- Google Chrome Theme Name: Milk
- Theme home page: http://andrewyy.deviantart.com/art/Google-Chrome-Milk-Theme-101757572
- Theme Author: AndrewYY
Description: This is a theme was made to blend with the Milk 2.0 msstyle for OS X.
Downloads:
- Google Chrome Theme Name: No Icons
- Theme home page: http://m-war.deviantart.com/art/Google-Chrome-No-Icons-97301656
- Theme Author: M-WaR
Description: An interesting Google Chrome theme without the icons in the bar. Instead of icons there are 4letter-most buttons. Silver panel on gray or dark gray backgrounds depending on browsing mode.
Downloads:
- Google Chrome Theme Name: blurkMac - V1.0
- Theme home page:http://blurkness.deviantart.com/art/blurkMac-v1-0-97235455
- Theme Author: Blurkness
Description: For the ones that appreciate a good and stylish design there’s a new and probably best variation so far on Mac’s themes. It is built in gray tones.
Downloads:
- Google Chrome Theme Name: Go Green
- Theme home page: http://chromable.com/2008/09/go-green-google-chrome-theme/
- Theme Author: Chromable
Description: A mix of green colors in a truly “Green” environment. This is a theme for all of you who care about our planet. Go Green!
[this is the first theme from Chromable]
Downloads:
- Google Chrome Theme Name: blurkDev
- Theme home page: http://blurkness.deviantart.com/art/blurkDev-DeviantART-Theme-97344668
- Theme Author: Blurkness
Description: A mix of dark green colors theme made in the look and feel of deviantART website.
Downloads:
Although officially Google does not support yet various themes the look of your Google Chrome can be changed, you just have to replace the default.dll file responsible for the theme. The paths to the file is:
Path for Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\[current version]\Themes\default.dll
Path for Windows Vista:
C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\ [current version]\Themes\default.dll
Chromium Theme Creator
There is a special tool called Chromium Theme Creator with which new themes can be easily created. Most of the themes available right now were created with this tool and although it might take a bit of time to design a new theme the process itself is very basic. The .dll file contains the png image files of which the theme is actually made and by modifying these images in any image editor you modify the theme itself. So, there’s no coding involved and all in need to know is how to modify graphic images. You might need some patience though ’cause it is time-consuming process.
List of tools you’ll need:
How to use Chromium Theme Creator:
- Unzip the downloaded files into a separate directory, you’ll get a set of folders with png files
- Unzip and copy GoRC.exe and ResHacker.exe files into the same directory
- Be creative and modify with your favorite graphic editor the png images inside the folders of your project which are in facts bits of Google Chrome standard theme.
- Run Themer.exe file to start the Chromium Theme Creator application
- Make sure you’ve got the correct specified path to your original Google Chrome default.dll theme file
- Click on “Build” to build a new default.dll file that will be created inside your working directory
- Make sure you’re not running Google Chrome browser and click “Test” and to launch Chrome and see the changes you made.
- Alternatively you can press “Build+Test” to save time.
- Save your project when it’s ready by exporting the default.dll file you created. You might want to save your project files before you start working on a new theme.
UPDATE: Chromium Theme Creator v2 beta
Chrome Theme Creator Version 2
- Self extracting Installer
- Various projects simple management
- Authorship details inside the same theme file (.cth extension)
- Preview themes: ability show images from the theme file itself by dragging theme files and dropping over it in order to preview and if needed default.dll can be replaced by sepcifying Chrome’s path and it can be launched by clicking “Apply” button.
- Google Chrome Theme Name: e-Zone
- Theme home page: http://chromespot.com/index.php/topic,678.0.html
- Theme Author: blurkness
Description: Fine light colors theme with original orange buttons.
Downloads:
The best tool to automatically install and manage Google Chrome themes in this early days after release is by no doubt XChrome Themes Manager. The enthusiasts worked hard on this tool and now XChrome is in Beta 5, so it’s still under development, but already running smooth.
With XChrome you no longer have to manually replace the default.dll file, just install this aplication and change from one theme to another automatically!
Here are a few feautures for Xchrome Theme Managerfor Google Chrome :
- New Google Chrome themes easily installed
- One-click change of Google Chrome themes
- Preview available Google Chrome themes and other details like theme author and version
- Single place to view and manage your Google Chrome themes
- Can create new themes through Google Chrome Theme Maker
Here is XChrome’s home page on ChromeSpot announcing the latest version: http://chromespot.com/index.php/topic,745.0.html, and here’s the download link underneath.
Download XChrome Theme Manager (Beta, 5th Revision)
Install and run instructions:
- Download the .zip file and extract it’s contents
- Make sure your Google Chrome browser is close and run Xchrome.exe
- Select the theme from th left menu of available themes and click “Install Theme”
- To add new themes simply run the Theme packer and specify the path to default.dll for the theme, or use the already packed executable ones.
Notes: XChrome is still in Beta, so bugs may appear. Also XChrome uses certain processes like registry editing, file copying and others which may cause Antivirus think it’s a a virus, so just disregard it.
