Web browser news as it happens
In: Firefox
4 Feb 2010Mozilla’s Stephen Horlander has been hard at work, working on tab animations for the next version of Firefox, Firefox 4.0. The aim is to improve the user experience.
“One area that animation would be very beneficial is with tab interactions. Specifically moving/arranging tabs on the tab strip, closing/opening tabs and tearing off tabs into [...]
In: Firefox
25 Jan 2010Firefox 3.6 has introduced a new tab behaviour, where new tabs are opened next to your currently selected tab, while Firefox 3.5 and older would open new tabs at the end of all your tabs.
If you don’t like this new behaviour, you can change it back to the way it was. Simply follow these steps:
Go [...]
Microsoft has filled a patent that reveals it is looking at revamping the tabbed browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9.
The patent appears to be an enhancement of the quick tabs found in IE8,which allows users to see all tabs and close them individually. This parent covers:
Drag and move the tabs within the Quick Tabs interface.
Tab [...]
In: Firefox
20 May 2009Mozilla Labs has started a design challenge seeking to encourage innovation and experimentation in user interface design for the Web. The aim is to reinvent tabs, as many users today will often have 10-20 tabs open at anyone time.
“The browser is more of an operating system than a data display application; we use it to [...]
In: Firefox
17 Apr 2009An article over at ReadWriteWeb suggests that Firefox designers are looking at a complete overhaul of the web browser inerface, to keep up with users change in browsing patterns.
The first idea is from Aza Raskin. His idea invisions tabs being on the side of the browser, as “our screens are wider than they are tall” [...]