Mozilla revamps Firefox Browser with custom options”and a Chrome-like look

New Delhi: Mozilla has officially launched Firefox 29 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Firefox 29 introduces an entirely new UI — called Australis — that does away with the Big Orange Button (BOG), adds some rounded corners, and, as a result, looks almost exactly like Google Chrome. Firefox 29 has been released over on Firefox.com and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically.The new version features the same three-bar menu on the right and rounded tabs, for example. The bars now sports cleaner looks with the current tab (far left) having a rounded and more noticeable shape. These tables don't try to shrink into unreadability, but rather stay the same size.The new toolbar layout now has an updated version of the Firefox Sync cloud synchronization service, and a host of other incremental adjustments. Firefox now also uses Mozilla's Firefox Accounts for syncing settings and bookmarks between machines. The new Firefox Accounts uses the usual combination of email and password instead of random codes.The browser in the new updated version is now more customizable. As part of the update, the “Customize” button is now always present in the new Firefox menu. After clicking on that button, you can move around virtually all of Firefox's user interface. You can now prioritize features in the menu, toolbar, and tab bar by simply dragging them to the desired position.Another feature of the new version is that it lets unselected tabs to fade into the background. This feature will come handy when a user had opened lots of tabs. The update now comes with an improved bookmarking mechanism, which uses an almost un-Firefox-like animation when you star a page.In addition, there is also new social sharing feature of the Firefox SocialAPI. With the latest update, that functionality has been extended to one-click social sharing for Facebook and the del.icio.us social tagging site, among others, driven by integrated web services.Last but certainly not least, is Australis. All the aforementioned customization is being done in what Mozilla calls “the most carefully designed browser interface on the planet.” The company says a lot of time has been spent to make sure that the information is present in a cleaner way.Overall, you'll find Firefox 29 to be fast, friendly, and now very well organized and good looking. The browser is also good in terms of speed.