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Firefox Metro App For Windows 8 Screenshots Revealed

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Firefox already mentioned about their plans to bring the Metro version of Firefox Browser to the Windows 8 operating system a few weeks ago,since then they have been working hard on the Metro version of Firefox.

In a recent blog post Brian Bondy a Firefox programmer gave a glimpse of the prototype they have been working on for the Metro version of Firefox,showing how the Metro version of Firefox browser will look like.As you can see from the above screenshot which shows the Metro Tile for Firefox app.The prototype which they are currently working on is based on Fennec XUL code.
Here are some of the screenshots for the Firefox Metro app.
Firefox Metro app with Sidebar
Firefox Metro app Without Sidebar
He also explained why it was necessary to build a  Metro version for Firefox browser,
If a browser is awesome on Metro, the only way to use this awesome browser in Metro is for it to become the default. If a browser is default on Metro, it will also be default on the Desktop.
If a browser does not support Metro, it is seriously at risk of losing the default browser status, and therefore significant market share. A browser without support for Metro, if default, would be taking away a Metro browser completely from the user’s computer.
Even if a user spends most of their time in the Desktop interface, having a really good Metro browser may be enough for the user to change their default browser. A browser with great Metro support can gain significant browser market share for this reason.
The Metro Version of Firefox is officially slated for Q2 2012 but Brian Feels that there is still lot of work to be done in terms of platform integration as well as some design questions.
It would be interesting to see how the other  names in the browser market come up with their version of browsers with the likes of Opera,Chrome.
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