Firefox 3 is a great browser, but it can’t use the Windows Vista glass like Internet Explorer can. Firefox 3 doesn’t have any built-in features to make it work like Internet Explorer. You need to find a way to make Firefox 3 use the Windows Vista glass like Internet Explorer. There are a few ways to do this. One way is to install a program called “Firefox 3 for Windows Vista” from the Mozilla website. This program will help you make Firefox 3 use the Windows Vista glass like Internet Explorer. Another way is to find and install a program called “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” from Microsoft. This program will help you make Firefox 3 use the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. ichever way you choose, be sure that your computer is set up so that Firefox 3 can use the Windows Vista glass like Internet Explorer.
Note: This extension only works in Firefox 3 Beta 5 or later, and is still an alpha release, so it’s likely to cause crashes and generally have problems. But it looks sweet!
Notice how the glass extends all the way down the navigation bar now:
And you have the full transparent glass effect:
You can also add in a Stylish script to change the bookmarks bar to look like Windows Explorer if you want, although I don’t personally like the way that looks:
Installation
Head over to MozillaZine and install the extension, and then install the Personal Menu extension as well so that you can hide the menu bar by right-clicking on the toolbars area and unchecking “Menus Toolbar”
All of the links you’ll need are on the MozillaZine page.
Note: I typically only write how-to related articles and don’t cover geek news, but this one was too fun to ignore. More how-to goodness tomorrow, I promise.
Download Glasser from mozillazine.org
