Firefox 4.0 GUI Evolution – Get a Taste

[Schlup]

Firefox 4.0, the next major release of Mozilla's open source browser, will bring to the table a major overhaul of its graphical user interface, one that would put the UI in line the Windows 7 Ribbon/Fluent style. Mozilla has already made public details on the revamping of the Firefox User interface for version 4.0, and various concepts and sketches have been already published. However, Firefox 4.0 developer Stephen Horlander has now offered two video demonstrations featuring Firefox 4.0's new GUI.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox-4-0-GUI-Evolution-Get-a-Taste-134205.shtml

Video 1: http://www.stephenhorlander.com/images/blog-posts/tab-animation/animation-new-tab.html
Video 2: http://www.stephenhorlander.com/images/blog-posts/tab-animation/animation-tab-tear-off.html

[tehfunk101]

it looks great, and i would be excited if still used firefox, but chrome already looks like / does those things already 

[Schlup]

Yeah, I was gonna say they are making it look an awful lot like Chrome.  Maybe we should call it Fire Chrome 4.0???