Mozilla has revealed its ongoing undercover project. The Mozilla Guys are working on a Junior Browser which is designed for the iPad. Since the embedded browsing engine on iOS in locked-down to WebKit (UIWebView) by Apple, Mozilla is mainly concentrating on the design, namely by eliminating tabs and an address bar from the primary browsing experience, and instead tucking them behind a separate menu.
The Junior Browser for iOS
While browsing you will notice 2 half circles on both sides of the screen. The left one takes you to the back page and a plus symbol on the right that will help you get to your next destination. That plus button can send you to a tabs/search/bookmarks screen, which means those tasks don't have to hang around in your main browsing window all the time. The browser will come with Multi-User support. This will make changes to the history and settings according to the user. Mozilla has promised that Junior will be optimized for the big Retina display.
Bing will become the default Search provider in Junior, but an earlier demo of their next desktop browser showcased a great new way they're working to promote search engine choice. The new way is totally different and now the search box is past. It's easy to imagine that sort of thing findings its way into Junior, but for now they're separate products. Mozilla has already released mobile versions of Firefox on other platforms that have tab syncing over the cloud and add-on support; hopefully those features will find their way into the final release of Junior, but it's hard to say at these early stages.
According to the Mozilla Guys, the Safari browser isn’t the best browser on the iOS. The tabs and the variety of add-ons make browsing uncomfortable. Junior will take the tablet browsing to the next level. However they never said a word about Junior’s presence on other platforms.
Source: Mozilla
Via: The Verge
