The interface overhaul has been developed under the code name “Australis” and has been available in testing branches of Firefox since August of 2013. Firefox 29 with the Australis interface has been in beta development since March 20. The new user interface provides new customization options that enable users to more easily modify Firefox for their own needs (be sure to check out eWEEK’s slide show on the Australis Interface).
Jonathan Nightingale, vice president of Firefox at Mozilla, told eWEEK that during the beta development period his organization received a lot of feedback on Australis. That feedback was generally about requests for refinements to the interface.
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Firefox 29 Debuts With New Australis User Interface
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.