Mozilla is still trying to integrate the tab groups feature, formerly known as Panorama, more effectively into the web browser. You may remember that Mozilla originally planned to integrate Panorama into Firefox 4, but several issues prevented this from happening. Mozilla up until now has been working on fixes to resolve the existing Tab Groups [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Improve Firefox History With Mozilla’s Recall Monkey
I have little use for a browser’s history feature. I usually bookmark all pages that I consider important and work my way through the rest so that there is almost no need to go back to a previously visited page in a future session. Part of my discomfort could stem from the Firefox history layout [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Predictive Newtab For Firefox, Dynamic Site Suggestions
In most web browsers, when you click on the new tab button or use the shortcut Ctrl-t, you get a new tab page with a set of bookmarks. The idea behind those “speed dial” like new tab pages is to give users a chance to open often visited websites quickly. Opera went ahead recently with [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Labs Lab Kit
Google Chrome users have an option to enable experimental browsing features for some time now. Previously all they had to do was enter about:labs into the Chrome address bar to open the page with the available experimental features. The Chrome devs have changed the page to about:flags now, essentially leaving everything else as is. Firefox [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Labs Prospector Speak Words, First Firefox Add-On Without Restarts
One of the nice features of the Google Chrome browser is the auto-suggestion feature of the address bar. The web browser suggests a website once you start typing in the first letter. Return will instantly load that website, without having to fill out the remaining characters of the Internet address. The Firefox add-on Prospector Speak [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Contacts
One of the many problems of using different communication programs and services is the syncing of contacts. Computer users have contacts in online services like Facebook, MySpace and Gmail but also desktop software like Microsoft Outlook, Skype or Mozilla Thunderbird. Keeping all those contacts in sync can be a time consuming task. Enter Mozilla Contacts, [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Labs Ubiquity Is A Firefox Killer Application!
Amos mailed me today telling me about a new Mozilla Labs prototype Ubiquity which he called phenomenal. I was skeptical at first but this could be the killer app for Firefox. Yes that might be hard to believe but this prototype introduces a whole new level of interaction. Natural interaction that is, something that integrates [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Snowl Communications Add-on
Snowl is a prototype application from Mozilla Labs that tries to bring various communication plattforms under one roof. The early prototype currently supports Twitter and RSS News Feeds but the developers already mentioned other communication platforms like Facebook, Google Talk or AIM. The first question that obviously comes to mind is how Snowl is any [...]