Terrible Firefox icon theme!

[basse1989]

OK, Now I want a strait answer, is the icon theme a bug or what?
Please tell me you are gonna fix this and make the theme look like gnome.
Please Please Please!

[Stormy Eyes]

OK, Now I want a strait answer, is the icon theme a bug or what?
Please tell me you are gonna fix this and make the theme look like gnome.
Please Please Please!

I'm pretty sure that Ubuntu's Firefox uses the default Firefox theme. I'll admit that it could be better.

[localzuk]

Take a look at the list of themes at: https://addons.update.mozilla.org/themes/?application=firefox

if you don't like the default one.

[basse1989]

There's no point in changing themes on my own in firefox, the point was that it change accordingly to the gnome theme currently in use. That is why it was such a great patch.

[Nis]

There's no point in changing themes on my own in firefox, the point was that it change accordingly to the gnome theme currently in use. That is why it was such a great patch.
I guess the patch was too unstable for inclusion in Hoary. Here's hoping it will make it into Breezy. In the meantime the GNOME-Fx (http://gnomefx.mozdev.org/) themes will have to do (even if you do have to change the Firefox theme when you change you're gtk theme.

[basse1989]

I though the patch worked nicely. I can't think of anything about that patch that was bad. :-?

[SKLP]

Maybe it didn't work with the latest firefox and when they updated to it they were just going to release hoary and didn't have time to fix an updated version of the patch.

[basse1989]

Well probably, but that's so sad. :(

[Nis]

I though the patch worked nicely. I can't think of anything about that patch that was bad. :-?
The only bug I can remember about the patch was sometimes the forward and back arrows would disappear while a page was being loaded. But other than that I thought it was great. Maybe SKLP is right. Le sigh. :(

[ssam]

and is it just me that gets a blue globe as the firefox icon in the applications menu?

surely after all the work mozilla have done with the firefox branding it should have a proper firefox icon.

[Glanz]

and is it just me that gets a blue globe as the firefox icon in the applications menu?

surely after all the work mozilla have done with the firefox branding it should have a proper firefox icon.
I believe that was one of Debian-Legal's decisions because they didn't approve of the purety of the creative-commons or other licensing of the icon...... Sheeeeessssh!!!!
=================here's the skinny==============
from:: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/02/msg01877.html
Hello all,

I received a rather disturbing email from Andre Dahlqvist (quoted
below with URLs) today that I'm having trouble with, and I'd like
opinions and advice on how to proceed. debian-legal might be a better
forum for this, but I think it has some deep ramifications for not
just firefox.

I included the official icons in my latest mozilla-firefox package,
thinking that the developers had perhaps rushed to get the release
done forgot to include it. Unfortunately it seems these icons and even
the name "Firefox" (and Mozilla even) are trademarked and can't be
used except with the official builds or permission of the Mozilla
Foundation (see http://mozilla.org/foundation/licensing.html and
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=50876). Now I feel
confident I could get said permission, but it would be pointless since
it would likely violate point 8 of the DFSG.

Now not being able to use the artwork is annoying, but not the end of
the world (people will whine as to why we don't have the pretty
icon). However, not being able to use the name would really be a
shame, not to mention confusing.

So, how should I approach the Firefox developers (or branding team)?
or should I merely rename the browser in Debian to something like
Icerabbit (you get the idea) to skirt these thorny legal issues. It
seems OpenOffice.org has similar restrictions on their logo
(http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/summary.html), how were they
handled?

[mostwanted]

If that patch must come back, please don't remove the default theme. Some people here actually like the default theme a lot, and you can't download and install it, so you're dependant on getting it from the Ubuntu package (or download Firefox from mozilla.org and run it separately from the ubuntu package-system).

[SKLP]

If that patch must come back, please don't remove the default theme. Some people here actually like the default theme a lot, and you can't download and install it, so you're dependant on getting it from the Ubuntu package (or download Firefox from mozilla.org and run it separately from the ubuntu package-system).
agreed.
(still prefer the gnomeized theme :P)

[endoscient]

Is there anyway to change the icon to the default one?

Also is it possible to install the patch on hoary.

[Glanz]

Is there anyway to change the icon to the default one?

Also is it possible to install the patch on hoary.
You could add the original icon to /usr/share/pixmaps (as sudo) giving it the samenameand format as the current after renaming the current for starters.
And you can hack the Firefox libs and configs in much the same way but it is a bit more complicated.

[thechitowncubs]

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30133

[panickedthumb]

The original firefox theme can't be redistributed with custom builds. Since most distributions have custom firefox builds, they have to use the logo mozilla made for custom builds. Not a choice by debian, but by mozilla. They want people to know whether they're running default firefox or not.

EDIT: when I say "theme" above, I mean the branding theme-- the icon, the about dialog, etc.