Windows 10: Firefox Photon Firefox 57

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3029098

Mock-up of the changes to Customize mode as part of the upcoming design refresh

https://i.imgur.com/ljjlqb4.jpg


The first mockup shows Firefox running the Photon user interface, and the about:home page of the browser.

The UI has not changed all that much when you compare it to last week's mockup. Tabs are still displayed in rectangular shape, and the address bar is still centered. Some icons look different, and some have been moved around if you compare their position to current stable versions of Firefox.

The reload button has been moved to the left side of the address bar for instance. There is also a ... icon which is new, and some of the icons on the right have a new design but have identical functions.

The about:home page shows several new features. There is a new Firefox icon in the top left corner that displays several tips when you click on it.

The about:home page is the first page that opens after a new Firefox installation. The new tips section, if it survives and becomes part of the final release, introduces core Firefox features to users of the browser (especially new users).

Probably the biggest change in the new theme is related to tabs in the browser. Mozilla launched curved tabs in Australis, and plans to make tabs squared in Firefox 57. These tabs are full squares, whereas pre-Australis tabs used had rounded edges.

The mockup shows no search bar, and the address bar is centered on the main toolbar. While this could mean that Mozilla will hide the search bar by default, it is too early to conclude that or anything else related to the design.

Another change that is visible on the mockup is that back, forward and reload buttons are visible on the left side of the main toolbar.

There is some discussion https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/p...ch/000003.html
they aren't going for a separate development branch, and most changes will land gradually as they are ready. The more noticeable ones might be behind prefs or build system trickery.

Looks a great deal like EDGE

So it seems that flexible spaces are returning
Search bar is not going away! (but probably disabled by default?)
You can't customize the menu anymore, but only put buttons on the toolbar or in the overflow menu?

https://i.imgur.com/ljjlqb4.jpg




:)

 

URL status bar at bottom left hand side of screen

If you are running Firefox 57, it breaks compatibility with older XUL extension. You might need to downgrade to Firefox 56 or Long Term Release so you can use Status-4-Evar.

 

recommended internet Browser

I personally use Mozilla Firefox because its consistency across desktop and mobile.

- I like how it does a good job at syncing bookmarks.

- Not a memory hog like Chrome.

- Great collection of add ons/extensions

- Also works great on my iPHone.

- the latest release Photon is really fast and my CPU doesn't spike like it does in Chrome.

 

When this comes out all of my years using Firefox will be over or I will stay on build 56. If I wanted an EDGE browser , I would use EDGE.

 

First they look like Chrome and now they try to look like Edge?!?