Type:

Customised version-specific Icons

Created:

October 2008

Last Updated:

November 2010

About

MultiFirefox allows web developers (or anyone really) to run multiple versions of Mozilla Firefox side-by-side on a Mac.

This however, does raise one issue for me: when I have 6 versions of Firefox running side by side, I can't tell them apart based on their icon alone. So, to remedy this, I created a set of version-specific icons for Firefox 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5 & 3.6

Please note, I have simply modified the existing Firefox icon, by adding text identifying the version. Also, as with everything these days, I'm providing these modified icons free, and as-is. If they break your computer, you're on your own!

Updated (April 2010)

I am now using a new tool to generate the icons, Opacity, which makes it much easier to build icons like this, using the variables, and factories features. The icon set now includes a Firefox 3.6 icon, and PNG format icons.

Updated again (November 2010)

After using the icons for a few months I've realised the previous colour change for the version number wasn't great. The text became to hard to read at "normal" sizes. I've now changed the icons to use white text with a slight red highlight. I think this gives a nice balance between readability and aesthetics.

I've also added a Firefox 4.0 icon, and added a preview of the 3.1 icon on this page.

Download

The icons are freely available as a CandyBar iContainer, as OS X Icon files and as PNG Icon files.

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