We here at AskVG use Mozilla Firefox as primary browser. Currently we are enjoying the latest nightly build which works quite well for us and never crashes. But we are also a fan of minimal UI of Internet Explorer 9. IE9 UI is very clean and provides much space for the web pages.
We have shared a detailed tutorial in past for making Mozilla Firefox look like IE9:
Make Your Mozilla Firefox Look-a-Like Internet Explorer 9
We used an excellent add-on "Stratiform" in the above mentioned tutorial to transform Firefox into IE9 but the sad news is that the add-on no longer comes with IE9 toolbar set so you can't use that method to make Firefox look-like IE9.
No need to be sad. Here is a good news! The same developer has released a new add-on called "FoxE9" which automates the whole task and automatically transforms Firefox into IE9.
"FoxE9" is a new extension for Mozilla Firefox which helps you in making Firefox look like Microsoft Internet Explorer 9. You just need to install the add-on and that's it. It does its job so well that you can't differentiate between Firefox using the add-on and actual IE9 browser.
Following is a preview of Mozilla Firefox 13.0 Alpha build using FoxE9 add-on:
As you can see in the above screenshot, it looks exact same as IE9. According to the developer, the add-on works in Firefox 10+ versions.
You can download the add-on using following link:
Download FoxE9 for Mozilla Firefox
Posted by: Vishal Gupta | Categories: Mozilla Firefox
EGA
nice!
a perfect theme
thanks for sharing :)
senthil
Finally... great this is what i have been looking for ages... good find...
DotNetNightmare
This is amazing! Soapy is out doing himself.
Christian
Awesome transformation!
Qhj
How do you uninstall this? I installed it and it won't allow me to change back to the default theme.
VG
^^ Uninstall it from Add-ons Manager.
Mushaf
Finally it's here! I've been waiting for this like forever. Thanks for informing VG.
bill
I like the look of IE8, have you a theme for that ?
It was one for Firefox 3.x but now it's incompatible :(
VG
^^ Did you try this?
http://www.askvg.com/best-ie8-look-like-theme-for-mozilla-firefox/
Kyle
does it work for FF10?
Kyle
^^oh wait, nvr mind it says on the top
Bill
"Did yoy try this ?"
Yeap - "Not available for Firefox 9.0.1"
That's the one I've used in Firefox 3
Pushkar112
fox e9 1.0b2 released
maxdamage
Who on earth would want this addon?Thats why I changed the default Firefox theme to something that doesn't use the stupid looking big back button and small forward button.This reminds me of the aweful looking starta firefox theme.
Scuttlebroom
Thanks for this tweak, however I can't get the tabs to be transparent, how do I do this?