AnyColor has been made public on addons.mozilla.org and it’s seeing a lot of downloads! Going back, I remember starting AnyColor’s development just because I wanted a dark theme that I like. I had to rewrite the master CSS file 3 times, adding features, changing many rules to make them use the new rgba() and hsla() color values and many more changes until I was happy with it. I remember my disappointment when mozilla changed the CSS for Gnu-linux & Macs significantly and I was forced to mark AnyColor as Windows only.
Today I use it on all of my PCs and I’m glad I can share it with others that find it useful.
Versions 0.2.4 & 0.2.5 had a few minor changes:
- Fixed a compatibility issue with several other extensions.
- Added a “square everything” tweak.
- Moved the “More Presets” page to a new host and added a mirror as well.
I was informed that there’s a small bug that I haven’t fixed yet; if you open the AnyColor options window from the addons list, the ‘Get more presets…” links don’t work. It will be fixed in the next version.
February 24, 2009 at 18:53
Hallo,
I tried to add “more presets” but it doesn’t work. Could you help me please.
Thank you!
February 24, 2009 at 23:37
What seems to be the problem?
Here’s how it should work:
1) You open the page with the extra presets.
2) You click the ‘Add’ button next to the preset you want to add. Note that you have to have javascript enabled for this to work, so if you have any add-ons that block them (like NoScript) disable them.
3) You should see a notification bar appear at the top of the page, right below Firefox’s tabs, asking you if you want to use the preset. It will have two buttons, the first is “Apply” and the second “Save”. Clicking save will prompt you for a name and, after clicking OK, it should be saved and applied.
If it still doesn’t work you can try to:
a) Open the error console (Tools->Error Console)
b) Click the clear button
c) Follow the process described above
d) Look at the error console and send me any error you are seeing.
February 25, 2009 at 11:08
Hi,
Just a quick suggestion.
Do you have any plans to be able to export/import custom presets such that you can give friends and relatives a import import file to apply your custom settings in their browser.
Other than that I think this is an excellent addon.
Thanks
February 27, 2009 at 10:36
Question about Address Bar Highlighting:
When you click and highlight url addresses in the Address Bar, it highlights in black. Is there any way to change/customise this, so it highlights urls in other colours or the default Firefox blue?
That’s my only small gripe. The rest of the add-on looks and works great.
March 2, 2009 at 19:24
A nice extension, but can’t use it.
I have come across a serious bug almost instantly.
To reproduce it, please visit http://poshta.kiev.ua and move your mouse over the left column of options (does not matter if you can’t read the lingo). Just stop on those with little red arrows (drop-down menus). See what happens.
Will be waiting of a fix.
Cheers.
March 4, 2009 at 23:49
Like the add on, works well. I am having problems setting up background pictures to fit to the window without either being too large or too small to fill it. Is there a formula or process for doing this?
Bob
March 5, 2009 at 00:24
Thank you for your quick reply from February 24. I tried to follow your suggestions but it still doesn’t work. I got the following error message “Anycolor: TypeError: JSON.parse is not a function”
March 14, 2009 at 00:37
http://pavlost.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/sshot-8.png
i want this look
anyone know how i can get it??
March 14, 2009 at 00:43
http://pavlost.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/sshot-8.png
i want look
(the transparent edges)
March 14, 2009 at 02:05
Hello, congrats on addon, it’s actually the first dark theme on FF history that I like.
1. I have found a minor issue, DownloadThemAll window does not highlight properly:
http://i40.tinypic.com/jfhzc7.png
Is is possible to create a compatibility tweak that higlights DTA just as your “Misc:Old menu colors” ?
2. I wish there was a separate setting for the current tab color, when you reduce contrast between background and higlight you barely see the difference.
March 15, 2009 at 15:08
The Oromêa preset is really great, but unfortunately does the title “The Oromêa,” shown on the right side of the preset, spoils the whole experience, because it’s right there smack on the Bookmarks Toolbar. It would be perfect if the preset could be released without the title written in it.
March 16, 2009 at 21:40
@Bob: You generally use larger images that are wide enough for all window sizes. Look at the “Appearance” page, here on the blog, for details.
@Sam: The transparent window borders are part of the operating system, Windows Vista in this case.
March 22, 2009 at 22:47
Using WinXP, when Firefox (3.0.7) is ‘restored down’ {middle box top right of browser window} so as to occupy less than full-screen real estate, i notice i lose both the right and bottom Firefox scrolling bars when using ‘AnyColor’ (0.2.5). When I disable the addon, the problem goes away. Is there some setting, possibly, to avert this problem?
March 24, 2009 at 01:19
Why is AnyColor not compatible with Linux when Mozilla’s own Personas extension does.
March 27, 2009 at 16:08
Lovely extension, however it does not work with the ColorfulTabs ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1368 ) extension, which i also have because i like colour… now i’m forced to choose one or the other unless they can be made to work together….
thanks, john.
March 27, 2009 at 16:48
Its ok! i found it in Anycolor->options->Theme Tweaks->compatibility:ColorfulTabs,
Thanks
March 28, 2009 at 13:44
hey
( i have firefox, windows xp, i …… ahhh there is no difference between before and later! nothing goes! 
when i select a background nothing, NOTHING changes 
… i cant understand why it bugs by me
heeelp!! +-+ what do i wrong??
lg yoko
March 29, 2009 at 13:48
Hi there.
Great, great add-on, however ‘highlight color’ option doesn’t work too well with Fast Dial and Fission add-ons. That is, I’m unable to choose separate colors for Fast Dial’s thumbs and page loading progress bar. Highlight for buttons is great feature, but it also overwrites colors mentioned above. If you could separate it, or at least make an option to turn it off, it would be great.
Great job, by the way.
March 30, 2009 at 00:19
Hi. I am having the same problem as Khai. I have the Fission add-on and AnyColor overrides it. I want to be able to have a custom progress bar as well as this theme.
P.S. AnyColor is great!!
March 30, 2009 at 23:03
Hi.
My Gmail “Compose” window is dark. It like it to have a white background. How can I accomplish this?
April 4, 2009 at 08:32
Great Job!! It took about 4 hours ‘playing’ with all the options & combinations before I got the results I wanted. There’s still plenty to play with.
I just hope you add Import/Export of AnyColor Themes in your future feature updates. I’d like to share what I have & see what others have done as well.
Also it would be nice to be able to use image backgrounds as well as colors on the tab-toolbar for example.
AGAIN,,,,GREAT JOB!!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
April 6, 2009 at 02:47
addon id great but can i increase space between
( about few tabs ) left part of tab because image on the tab is cut ( look like )
but on screens is ok.
dont know why i have that problem
April 6, 2009 at 02:51
ok i have found what was problem
that was theme
nasa night launch
withs standard everything is ok
great job ;]
April 14, 2009 at 17:03
@Pavlov
Thanks for the DTA fix
Is it possible to implement TRANSPARENCY for the context menu ? This addon would ROCK ! Thanks !
April 18, 2009 at 14:05
I installed AnyColor this afternoon and already I love it, but I find it very very annoying that if I zoom in on a web page the scroll bars get also change size, is there anyway to fix this locally, with either an option or editing a file manually?
April 29, 2009 at 17:16
Not half bad. Unfortunately it totally breaks Tree style tab (not like I use it) and Tab kit’s tree tab bar indentation.
With tabs grouped, indented and colored, the add-on is indispensable. I just can’t use AnyColor until it’s fixed.
April 29, 2009 at 18:00
Was wondering why the font for Roboform will not accept the preference for font color, sometimes it shows up with the same color but then reverts to the black standard color.
May 5, 2009 at 19:33
I’m having hte same problem as other users here and I’m not sure what plugin maybe causing it.
here is the error log info:
Anycolor: TypeError: JSON.parse is not a function
I disabled noscript, adblock and cookiesafe, but still am unable to get these presets to work from your site.
Any suggestions?
May 9, 2009 at 19:43
It is a beatiful add-on especially the random picture althought I recommend change the font color in flickr preset because I use twitter fox and It set the font color to white and it is very annoying write in white when the background is white. It would very helpfull add the functionality of change font color and backrground color when the option “Set appereance using a script” is activated.
May 12, 2009 at 11:42
This addon is a perfect and simple appearance change for FF and some presets looks more appealing than most of the pre-made themes. I look forward for more pre-sets and tweak changes. Thanks Pavlost. ^^
May 13, 2009 at 11:09
If its possible can you make it Download Status bar compatible? I mean to use the same colors/color shades as in the theme?
May 13, 2009 at 15:32
thank you
May 18, 2009 at 20:56
hey, this is a great addon! THx
But i have a problem! I deleted the default presets, is there any way to get them back? thanks.
May 18, 2009 at 21:42
I tried uninstallin/reinstalling…..but no luck
May 28, 2009 at 08:11
@JD: The new version has a button that restores the default presets and it should appear on addons.mozilla.org shortly.
@Aaron: Thanks for the bug report but there’s nothing I can do, it’s a known Firefox bug. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401213 for details.