Improved documentation (8%) and a lack of a development environment such as an in-browser editor followed (6%). The next group of responses (10%) wanted more support for scaling, repetition, animation, and position of background images. They would like to apply background images to other parts of the browser, change icons, buttons, and the size-of and location of browser components. What do you feel was difficult to do or missing from lightweight themes?Ī little less than (42%) half of responses would have liked to do more than just a couple of images with lightweight themes. A couple people complained that they were too simple and there was too much spam in the themes section of the Add-ons website. 4% of users also liked that they were easy to install with no restart required. The next group, at 6%, said that they liked how lightweight themes always remain compatible after Firefox updates. What do you like about lightweight themes?Ī strong majority (70%) of lightweight theme authors said that they liked how lightweight themes were simple and easy to make. Have you made a lightweight theme before? We will be keeping the survey open and monitoring it for anybody that has not had a chance to reply yet. To date, we have received over 250 detailed responses. Last week we published a survey asking theme authors and users what they like about themes and what they would change. We want to create something that gives more power than lightweight themes while also being easier to create and maintain than XUL themes. At present day, Firefox offers two ways for users to theme their browser: XUL themes (also known as “complete themes”) and lightweight themes (also known as “themes”). A couple of weeks ago Mike de Boer and I started work on a project to rethink themes in Firefox.
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