Mozilla Goes after Android Tablets with New Firefox Experience
Mozilla introduce a revamped Firefox for Android mobile devices
Mozilla is moving towards a more intuitive and visually appealing Firefox experience while browsing on Android mobile devices. The new version of the browser for tablets is designed to satisfy any user preferences regarding the landscape. You can also take all the things you've been doing on desktop for years such as bookmarks and browsing history and move them to the tablet.
Firefox has had a presence on Android smartphones and tablets for some time now, but today Mozilla is showing a stronger commitment towards building a stronger presence on tablets in particular.
Some of the more obvious changes include “Awesome Screen,” which is a fun way of describing the integration of Firefox Sync and accessing browser-related data (i.e. saved passwords, bookmarks, etc.) from multiple devices — much like on Chrome. The app is also designed to now leverage the real estate on larger screens for both portrait and widescreen views.
Additionally, there’s the new tabs bar on the left side of the panel, which looks like a cross between Safari’s tiled favorite pages and a digital magazine navigation interface. Users can toggle between and expand these thumbnail browser windows like they would with tabs on a desktop browser.
Google has also thrown in some tools especially for HTML5 developers, including an input tag for the camera function that enables the tablet owner to use the camera on an Android device to take pictures, scan bar codes and more without leaving Firefox.
The Firefox for Android app is available to download for free from the Android Market now.
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