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Mozilla hires firm for Firefox 2.0 usability facelift
by David Chartier Aug 30th 2006 at 7:40PM
Mozilla has decided to bring in some extra hands on a UI upgrade for FIrefox 2.0, still slated for an October release. Toronto software company Radiant Core beat out two others for the project which will focus on updating four specific areas of the browser: the search bar, icons, the tab strip and dialog buttons.The present FIrefox 2.0 beta does not include any work from Radiant Core - you'll have to wait until the second beta, on schedule for an early September release, to see what they're bringing to the table.
Hopefully, Radiant Core can help make Firefox look more native to the various OSes it runs on; as a Mac user, Firefox definitely doesn't feel like it's from our side of the playground. It's good to see Mozilla taking a special interest in this area, and we're anxiously awaiting to see what progress the second beta brings.
[via IT Business]
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Stephanie said 1:07AM on 8-31-2006
I am a Firefox user for over a year now, and honestly, I couldn't ask for more. I'm quite contented with its operation. So this news is definitely worth waiting for. Hopefully, it will better Firefox's services. :)
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Qwfwq said 10:51PM on 8-30-2006
Smart move - if you can't do it, hire someone to do it for you. Hope it'll look good.
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RJ said 4:56PM on 9-02-2006
The progression of Firefox has collected innumerable extensions, now called addons, that enhanced an already good browser.
Microsoft still maintains a majority share of the market due to the 'traditional' users believing that Firefox is for the 'Geeks' out there and not for 'Mr Grey Norm' and his IE.
The indispensible value of some of the addons had a lot of Firefox users expecting the functions of the addons to be standard issue in future Firefox versions. Mozilla has paid attention to this. Eg: 'live' spell check as you type (spellchecker), the exit [X] box for each tab (tab mix plus)etc. The few niggling addon compatibility issues will soon be knocked out and full fledged FF2 anxiously awaited!
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