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wraggster
February 26th, 2013, 00:43
The latest Firefox for Android nightly build (http://nightly.mozilla.org/) now features a number of changes to the UI (http://lucasr.org/2013/02/25/ui-improvements-in-firefox-for-android/) with the goals of"...keeping a clear distinction between different types of tabs; making better use of the screen real estate on different form-factors and orientations; and being more compliant with Android’s design language. ... the tabs tray is now divided into sections for each type of tab — regular, private, and remote — so that you always keep things separate and organized. Furthermore, once you select a private tab, the main toolbar becomes dark as a clear sign that you're in a different browsing mode. ... We now use a horizontal scrolling tabs tray whenever it improves our use of the screen space. This is achieved with a TwoWayView (http://lucasr.org/2013/02/21/introducing-twowayview/)... We've recently landed a new skin for Firefox for Android that is more aligned with Android's Holo design language (http://madhava.com/egotism/archive/005060.html). Almost all textures and gradients were replaced by flat colors giving a much lighter feel to the browser."

http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/02/25/2343223/a-few-improvements-for-firefoxs-android-ui