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=Telemetry= | =Telemetry= | ||
It's helpful for Mozilla's engineers to be able to measure how Firefox behaves in the real world. The Telemetry feature provides this capability by sending performance and usage info to Mozilla. As you use Firefox, Telemetry measures and collects non-personal information, such as performance, hardware, usage and customizations. It then sends this information to Mozilla on a daily basis and we use it to improve Firefox. | It's helpful for Mozilla's engineers and decision-makers to be able to measure how Firefox behaves in the real world. The Telemetry feature provides this capability by sending performance and usage info to Mozilla. As you use Firefox, Telemetry measures and collects non-personal information, such as performance, hardware, usage and customizations. It then sends this information to Mozilla on a daily basis and we use it to improve Firefox. | ||
== | ==Seeing the Collected Data== | ||
Instance Telemetry data (collected in your browser) can be viewed by typing <tt>about:telemetry</tt> into the Firefox URL bar. | |||
Aggregate Telemetry data from all submissions can be viewed on the Telemetry dashboard at [http://telemetry.mozilla.org telemetry.mozilla.org]. Arbitrary custom analyses can be done via [http://www.robertovitillo.com/2015/01/16/next-gen-data-analysis-framework-for-telemetry/ telemetry-dash.mozilla.org] | |||
==Documentation== | ==Documentation== | ||
=== | ===For Firefox Devs=== | ||
'''Telemetry client-side:''' | '''Telemetry client-side:''' | ||
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* [https://github.com/mozilla/telemetry-server/ AWS Telemetry backend code] - soon to be superceded by the next generation backend | * [https://github.com/mozilla/telemetry-server/ AWS Telemetry backend code] - soon to be superceded by the next generation backend | ||
** [https://github.com/mozilla/telemetry-aggregator Telemetry backend code for aggregating histograms] | ** [https://github.com/mozilla/telemetry-aggregator Telemetry backend code for aggregating histograms] | ||
===For Firefox Users=== | |||
* [https://support.mozilla.org/kb/send-performance-data-improve-firefox Mozilla Support: Send performance data to Mozilla to help improve Firefox] | |||
* [https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-can-i-help-submitting-mobile-performance-data Mozilla Support: How can I help by submitting mobile performance data?] | |||
* [[Telemetry/FAQ|Telemetry and User Control: FAQ]] | |||
== Filing Bugs == | == Filing Bugs == | ||