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Add Glass to Firefox in Vista.

For all you people who have been looking for a way to get Vista’s glass effect in Firefox, look no further. Here is an extension for Firefox 3 that will do it. Please read this entire article before install this extension.
To get the latest version visit this MozillaZine forum post.
Please submit any support requests the the MozillaZine forum post. Any comments posted on Sleeping Cats related to support issues with Glasser will be deleted.
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Getting Closer: Firefox 3.6 RC Released
January 11, 2010 - 6:29 pm
Tags: Firefox, Mozilla, Release
Posted in Firefox | No comments
Yesterday, Mozilla released the Release Candidate for Firefox 3.6. This release of 3.6 fixes more than 70 (Bugzilla reports 98) bugs since Firefox Beta 3.6 (revision 5).
Updated Strata 4.0 for Mac
January 5, 2010 - 7:06 pm
Tags: Firefox, Mac OS X, Mozilla, strata, themes
Posted in Firefox, Skins and Themes, Strata 4.0 for Mac | 3 comments
Just uploaded a small update to Strata 4.0 for Mac that adds support for the Tab Progress Bar and Fission extensions and fixes a small bug. Enjoy.
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Strata 4.0 for Mac Released
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Tags: Firefox, Mac OS X, Macintosh, strata, themes
Posted in Firefox, Skins and Themes, Strata 4.0 for Mac | 2 comments
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December 22, 2009 - 7:15 am
Tags: Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, themes
Posted in Firefox, Skins and Themes | 5 comments
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Next Edition of JavaScript MAY Break the Scripts of Today.
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Tags: ECMA-262, Firefox, issues, javascript, Mozilla, Programming, SpiderMonkey, standards
Posted in Firefox, Internet, Programming | No comments
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No Hickups from Firefox 3.6 BETA 5
December 19, 2009 - 2:23 am
Tags: Firefox, Release
Posted in Firefox | No comments
I’ve been running the betas of Firefox 3.6 my MacBook Pro and my Windows 7 PC, and both seem to have been doing pretty well with it. Looks really good so far, but it seems Mozilla says there is still work to be done.
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WIP, Firefox Strata 3.7 / 4.0 for Mac OS X
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Tags: Firefox, Mac OS X, Macintosh, themes
Posted in Firefox, Skins and Themes, Strata 4.0 for Mac | No comments
After using Strata40 and Strata Buddy on my Windows computers, I really wanted to have a somewhat similar theme for Mac OS X on my MacBook Pro. Well, I looked and did not find one, so instead of waiting, I decided to start a Strata 3.7 / 4.0 theme for the Mac version of Firefox. [...]
Strata40 and StrataBuddy give the perfect look to Firefox.
December 15, 2009 - 9:18 pm
Tags: extensions, Firefox, themes
Posted in Firefox, Skins and Themes | 2 comments
With all the buzz about the mockups for Mozilla’s upcoming versions of Firefox, people just can’t wait to make their copy look that cool. Well, recently a theme called Strata40 by SpewBoy attempts to capture that new look. It provides the same clean look that Firefox 3.7 and 4.o hope to ship with.
This new [...]
Firefox 3.5.6 Released
December 15, 2009 - 9:04 pm
Tags: Firefox, Release
Posted in Firefox, Internet | No comments
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April 21, 2008 - 12:03 pm
Hello mate
Remember me? Anyway I would like to thank you for this superb extension. Really liked it. Keep up the good work. I have posted about this sweet extension at my website:
http://www.askvg.com/glasser-an-extension-to-add-vista-glass-to-firefox-3/
Regards
Vishal Gupta
Microsoft MVP
http://www.AskVG.com/
April 28, 2008 - 5:22 pm
Your extension doesn’t work properly in full-screen mode (F11). Please take a look.
Thanks!
April 29, 2008 - 10:12 pm
You are great!
Thanks!
Panarchy
PS: If you could make toolbars look better on it or something… (like add a gmail button to the top)
June 8, 2008 - 1:45 pm
@ Winne : It’s normal, Vista doesn’t allow users to get transparency while full-screen
June 12, 2008 - 3:25 pm
Looks awesome! This is the Aero extension I’ve been waiting for something to make. One thing, would it be possible to extend the glass down into the tab background area? That would be even better!
July 4, 2008 - 6:37 pm
The space in RoboForm:Password Manager are in black
Bug Report: http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bugcb8.png
July 19, 2008 - 8:58 pm
Does this complement work in xp?
thanks
(sorry for my bad english)
July 27, 2008 - 11:20 pm
nice, but doesn’t work too well for me. it’s just opaque and instead of being white it is now gray.
July 31, 2008 - 4:41 am
Thanks! It’s a great extension, but could you ad some option to turn it off on xp automatically? It might come handy for a portable version of Firefox. Sorry for my bad English (I’m from Belgium).
August 29, 2008 - 1:12 pm
What theme is used in the example screenshot?
I can’t find any Strata theme with a blue bookmarks toolbar!
September 7, 2008 - 5:17 am
Hi,
its a great extension.
Could you port it to Thunderbird?
Would be really cool.
Thank you
C.
September 8, 2008 - 8:11 am
Thanks for the extension. Just installed it. It would be great if we could have the aero in the tab area too. Is it possible? If so, please do that. It’ll look cool.