by Chukwumah Ezeobika

Created on: September 21, 2010

Google Chrome is famous for its simple user interface and it intends to stay that way. However, simple can get boring and so Google and many other individuals offer hundreds of themes that can be used to customize the look of your browser. These themes can make your Google Chrome browser look like almost anything; it can even be made to resemble Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari. Where can you find these interesting innovations? The websites below offer plenty of Google Chrome themes. You can even suggest a theme on some of these websites and someone may decide to create it.

Google Chrome Themes Gallery

This is the official Google website for Google Chrome themes. It offers about 100 themes submitted by various creators. These can be found under the “Themes by Artists” tab. They include Porsche and fashion designer-themes like Marc Ecko and Dolce & Gabbana. You can also find some 30 more free themes located under the “Themes by Google” tab.

All these themes can be found at this link: https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/

Google Chrome Extensions

While the above mentioned Themes Gallery is the official site for Chrome themes, many developers publish their themes under Extensions. A search for “Google Chrome Themes” on the Chrome Extensions website brings up more than 500 results. Here you will find the best and largest collection of Chrome themes on the internet.

Find the Google Chrome Extensions site here: https://chrome.google.com/extensions

The following are the non-official sites where you can download Chrome themes for free. Some of them may contain themes which can already be found on one of the sites above.

Chromethemes.org

Chromethemes.org offers plenty of themes which have been grouped under categories for easy navigation. The home page shows the newest and most recently added themes. There are also links to “Recommended” and “Popular” themes. The categories of themes you can find here include Female Celebrities, Male Celebrities, Cartoons, Gaming, and Sports amongst others. All themes are free to download and use.

Themesforchrome.com

This site offers about a hundred Google Chrome themes. Themes you can find here include ones based on the iPhone 4, Avatar and games such as Halo, BioShock 1 and 2 and Super Mario Bros. It even provides a little preview window where you can see what the top area of the browser window and the tabs will look like when a theme is installed. The preview appears as you hover over any theme with your mouse.

Chromespot.com

Chromespot has more than 100 Chrome themes ranging from Japanese anime characters like Naruto and Kaito to game characters like Mario Brothers. It also has a forum where you can discuss themes with other Google Chrome fans. 

Other websites where you can download free Google Chrome themes include:

Chromeplugins.org

Freechromethemes.com

Mychromethemes.com

Get themes for Linux Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/google-chrome-themes-for-u buntu.html

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