Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer
March 29th, 2009
Here are the steps that I took to make my Firefox looks like Internet Explorer 7. You are probably asking yourself, why would anyone go through this process? Well there are a few reasons that I can think of. 1st if you are a consultant or the computer guy or gal that everyone call to “fix” their PC and are sick and tired of cleaning virus/spyware off clients PC’s and they are reluctant to switch to Firefox. 2nd if you want to play a joke on a co-worker. Have fun with it.
- Go to Mozilla Firefox Add-ons page https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox
- Click on the Theme section and search for Internet Explorer.
- Find the Theme that you like the best. I chose the Vista-IE-7.0 -Aero Theme. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10274
- There is one slight problem, the Firefox logo is on the titlebar along with the words Mozilla Firefox.
- To get rid of all signs of Firefox you will need to perform a few additional steps.
- Google Internet Explorer icons and download your favorite to your desktop. I found mine here http://www.freeiconsweb.com/Internet_Explorer7_Icons.html
- Rename the Icon that you are going to use to main-window.ico.
- Go to the Mozilla Firefox directory (Usually C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\chrome) and create a folder icon and inside of icon create a folder default. (Your folder should look like this C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\chrome\icons\default)
- Copy the main-windows.ico that you just renamed to the default folder you just created.
- Download Titlebar Tweaks 1.8.1 so you can remove Firefox from the titlebar. Here is a direct link to the add-on https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/10495
- Go to Tools/Add-ons then click on Extensions. Select Titlebar Tweaks and click on Options. Click on Browser Name and change the Custom Browser
- Here is what your Firefox Title should look like.
