When Mozilla released the first iteration of this extension back in November, we welcomed the idea of a browser-focused sharing system. With the latest release, however, Mozilla has really upped the ante and improved the look and functionality of the extension, as well as adding support for more services.
New Look and Feel
The old version of F1 wasn’t unattractive — in fact we complemented the clean design. The problem, however, was because sharing buttons spanned the horizo ntal length of the browser, it could get cluttered and ungainly if used with too many services or on browser windows of odd widths.
The new interface features a vertical layout that stacks each service on top of another, displaying the sharing template only for a selected service. The content of the browser also remains unchanged in this implementation, with the overlay simply floating atop the webpage.
We like this look much better and find it effective and unobtrusive. This new video shows the plugin in action:
New Services and Features
In addition to a new UI, F1 has also added support for more services. LinkedIn joins Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Google Apps and Yahoo. Facebook and Twitter have also received additional capabilities. Users can now send a direct message to other Twitter users using F1 and they can also share with group walls on Facebook.
Finally, the Google Apps and Gmail templates have received an upd ate to include a...
