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Firefox 4.0 Goes Chrome, New UI In Q4 2010

sv_libertarian writes "Mozilla recently updated its product roadmap through 2010. According to the first draft, the current browser will see a minor update in Q4 2009 and another in Q2 2010. Version 4.0 is headed for an October or November 2010 release and will bring a new user interface and browser sync integration. 'There is not much information on [what] this new user interface will look like, but the first mockups that have been posted on Mozilla's website suggest that the Mozilla team favors a Google Chrome-like design that integrates Windows 7 graphics features. Overall, window elements seem to be floating over the background.' The mockup page emphatically notes that the design is not final."

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  1. Re:Why transparency? by melikamp · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is an UI setting in Vista, it can be altered in seconds and has nothing to do with Firefox.

  2. Re:Combo stop/refresh/go button FTW by argent · · Score: 3, Informative

    One reason the triple button might not be such a good idea is that when you want to stop a page load, you might accidentally cause a refresh instead

    Happened for me within minutes of installing Safari. There's no "might" about it.

  3. Re:They are abusing moderation for a long time now by AlHunt · · Score: 5, Informative

    >That is exactly why we must meta moderate like crazy these days

    Except that Metamoderation these days doesn't present you with already-moderated posts. At least, not for me. All I get is a selection of 10 random posts and I have to decide if you, the average Slashdotter, would benefit. Nearly every post I'm given to "meta-moderate" us not previously moderated.

    Now, someone mod me down.

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  4. Re:They are abusing moderation for a long time now by AlHunt · · Score: 4, Informative

    I understand that meta moderation is moderating the moderator. My problem is that when I go to meta-moderate, none of the posts I'm given have been moderated. Go re-read the paragraph at the top of the meta-moderation page. It's changed in the last few months.

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  5. Re:"Going Chrome" by jesser · · Score: 3, Informative

    We're working on multi-process too, and also hoping to have it in Firefox 4.

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