User:Clouserw/Idea Town

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 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

Primary Goal

• Idea town will let us take larger risks with product concepts, giving us a cheap avenue to test and validate product concepts.
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Secondary Goals

• 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 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 introduce a new viral component into browser development.
• Idea town will empower Firefox UX to propose and validate product concepts with a large audience.

Get Involved

• Submit an idea!

Looking for code?

• The website
• The add-on
• The splash site

User Experience

• Mockups

Get In Touch

• Join our Idea_Town/meetings public meetings
• Join our Mailing List
• Chat with us on IRC in #ideatown

People

Product Owner

• Nick Chapman

User Experience

• John Gruen
• Bryan Bell

Engineering

• Jared Hirsch
• Les Orchard
• Dave Justice

QA Skull Cracking

• Peter deHaan