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  • Touch Friendly Firefox For Windows 8 Now Available

    Mozilla was one of the first browser vendors to announce support for Windows 8 in March of last year. At that time, the company said it would be take advantage of the Metro UI to create a touch-enabled version of the popular Web browser that conformed to Microsoft’s Metro design principles. It’s been almost a year since then, and Metro Firefox is finally out in Firefox Nightly.

    Mozilla announced via Twitter today that a Windows 8 Metro UI version of Firefox is now available in the Nightly distribution. Firefox Nightly is the highly experimental version of Firefox so expect a few bugs.

    If you don’t want to take on Firefox Nightly, you can check out some screenshots of Mozilla’s preliminary work in Metro-fying Firefox here:

    Firefox Windows 8 Touch Friendly

    Touch Friendly Firefox For Windows 8 Now Available

    The design being used here is the similar to the UI currently used by Firefox for Android. There are a few Metro-ifications on display here, however, that I hope make their way into Firefox for Android at some point. Most noticeably, the bookmarks display in the Windows 8 version of Firefox is far superior to the simplistic drop down list on Android. Good thing somebody at Mozilla is already working on something like that.

    [h/t: CNET]

  • OnLive Launches Touch-Controlled L.A. Noire

    A touch controlled version of L. A. Noire is now available through OnLive and your favorite touch screen device.

    For those unfamiliar with OnLive, the company provides video game content from the cloud to your PC or mobile device. All of the games computing is done in the cloud eliminating the need for fancy hardware. If your computer can run an app, it can run OnLive.

    The company released a set of tablet apps late last year, expanding their PC cloud gaming concept into the mobile market.

    Around that time, Rockstar Games announced that it was working on tough screen controls for L. A. Noire, making gameplay experience feel more like it was designed for the tablet. (For most games, onscreen virtual buttons are used, or the OnLive wireless controller.)

    Rockstar has come through on this promise and L. A. Noire is now available with these features. If you currently own L. A. Noire, simply load the game up on your mobile app and play by directly swiping your finger across the screen.

    Unfortunately, at this point, you will have to use an android tablet. OnLive is still attempting to get an iOS version of its mobile service approved with Apple. The company announced their intentions to have this done last December, so it could be a case where Apple isn’t satisfied with the apps performance. Or they may feel the service will draw attention away from their own game apps. It’s all speculation at this point, as neither company will comment on the situation.