Firefox to talk pretty to tablets, one day

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While the dekstop version of Firefox seems to have settled into an interface design, going largely unchanged since version 4 debuted in March, Firefox for Android (download) apparently has some alterations coming its way as part of a heightened focus on mobile development. A blog post by Ian Barlow, a visual designer for Firefox Mobile's User Experience team, revealed three coming changes for Firefox on tablets. The upshot of these changes is that the browser will feel like more of a native fit for Honeycomb.

Firefox for Android tablets will be getting some interface changes, designed to make it easier to use. This mock-up shows how tabs will change in landscape and portrait modes.

(Credit: Mozilla)

The first will revise how tabs are implemented in the browser. Currently, tabs appear hidden for the most part, only revealed when reveal the left-side navigation strip. The new design keeps the tabs on the left in landscape mode, but will force them to be persistently visible. It's not clear yet if there will be an option to toggle that. In portrait mode, only one tab will appear visible, with a number inside the elegantly m... [Read more]

Seth Rosenblatt 30 Aug, 2011

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