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 BLOG | APRIL, 2009 Firefox Without Tabs?April 17, 2009 at 3:59 PMI remember the first time I used Firefox... A friend downloaded it on my computer, told me it was “better,” and then laughed as I struggled to comprehend the browser tabs. As confusing as those tabs were at first-- now I can't imagine surfing without them!
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I have been a Firefox user for many years and it has always been superior to Windows Internet Explorer.
I have to say looking at the screen shot above, I quite like it, especially the drop downs on the left. I can forsee the iTunes generation being early adopters. It will be interesting to see if they do release this as a BETA maybe and draw feedback from their users (who have been such an influence on the current product). I wonder how Microsoft would respond.
I am still shocked at how many companies have downloads and web based material that is not compatible with Firefox and I think this would lose them customers (in my humble opinion).
Thanks for finding,very interesting indeed
AJ
I don't see how this is any different than tabs. Instead of having a horizontal tab bar, he wants to implement a vertical tab bar. The idea of frequently visited pages ans such is nice, but it's nothing new. Firefox already has dynamic bookmarks.
Thanks for the comments!
AJ, I'm willing to bet that if a new Firefox interface is successful, Microsoft will jump on the bandwagon shortly thereafter. Isn't that what happened with tabbed browsing?
Jillian
The preview of the new Firefox reminds me of the user-interface of OSX. I think its interesting that Firefox has come so far. It makes me wonder when the day an operating systems "finder" or "folder" will become the tool of choice when browsing the internet. On several occasions on a PC, I have used the o/s folder to quickly pull up Google. The close proximity of design between the supplied screenshot and the current finder tool within OSX makes me wonder if Apple's next o/s will roll out with a finder with a built-in URL bar.
Its only a matter of time before the distance between a person's machine and the Internet is traversed, and everything is mashed up into one handy software utility.
Brian, that's a really interesting idea! I wonder why Microsoft hasn't done that yet-- instead of pushing Internet Explorer, just make it part of the operating system? And what will happen to Firefox & other stand-alone browsers when that does happen?
Jillian,
I think Microsoft is pretty scared when it comes to browsers being integrated to its OS. http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/95965. Netscape Navigator won a law suit against Microsoft in '02 for harming their browser market. What Nolan had said during lunch was a really great point. (our lunches are exciting.. aren't they?) How can you allow a website to collect data from your file system / browser but having it not being a security risk? I still think that eventually we won't need to store files on our computer, but online so having access to ones filesystem probably won't be a huge deal.
http://www.onlinve.com leads me to believe this.