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Problem: people working on Firefox features have difficulty getting user feedback if they ride the train model. The Nightly and Aurora channels don't get the right set of users exposure. | Problem: people working on Firefox features have difficulty getting user feedback if they ride the train model. The Nightly and Aurora channels don't get the right set of users exposure. | ||
Solution: create a channel through which people can opt in to and try out new features that have been implemented as add-ons. Some examples: | Solution: create a channel through which people can opt in to and try out new features that have been implemented as add-ons. Some examples: | ||
* add-ons that implement proposed UX changes<br>* socialAPI prototypes<br>* Panorama 2 | *add-ons that implement proposed UX changes<br>* socialAPI prototypes<br>* Panorama 2 | ||
The most sensible comparison I can think of would be Google's 'labs' capability for adding advanced or obscure capabilities to their websites. | The most sensible comparison I can think of would be Google's 'labs' capability for adding advanced or obscure capabilities to their websites. | ||
The particularly important distinctions between this concept and pointing people to Firefox Nightly are: | The particularly important distinctions between this concept and pointing people to Firefox Nightly are: | ||
* audience / exposure. Feature Creep would install into the current release of Firefox.<br>* features, not bug fixes. | *audience / exposure. Feature Creep would install into the current release of Firefox.<br>* features, not bug fixes. | ||
Some sketchy implementation details: | Some sketchy implementation details: | ||
The feature would be implemented as an add-on that provides an about:addons-style listing of feature prototypes to try out. | The feature would be implemented as an add-on that provides an about:addons-style listing of feature prototypes to try out. | ||
The add-ons presented to the user would be a collection on AMO ( eg we would use existing infrastructure with few tweaks ) curated by Mozilla. | The add-ons presented to the user would be a collection on AMO ( eg we would use existing infrastructure with few tweaks ) curated by Mozilla. | ||
The 'Feature Creep' add-on could also be instrumented to provide additional metrics about user behaviour when using new / prototyped features. <br> | The 'Feature Creep' add-on could also be instrumented to provide additional metrics about user behaviour when using new / prototyped features. <br> | ||