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		<title>Streamline Firefox</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fishbowl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to have a fairly clean and uncluttered desktop. There is no exception when it comes to my web browser. I have found the following Firefox Extensions and theme to provide me a sleek customized interface which stays out of my way. Add Bookmark Here2 Add a menuitem &#8220;Add Bookmark Here&#8230;&#8221; to Bookmarks&#8230; Fission [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">I like to have a fairly clean and uncluttered desktop. There is no exception when it comes to my web browser. I have found the following Firefox Extensions and theme to provide me a sleek customized interface which stays out of my way.</p>
<p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3880" target="_blank"><strong>Add Bookmark Here2</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Add a menuitem &#8220;Add Bookmark Here&#8230;&#8221; to Bookmarks&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html" target="_blank"><strong>Fission</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Fission combines address bar and progress bar (Safari style). This makes the progress bar more visible and allows for a nice visual effect.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://en.design-noir.de/mozilla/stop-reload/" target="_blank"><strong>Smart Stop/Reload</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Combines/merges the Stop and Reload toolbar buttons.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://speeddial.uworks.net/" target="_blank"><strong>Speed Dial</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Direct access to your most visited websites</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://trac.arantius.com/wiki/Extensions/TinyMenu" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny Menu</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Replace the standard menu bar with a tiny menu popup.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11435" target="_blank">These icons</a> are designed around the simplified Stop, Reload, Back and Forward icons of Strata&#8230; expanding those basic elements across the entire interface. My goal is to create a compact alternative default theme&#8230; something that&#8217;s not just a special effect, but a fun and functional interface.</p>
<p>In addition to these extentions and theme I enter <em>about:config</em> in the address bar and change the value <em>keyword.URL</em> to <em>http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&amp;q= </em>(allowing me to type in a search string in the address bar that presents me with the Google results, letting me remove the search bar from firefox entirely if so felt).</p>
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		<title>Customizing XFCE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fishbowl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I had a fresh new installation of Debian it was time for me to customize it. You can choose desktop wallpaper from the settings &#8211;&#62; desktop in your X menu. I choose this one. I even changed the icon to the menu button in the task bar by right clicking and selecting its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that I had a fresh new installation of Debian it was time for me to customize it.</p>
<p>You can choose desktop wallpaper from the settings &#8211;&gt; desktop in your X menu. I choose <a href="http://customize.org/wallpapers/61342" target="_blank">this one.</a></p>
<p>I even changed the icon to the menu button in the task bar by right clicking and selecting its properties. Under the icon prompt i selected the Debian logo provided at /usr/share/pixmaps/debian-logo.png</p>
<p>For the Emerald window decoration I downloaded <a href="http://www.linuxmint-fr.org/download/download-11+liberty-green-emerald.php" target="_blank">Liberty Green</a>. To install it I click on Emerald Theme Manager by right clicking the Fusion Icon. Then I click on the import button and find where I downloaded the file. I could see the new theme available and double clicked it.</p>
<p>I used <a href="http://www.cimitan.com/murrine/node/77" target="_blank">Murrina Verde Olivo</a> for GTK. I created the directory ~/.themes and copied the downloaded tarball into it. From there I extracted the tarball then deleted it. When i went to Appearances from the Settings menu I could see my newly installed GTK Theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Jungle+Green%2BBlack?content=82403">Jungle Green</a> was my choice for an Icon set. I repeated the steps above for the GTK theme, only I created a ~/.icons directory.  And in Appearances I found the new set listed under the Icon tab.</p>
<p>Finlay the mouse pointer I chose was <a href="http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Harmony?content=104652" target="_blank">Harmony</a>. I had to replacate the above steps and as root I followed a similar procedure. I copied the file into the /etc/share/icons directory and extracted it there. I was not done however, I created the folder /usr/share/icons/default with the file  <em>index.theme</em> inside. edited as such (created the exact same file in ~/.icons/default):</p>
<p>[icon theme]<br />
Inherits=Harmony</p>
<p>Now I went to Settings &#8211;&gt; Mouse in the menus and clicked the theme (you might see it listed twice, this is okay.) tab and clicked on the new theme.</p>
<p>NOTE: the mouse has to be duplicated, otherwise I only had it working within Firefox but not the rest of the desktop.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fishbowl42.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/screenshot1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-231" title="screenshot" src="http://fishbowl42.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/screenshot1-300x187.jpg" alt="screenshot" width="300" height="187" /></a></p>
<p>Now I had a nice looking desktop!</p>
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