Cobb Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Source: Mashable The pace at which Mozilla works can seem insane. It was less than a month ago when the the company released Firefox 3.5. Only three weeks later, Firefox posted screenshots of Firefox 3.7, which includes a change to the Tools bar and an Embracing Glass design. But the ambition doesn’t end there. The Firefox team is looking even farther in the future: all the way to Firefox 4.0. They’ve posted mockups of the new Firefox 4.0 design (included below) on their wiki. Firefox warns that they are just for brainstorming, but they provide the world’s first real glimpse into the next edition of the Firefox browser. Here are the pros and cons: Positives:- Save Vertical Space- Efficiency/Remove Visual Complexity – Right now the tabs have to be connected to something. So we are adding an extra visual element for them to connect to.- Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls Negatives:- Breaks Consistency/Familiarity – Moving things confuses existing users.- Title is MIA – With the space removed from the titlebar you only get the truncated version in the tab.- Longer Mouse Distance to Tabs – Takes longer to mouse to a tab.- Lost Space – Sandwiched in between the application icon and the window widgets you lose some space.What do you guys think? I think they are moving a bit too quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I'm never switching from 2.0 I tried 3.5 and the browser where u put all ur links doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platoon793 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Looks good, I like it. Wonder how long it will take for it to be released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 looks pretty cool, i like the design. ill be upgrading as soon as it comes out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliCurbStomppa Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 looks pretty cool, i like the design. ill be upgrading as soon as it comes out Same. I think it looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I really hope they decide to go the route of tabs on top of the browser. I love that feature with Google Chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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