, there will be a small Fox icon in the bottom-left corner, and once clicked, it will open up a list of themes that are available. Click on any one of them and it’s applied instantly. I am generally not a fan of themes, but some of these look fantastic. To add to their cool factor, transparency is added to certain objects, such as the tabs. In Linux particularly, I find when a theme is applied, the entire application looks a lot cleaner. It will be nice when there are hundreds and even thousands of themes available, but this is a great start.

Several services out there have personalized web browser options, in different shapes and sizes. And while there were already a significant number of Firefox browser themes, the new Personas seems to be a direct appeal to graphic designers that spend time working to personalize the browsing experience for all of us. See here for more Firefox add-ons for designers.

Source: Mashable