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I think that past versions of Mozilla's Firefox 3.7/4.0 mockups were not only more original, but preferred by nearly everyone over the current set of mockups. The simplicity and effectiveness of the original user interface had vanished, and in it's place came a bloated and crowded user interface with far too many unpolished elements floating about the browser.

I had some free time today, so I decided modify the default theme to take it in the direction I had hoped Mozilla would.
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~Rock0 Mar 24, 2011  Hobbyist Interface Designer
I was so hoping Mozilla would consider this. Although, an app button to the right would be nice. Can't be *too* minimalistic.

Otherwise, this is pretty much the best thing I've seen today. Thank you :)

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~sutyi Dec 20, 2010
Any news on the FF4 skins? I would really like to see them between my extensions, cause I think mozilla dropped the ball big time with the default skin.

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~BoneyardBrew Dec 20, 2010  Hobbyist Interface Designer
We've been doing some work here and there, and I have been inspired enough to create an entirely new theme concept that I've been working on making into a theme as well.

We could probably begin working now, but we'd feel a little more comfortable waiting for a RC to make sure Mozilla isn't going to make any further changes to the theme, even if they're minor. Josh and I may need to talk this over some more depending on Mozilla's release schedule, but for now that's where we stand.

Thanks for your interest. :)

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~BassUltra Nov 21, 2010  Hobbyist Interface Designer
In place of the new tab could be the firefox button, and beside it could be a tab.
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=clindhartsen Nov 3, 2010  Student Interface Designer
I'll have to admit, I jumped to Chrome due to speed and cleaner UI, and now have done the same towards Internet Explorer 9 Beta. I have to use Firefox for one website that oddly won't work in IE, even in compatiability mode, same with Chrome, and it's amazing how clunky the Firefox UI looks now. The old version is bad, the new one looks all over the map, which is sad considering how good we thought it looked months ago.

Anyway, on topic, this is an interesting concept, but the issue would be showing some way to access the UI. I understand most of us know the shortcuts, plus alt to see the menu, but if this were used by other people, how would they find that out? Definitely an interesting concept.

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~BoneyardBrew Nov 5, 2010  Hobbyist Interface Designer
I know, it's a real shame. I was drooling over the mockups they were releasing, but unfortunately they haven't been able to execute them properly or in a timely manner. Realistically it would take more than a couple days of work with a few guys to get most of the theme done up to the standards of the mockups. More than likely even less than that. I know features need to be developed and coded, but as far as the theme not looking up to par, there really isn't any excuse for that.

I do plan on adding some form of a menu button to this concept. I just wasn't sure at the time how I planned on implementing it, so I left it out for the time being.

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*SoapyHamHocks Nov 4, 2010
Dom prefers minimal designs, but the Firefox button could easily stay in its current location and this theme would still work.
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~KriLl3 Nov 2, 2010
I got a very similar layout setup using userchrome tweaks, but I do want a Firefox Menu button, but I agree there is an issue getting it to fit into the UI.
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~F-5 Nov 1, 2010
If firefox looked just like this with a bookmark bar I would die a happy happy man.
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~BoneyardBrew Nov 4, 2010  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Thanks a lot!

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