Project Alopex
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Program Description
An open OS that puts Web content first!
Alopex is the project name for our design-based initiative to evolve the overall experience of Firefox OS based on Ignite. Alopex used to be the genus under which the Arctic Fox was included and it's a cool female mutant Arctic Fox from a popular cartoon.
Alopex is about delivering an open OS that puts Web content first. It is about crafting an end-to-end Firefox experience that:
- Puts Web content in the center of the experience
- Directly addresses the shortcomings of the Web on mobile
- Emphasizes the Web's strengths of immediacy and continuity across devices
- Is centered around simplicity yet puts the user fully in control
- Creates an open platform for participation, and promotes community contribution
This initiative will build on top of the amazing work that has gone into customizations (add-ons), the ability to save/use Web content (Pin the Web), data sync and more.
Product Requirements:
- Discovering great Web content is simple, yet familiar
- Different content types (web apps, websites, etc.) are abstracted away from user
- All Web content is optimized (to the screen size and input method)
- Mobile content barriers (such as installations and re-authentication using the same credentials) are a thing of the past
- Loading Web content is quick and fluid
- Connection issues no longer "break" experience (endless spinners, partially loaded content)
- Users can access their favourite content from any device
- Users feel fully in control over their device and online experiences
- Content is not bound to the scope of specific apps, encouraging interesting new experiences to be created and shared with others
- Community members have a direct channel to offer new experiences to users
User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
| Title | BUG ID | User story | Acceptance Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title Goes Here | Bug ID | User Story 1 | Acceptance Criteria 1 |
| Bug ID | User Story 2 | Acceptance Criteria 2 | |
| Help/Onboarding | Bug ID | User Story 3 | Acceptance Criteria 3 |
Program Status
| Milestone | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Concept Presentation Mozlando | Dec 7/2015 | ON TARGET |
| TBD..Milestone 2 | CHALLENGED | |
| TBD..Milestone 3 | AT RISK |
Status Key
| Color | Status | Key |
|---|---|---|
| On Target | The project or deliverable is expected to meet its due date. | |
| Challenged | The project or deliverable is facing an issue that might cause it to miss its due date, but a “get well” plan has been developed to get it back on track. | |
| At Risk or Late | The project or deliverable is blocked or facing an issue that might cause it to miss its due date, and there’s no “get well” plan to get it back on track, or it is already late. | |
| Done | The project or deliverable has been completed. | |
| On Hold | The project or deliverable has been placed on hold. |
Program Timeline
MVP Scope
Querying by 2.6+ features
(please add correct bug tracking number)
No results.
0 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);
Dependency Tracking
More detail to come after Dec/2015
Detailed Program Plan
More detail plan to come after Dec/2015
| Action Item | Engineering Owner | QA Owner | UX Owner | Bugzilla ID | Planned Done | Actual Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Project Focus Areas
| Focus Teams | Team Members | Content Area |
|---|---|---|
| Content Discovery | David A, David B, Bryant, Harly, Juwei, Scott, Francis, Carol H, Fang | Discovery of content throughout the OS, Marketplace and Community |
| Core OS | Etienne, Francis, Hung, Patryk, Przemek, Rob, Vicky, Peko, Wilfred | Navigation and spatial model, Cross platform alignment, Customization model, Privacy and security, Application Model |
| Optimizing for web content | Bill W, Jacqueline, Peter | Addressing web deficiencies, Authentication, Offline and include many technical driven issues |
| Research | Irina | Competitive analysis, User perceptions on Mobile Web Browsing, Alignment & Definition of target audience |
UX Specs
| Focus Area | Document |
|---|---|
| Content Discovery | |
| Core OS |
From Tuesday, October 13th's Weekly Gaia Meeting |
| Optimizing for web content | |
| Research |
Reference Links
Communications
- IRC: #fxos
- Slack: ProjectAlopex.slack.com
- Signup via https://projectalopex.slack.com/signup
- Enter your email address to get started. No need to enter the Mozilla email domain "@mozilla.com"
- Then you will be prompted to enter the slack team domain name "projectalopex".
