More than an year ago, we presented a plug-in called Personas: it was all about you Firefox theme, as it allowed to change your theme on the fly, from a huge list, without restarting your browser.

Today I just want to show how Personas works, and why it is a great plug-in to have if you like changing your browser’s appearance often.

Installing Personas

To install Personas, Just click on this button, or visit Personas’ official page at http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/. You will be asked if you’re sure you trust the author…and we do trust the author so click the Install button and restart your browser.

Browser’s Menu

As you will notice, a small Fox will appear in the bottom left angle of your browser: clicking it will open Personas menu, and that’s where you can start looking for themes, and select the ones you like the most. You can browse all of the available themes (about 36000 right now), the most popular or featured ones, and the recently browsed.

By placing your mouse over one of the themes, will preview it instantly, as if you really applied that particular one: if you are satisfied with it, just click on its name and game is over.

Personas Web Gallery

On the official Personas web page you will find a theme gallery, in which you can find all the available themes divided by category and, as you have seen for the menu, you can just hover your mouse on one of them and get a live preview of how it’ll look like after you will click “Wear This” into the theme’s details.

Create Your Own

You can also create your own Personas theme: there is a guide available that will show you how to create one step-by-step, so that you can it for your own or even share it with the community.

Official Personas Page: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/

Here is also a short video that shows you how Personas works, and how it can help you to easily customize your browser to look exactly how you want it to look.

Getting Started with Personas from Mozilla Labs on Vimeo.