The Mozilla Foundation is enhancing the tablet version of its Firefox browser. It’s leveraging Android Honeycomb but retaining familiar visual elements of Firefox such as the signature big back button and distinctive tab shape, according to a blog post by Ian Barlow, who works on Mozilla’s mobile user experience team. Some of the UI elements that were tucked away on Firefox for smartphones to maximize screen space have been brought back in the version for tablets.
When you think about how Android will eventually become one with Chrome OS as a companion like IOS and OS X I do not see how Firefox will fair very well in the long run on Android.
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Mozilla Targets Tablets With New Browser Designs
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 2, 2011 05:00 AMThe Mozilla Foundation is enhancing the tablet version of its Firefox browser. It’s leveraging Android Honeycomb but retaining familiar visual elements of Firefox such as the signature big back button and distinctive tab shape, according to a blog post by Ian Barlow, who works on Mozilla’s mobile user experience team. Some of the UI elements that were tucked away on Firefox for smartphones to maximize screen space have been brought back in the version for tablets.