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 * and more!
-The goal of the Firefox front-end team is to make a kickass product out of the Gecko rendering engine. People working on the Firefox front-end use HTML/XUL/JS/CSS.
+The goal of the Firefox front-end team is to make a kickass product out of the Gecko rendering engine. People working on the Firefox front-end use HTML/XUL/JS/CSS/C++.
 == Communication ==
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 * Twitter: [https://twitter.com/FirefoxNightly @FirefoxNightly]
 * Mailing list: [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev Firefox Dev]
-* Weekly meetings: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Meeting Weekly Phone Calls]
+* [[Firefox/IterativeDevelopment|Iterative Development Meetings/Info]]
+* Old Weekly meetings: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Meeting Weekly Phone Calls]
 The best place to get in contact with people working on the front-end is by joining the '''#fx-team''' IRC channel at [irc://irc.mozilla.org/fx-team irc://irc.mozilla.org/fx-team]
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 * '''Downloads:''' paolo
 * '''History/Bookmarks:''' mak
-* '''Persona integration:''' mattn
 * '''Panorama/Tab Groups:''' ttaubert
 * '''New Tab page:''' ttaubert
+* '''Session Restore:''' ttaubert, smacleod
 * '''Installer/Updater:''' rstrong, bbondy
 * '''Add-ons:''' Unfocused, mossop
 * '''Find bar:''' mikedeboer
 * '''Electrolysis:''' felipe
+* '''Thumbnails:''' adw, markh, ttaubert
 == Reporting Bugs and Requesting Features ==
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 To suggest a larger feature, gather use cases, user stories, a statement of the problem your feature is solving, etc and [[#Communication|post them to the mailing list]] where we can flesh the feature out as a community.
-= Get Involved - START HERE =
+== Mentored and Good First Bugs ==
-Why thanks for coming by to look at ways you can contribute to the Mozilla project!
-Here's a couple of links that might help you get started:
+'''[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?j_top=OR&f1=status_whiteboard&list_id=7750949&o1=substring&resolution=---&emailtype1=exact&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&emailassigned_to1=1&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=mentor%3D&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=VERIFIED&email1=nobody%40mozilla.org&v1=good%20first%20bug&component=Bookmarks%20%26%20History&component=Build%20Config&component=Disability%20Access&component=Downloads%20Panel&component=Extension%20Compatibility&component=File%20Handling&component=General&component=Help%20Documentation&component=Installer&component=Keyboard%20Navigation&component=Location%20Bar&component=Menus&component=Microsummaries&component=Migration&component=Page%20Info%20Window&component=Panorama&component=PDF%20Viewer&component=Phishing%20Protection&component=Preferences&component=Private%20Browsing&component=RSS%20Discovery%20and%20Preview&component=Search&component=Security&component=Session%20Restore&component=Shell%20Integration&component=Shumway&component=SocialAPI&component=SocialAPI%3A%20Providers&component=Tabbed%20Browser&component=Theme&component=Toolbars%20and%20Customization&component=Untriaged&component=Web%20Apps&component=Webapp%20Runtime&component=WinQual%20Reports&product=Firefox List of available mentored and good first bugs]'''
-* For people who like to code [http://whatcanidoformozilla.org/ What can you do for Mozilla?]
+If you want to pick one of these up, feel free to ask for help in attacking the bug right in the bug itself, in [[#Communication|#fx-team on irc.mozilla.org, or on the firefox-dev mailing list]]!
-* For people who would like to see the variety of possible contributions [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/timeavailable.html Contributions by Time Available]
+* For people who like to code but haven't found anything above,  [http://whatcanidoformozilla.org/ What can you do for Mozilla?]
-__FORCETOC__
+* For people who would are not programmers: [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/timeavailable.html Contributions by Time Available]
-=Older document=
-The rest of this page is rather out of date and in need of a refresh, keeping it here for posterity (for now).
-== Getting Started on the Firefox Front-end ==
-* Overview
-** composed of c++, js, xul, css
-** dev process driven by bugzilla
-** code review and unit tests required
-** big features driven by feature pages
-** results measurements (perf, unit tests)
-* How
-** Contributing to the core
-** Prototyping via add-ons
 == Resources ==
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 * Videos
-== Need Help? ==
+== TODO ==
-* IRC (list appropriate channels, etc)
+Do you have ideas to improve this page but not enough time to actually make those improvements today? Please add them to this list so that they won't become forgotten! :)
-* News/Google groups for Firefox dev
-== Not a Programmer? ==
-* Testing
-* Documentation
-* Support
-* Communication
-== TODO ==
 Need to include:
+* more about who to talk to about what (ux, core features, toolkit stuff, platform specific, link to mobile gateway)
-* who to talk to about what (ux, core features, toolkit stuff, platform specific, link to mobile gateway)
 * [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Build_Documentation build instructions]
 * firefox reviewers page
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 * module owners page
 * where to report a bug
-* which irc channels
+* which irc channels (#fx-team, #ux)
 * list main & related bugzilla components (linked)
-* what needs help? (cleanup page)
+* what needs help?
 * what's our highest priorities? features page
-* links to good first bugs
 * https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Cleanup
 * [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Hacking_Firefox hacking Firefox MDN page]