The latest Firefox 10 release fixed about a half dozen flaws that were critical and several that were high priority. One of the most important updates was the browser’s ability to automatically mark nearly all add-ons as compatible with each upgrade. With the rapid updates to the browser, users complained of add-ons that were incompatible with new versions. Firefox 10 now offers “Automatic add-on compatibility” for all add-ons including 3rd party developers. This includes Firefox 10 themes created by Brand Thunder. Check out some of the best Firefox 10 themes for your browser:

Best Firefox 10 Themes

Fish Filled Aquarium Theme

One of the most beautiful underwater themes is this “Fish Filled Aquarium” theme compatible with the new Firefox 10. A stunning display of the coral reef with an assortment of brightly colored fish swimming through the depths of the aquarium. This is a dazzling theme that will spice up your Firefox browser.

Abstract Art for Firefox 10

Fans of Art and specifically Abstract Art will enjoy this alluring Firefox 10 theme. Pay tribute to your favorite Abstract artists with this light blue and green theme with abstract shapes and designs in the background.

Dragon Interact Persona

Take your browser to fantasy realms with this fire breathing dragon theme and Interactive Persona. A dragon will light up your browser with a flame that is half the size of the top of the browser. This is the year of the dragon in the Chinese calendar and is only fitting for a Top 10 Firefox Theme post.

Bob Marley Firefox Theme

Bob Marley is one of the most famous music artists of all time and arguably the most famous Reggae artists in the World. Brand Thunder worked with BobMarley.com to create an interactive theme dedicated to the musician along with interactive elements to help stay connected to the artist and website. Enjoy quick access to the website, social media profiles, links to news articles and latest releases in this Firefox 10 compatible theme.

Philadelphia 76ers Theme

The season was on the brink of extinction this year but alas, the NBA season is now in full swing. Can you believe the NBA playoffs are just a few months away? Some of our most popular Firefox themes are the NBA teams and the Philadelphia 76ers have a patriotic theme that is popular with our users and of course, 76ers fans. The 76ers not your team? You can find even more NBA themes for Firefox 10.

Brushed Metal Firefox 10 Theme

Some Firefox theme users just want a simple yet sleek design for the background of their browser. This “brushed metal” theme provides just that. A sleek grey theme that styles the background of your browser without sticking out too much. One of the best themes without any major design changes.

Fantasy Flower Garden Theme

A hypnotic theme with a tie-dye assortment of colors, this Fantasy Flower theme really brightens up your browser and takes you to the next level. A full spectrum of colors is used along with psychedelic butterflies.

Summer Fireflies Theme

Over the past 6 months, our users have been creating some amazing themes using our Firefox theme creator tool. This Summer Fireflies theme was actually created by one of our fans and was published to the gallery. It provides stunning imagery of the summer night sky and a splashing of fireflies lighting up the woods. This theme is compatible with Firefox 10 and is a beautiful addition to your browser.

Ohio State University Firefox Theme

The Ohio State University is one of the largest universities in the world and Brand Thunder worked with the university to create this theme for Buckeye fans. In addition to an enticing design, this Firefox 10 theme provides interactive elements for fans to connect with the official Ohio State Buckeyes website.

Fantasy RPG Interact Persona

Role Playing Games (RGP) have been popular for quite some time and this theme pays tribute to fans of RPG’s. Assume the role of this fictional character and add it to your browser for an instantly stunning theme for your Firefox 10 browser.

Weather Firefox 10 Theme

Weather geeks will love this browser that gives you your local forecast right in your browser. In addition, this theme will change reflect your current weather conditions. If it’s a bright sunny day or cold rainy afternoon, this weather theme will change to reflect the weather outside your window. Highly recommended and WeatherBug approved!

Firefox 10 Gallery

These are just a sampling of some of the best Firefox 10 Themes from our gallery but they may not fit your style. Never fear, we have an entire gallery of Firefox 10 themes to shop from. Looking for specific categories of themes? Browse Firefox themes in these categories: College, Entertainment, Express Yourself, Holidays,  Lifestyle, News, Sports, Fan and User-Submitted.

Now if you can’t find a theme you like in the gallery, you can even create your own Firefox 10 theme. Our theme creator tool helps anyone create their own theme without any technical knowledge. Simply upload your images, pick your background colors and arrange the designs to meet your style. You can even publish your finished product to the gallery!

More Firefox 10 News

There is quite a bit of coverage on the latest Firefox 10 release from Mozilla. If you’d like to read more in depth about the release, features and technical specs, take a look at these articles:

• Firefox 10 relieves add-on updating pain – Computerworld
• Firefox 10 Now available for download – PCMag
• Firefox 10 out now: full screen apps, fewer crashes, disappearing forward button – Engadget
• Firefox 10 Released to Download – OSXDaily
• Firefox Simplifies add-on updates; no native Android interface yet – CNET

COLUMBUS, OH

With more than 200 world-class brands already listed as Brand Thunder clients, the BrowserNation agreement delivers an immediate 25% boost to its size with further growth possible from multi-theme agreements. The growth complements Brand Thunder’s core business by building upon its European and Asian presence and creates a foothold in the burgeoning Latino markets of Central and South America.

Brand Thunder sports foundation continues to grow with BrowserNations’s worldwide-appeal with football clubs like Barclays Premier League Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea F.C. and Liverpool F.C., rugby teams like Saracens and Munster, ICC Cricket World Cup, the NBA and Indy Car racing.

The agreement builds on the surge in music industry browser themes. Brand Thunder’s own relationships with RCA Records, Sony Music and Universal Music Group will be enhanced with the addition of artists representing EMI, UMG Latin, Epic Records and more. Artists like Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias and Shakira plus a host of others from Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Radio, to India’s legendary singers Mohd Rafi and Asha Bhosle, and numerous Indie artists have discovered browser themes as an exceptional channel to engage with their fan base.

“Adding a list of premier brands with a global footprint is an incredible boost to our company,” said Patrick Murphy, founder and CEO of Brand Thunder. “We know the demand is there based on the tremendous international use of BT:Engage, Brand Thunder’s do-it-yourself browser theme creator. This will help us make a bigger splash in the market.”

“Both companies have demonstrated the power of online engagement through the browser in a visual and interactive way,” said Romain Rousseau, COO of BrowserNation. “Yet given the changes in the once stable browser market, it makes sense to combine efforts and deliver this powerful communication tool across all leading browser platforms.”

About Brand Thunder:
Brand Thunder is the world leader in browser themes and custom interactive browser themes for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Chrome. Brand Thunder formed in April 2007 to leverage the power of customization within the web browser and offer companies a compelling, patent-pending solution for creating a more persistent presence with their Internet consumer. Brand Thunder has branded the browser and extended its functionality for some of the most recognizable brands in sports, music and the Internet including: Bob Marley, CBSSports.com College Network, CollegeHumor, The Huffington Post, IGN, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, SONY Music, Universal Music, WeatherBug and many more. Create, find or have us build your browser theme at http://brandthunder.com.

Contact:
Patrick Murphy, CEO
Brand Thunder, LLC
614-304-1316

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How To Enter the Best Celebrity Theme Contest

1. Just create your own celebrity browser theme using BT:Engage and Publish it to our Gallery – you’ll be entered to win. Enter as many themes as you want. There is no limit.

** Be sure to name your theme. Theme’s that don’t have names, will NOT be considered. Example: “Taylor Swift” would be an appropriate name for a Taylor Swift theme.

2. Tweet or Post on Facebook: Check out my browser theme (your theme link here) for the @brandthunder Celebrity Theme contest http://ow.ly/8Lipg

3. Email us at mark.subel@brandthunder.com with the Gallery URL of your theme and subject “Celeb Browser Theme”.

4. WINNERS: Winners will be chosen by Monday, February 6th by 9am EST.  You have up until that time to submit a theme. A blog post will follow that day announcing the winners and we will contact you via the email address you provide us if you are the winner.

5. Winners will receive a $15 gift card to Amazon.

Examples of Celebrities

A celebrity is technically a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public allurement in the media. Example of celebrity themes you might create:

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, Ashton Kucher, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Demi Moore, Lady Gaga, Donald Trump, and many more.

Here’s a quick video on how to create your own theme:

The January Snow theme provides stunning imagery of a mid-Winter’s snow glistening on the trees. A bright sunlight shines in the horizon helping to bring out the sparkling snow draped over the tree branches. Pay homage to the beauty and elegance of Winter with the January Snow theme for Firefox and Internet Explorer.

January Snow Theme

Theme “Runner-Ups”

Song Stuff Music Theme

The SongStuff browser theme was created by theme designer “John Moxey”, a singer and songwriter who runs the online songwriting community: SongStuff.com. Songstuff is a free songwriting, not-for-profit resource and general music resource for both fans and musicians, offering free songs and music pages, creative, technical and business information, interviews, forums, links, and artist adverts. This theme provides imagery of a home music studio along with quick links to the SongStuff music community, helping fans stay instantly connected to their favorite songwriting community. Nice work John!

Fire Browser Theme

This is a fiery orange theme created by a new theme designer, “Osane Scarlett”. Osane created just a beautiful and simple fiery theme that will torch any browser with bold orange, red and yellow tints of color. One of our most popular themes is the “Fire Theme“, and this theme created by Osane is one of the best fiery user-submitted themes we’ve seen thus far. Great work.

Honorable mentions

We typically don’t have an honorable mention list, but there were so many great themes created in the past week by our fans. Check out a few more amazing themes:

• Just Bamboo Theme
• MMC Scholars Theme
• Purple Flower Glow Theme
• Dragons Theme
• Blue-Eyed Cat Theme

Create The Theme of the Week

If you would like to submit your theme to be considered for “Theme of the Week”, simply create a theme using our browser theme tool and share the theme with your friends and fans on Facebook and/or Twitter. Full details on the contest are here.

Firefox Get Personas Gallery

Firefox has one of the most extensive galleries of themes and Personas for their browser on the web with over 35,000 themes. You can get Firefox themes and Personas for free from their gallery and install it in seconds.

Get Firefox Themes at GetPersonas.com

Brand Thunder Gallery

Here at Brand Thunder, we have been creating Firefox themes for over 4 years including Interactive browser themes that add functionality to your browser. Interactive elements of the browser include: news feeds, links to social media sites, video sidebars, E-commerce links, and Twitter feeds. We’ve created themes for some of the largest brands in the world including: the Huffington Post, Daily Beast, College Humor, NHL, NFL, NBA, CBS Sports, Universal Music, and many more. Our themes are always free and easy to install in just seconds.

Get Brand Thunder Firefox Themes

Get Firefox Add-ons

Another quick way to get themes installed for Firefox are within your Firefox browser. Simply open up your browser, click Tools and then Add-ons. You’ll see a button to “Get Add-ons”…

On the lower left of the screen you will see a “Featured Personas” list. Feel free to search for your favorite Firefox theme…

You can then search for your favorite theme and install it in your browser. It’s as simple as that!

Get Firefox Themes on Other Websites

While GetPersonas and the Brand Thunder gallery are the top 2 sites on the web to get new Firefox themes, there are many bloggers who provide links to other themes that may be of interest to you. Here are some of the top bloggers and websites that provide reviews and features for some of the best Firefox themes.

• 60 Most Popular Firefox Themes
• 50 Treasured Free Firefox Themes
• 7 Amazing Firefox Themes
• 15 Most Popular Firefox Themes
• Top 15 Firefox Themes for Summer

Do you know any other sites to get Firefox themes? List theme here in our comments and we’ll compile additional blogs and websites where you can get new Firefox themes, skins and Personas

If you’re going to be celebrating the Chinese New Year, Tet, Losar or any other lunar calendar celebration that I’m not aware of – you need to check out Brand Thunder’s dragon browser themes. It’s the Year of the Dragon and we have the browser skin for you.

3D Dragon Browser Theme

3D Dragon Browser Theme It started as a joke to release a 3D browser theme, but it has it’s fans. Sorry, we don’t have the red and blue glasses that really make this theme pop. You’ll enjoy it regardless with the classic style Chinese dragon. A great way to start off a very auspicious year.

Dragon Browser Theme

Dragon Browser Theme You may decide that a more fantasy-oriented dragon is more to your liking. This theme may have you thinking more about World of Warcraft than the Three Gorges, but like either of those destinations you’ll be transported to another place and time.

Blue Dragon Browser Theme

Blue Dragon Browser Theme is a browser theme created by one of the folks in the Brand Thunder community using BT:Engage, Brand Thunder’s browser theme creator. It’s a ethereal image of a Chinese dragon. More understated on the dragon front, but more forward on the design front.

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon

We hope you find something to like, or if you don’t, head over and create your own at BT:Engage. It’s as easy as dragging and dropping your own images into the theme creator. And it’ll be a fun way to kick off this New Year of the Dragon!

Sorry, Chrome users. These themes are for Firefox and Internet Explorer only. We’re upset about it too and are working hard to bring all our great themes to Chrome.

This week, the top theme goes to a new designer by the name of “smee“, and the “Space, Planet, and Sun Browser Theme”. Again we have a space-themed browser design, but I think you’ll agree this theme is one of the best of the past couple weeks. Imagine being on the surface of the Moon or another Planet, with a vast landscape of rocks, sand, planetary mountains and a huge Sun creeping over the horizon. You’ll literally be on another planet with this amazing user-submitted browser theme from “smee”.

Space, Planet & Sun Theme

Theme “Runner-Ups”

Reflections of Autumn

This theme created by “MaDonna” features a beautiful scene of Autumn with reflections of the leaves changing colors in a peaceful and calm lake. Bring visions of Autumn to your browser with this amazing design for Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Colorz Browser Theme

This theme also comes from our theme of the week winner, “smee”. The theme is a simple splattering of colors from reds, blues and purples, across the entire width of the theme. This design will liven up your browser with a beautiful background.

Create the Theme of the Week

If you would like to submit your theme to be considered for “Theme of the Week”, simply create a theme using our browser theme tool and share the theme with your friends and fans on Facebook and/or Twitter. Full details on the contest are here.

Please read both of them. We can really use your help with the first point. The second point is a much more subjective one. I won’t say which way to throw your support, but it’s an issue worth your time to have an informed opinion.

Share Your Blackout Details

As a small company, we test for as many scenarios as we can. There’s no way to prep for what we saw yesterday, and no way for us to understand it’s full impact. That’s why I’m asking for your help. I’ll outline some of the “known” issues or expected ones from a downed server, but if you want to share your experiences – especially if they’re not listed below – please email me directly at kevin – at – brandthunder – dot – com (substitute ” – at – ” with @ and ” – dot – ” with .). You can also make a comment in the Brand Thunder support forum.

Some things we know about:

• Toolbar buttons missing from themes – Many of the buttons are images that are pulled from our server. With the server down, the buttons won’t load. This is different from the theme image, which always has a locally saved version.
• Internet Explorer down in some instances – There was an early identification of a bug in an update that just released that required a server check. Oversight on our part that we quickly rolled back, but there may have been some instances where this was noticed.
• Installs not completing - Some of our themes are fully hosted on other sites. Examples include the Chrome Webstore and Addons.Mozilla.org. I know on Chrome, themes went through the install process fine, but the theme never loaded because of the blackout. If it’s not working now, I’d suggest uninstalling the first attempt then reinstalling. It should pull it up fine.
• Sidebar content missing – This may have been an artifact of the reconfiguration. I saw the outage today and is now working in some themes I’ve checked.

If there are other oddities, or issues you’ve identified, please share.

SOPA – The Long-Term Blackout

Good intentions don’t always make good policy. I’ll admit I’m not versed enough to talk to all aspects of the Stop Online Piracy Act, but for a company that has created an engine allowing anyone to instantly build a Firefox and Internet Explorer browser theme, and publish it to Brand Thunder’s browser theme gallery – it scares the heck out of me.

Despite the legal protections we put in place, like the user agreement stating a user has ownership of all images used in their theme, I’m sure there’s exposure somewhere. Just like with freedom of expression, there are those that will say things you don’t like. With a tool that allows you to express yourself via a browser theme and then share it out, expressions that approach the line of appropriate use will undoubtedly occur. Artistic license, satire or parody, we simply could not afford the legal costs of defending a series of challenges that can come our way.

Whether we willingly or accidentally participated in the SOPA blackout, we all got a taste of what may happen if it comes to reality.

While you can use some of the other default wallpaper backgrounds provided by your Mac or PC, the best wallpapers are available on a number of top wallpapers sites across the web. One of those top wallpaper sites is “Social Wallpapering” or http://www.socwall.com/. Social Wallpapering is the creation of Internet Entrepreneur, Kirk Ouimet. Kirk is a true entrepreneur on the web with a number of community-driven websites to his name. Kirk’s specialties include simplifying the user experience, helping people visualize and understand complex data, and building and promoting community-driven sites. Kirk is currently a student at Brigham Young University studying Information System.

In addition to SocWall.com, Kirk has created and runs several other websites in the industry including:

▪    Scan.me – A website that helps you create QR Codes
▪    YouGetSignal.com – A collection of network tools including a visual trace route tool displaying the path Internet packets traverse to reach a specified destination. Plus many more.
▪    jFormer.com – Helps you to quickly create compliant forms for your website.

Social Wallpapering – Wallpapers

SocWall.com uses a very simple “up and down” arrow voting model to determine the best wallpapers on the site. Wallpaper creators can easily upload their designs and users vote up their favorites and vote down their least favorites. After creating an account, you can save any of the wallpaper designs you like to your “favorites” and have a nice list to refer to when you want to update your wallpaper.

The best part about the entire wallpaper experience at SocWall.com is that everything is very fast. Creating an account takes just a few seconds and you’re logged in immediately to start voting and finding the best wallpapers for your computer. Navigating through to different pages of wallpapers is seamless and efficient. Often times with wallpaper sites, your computer will take forever to load with so many images. With Social Wallpapering, browsing through pages of beautiful wallpapers is a breeze and frankly, enjoyable.

Not convinced on Social Wallpapering? Don’t just take our word for it. Social Wallpapering was featured as a top 5 wallpaper site on Lifehacker. Lifehacker proclaims:

“If you’re looking for a site where you can not only find fresh wallpaper but participate in helping your fellow wallpaper lovers find the best images, Social Wallpapering is a solid choice.”

Congrats to Kirk on SocWall.com and the amazing gallery of wallpapers there. The designs are simply amazing and the ease of use while on the site makes browsing through different wallpapers a delight. Visit http://www.socwall.com/

Valentine’s Day Themes: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer

Official Valentine’s Day Theme

This is the OFFICIAL theme for Valentine’s Day. Show you browser some love with a beautiful display of read and purple hearts, flowers, chocolates and Valentine’s imagery gracing your Firefox or Internet Explorer browser. In addition, this theme is interactive providing great dining suggestions, gift ideas, and the ability to send eCards or shop for flowers right from your browser! You can even watch the best Valentine’s Day videos directly in your browser’s sidebar. This is THE theme for Valentine’s Day 2012.

Love Birds Theme

This theme was created by one of our fans using our browser theme tool. Theme designer “MaDonna” created a cute and whimsical Valentine’s day inspired theme with two love birds kissing in a backdrop of a pink heart. A perfect gift for your loved one to show them how much you care.

Be My Valentine

This theme is a classic style Valentine’s Day theme for Firefox or Internet Explorer. Candy hearts grace the right-hand side of the theme along with a vintage pink background and a cursive “Valentine” font. This is a great theme for the classic Valentine’s Day fan.

Hearts for You

This is another user-created browser theme for Valentine’s Day. “Hearts for You” is an abstract design with dark red hearts, conveying a truly romantic feel for your browser.

Google Chrome Valentine’s Day Theme

Google Chrome theme fans don’t have many options when it comes to Valentine’s Day themes. This Google Chrome Valentine’s Day theme features a lighter pink and light blue background with love hearts floating through the theme. A beautiful skin for Chrome theme users.

Create Your Own Valentine’s Day Browser Theme

Some of these themes were created by readers just like you using our do-it-yourself browser theme creator. In less than five minutes you can create your very own theme and upload your design to our browser theme gallery, exposing it to thousands of visitors instantly. Feel free to give it a shot and let us know when you’ve created your very own Valentine’s theme.