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Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

By Andy Smith July 27, 2009, 11:05 PM PDT

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Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

Mozilla released Firefox 4.0 mockups for its fans to review. The debates are over where to put the tabs and whether to add color codes to the right of the address bar.rn

In this mockup the tabs are on top of the location bar. CNET’s Stephen Shankland says it looks a lot like Chrome.rnrn

Screenshot: Mozilla (Click on any image to enlarge.)

Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

Tabs below the location bar.rn

According to Mozilla – tabs on the top:rn

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  • Save Vertical Spacern
  • Efficiency/Remove Visual Complexity – Right now the tabs have to be connected to something. So we are adding an extra visual element for them to connect to.rn
  • Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls rnrn

    rnBut the negatives are:rnrn

  • Breaks Consistency/Familiarity – Moving things confuses existing users.rn
  • Title is MIA – With the space removed from the titlebar you only get the truncated version in the tab.rn
  • Longer Mouse Distance to Tabs – Takes longer to mouse to a tab.rn
  • Lost Space – Sandwiched in between the application icon and the window widgets you lose some space.

rnrn

Screenshot: Mozilla (Click on any image to enlarge.)

Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

Green – typing in the location barrn

Screenshot: Mozilla (Click on any image to enlarge.)

Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

Neutral – default rest staternrn

Screenshot: Mozilla (Click on any image to enlarge.)

Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

Blue – refresh button hover state

Screenshot: Mozilla (Click on any image to enlarge.)

Gallery: Firefox 4 preview plays with tabs, lights

Red – page loading is in progressrnrn

Screenshot: Mozilla (Click on any image to enlarge.)

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