Mozilla Bringing Windows 8 “Metro-ized” Optimized Firefox Browser on Dec. 10

Mozilla Bringing Windows 8 “Metro-ized” Optimized Firefox Browser on Dec. 10

It’s been a long time coming but, Mozilla will finally get around to launching a version of its Firefox web browser for Windows 8 over a year after Microsoft released the desktop OS. The news comes in the form of notes from a meeting held by Mozilla earlier this week that describe a “Metro-ized” version of Firefox 26 designed to work with Metro UI’s live tiles and touch-screen software.

Before the final release of Firefox 26, Mozilla will pair the Modern version with the browser's "Aurora" and "Beta" channel builds, which are to release Sept. 16 and Oct. 28, respectively. At each step, Mozilla will quash bugs and possibly respond to user feedback with changes.

Mozilla started work on a Modern edition of Firefox, one that would run in the user interface (UI) once known as Metro, more than a year ago. The open-source developer released a rough preview in October 2012, several weeks before Microsoft shipped Windows 8. At the time, the official release was slated for Jan. 2013, but it’s since been pushed back multiple times; until this week the browser was expected to launch this Oct. at the earliest.

Mozilla and Microsoft haven’t had the smoothest relationship over the past few years. The open-source company vocally accused Microsoft of blocking outside companies from building browsers for the tablet-based Windows RT OS that could compete with its own mobile version Internet Explorer 10. In the end, however, Microsoft appears to have suffered worse for its decisions, with the Surface RT proving a costly flop for the company.

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Write by: RC - Saturday, August 17, 2013