Improve firefox's widget appearance

[infra_red_dude]

I was casually browsing when I found this. I must say my FF now looks better.

For some reasons, web controls are rather ugly in Firefox when it runs under Linux. (as a reminder, I am talking about running Firefox under Ubuntu Linux 7.04, Feisty Fawn and Gnome)
It is particularly the case with radio buttons. Here are comparison screenshots of what it looks like and what it will look after you follow and implement the following instructions:

*bp2.blogger.com/_QAACnRmWj_A/RlW_LkOBoHI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Ekeo6Ju8QGY/s400/ugly+radio+buttons+if+firefox.png

*bp2.blogger.com/_QAACnRmWj_A/RlXA-kOBoKI/AAAAAAAAAG0/KmVxN2YV0fU/s400/screenshot3.png

Fortunately, I found a solution in ubuntuforums.org to fix this problem.
First close Firefox if it is running. Then open terminal and run this commands, one by one.

wget *users.tkk.fi/~otsaloma/art/firefox-form-widgets.tar.gz

tar -xvzf firefox-form-widgets.tar.gz

sudo cp /usr/lib/firefox/res/forms.css /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/res/forms.css.bak

cat firefox-form-widgets/res/forms-extra.css | sudo tee --append /usr/lib/firefox/res/forms.css > /dev/null

sudo cp -r firefox-form-widgets/res/form-widgets /usr/lib/firefox/res

rm -rf firefox-form-widgets

Now start Firefox again and start enjoying nice looking controls. Life is beautiful once more!

Original Article

Note: The location of firefox in new versions has been changed from /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox to /usr/lib/firefox. I've edited here before quoting. The Source still contains the old path.

This works on Mac OS X as well, may even work on Windows. Jus the path is different. I've not yet tried reverting back. So if you are not sure what you are doing then do not do it!

Edit: You may also wanna check this page at ubuntuforums.org for more: *ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=369596

 

[ChaiTan3]

Helped a lot
The buttons look rounder and better now..
Even the foot looks a bit smoother