# Favorite skins, plug-ins, and other software add-ons?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-skins-plug-ins-and-other-software-add-ons/296523>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 28, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-skins-plug-ins-and-other-software-add-ons/296523 "2005-03-28T00:59:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-skins-plug-ins-and-other-software-add-ons/296523/1 "2005-03-28T00:59:36Z")

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So, I recently got my PC back up and running again, with a fresh install of Windows. I was wondering what plug-ins and skins and whatnot people like to use for Firefox, Winamp, Media Player, and any other software you have.

Right now, I dont think I have any Firefox plug-ins…and my Winamp skin is [This one.](http://www.winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=143816)

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-skins-plug-ins-and-other-software-add-ons/296523/2 "2005-03-28T01:19:43Z")

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Firefox:

BugMeNot  
Adblock  
Allow Right-Click  
Image Zoom  
MapIt!  
Tabbrowser Preferences

For themes, I like Some Orbit Yellow, because I love the way Orbit themes look.

I haven’t found a Winamp skin that improves on the default yet.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-skins-plug-ins-and-other-software-add-ons/296523/3 "2005-03-28T02:58:50Z")

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I made my own Winamp skin.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-skins-plug-ins-and-other-software-add-ons/296523/4 "2005-03-28T03:06:48Z")

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Oh, here it is. My comic characters. Disregard the blue background. That’s my desktop.

[![](http://home.ripway.com/2004-11/210175/skin.bmp) ](http://home.ripway.com/2004-11/210175/skin.bmp)  
Nothing great, but I like it. It seems the easiest way to make a skin is to get an existing one and use them as templates. For Winamp, you have to use Winzip or something to put them together, then put in the Skins folder.