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This design will start with a few First Principles: | This design will start with a few First Principles: | ||
# '''Administrative debris bad | # '''Administrative debris bad; content good.''' This is the guiding principle behind this entire endeavour. It will allow us to design a browser where valuable space is not wasted on chrome and administrative debris but, instead, is devoted to content. Content will now have a chance to be its own interface. | ||
# '''Ubiquity.''' Mozilla Labs’ [[Labs/Ubiquity/Ubiquity_0.5_User_Tutorial|Ubiquity]] should be the primary mechanism by which the system is controlled. The arguments for this are many, but needn’t be repeated here. | # '''Ubiquity.''' Mozilla Labs’ [[Labs/Ubiquity/Ubiquity_0.5_User_Tutorial|Ubiquity]] should be the primary mechanism by which the system is controlled. The arguments for this are many, but needn’t be repeated here. | ||
# '''Tabs.''' The tab bar is one of the most popular features of modern browsers. Although tabs are arguably administrative debris, I believe that keeping them for now will allow us to create a browser that is not too foreign for people (unlike my [[User:David Regev/Firefox ZUI|<abbr title="Zooming User Interface">ZUI</abbr> mockup]]). At the very end, I will revisit this issue briefly. | # '''Tabs.''' The tab bar is one of the most popular features of modern browsers. Although tabs are arguably administrative debris, I believe that keeping them for now will allow us to create a browser that is not too foreign for people (unlike my [[User:David Regev/Firefox ZUI|<abbr title="Zooming User Interface">ZUI</abbr> mockup]]). At the very end, I will revisit this issue briefly. | ||
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My preferred direction is to integrate with Panorama. The History Scroller and Panorama compliment each other. The former deals with the ‘too many tabs’ problem by minimizing the number of tabs needed to be open at once, while the latter makes the interface for dealing with many tabs more efficient and useful. Similarly, the former is an attempt to present a better interface for a tab’s history, while the latter presents a better interface for tabs. ''Ideas on how to integrate the two ideas are welcome.'' | My preferred direction is to integrate with Panorama. The History Scroller and Panorama compliment each other. The former deals with the ‘too many tabs’ problem by minimizing the number of tabs needed to be open at once, while the latter makes the interface for dealing with many tabs more efficient and useful. Similarly, the former is an attempt to present a better interface for a tab’s history, while the latter presents a better interface for tabs. ''Ideas on how to integrate the two ideas are welcome.'' | ||
How would ''you'' redesign the browser? | |||
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'''I would like to create a live mockup of some of this (especially the History Scroller). Eventually, an working extension needs to be created. If you can help, please contact me.''' | |||