Russian FSB to Give NSA Lesson in Digital Surveillance at Winter Olympics (via slashdot)
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Three members of UI design firm humanized are reportedly going to join Mozilla. The firm was founded by Aza Raskin, son of Jef Raskin – the legendary Apple interface designer.
Humanized is a firm that works on improving user interface designs for desktop and web applications. The company products include Enso and music search service Songza.
The news is great information indeed considering the appeal of Mozilla products and the latest developments in the Web applications field. The browser being a gateway to the internet, it is more or less like a generic operating platform for the internet.
Also, with the latest projects in seamless integration of offline applications with online utilities and incorporation of more dynamic media on the web, a lot of developments are happening at Mozilla.
Offline-online applications integration will be emerging as the next arena of brand wars with Adobe and Microsoft pushing for their AIR (Adobe Interactive Runtime) and Silverlight platforms respectively. Mozilla has a similar effort known as Prism. Google also has a set of APIs for offline-online syncing called Google gears.
The new joiners from the Humanized team are expected to bring a lot of innovation to Mozilla products.