And while user experience designers such as mozilla labs aza raskin have been hard at work endowing firefox tabs with more functionality, as were seeing in the latest betas of version 3. Firefox tab candy organizes your tabs in groups, looks. Aza raskin on tabcandy mozilla summit 2010 youtube. Issues with web page layout probably go here, while firefox user interface issues belong in the firefox product. More system details additional system details installed plugins. Ubiquity doesnt require you to restart firefox as you develop. Mozilla has appointed aza raskin as the creative lead for firefox. Aza is the founder of massive health, and was until recently creative lead for firefox. As an advocate for the ethical use of technology, raskin is critical of the effects that modern technology has on everyday lives and society. Feb 11, 2009 aza is also the founder of humanized, inc. Firefox 4 is officially out, and its got a lot going for it, including a more minimalistic interface, synchronization, and a serious speed increase. Mozilla hired three executives of humanized in january, and aza raskin, the former president of that company, introduced ubiquity 0.
Its like apples expose plus spaces for the web mg siegler. Mozilla looks to turbocharge firefoxs newtab skills. Mozilla has finally graduated its firefox 4 browser out of beta and the mac. An immortal design lesson for his son the man who created the mac interface gives his son aza raskin a final gift that testifies to the beauty and power of.
Mozilla s own aza raskin revealed a new feature for the firefox browser called tab candy. Drawing a tab group should be transparent or in background. All of the major browsers on windows and mac os x are vulnerable to the attack. Starting today, tab candy will be called firefox panorama and be available as a feature in firefox.
Aza raskin, firefoxs creative lead, spelled out the scenario. Many people have reported that the attack doesnt change the favicon in chrome. Jul 27, 2010 an introduction to firefoxs tab candy from aza raskin on vimeo. Identity in the browser firefox aza on design aza raskin. Jul 23, 2010 mozillas own aza raskin revealed a new feature for the firefox browser called tab candy.
He is firefoxs creative lead and led ux for mozilla labs prior to that azas points are all valid and apply to product managers too, whether they have overlapping responsibilities that involve design or they just want to know more about design. An introduction to firefoxs tab candy from aza raskin on vimeo. Weirdly, firefox occasionally seems to do this uses mru rather than cycling, but this is unreliable and i cannot get it to do so now. I am happy to announce that tab candy is coming to firefox 4. Mozillas research arm wants to speed up tasks in firefox that typically start with a blank tab, like searching, reading web mail or navigating to a new site, a company official said wednesday. This new feature allows firefox users to organize and browse more efficiently and effectively. I put myself through the pain of using very early developmental builds of firefox with tab candy just so i could make use of it as soon as possible. The idea is sort of like the new app folders in ios 4, or like a better version of os xs expose. Updated to december 2009 i recently stumbled upon this post by aza raskin where he outlines the pros and cons of a brand new way of using firefox.
Aza raskin, blair mcbride, abimanyu raja, jono dicarlo, atul varma. We need a visual indication that there are other groups available just by looking at the tab candy toolbar buttonicon. Firefox 4 beta 7 is nearly complete and much speedier. Gecko, html, css, layout, dom, scripts, images, networking, etc. This is much nicer for the enduser, as well, because the ubiquity command installation process is a lot easier. Sneaky browser tabnapping phishing tactic surfaces. He is the son of humancomputer interface expert and initiator of the macintosh project at apple, jef raskin. Aza raskin, firefox s creative lead, spelled out the scenario, which is striking in its assumption. May 25, 2010 all of the major browsers on windows and mac os x are vulnerable to the attack.
So an instructor can be using safari on a mac, and a student can be using firefox on windows. Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names. Oct 01, 2016 elsewhere wendellen li and aza raskin. Jul 23, 2010 mozilla creative lead aza raskin has released tab candy, an experimental feature for firefox that reimagines tabbed browsing through tab groups and reorganization. Release candidate 2 a base for the final version was released on march 18, 2011. May 25, 2010 tabnapping web browser attack makes phishing easy. A user has multiple tabs open, and surfs to a site that uses special javacript code to silently.
As mozilla firefox creative lead aza raskin describes it, the attack is as elegant as it is simple. Sneaky browser tabnapping phishing tactic surfaces reuters. Fourth firefox 4 beta adds panorama, hardware acceleration. The big news is, tab candy or tab sets, or firefox uberview has been renamed to firefox panorama i love it and its now built in firefox 4, starting from this beta. Browse firefox and organization content selected by the elearning learning community. Mozilla has finally graduated its firefox 4 browser out of beta and the mac, windows. Raskin s dad also helped create the first mac at apple. What is the latest version of firefox compatible with a. Raskin is named after and inspired by the work of mac visionary jef raskin. How to from aza raskin on vimeo ive played around with the new feature on windows 7, but i was less than impressed. Currently, it overlays with a solid color and covers up the tabs i want to group repro. Firefox 4 beta 7 is a free download for windows, mac, and linux systems. Currently, at least to use an extension of the type tab mix plus, this new tab only a blank page.
Tab candy to become a standard feature in firefox wired. An introduction to firefoxs tab candy aza raskin more in this category. Firefox tab candy is a new tab management feature for firefox that organizes tabs into groups to help you keep your tabs grouped by task. We hear that the mozilla foundation is buying hiring three of the. Mozilla labs head of user experience, aza raskin son of mac pioneer jef raskin has published a short video demonstrating a user interface concept for the upcoming mobile version of web browser firefox.
An introduction to firefox s tab candy from aza raskin on vimeo. Heres a video by firefox designer aza raskin showing the latest version of panorama in action. If you have a multi touch mousepad and have already downloaded firefox 4, you can enable mulitouch gestures by changing a few settings. While insecure versions of firefox will continue to work on os x 10. Mozillas own aza raskin revealed a new feature for the firefox browser called tab. A former creative lead for firefox, aza raskin founded massive health, which was recently acquired by the designconscious wearable tech company jawbone. Raskin provided a proofofconcept of the attack, in which a bogus gmail page is displayed. Aza raskin is a cofounder of the center for humane technology, writer, entrepreneur, inventor, and interface designer. Mozilla looks to enable web personalization macworld. It did not work completely against the safari browser on my mac no.
Jul 23, 2010 its still early in testing mode, as mozillas aza raskin points out on his blog today, but it looks to be exactly what i need. A new, incredibly sneaky identitytheft tactic surfaced earlier this week when mozillas aza raskin, the creative lead of firefox, unveiled whats become known as tabnapping that can dupe users into giving up passwords by secretly changing alreadyopen browser tabs. Mozillas tab candy experiment has proved so popular, the company has. The video below from firefox designer aza raskin gives a nice. Sneaky browser tabnapping phishing tactic surfaces computerworld. Shared components used by firefox and other mozilla software, including handling of web content. Firefox beta 4 also brings whats fast becoming the new hotness in web browsers. The version on show is designed for touch screen devices, though not multitouch like the iphone a decision mozilla took because firefox should be able to run on the least common. Im disappointed that raskin evidently a lifelong mac user implicitly accepts applicationswitching as the point of the shortcut. Nearly all current browsers, such as internet explorer, safari, chrome and opera include a tab feature. According to researchers at mac security vendor intego, the proofof. Mozilla looks to turbocharge firefoxs newtab skills macworld. Meet aza raskin, one of fast companys most creative people. In 2010, raskin introduced the results of his work on the firefox team at mozilla.
It renewed my faith in mozilla, and brought my attention to the fact that they have taken aza raskin on as. This allows users to open many different webpages without opening up a separate browsing window, thus decluttering the users workspace. Download it, give it a spin, and tell us what you think of the new browser and its liquoredup simian core. If ubiquity does indeed become ubiquitous, a lot of extensions can be rewritten as ubiquity commands. In the future, ubiquity is also likely to have the ability to convert your ubiquity commands into proper firefox extensions. Watch the video down, by mozillas excellent interface designer aza raskin, for a quick overview. If youre interested, hit up this link to download it. Mozillas own aza raskin revealed a new feature for the firefox browser called tab candy. Aza raskin born february 1, 1984 is a cofounder of the center for humane technology. Mozilla has said that firefox 4 consumes less memory and is more stable. Its still early in testing mode, as mozillas aza raskin points out on his. A former creative lead for firefox, aza raskin founded massive health, which.
Tips for being a good designer from aza raskin the appslab. New security research is shining a light on an attack technique that can be used to trick users into entering their personal information on phishing sites. The effort is being spearheaded by aza raskin, mozilla head of user experience. Firefox feature development will be as easy as writing a few lines of code, mozilla said. He is the son of humancomputer interface expert and initiator of the macintosh project at apple, jef raskin as an advocate for the ethical use of technology, raskin is critical of the effects that modern technology has on everyday lives and society.
According to aza raskin, head of user experience at mozilla labs, test pilot will be used to gather firefox usage information, feedback that will. Former creative head for firefox and named one of the worlds top 40 designers by fast company, aza raskin, turns design issues inside out. Previously, he was head of user experience for mozilla labs. The attack, dubbed tabnapping, was uncovered by aza raskin, creative lead for mozilla firefox, and affects all the major browsers on windows and mac os x. Firefox tab candy organizes your tabs in groups, looks excellent. Nunavut writes in with a note from techcrunch on aza raskin s latest mozilla goodie, tab candy. While this is still a very early build of firefox, i didnt experience any crashes or memory problems while i was using it. Meet aza raskin, one of fast companys most creative. Watch the video down, by mozilla s excellent interface designer aza raskin, for a quick overview. Oct 22, 2008 aza raskin, who specializes in user interfaces in mozilla, presented a plan to change the appearance of a new tab to its opening.
Mozilla creative lead aza raskin has released tab candy, an experimental feature for firefox that reimagines tabbed browsing through tab groups and reorganization. Firefox tab candy completely revolutionizes the web browser. Aza raskin born february 1, 1984 is a cofounder of the center for humane technology, writer, entrepreneur, inventor, and interface designer. Imagine, a firefox 4 without browser tabs betanews. Hideki sunahara keio univ videoreal media slides in english and japanese prof. Almost all mac users have used, at least once, apples solutions to windowing. Aza raskin, firefoxs creative lead, spelled out the scenario, which is striking in its assumption. Please mozilla, let me disable firefox panorama ghacks. In the latest mac chrome, the inactive tabs favicon doesnt update.
Mozilla extension would tap into typed commands macworld. When firefox debuted in 2002, microsoft had all but abandoned its internet. A new, incredibly sneaky identitytheft tactic surfaced earlier this week when mozillas aza raskin, the creative lead of firefox, unveiled whats become known as tabnapping. New phishing technique exploits browser tab use sc media.
In 2008, raskin joined mozilla and worked for mozilla labs. Mozilla releases firefox 4 beta 4 tab candy renamed to. Mozilla firefox 4 is a version of the firefox web browser, released on march 22, 2011. As mozilla firefox creative lead aza raskin describes it, the attack is as. Raskin is one of the foremost experts in user interfaces and over the years has developed expertise in web user interfaces. Not only does it offer incredibly handy features, but it looks beautiful. Using the activity monitor in mac os x, i tracked the amount of real memory, cpu utilization and cpu threads in firefox 4, firefox 3. If you are on mac osx with growl installed the message will appear as a growl. Aza raskin of mozilla has demonstrated a new type of phishing attack that takes advantage of the way people user tabs in browsers. The video below from firefox designer aza raskin gives a nice overview of tab sets and why theyre incredibly useful. Raskins dad also helped create the first mac at apple. Its still early in testing mode, as mozillas aza raskin points out on his blog today, but it looks to be exactly what i need.