Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition

Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition 501

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:24PM from the all-kinds-of-fun-new-toys dept.

Chris Blanc writes "Mozilla Lab's push is to blur the edges of the browser, to make it both more tightly integrated with the computer it's running on, and also more hooked into Web services. So extended, the browser becomes an even more powerful and pervasive platform for all kinds of applications. 'Beard wants the new online/offline, browser/service to be more intelligent on behalf of its users. Early examples of this intelligence include the "awesome bar," which is what Mozilla calls the new smart address bar in Firefox 3. It offers users smart URL suggestions as they type based on Web searches and their prior Web browsing history. He's looking to extend on this with a "linguistic user interface" that lets users type plain English commands into the browser bar. Beard pointed me towards Quicksilver and Enso as products he's cribbing from.'"

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"Blur the edges of the browser" (Score:5, Funny)

by Raineer ( 1002750 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:25PM (#22897300)

Cleartype fonts will clear that right up.

Some recommended commands (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:25PM (#22897312)

Look

Look at rock

Pick up rock

Eat rock

This is all wrong!!! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:27PM (#22897348)

Surely Firefox is going in the wrong direction! IMHO, blurring the edges of the browser should be the job of the Window Manager.

I'll get my coat..

Beard... (Score:5, Funny)

by Naughty Bob ( 1004174 ) * writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:28PM (#22897350)

From his picture in TFA, Chris Beard, VP of Labs for Mozilla, has no beard, despite his high-up position within the open source movement.

Does open source play by ZZ-top rules now?

Seriously (Score:4, Funny)

by joppinkaru ( 1254112 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:34PM (#22897478)

I don't WANT the edges pushed. I just want a browser, really. I just want to look at web pages, maybe even post to the occasional online forum (like Slashdot). I don't want a huge bloated thing that will suck up all my system resources and take two minutes to fire up. I just want a simple, standard-compliant, browser. Please, just let Firefox be that and make a new program to do all that other crap.
What other Windows Vista features can I expect in Firefox 4?

Sounds like an OS (Score:2, Funny)

by tknn ( 675865 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:34PM (#22897484) Homepage

So why don't they just break down and admit they are developing an OS that runs on top of other OSes?

Re:I hope they implement this as plugins (Score:5, Funny)

by iONiUM ( 530420 ) * writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:40PM (#22897580) Journal

You're not the "average" user. You know how I know?
a) you're on slashdot
b) you used && in your comment, perhaps by mistake
c) "I am not at all into social networking."

On the plus side you definitely belong here!

Re:AwesomeBar (Score:5, Funny)

by CaptainPatent ( 1087643 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:41PM (#22897610) Journal

I vote we tag this awesome article "AWESOMEBAR"
Until now, I just thought the AwesomeBar was what Chuck Norris ate for breakfast!

It's EMACS all over again. (Score:5, Funny)

by serviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:47PM (#22897748) Journal

Firefox will be a great OS. The only thing it lacks is a decent browser.

What we need is the browser equivalent of vi [the-little...d-girl.org]. And it actually exists. How wierd is that?

Re:Sounds Scarry. (Score:3, Funny)

by jbeaupre ( 752124 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:53PM (#22897844)

Funny but if "scarry" means causes scars or covered in scars, it's more scary than "scary".

The Awesome Bar (Score:3, Funny)

by Scrameustache ( 459504 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @03:59PM (#22897934) Homepage Journal

Where the women are easy and the booze is cheap!

Re:Some recommended commands (Score:5, Funny)

by Yvan256 ( 722131 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:00PM (#22897946) Homepage Journal

Score: 5, Confused

Didn't Microsoft already try this? (Score:5, Funny)

by Itchyeyes ( 908311 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:04PM (#22898014) Homepage

integrated with the computer it's running on, and also more hooked into Web services
So Firefox 4 is going to have Active X?

Summary of all comments (Score:4, Funny)

by radl33t ( 900691 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:04PM (#22898026)

"Get off my lawn"

Re:Uncessary Complexity (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:07PM (#22898062)

I'm sure you can turn it off with a plugin that will break with every single release.

Re:Some recommended commands (Score:5, Funny)

by FredFredrickson ( 1177871 ) * writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:08PM (#22898070) Homepage Journal

There are no nutrients in [rock]. Dragon kills you. You are dead. [Restart?]

Re:AwesomeBar (Score:5, Funny)

by geekoid ( 135745 ) writes: <dadinportland&yahoo,com> on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:09PM (#22898084) Homepage Journal

Nope
the Awesome Bar is what Chuck Norris shits out every morning.

Re:AwesomeBar (Score:3, Funny)

by sm62704 ( 957197 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:09PM (#22898108) Journal

Until now, I just thought the AwesomeBar was what Chuck Norris ate for breakfast!

No, it's where I go to drink.

Re:I hope they implement this as plugins (Score:5, Funny)

by Tumbleweed ( 3706 ) * writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @04:47PM (#22898674)

&& and I am not at all into social networking.

And if you keep using programming terminology like '&&' instead of 'and', YOU NEVER WILL BE.

Web -2.0 (Score:2, Funny)

by fph il quozientatore ( 971015 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @06:21PM (#22900038)

Cool. This way on, Firefox 7.0 will be looking much like Emacs.

Awesomebar? (Score:3, Funny)

by Junior J. Junior III ( 192702 ) writes: on Friday March 28, 2008 @10:45PM (#22902048) Homepage

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

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"Blur the edges of the browser" (Score:5, Funny)

Some recommended commands (Score:0, Funny)

This is all wrong!!! (Score:5, Funny)

Beard... (Score:5, Funny)

Seriously (Score:4, Funny)

Sounds like an OS (Score:2, Funny)

Re:I hope they implement this as plugins (Score:5, Funny)

Re:AwesomeBar (Score:5, Funny)

It's EMACS all over again. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sounds Scarry. (Score:3, Funny)

The Awesome Bar (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Some recommended commands (Score:5, Funny)

Didn't Microsoft already try this? (Score:5, Funny)

Summary of all comments (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Uncessary Complexity (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Some recommended commands (Score:5, Funny)

Re:AwesomeBar (Score:5, Funny)

Re:AwesomeBar (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I hope they implement this as plugins (Score:5, Funny)

Web -2.0 (Score:2, Funny)

Awesomebar? (Score:3, Funny)

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