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Idea Town is an opt-in platform that allows us to perform controlled tests of new high-visibility product concepts in the general release channel of Firefox. | Idea Town is an opt-in platform that allows us to perform controlled tests of new high-visibility product concepts in the general release channel of Firefox. | ||
Idea Town is not intended to replace trains for most features, nor is it a | Idea Town is not intended to replace trains for most features, nor is it a test bed for concepts we do not believe have a strong chance of shipping in general release. Rather, it is reserved for features that require user-feedback, testing, and tuning before they ship with the browser. | ||
= Goals = | = Goals = | ||
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=== Primary Goal === | === Primary Goal === | ||
* Idea town will let us take larger risks with product concepts, giving us a cheap avenue to test and validate product concepts | * Idea town will let us take larger risks with product concepts, giving us a cheap avenue to test and validate product concepts. | ||
=== Secondary Goals === | === Secondary Goals === | ||
* Idea Town will create a | * Idea Town will create a service for Firefox users interested in trying out cutting edge features. | ||
* Idea Town will normalize the process for testing and iterating on new UI/UX in the browser. | * Idea Town will normalize the process for testing and iterating on new UI/UX in the browser. | ||
* Idea Town will provide a stable channel to measure user interest in potential | * Idea Town will provide a stable channel to measure user interest in potential Firefox features. | ||
* Idea Town will establish a richer relationship for users with Firefox/Firefox Accounts. | * Idea Town will establish a richer relationship for users with Firefox/Firefox Accounts. | ||
* Idea Town will introduce a new viral component | * Idea Town will introduce a new viral component into browser development. | ||
* Idea town will empower Firefox UX to propose and validate product concepts | * Idea town will empower Firefox UX to propose and validate product concepts with a large audience. | ||
= Milestones = | = Milestones = | ||
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=== Tentative Summary === | === Tentative Summary === | ||
* Milestone 1A | * Milestone 1A: Launch Idea Town internally | ||
* Milestone 1B: | * Milestone 1B: Publicly launch teaser site | ||
* Milestone 2: | * Milestone 2: Release Idea Town to the public | ||
=== Milestone 1A === | === Milestone 1A === | ||
'''December 2015''' | |||
=== Milestone 1B === | === Milestone 1B === | ||
'''December 2015''' | |||
=== Milestone 2 === | === Milestone 2 === | ||
'''Q1 2016''' | |||
= Resources = | = Resources = | ||
=== Repos === | === Repos === | ||
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town Main Repo] | |||
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town-server Server/Web] | |||
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town-addon Add-on] | |||
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town-splash Splash Site] | |||
=== User Experience === | === User Experience === | ||
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= People = | = People = | ||
=== Product Owner === | |||
* Nick Chapman | |||
=== User Experience === | === User Experience === | ||
* John Gruen | * John Gruen | ||
* Bryan Bell | * Bryan Bell | ||
=== Engineering === | |||
* Jared Hirsch | |||
* Les Orchard | |||
* Dave Justice | |||
= Communication = | = Communication = | ||