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= Overview =
= Pitch =
'''Sprint lead:''' shorlander<br/>
The new theme for Firefox will modernize the web browser interface, reflecting the power, simplicity and customizability of the world's most popular browser. Ensuring that the application feels like a natural part of the user's desktop, web life, and task flow are key goals.
'''Sprinters:''' faaborg, limi, (martell)<br/>
'''Timeframe:''' 2 weeks (beginning 2009/07/13)–(ending ?)<br/>


'''Description:''' Exploring a revamp of the Windows theme in evolutionary phases. Identifying current issues and weaknesses. Focus on modernizing and streamlining.
= Current Theme Issues =
[[Firefox/3.0 Windows Default Theme Issues|3.0 Windows Default Theme Issues]]
= Visually Appealing Windows Applications =
[[Firefox/Projects/Windows_Theme_Revamp/Visually_Appealing_Windows_Applications|Visually Appealing Windows Applications]]


= Goals =
= Goals =
== General ==
* Streamline UI elements and reduce visual footprint
* Streamline UI Elements
* Modernize look and feel
* Reduce Visual Footprint
* Retain visual integration
* Modernize Look and Feel
* Maintain cross-platform consistency (Where applicable)
* Retain Visual Integration While Still Being Attractive


= Design =
New theme implementation should be accomplished in two phases.


== Mockups ==
= Non-Goals =
* '''<span style="color: #26A5D0">(Updated)</span>''' 3.7 Mockups: [[Firefox/3.7 Windows Theme Mockups]]
* Alter tab behaviour
* 4.0 Mockups: [[Firefox/4.0 Windows Theme Mockups]]
* Maintain compatibility with existing themes


== Short-Term (Firefox 3.7): ==
'''<span style="color: #26A5D0">(Updated)</span>'''
[[Image:(Windows)-(Firefox.next)-(3.5–3.7-Evolution)-Wireframe-(Ver-001).png]]


Lightweight changes. Mostly style and texture. Some element shift/removal.
= Status =
* Make use of Aero Glass
* '''IN FLIGHT'''
* Combine Stop and Reload (Separate Stop and Reload buttons in Customization dialog)
** Started Implementation
* Hiding of MenuBar
* Sort and Trim Menu Items
* Make use of Page and Tools buttons
* Move "Home" button to Home Tab
* Changes to the TabBar to make it more streamlined
* Shift towards more unified look across Windows variations(while still retaining platform look & feel "spirit")
** Less "bright and colorful" icons
** More tangible button appearance
** Perhaps more glyphs
* General icon cleanup/polish


== Long-Term (Firefox 4.0): ==
* '''Tracking Bugs:'''
'''<span style="color: #26A5D0">(Updated)</span>'''
** <span style="color: #7e7e7e">'''[Windows]'''</span> {{bug|544820}}
[[Image:(Windows)-(Firefox.next)-(3.7–4.0-Evolution)-Wireframe-(Ver-001).png]]
** <span style="color: #7e7e7e">'''[Linux]'''</span> {{bug|572482}}
Major changes. New UI elements, removal and/or relocation of traditional elements.
** <span style="color: #7e7e7e">'''[Mac]'''</span> {{bug|544821}}
* Combine Reload/Stop/Go
* Move Reload/Stop/Go to the LocationBar
* Remove StatusBar
* Relocate StatusBar Content
* Combine Location and Search
* Addition of thin progress bar (tied to LocationBar in active tab and top of tab for background tabs)
* Possibly move tabs on top, above main toolbar. (option to move back underneath navigation bar and possibly left or right as well)
* Remove the bookmarks bar(if never user altered)
* Addition of tab sidebar
* Even less system native styling
* Download notification overlay UI


= Platform Capabilities  =
* '''Project Lead:''' shorlander
* '''Project Members:''' Boriss, dao, faaborg, gavin, limi


These are all things that we would need to be able to do to create the theme changes that have been mocked up.&nbsp; As new limitations emerge I'll add them to this list as well.
= Design =
 
* [[Firefox/Projects/New Theme/Windows|Windows]]
=== All Platforms: General ===
* [[Firefox/Projects/New Theme/Linux|Linux]]
 
* [[Firefox/Projects/New Theme/Mac|Mac]]
* {{bug|513157}} Ability to draw the title bar ourselves (possibly tabs, weave, OS theme integration, personas)
** {{bug|513158}} Josh will look into this more for OS X
** {{bug|513162}} Windows: talk to Jim or rstrong
** {{bug|513159}} Linux: only gnome for overlaying the title bar? perhaps consider dropping, need to talk to karl tomlinson, zwol
 
*Additional OS theme resource extraction (are there things we should expose to the platform from the new OS themes?)
**Nothing comes to mind right now on things that are available


*Full OS theme detection (reduce our reliance on extraction)
**Not a problem, just need to actually do it


*Icons: all icons are in toolkit, about:icons, icon protocol
= [[Firefox/Projects/New_Theme/Timeline|Timeline / Milestones]] =
**Every agrees we should do it, just need to get it done


*Colors: about:colors, single file with all hard coded colors, new primitives (moz-red)
= Delivery Requirements =
**Dao got started on doing this, it's a build time thing
* Requires an add-on compatibility changing application version increment
* Requires full alpha and beta testing  with over 50,000 users on all platforms


=== All Platforms: Customization ===


*Ability to have multiple instances of the same control in the customization palette
= Constraints =
**Not a problem, just need to actually do it
* Designs completed and accepted for Windows (XP, Vista and Windows 7, in Classic and with Windows themes applied), OSX (10.5 and later) and Linux (Ubuntu 9.10 and later)
* No impact to Ts or TXul metrics


*Ability to change the appearance of a control based on its location relative to other controls on the toolbar
**Possible, but a lot easier to just do it based off of the immediate right and left items. We can go farther than that but it starts to get intractably complex.


=== Windows ===
= Dependencies =
* Ability to draw in title bar of window on all operating systems (Core::Widget) {{bug|513157}}
* Re-implement tab strip as toolbar (Toolkit::Tabbed Browser) {{bug|347930}}
* Enable Aero Glass for Main Window {{bug|546259}}


*Ability to package multiple themes (XP, Vista, 7) instead of relying on chrome overrides
= Testing =
**Showing both in the theme manager might be difficult, need to follow up on the
* <span style="color: #7e7e7e">'''[Perf]'''</span> Ts and TXUL should be monitored closely as code lands
* <span style="color: #7e7e7e">'''[Compatibility]'''</span> Test with OS alternate themes (ie: Classic, Tan, Aqua)
* <span style="color: #7e7e7e">'''[Security]'''</span> No security review required


*Ability to package different .ico files for different versions of Windows
**First icon embedded in the firefox.exe, so we would have to have different exe files.
**However, we can control the icon used for shortcuts (start menu, quick launch, desktop) so that very well could be good enough, especially if we are drawing our own title bar so can use whatever


*{{bug|506124}} Glass support (already well discussed and on track, but a platform capability nonetheless)
= Related Projects =
** Some interesting cases with personas {{bug|513170}} and also private browsing {{bug|513418}}
* App Button/App Menu + [[Menu cleanup]]
* [[Firefox/Projects/Home Tab|Home Tab + App Tabs]]
* [[Firefox/Projects/Places_UI|Places UI]]
* [[Firefox/Projects/Notification|Notifications]]
* [[Firefox/Projects/animation|Animation]]
* [[Firefox/Projects/Download_manager_improvements|Download Manager Improvements]]
* [[Firefox/Projects/Extension_Manager_Redesign|Extensions Manager Redesign]]
* browser.js cleanup

Latest revision as of 01:46, 6 July 2010

Pitch

The new theme for Firefox will modernize the web browser interface, reflecting the power, simplicity and customizability of the world's most popular browser. Ensuring that the application feels like a natural part of the user's desktop, web life, and task flow are key goals.


Goals

  • Streamline UI elements and reduce visual footprint
  • Modernize look and feel
  • Retain visual integration
  • Maintain cross-platform consistency (Where applicable)


Non-Goals

  • Alter tab behaviour
  • Maintain compatibility with existing themes


Status

  • IN FLIGHT
    • Started Implementation
  • Project Lead: shorlander
  • Project Members: Boriss, dao, faaborg, gavin, limi

Design


Timeline / Milestones

Delivery Requirements

  • Requires an add-on compatibility changing application version increment
  • Requires full alpha and beta testing with over 50,000 users on all platforms


Constraints

  • Designs completed and accepted for Windows (XP, Vista and Windows 7, in Classic and with Windows themes applied), OSX (10.5 and later) and Linux (Ubuntu 9.10 and later)
  • No impact to Ts or TXul metrics


Dependencies

  • Ability to draw in title bar of window on all operating systems (Core::Widget) bug 513157
  • Re-implement tab strip as toolbar (Toolkit::Tabbed Browser) bug 347930
  • Enable Aero Glass for Main Window bug 546259

Testing

  • [Perf] Ts and TXUL should be monitored closely as code lands
  • [Compatibility] Test with OS alternate themes (ie: Classic, Tan, Aqua)
  • [Security] No security review required


Related Projects

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