Since you are on the internet right now (admit it, you are), you are probably aware that Firefox 2 has been released. My congratulations to all involved. While I was much less involved in the visual design this time around, it was still a pleasure to have been involved at all.
The Mozilla.com website has been updated as well. This website update was something that I was much more involved with than the actual browser update. The design itself was done by the Nobox Marketing Group (get it?) with the implementation handled by our team at silverorange and the good people at Mozilla.
My favourite new feature in Firefox 2 (after the spell checking and recently-closed tabs, that is): Try entering a math formula into the Google search box (I’d recommend 57 * 4 / pi). Notice that the solution to your formula is instantly displayed in the suggested results. Thanks to Paul Kim for pointing out this gem.
Comments
hbons - October 25, 2006 7:32 am
Wonderful site design!
What do you use to make those graphics?
XINERGY - October 25, 2006 9:11 am
Fantabulous! Congratulations, and thank you. :)
XINERGY
Steven Garrity - October 25, 2006 9:44 am
hbons: I can't take the credit, really. The design was created by a firm called NoBox, and I helped to implement it on the site.
Erez - October 25, 2006 5:50 pm
The Google calculator isn't much of a Firefox feature, as it is a Google feature
Paul Kim - October 25, 2006 6:27 pm
Steven's much too modest about his contributions. The fact that the updated mozilla.com looks great wouldn't have been possible without his CSS kung-fu.
@erez: yeah, it's a Google feature, but one that is exposed wonderfully in Firefox 2 in a way that is pretty damn cool.
Jakub Steiner - October 26, 2006 7:04 am
Good job. I really adore the mozilla website for being so damn simple and nicely navigatable. Just like Firefox itself, it only does what it really aught to.
As for Firefox 2 itself, I can't live without a spellchecker anymore. And it's still a lean, mean, 'does one thing and does it well' kick arse browser that doesn't get in my way. Thanks for taking your part in making it rock :)
Anonymous Coward - October 27, 2006 4:08 pm
Hey, I'm just happy that Firefox supports all of the elements of HTML ... IE7 still doesn't support the Q tag.