Chris Troutman

Chris Troutman is an experienced product manager, producer and editor who has created highly-visible Internet brands. Troutman most recently directed daily production at FanHouse -- AOL's premier sports destination with over 12.5 million unique visitors a month. He is graduate from the University of Wisconsin. In his free time you can find hanging out with is dog Charlie and hunting for exotic craft beers.

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  • Is it me or are browser development cycles shortening?

Firefox 5 is already being prepared by Mozilla. At least the UI features have been laid out by the Mozilla team — there are nine new features in total.

Tab multi-select
New tab page (no public mockups yet)
Add-ons will get standardized toolbar support
File upload indicator.
Home button will completely disappear. 0_o 
In-browser preview: Firefox will also get an integrated PDF viewer
Taskbar web apps
Identity management
New sharing features: access to your social media accounts, ability to add social accounts and “share” websites directly from your URL bar. (death to the like button!)

    Is it me or are browser development cycles shortening?

    Firefox 5 is already being prepared by Mozilla. At least the UI features have been laid out by the Mozilla team — there are nine new features in total.

    1. Tab multi-select
    2. New tab page (no public mockups yet)
    3. Add-ons will get standardized toolbar support
    4. File upload indicator.
    5. Home button will completely disappear. 0_o
    6. In-browser preview: Firefox will also get an integrated PDF viewer
    7. Taskbar web apps
    8. Identity management
    9. New sharing features: access to your social media accounts, ability to add social accounts and “share” websites directly from your URL bar. (death to the like button!)

    (Source: ie7.com)

    04 Apr 2011
    Firefox 5