Majarkeun: Make Linux look better with mozilla add ons

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Make Linux look better with mozilla add ons

Since Jaunty, Ubuntu has a very cool notification system. KDE developers have also reworked the notification system to be more elegant and functional. The only problem is that not all applications use them yet, so there are inconsistencies between applications. This is solved for Firefox and Thunderbird, with the use of add-ons.

For Firefox, there is FirefoxNotify if you use Ubutnu and PlasmaNotify if you use any KDE based distribution.

FirefoxNotify for Ubuntu

PlasmaNotify for KDE

For Thunderbird you can use Mozilla Notification Extensions (currently experimental, didnt cause any issues to me) or Growl New Message Notification if you are using a MAC. The page of the last, notes that there is a newer version in the projects website, but at the moment it just displays "Blog program not done yet."

Mozilla Notification Extensions for Ubuntu

Since Firefox & Thunderbird are installed by default in many KDE distributions and Ubuntu (only Firefox), they should consider preinstalling those add-ons as well for a more unified look.

Available link for download