User experience is very much anchored in the technical details of a web app, service or any software out there, but just as important is the presentation and the overall look and feel. Firefox is a great browser used by millions of people around the world and Mozilla wanted to let those people customize their browsing experience to the fullest, a philosophy close to heart at the open-source foundation.
Earlier this year it launched Personas, a project designed to enable users to change the look of their browser in the easiest way possible. It has actually come a long way in the months since it launched and now Mozilla Labs is introducing Personas 2.0.
“The Mozilla Labs team launched Personas 1.0 in March with the idea that it shouldn’t be hard to make your internet browser more fun and personal. Over the past eight months, with your feedback and support, we iterated on the Personas experience fifteen times (10 times on the website, 5 times on the extension) and are now pleased to introduce Personas 2.0,” Mozilla’s Ryan Doherty and Suneel Gupta wrote for the Personas team.
The biggest attention in this latest release was on the site, which got a rather thorough redesign with an emphasis on a cleaner look and easier navigation, but also on the functionality. The landing page got cle… (read more)