Maybe we heard “don’t just sit there, do something!” a few too many times growing up. While we’re big fans of the browser theme, we also want something more than just a nice paint job for the otherwise drab gray browser experience. That’s why our list of five favorite browser themes each has a unique spin making it visually appealing and interactively engaging.
1. Weather – The only browser theme that changes with the weather
The Weather Browser Theme is a full integration using WeatherBug’s API plus background imagery capturing various weather conditions to create a browser theme that pulls in weather forecasts, local conditions, alerts, weather maps and more. The theme itself changes based on your local weather conditions, so it epitomizes the concept of interactive browser theme and remains a showcase of a dynamically changing browser theme.
2. The Daily Beast – The browser theme for news junkies
The Daily Beast is a leading news site and their theme pulls an image from the latest feature story directly into the browser theme. The user can hover over it to get the story headline or click through to read the full story. The sidebar keeps users connected to the latest news via special views of the Cheat Sheet, Buzz Board, Blogs & Stories and Video sections of The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast Browser Theme demonstrates several methods to keep their users connected to the breaking news of the day. For people that want to keep up with the latest and hottest stories, regardless of where they are on the web – The Daily Beast browser theme is a perfect fit.
3. Movie Premier – A movie lovers browser theme
The Movie Premier Browser Theme is a fun and functional theme for movie fans. Like the Daily Beast theme, Movie Premier has a feature block that updates regularly with movie posters of current and opening movies. Clicking on the poster takes you to an overview page of the movie with reviews, synopsis and more. The theme is also tightly integrated with Fandango for instant access to reviews, show times, tickets and even trailers and other videos in the sidebar. It’s a great example of how content and commerce fuse together in an interactive browser theme.
4. Looking for Group – An evil browser theme
Looking for Group is a leading web comic and its artists designed the LFG Browser Theme. If you’re a fan, it’s a must have. If you like RPG, irreverent humor or evil wizards named Richard, there’s something for you. The links back to the strip’s archive makes it easy to catch up to the storyline.
5. Canvas – Paint your browser theme any way you want
The Canvas Browser Theme gives you the power to make your theme very personal by adding any image from your computer right into the browser. Whether you want photos of family, friends or pets, it’s your choice and it’s easy to switch between any themes you create. That’s only the beginning. Once the browser theme is installed, you can add any image from a web page directly to your theme with a right-click of your mouse. This allows you to add any of the free textures that are abundant on the web or even something more lively like an animated gif. It’s all up to you. It’s your Canvas.
Patrick Murphy is the founder and CEO of BrandThunder (BT). With its extreme makeovers for Internet browsers, BT creates persistent engagement between major brands and their online consumers. BrandThunder specializes in Internet Explorer themes, Mozilla Firefox themes and Chrome themes.
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