Mozilla is all set to launch the next generation browser, Aurora. The company has called upon one and all to come forward with contributions to the effort.

“Today we’re calling on industry, higher education and people from around the world to get involved and share their ideas and expertise as we collectively explore and design future directions for the Web,” said the organization in a blog.

“You don’t have to be a software engineer to get involved, and you don’t have to program. Everyone is welcome to participate,” it went on to add.

The Mozilla labs blog further states, "Our goal is to bring even more people to the table and provoke thought, facilitate discussion, and inspire future design directions for Firefox, the Mozilla project, and the Web as a whole."

The company has asked all prospective participants to work under a Creative Commons license, and has not set any rigid timeline for completion. In collaboration with Adaptive path, the basic design modules have already been hammered out.

The highlights of Aurora are better visualization of bookmarks and browsing history as well as a new mobile version of Firefox. Early versions of the Aurora browser have already been posted on videos. The Aurora browser is a notch above the current Web browsers when it comes to integration with the desktop.

A web page on Aurora is equipped with a number distinct elements to make browsing easier and more intuitive for users. A “Shelf” on top of the screen that will provide users with access to frequently referred items. On the left of the screen, the “History Stack” will provide users a reverse chronological set of recently used objects.

The right of the screen will have the “User Stack”, which is a reverse chronological temporary storage space where users can opt to keep certain items within easy reach. Lastly, the “Wheel”, at the bottom of the screen, will enable users to have a visual reference for all the objects that they are actively accessing.

What’s more, Aurora also gives the Spatial View, which organizes things on the Web as objects and stores them as they were the last time the user accessed them. In the Spatial View, the power of the Wheel becomes paramount.

The Aurora browser analyzes all information passing through it. Based on semantic similarities, content clusters are formed in the browser.

It has been no mean feat devising this future-worthy browser. Recounting its inception, Adaptive Path president Jesse James Garrett said, “… with a problem like designing the browser of the future, we weren’t even sure where to start.”

“The evolution of the browser seemed to be intimately intertwined with the evolution of the Web — and to some extent, the underlying Internet — itself. Plus we had to account for trends in general computing technologies: smaller, faster, powerful, more connected and ubiquitous devices, enabling new kinds of interactions and applications,” Garrett added.