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The design will start with a few First Principles: | The design will start with a few First Principles: | ||
# '''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 [http:// | # '''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 [http://tomayko.com/writings/administrative-debris 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]] (see this [http:// | # '''Ubiquity.''' Mozilla Labs’ [[Labs/Ubiquity/Ubiquity_0.5_User_Tutorial|Ubiquity]] (see this [http://vimeo.com/1561578 introductory video]) 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. | ||