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Firefox 4 Maximized, First Blurry Look

    10:02 on June 25, 2010 , ,

Mozilla has posted a startlingly effective video argument for why Firefox 4s default preference will be tabs-on-top. For the first time since the Firefox 4 mockups, we now see a maximized Firefox 4, which uses the Fitt’s Law argument I’ve chimed since 2006 when I tried redesigning the Firefox interface myself: Of course only Windows [...]

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The Firefox 4 Download Manager

    19:33 on April 20, 2010 ,

Alexander Limi elaborates on how Mozilla plans to improve the download manager in Firefox 4. Lovely (here’s a picture) — I think I prefer this to Google Chromes download shelf.

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Wishy Washy Ubuntu [Updated]

    22:56 on April 7, 2010 , , ,

A little while ago, I posted that Ubuntu is getting a new interface design which includes window management buttons on the left. In addition to this, the close button is now the third button from the left, and minimize and maximize icons are up and down arrows. This seemingly arbitrary redesign of a central UI [...]

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That Isn't An Interface; That's A Disaster Zone (Asmussen vs. Heilemann)

    11:19 on April 1, 2010 ,

With permission from Heilemann, here’s a reposting of a debate we had recently. Michael had shared this on Google Reader: Leaked Screenshots of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 - Daring Fireball Icon for the Save button is still a floppy disk, despite the fact that Apple hasn’t sold a machine with a floppy drive for a [...]

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Thursdays Mouse Tracks

    15:21 on February 18, 2010 , ,

This is the path my mouse has travelled today. The dots indicate where my mouse took a rest. Dotsize, the rest duration. This is all done using Anatoly Zenkovs Mouse Tracks, a little Java application records your mouse and draws pretty pictures. Some observations: Paul Fitt will be happy to note my excessive use of [...]

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Quick Thoughts On Windows Phone 7

    22:07 on February 15, 2010 , , , , , ,

Windows just announced Windows Phone 7 (previously known as Windows Mobile 7). Here’s a video, and after that, some thoughts on the offering. Musings: I like how the lock screen is not a slider, but a “cover” you slide upwards. I’m noticing the Internet Explorer icon, and thinking to myself: Why not rebrand Internet Explorer [...]

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Android: On Context Buttons

    10:38 on January 20, 2010 , , , ,

David Barnard complains about the capacitative buttons below the Nexus One screen. As I have done in my Motorola Milestone review. But it gets both more interesting and, unfortunately, worse, in the story of these buttons. There are four buttons1: Back Context menu Home Search While programmable, the back button mostly works as you’d expect. [...]

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Firefox 4 Theme Mockups

    12:57 on January 6, 2010 , ,

In case you haven’t seen it yet, Stephen Horlander — one of the interface designers for Mozilla — has put up a bunch of really interesting and lovely design mockups for Firefox 4, due late this year. I think I like the app button.