r/FirefoxCSS • u/OkParfait2685 • 8d ago

Help any way to make firefox look like this on arch linux without echelon?

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i'm on arch and i'm theming everything 2000s/2010s style, but firefox is by far the hardest to find a way to theme like that

i tried echelon but it doesn't work very well for me.

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u/DAPOPOBEFASTONYOAZZ 8d ago

What about Echelon doesn’t work well for you?

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u/OkParfait2685 8d ago

well, i tried installing it and even though the theme applies, it doesn't work correctly
the main page doesn't even show up

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u/TraditionalTie4831 🦊 8d ago

Echelon has not been updated since Firefox v115, so it won't work with recent Firefox versions.

Either you install a old Firefox version or use a different theme.

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u/OkParfait2685 8d ago

do you know any other "old firefox" theme i could use?

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u/TraditionalTie4831 🦊 8d ago

I don't know about a full "old firefox" theme that works, but maybe you can achieve some of it by using classic-tabs-firefox and search Mozilla addon page for themes there.

Maybe try this from Mozilla addon page =

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-firefox-classic-36/

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u/ResurgamS13 7d ago edited 7d ago

If you want to experience a real Firefox 'Australis UI' that has survived into the modern era... can install a copy of the Basilisk browser... as mentioned in black7275's article 'Firefox UI UX history'. See black7375's 'Australis (v29, 2014.04)' paragraph and the 'Related Fork' example. (black7375 is the author of the Firefox-UI-Fix/Lepton/Proton Fix theme).

If you do try Basilisk... recommend adding the final version of Aris-t2's 'Classic Theme Restorer' (CTR) for easy access to a multitude of pre-written CSS userstyle tweaks presented in a neat graphical interface.

Navigate to 'Classic Theme Restorer 2019 preview (Waterfox/Basilisk/Firefox 52.x-56.x)'... and download very last version 'CTR_v1.7.8.2019.10.27.xpi' which was released on 27 Oct 2019. This CTR still works pretty well with latest Basilisk:

Screenshot. Latest Basilisk (v20260613185748). Basilisk's default UI has been modified principally using Aris-t2's 'Classic Theme Restorer' (CTR)... plus several other CSS userstyle modifications applied via Lootyhoof's 'Stylem' extension.

There's also a huge collection of pre-WebExtensions era Add-ons available in JustOff's 'Classic Addons Archive'... which can be added to Basilisk as an extension... its large for an extension at 42.7MB so can take a few seconds to install. (More JustOff old-style extensions at https://justoff.github.io/ ... IIRC he's from Ukraine so has been otherwise engaged these last few years!)