NIKHIL BANSAL: July 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Firefox 4.0 Screenshots Revealed

It was really a supernova when Firefox 3 was released making a world record for most downloads in 24 hours, the guys at Mozilla had already started working on the next Firefox. I even got a glimpse of the Firefox 4 Alpha 1 from their FTP, but not sure if that was the official one.
Just like there was a new interface in Firefox 3, the FF team is again working on a new and much-improved interface for Firefox 4.

Two mockup designs have been released on the Mozilla Wiki to gather user-feedback and improve their designs further. These two mockups show two versions, tabs on top and tabs on bottom on Windows Vista default theme.

Tabs on Top


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A bookmarks menu has been added next to the address bar, also known as the Awesome Bar.

Tabs on Bottom


screenshot-2

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.
* Chrome-ish - Looks more like Google Chrome, the first browser with tabs on top.firefox 3

Friday, July 17, 2009

HI !!! :)
surprised I'm still alive !!! :D Too_Busy_Bulletin_Board
just joking.... just wanna show my embarrassment not to post regularly.
This feels me more crummy :( that i posted the last post before one 'MONTH'. Well that also have certain reason behind this.Actually now a days I am fully messed with my university examinations.Well,hope for a nice one.Hardly get time to sit at PC.That's all why i not posted any post and this will be at least till 27th July.So that's all for now see you at next post.
BYE !!!