Firefox 3.5 is still warm, but those crazy kids at Mozilla are already working on future versions of the browser. This weekend the team posted an image on the
Mozilla wiki showing a mockup of 3 new potential features for the Windows version Firefox 3.7:
- Toolbar and tabs using Windows Vista and Windows 7's Aero Glass effects, including glossy, translucent buttons
- Page button on the left side of the tab area with options connected to the page
- Tools and Bookmark bars on the right side of the window that you can use to toggle the bookmark menu or customize the user interface
This is just a mockup, and it's possible that only some of these features will be in the finished product. Or none of them. You can also see a conceptual picture showing the browser with the page and tool buttons but without the Aero Glass effects and another set of images showing what the Windows XP version of the browser might look like.
[via
Mashable]
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NonprofitTech said 10:32PM on 7-20-2009
IE's location bar please!! All I want is to see my recent history when I click the down arrow on the location bar. Why on earth is that so hard to achieve in FF?
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ahbi said 10:32PM on 7-20-2009
I want Win 7 Aero transparency effects every where.
At I want to be able to see is the backdrop, with some light shading that looks vaguely like Firefox.
Oh, and the Blink tag should rapidly toggle the transparency on & off
That's the ticket
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Generic said 10:32PM on 7-20-2009
IMO the tag button should not be a dedicated one since it is related to the viewable page, but rather be the favicon on each tab. Click the favicon and you get the menu related to the page.
The navigation buttons, address bar, etc, should follow Chrome's example.
Bookmarks be completely accessible in a new tab.
This look is awesome but the functionality that I want will make it better, but that is IMO. Go Firefox!
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Generic said 8:33PM on 7-20-2009
IMO the tag button should not be a dedicated one since it is related to the viewable page, but rather be the favicon on each tab. Click the favicon and you get the menu related to the page.
The navigation buttons, address bar, etc, should follow Chrome's example.
Bookmarks be completely accessible in a new tab.
This look is awesome but the functionality that I want will make it better, but that is IMO. Go Firefox!
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maradv said 9:11PM on 7-20-2009
maybe they should work on 3.5s display problems first. im still seeing sites that look completely unusable in 3.5.
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turu said 10:36PM on 7-20-2009
Mozilla goes...Chrome ?
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Anthony said 8:38AM on 7-21-2009
This is fire-fox now?
Ahhhhhhh.
I still use Safari thank you.
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Level 5 said 8:38AM on 7-21-2009
Eh... I use All-Glass on 3.5, why wait?
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david said 8:38AM on 7-21-2009
How do they manage to make it uglier with every version?
(I like Firefox, but the default theme has steadily got worse)
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Malteserr said 8:38AM on 7-21-2009
Uglier by which standards? I personally think the picture above looks awesome.
Brian said 8:38AM on 7-21-2009
Calm down Mozilla. Sort out 3.5's problems before thinking about 3.7.
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viky.prabakaran said 10:36AM on 7-21-2009
The icons and style looks same as opera 10 and little of Apple safari and little of Chromes aero style. Copy cats . Crazy kids copying evrything from others and hiding it under name of open source. Sending(spying) all information to Google.
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naz said 10:55AM on 7-28-2009
wow it looks great
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