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Personas, for those not familiar with it, is a Firefox add-on from Mozilla Labs that allows you to easily reskin the browser. Sort of like a theme, but different.
This weekend I decided to make a bacon persona. It was really easy to do; I just made a couple of JPEGs and submitted them to the getpersonas.com site. Result:
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If you want to try it out, just:
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- Install Personas from getpersonas.com.
- Select “Bacon” from the Personas directory. It’s under the “Other” category. (At the moment, it’s also at the top of the “Recent” subsection.
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Mmm, bacon.