The future Firefox UI

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Post by paulrouget » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 3:44 PM UTC

The future Firefox UI
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Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by ramidarigaz » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:24 PM UTC

Strongly reminiscent of Chrome, and I don't think that's a bad thing. Chrome's UI was one of the primary reasons I switched from Firefox.

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by nxn » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:27 PM UTC

Very nice, if they actually manage to pull this look off it would probably make it the best looking browser. My only concern is that they wont and that it will still look like crap in linux.

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by VanceRefrig » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:31 PM UTC

ramidarigaz wrote: post #2

Strongly reminiscent of Chrome, and I don't think that's a bad thing. Chrome's UI was one of the primary reasons I switched from Firefox.

To me, it looks almost exactly the same. I do enjoy the small bar on the top of the window in Chrome, and now soon to be Firefox

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by lion0 » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:33 PM UTC

Seems much cleaner. They should do a comparison of how much screen space is used by the chrome vs. other browsers. Can't wait for this to high the nightly / dev builds.

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by joakin » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:36 PM UTC

Very good mockup. Hopefully it will get into the main releases without many changes

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by rglover » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:37 PM UTC

Wow. I really hope this isn't just speculation and something that's being put into production. Yeah, it looks like a Chrome clone, but it's been done well and with a slight twist. As a dedicated Chrome user, though, it's going to take more than just a coat of paint to get me to switch back. Can't wait to see where this ends up.

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by rbarooah » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:39 PM UTC

rglover wrote: post #7

Wow. I really hope this isn't just speculation and something that's being put into production. Yeah, it looks like a Chrome clone, but it's been done well and with a slight twist. As a dedicated Chrome user, though, it's going to take more than just a coat of paint to get me to switch back. Can't wait to see where this ends up.

What would you want to see in another browser that would make it worth switching away from chrome?

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by bostonpete » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:42 PM UTC

I can't believe nobody's complaining about the missing dedicated search box. I thought that was everyone's big beef with Chrome. Then again, I haven't used Firefox in quite some time so maybe they've already dropped it.

Re: The future Firefox UI

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Post by jamesteow » Mon, Aug 01, 2011, 4:42 PM UTC

I would most likely use the full screen view as I never need the menu options anyway (it's also how I use Photoshop).

I would likely switch back to Firefox if they executed this.