Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by iiijjjiii » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 4:38 PM UTC

Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed
mashable.com

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by ryandvm » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 4:57 PM UTC

Very Chromish. I'm glad they're not too proud to borrow good ideas when they see them. Now if they can just improve stability and speed I may switch back from Chromium.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by samdk » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 4:59 PM UTC

This makes me very, very happy. I use Chrome on my netbook for two reasons: it's faster, and it takes up significantly less screen space. It's nice to see Firefox beginning to compete in at least one of those two areas.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by nopassrecover » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:09 PM UTC

Some of the sample back/forward button mockups are quite nice and subtle but the one they use in the final 4.0/3.5 comparison image is terribly chunky.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by d0m » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:16 PM UTC

Do you remember in the comics of chrome, they said they were doing it to help other browsers. They also said they'd really like to have their ideas borrowed to make the web a better place.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by uggedal » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:18 PM UTC

samdk wrote: post #3

This makes me very, very happy. I use Chrome on my netbook for two reasons: it's faster, and it takes up significantly less screen space. It's nice to see Firefox beginning to compete in at least one of those two areas.

If you need to maximize usable window space, try vimperator for Firefox. Works wonders on my netbook.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by rlm » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:25 PM UTC

Non-linkjacked: http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/12/21/windows-themeui-... (which I submitted earlier: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1007484)

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by MikeCapone » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:47 PM UTC

d0m wrote: post #5

Do you remember in the comics of chrome, they said they were doing it to help other browsers. They also said they'd really like to have their ideas borrowed to make the web a better place.

Indeed. It would be even better (and noble) if they mentioned Chrome by name somewhere.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by andyking » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:52 PM UTC

ryandvm wrote: post #2

Very Chromish. I'm glad they're not too proud to borrow good ideas when they see them. Now if they can just improve stability and speed I may switch back from Chromium.

The Firefox menu in the top-left corner looks remarkably similar to the O menu that's appeared in the latest Opera alpha (http://goo.gl/Chfb).

I like the way a lot of the cruft from 1990s Windows applications is starting to disappear from programmes that really don't need it like modern browsers.

Re: Firefox 4.0: New Design Changes Revealed

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Post by treyp » Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 5:58 PM UTC

d0m wrote: post #5

Do you remember in the comics of chrome, they said they were doing it to help other browsers. They also said they'd really like to have their ideas borrowed to make the web a better place.

which parts are so Chromish?

the new Firefox button comes from Microsoft Office.

the space between tabs comes from either Opera or Microsoft Office.

the tabs on top, which is only a possibility at this point, comes from Opera first, but was implemented by Google Chrome down the line.

the use of so much transparency in the menu may come from Microsoft Office or Chrome.

the non-flat buttons can come from Opera or Chrome.

the use of only three buttons on the left, however, comes from Chrome. it should be mentioned that Firefox is playing with the idea of getting rid of a refresh button on the left by building it into the location bar. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/3.7_and_4.0_Theme_...

just want to give credit where credit is due.