Works for me

Make Firefox look better

I really like Safari, but during the last year I’ve customized my Firefox installation on Windows and Ubuntu so much that it’s almost impossible for me to use another browser productively (with the notable exception of Opera which only lacks some good developer tools but out of the box offers the best browsing experience).

Firefox by default looks quite crappy on OS X; the next version, 3.0, will probably support Cocoa widgets, but it’s possible right now to modify the default css to make browsing under OS X aesthetically pleasant again; moreover, it is also possible to change the default theme to make it even more integrated into OS X.

The widgets

Firefoxy is an OS X software which can be used to apply a very elegant set of widgets designed by Philippe Wittenberg to an existing Firefox installation; it is not officially compatible with Firefox 2.0, but you can follow this nice video made by Brian Tully to apply the widgets to Firefox 2.0.
Remember to restart Firefox to see the changes.

The theme

Now that you’ve got wonderful widgets, checkout the über cool GrApple theme; simply click on the Install Now link next to your favorite variation; I settled on the Eos Pro variation.
Remember to restart Firefox and to activate the theme in the Tools->Add-ons window.

Ubuntu plug

Default Firefox widgets look pretty crappy under Ubuntu too; have a look at this guide by Felipe at pollycoke.wordpress.com to solve the issue; if you use Gnome, be sure to checkout Epiphany, which is a very cool and functional Gecko browser.