April 2009 Archive
CSS3 & Flexible UI: Avoid Recutting UI Graphics for Mobile
Working on the Fennec UI has been an amazing experience.
Designing UI elements for a mobile browser has taught me a great deal when it comes to creating interactive graphical elements that are to be used in a very small space. Of course, when I say small space, I mean a small space that has the [...]
Firefox New Tab: Now With More Pixels!
As mentioned in the Mozilla Labs post Firefox New Tab: Visual Update, we have been playing around with a new look n’ feel for the New Tab feature.
The main inspiration for this visual look comes from the netError styling already found within Firefox. Using the rounded edge boxes on the light grey background, we utilize [...]
Revisiting the Fennec Default Theme
With the release of Fennec Alpha, (Fennec is now in Beta) we showcased an initial default theme created to make mobile browsing easy on the fingers as well as the eyes. Now that a bit of time has passed, we’ve begun brainstorming what another pass at the UI might look like – seeing how we [...]
