Mozilla has offered a first glimpse of its Firefox for Tablets web browser.
The company described the new product as “an evolution of its phone based predecessor, with some added enhancements that take advantage of a tablet’s larger screen size,” in a blog post.
From what we can see (which is admittedly not much at this point), that seems to be a pretty good description. The tablet version has room for more UI elements, such as a row of tabs, unlike Firefox for mobile. A tab menu appears on the left side of the screen in landscape mode or on the top of the screen in portrait mode.
Theme-wise, the browser heavily borrows from Honeycomb, Android’s operating system for tablets. But you’ll still find familiar Firefox elements, including a big back button and Firefox’s signature “Awesomebar” — a URL field that also searches bookmarks, history and synched desktop activity.
Mozilla has still not announced a release date.
Firefox for Tablets -- Tabs
Firefox for Tablets -- Awesomebar
Firefox for Tablets -- Theming
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Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:53:20 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/xTq6eXAcnaU/
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The company described the new product as “an evolution of its phone based predecessor, with some added enhancements that take advantage of a tablet’s larger screen size,” in a blog post.
From what we can see (which is admittedly not much at this point), that seems to be a pretty good description. The tablet version has room for more UI elements, such as a row of tabs, unlike Firefox for mobile. A tab menu appears on the left side of the screen in landscape mode or on the top of the screen in portrait mode.
Theme-wise, the browser heavily borrows from Honeycomb, Android’s operating system for tablets. But you’ll still find familiar Firefox elements, including a big back button and Firefox’s signature “Awesomebar” — a URL field that also searches bookmarks, history and synched desktop activity.
Mozilla has still not announced a release date.
Firefox for Tablets -- Tabs
Firefox for Tablets -- Awesomebar
Firefox for Tablets -- Theming
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Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/08/30/mozilla-firefox-for-tablets/#comments