A demo of an experimental UI for Mobile Firefox by Aza Raskin, Head of UX for Mozilla Labs. Excellent, it is… Zoom, Pan, Throw… Aza posted some prototype concepts for the Firefox Mobile UI/UX.

The user interface shown in the video is a working prototype and will change, but there are some worthwhile concepts—some borrowed from Apple, some borrowed from Firefox. The mobile browser is built for a touch screen and allows scrolling with a flick of the mouse like on the iPhone (although it is single-touch, not multi-touch). The need to type is minimized by displaying any number of pre-defined buttons at appropriate moments, such as “search Google”, “send email,” and “map this.”

Via: TechCrucnch / Mozilla

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