Firefox 4.0 | Screenshots / Pictures of the future from mozilla

Brandon Davenport Jul 28, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Applications, Design, News

The Firefox Screenshots: Tabs on Top or Bottom?

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These images, all of Firefox in the Windows OS, reveal that the company is struggling to choose between two primary designs: tabs-on-bottom and tabs-on-top. Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox, while the tabs-on-top looks almost exactly like the Google Chrome browser. Here is the tabs-on-bottom version (click for full-sized versions):

And here’s the tabs-on-top design:

In addition, Mozilla summarizes the pros and cons of the two designs very succinctly:

Positives:
- Save Vertical Space
- 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.
- Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls

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

While we won’t go into detail on the debate, we will say this: if Mozilla can offer the ability to choose between the two designs, it should. Some users need to get to the menu items faster, while others prefer having the tabs in closer proximity.

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New Firefox 4.0 Feature: Combo Stop/Refresh/Go Button

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Firefox 4.0 incorporates all of the design changes featured in Firefox 3.7 and includes a few new features. The big one isa Combo Stop/Refresh/Go Button.

Instead of separate buttons for each of these functions, they’re all integrated into one button on the right hand side of the address bar.It also changes colors based on your actions. So if you’re typing, it will be a green “Go” button, but if the page is currently loading, a red “Stop” button will take its place. Not a bad way to save space, if we do say so ourselves. Here’s a screenshot of the new feature in action:

Remember, this is all proposed, and feedback from the Firefox community shapes the browser into its final form. And you bet it’s going to get more great features, as it’s going to be some time until we can browse the web with this thing.

the Best twitter application for your windows vista / 7 pc | Blu

Brandon Davenport Jul 27, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Applications, Design

We all know how much you love twitter. The constant thought of keeping in touch with all 400 of your friends on facebook and communicating with them in some odd way, sort of, is really starting to get old. We all like twitter because you can reach all of those 400 people (or more) with 140 characters or less.

But simplicity can leave you wanting more, maybe even make you want to go back to facebook. Not everyone can stay satisfied with 140 characters all the time. Thats why there is the need for something more, something blu.

Say hello to blu

There have been a lot of attempts at a great Twitter desktop client, but most have have resulted in glorified readers or overly complex applications—not a great experience.

Meet blu. Now you can experience Twitter in a whole new way.

If you have Windows Vista or Win7, just install all your updates and hit 'download now'.

Unlimited tweets

Withbluyou can view unlimited tweets. Just keep scrolling and more tweets will be loaded and displayed automatically.

New tweets and inline replies

Click the update icon from the bottom menu and a new text entry field will appear.

Tweets can only be a fixed number of characters per message. blu displays how many characters you have left using large numbers behind your tweet so you know when you're about to run out of space.

And replying to a tweet couldn't be easier: just click the reply icon and the tweet you're replying to will flip, revealing a entry field. Direct messages and re-tweets work the same way.

See the full conversation

Here's another great feature in blu. You get a tweet, but it's a reply to something you said earlier and you can't quite remember what it was you said.

Usually, there isn't a good way to see the first part of your conversation, but with blu, simply click on the arrow before the username and voila! Your tweet will flip in-place revealing the first part of your conversation.

Tiny url integration

That's right. We've added tiny url support. Simply type or paste a link into the update bubble and blu will convert it for you. No extra buttons, no extra box.

Want to expand your link? Just click the 'plus' icon and blu will roll-back to the full url.

Choose your favorites

We know you follow a lot of people, but perhaps you follow some individuals a little more enthusiastically than others. blu hears you!

Once you've defined your favorite tweeters with 'Faves', you'll be notified whenever your favorite people tweet.

Firefox 3.7 Windows Vista / 7 Theme Mockups | Concepts

Brandon Davenport Jul 22, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Applications, Design

Initial Mockups for the Windows theme revamp.

These are NOT FINAL! THEY ARE ONLY FOR BRAINSTORMING/EXPLORATION!

1. Embracing Glass: Toolbar and Tabs using Glass. Buttons translucent and slightly glossy to meld with the toolbar. Raised 3D lookachieve tactile "feel".
2. Page Button: Connect the Page button to the left side of the tab area. Directly connected to the Page.
3. Tools/Bookmark Bar: Connecting the Tools button to the side of the Window to emphasize the fact that it is used for customizing and changing the UI. Adding a button next to that to toggle the Bookmarks Bar which is turned off by default.

Adamo By Dell | Specs, Pricing, Pictures and Demo Video

Brandon Davenport Jul 17, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Design, Gadgets, News

Looking at this makes me realize that maybe there is a company that can maybe come close to what apple does with their computers. The only company that comes to mind is Dell. Every person that has not been living uder a rock has owned a dell, worked somwhere wher they exclusivley use them, or just admire the company as a whole.

In my mind dell is the only company who "gets it", I mean c'mon they offer Ubuntu as one of their OS choices, EPIC! So since I am making this post about the new Dell Adamo, I should shut up and get on with it...

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Why Adamo Might kill the Macbook Air

Firs off, ITS GOT MORE THAN 1 USB PORT!!!!!!! Second you can still easily fit it inside a manilla envalope. The downside is since it is flat around the edges unlike the air, you can't cut a wedding cake with it :(

No seriusly, all in all this machine is overall better than the beloved Macbook Air, But it will cost you 2,499 | 3,399 Dollars. Wait, WTF!

Remember how expensive the macbook air was when it came out!

But on with the good stuff (after the video)

Specs

ADMIRE 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bit 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory3 128GB solid state drive Starting From $2,499

DESIRE 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bit 4GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory3 128GB solid state drive Starting From $3,399

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Buy Adamo

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