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Status

Windows 8 Metro Firefox
Stage	Definition
Status	In progress
Release target	`
Health	OK
Status note	Placeholder feature page for all requirements to build a Windows 8 Metro-specific Firefox browser.

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Team

Product manager	Asa Dotzler
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Lead engineer	`
Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	`
UX lead	`
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	`

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Open issues/risks

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

Windows 8 contains to application environments, "Classic" and "Metro". Classic is very similar to the Windows 7 environment at this time, it requires a simple evolution of the current Firefox Windows product. Metro is an entirely new environment and requires a new Firefox front end and system integration points.

The feature goal here is a new Gecko based browser built for and integrated with the Metro environment.

Firefox on Metro, like all other Metro apps will be full screen, focused on touch interactions, and connected to the rest of the Metro environment through Windows 8 contracts.

Firefox on Metro will bring all of the Gecko capabilities to this new environment and the assumption is that we'll be able to run as a Medium integrity app so we can access all of the win32 Firefox Gecko libraries avoiding a port to the new WinRT API for the bulk of our code. We will need to have a pan and zoom capability for content.

We will need to determine if the Firefox front end on Metro will be built in XUL, C/C++, or HTML/CSS/JS (I'm assuming for now that .Net and XAML are off the table.)

Firefox on Metro is a full-screen App with an Appbar that contains common navigation controls (back, reload, etc.,) the Awesomebar, and some form of tabs.

Firefox will have three "view" modes -- full screen, 1/6th screen and 5/6th screen depending on how the user "docks" two full screen apps. Our UI will need to adjust

We'll also need integration with the share contract, the search contract, the settings contract, the picker contract, the print contract, the play to contract, and possibly a couple more.

We may want to offer a live tile with user-centric data like friends presence or other Firefox Home information updates

Ideally we'd be able to create secondary tiles for Web-based apps hosted in Firefox's runtime.

Links with info

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Windows_8_Integration
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Windows_8_Integration

Specific requirements to come shortly.

2. Users & use cases

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3. Dependencies

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4. Requirements

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Non-goals

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Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

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Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Privacy review

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Localization review

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Accessibility

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Quality Assurance review

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Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

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Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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The feature goal here is a new Gecko based browser built for and integrated with the Metro environment.

Firefox on Metro, like all other Metro apps will be full screen, focused on touch interactions, and connected to the rest of the Metro environment through Windows 8 contracts.

Firefox on Metro will bring all of the Gecko capabilities to this new environment and the assumption is that we'll be able to run as a Medium integrity app so we can access all of the win32 Firefox Gecko libraries avoiding a port to the new WinRT API for the bulk of our code. We will need to have a pan and zoom capability for content.

We will need to determine if the Firefox front end on Metro will be built in XUL, C/C++, or HTML/CSS/JS (I'm assuming for now that .Net and XAML are off the table.)

Firefox on Metro is a full-screen App with an Appbar that contains common navigation controls (back, reload, etc.,) the Awesomebar, and some form of tabs.

Firefox will have three "view" modes -- full screen, 1/6th screen and 5/6th screen depending on how the user "docks" two full screen apps. Our UI will need to adjust

We'll also need integration with the share contract, the search contract, the settings contract, the picker contract, the print contract, the play to contract, and possibly a couple more.

We may want to offer a live tile with user-centric data like friends presence or other Firefox Home information updates

Ideally we'd be able to create secondary tiles for Web-based apps hosted in Firefox's runtime.

Links with info

• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Windows_8_Integration
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Windows_8_Integration

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Feature details

Priority	P1
Rank	12
Theme / Goal	`
Roadmap	Firefox Desktop
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	Desktop
Project	`
Engineering team	`

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Team status notes

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Security	`	`
Privacy	`	`
Localization	`	`
Accessibility	`	`
Quality assurance	`	`
User experience	`	`
Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`

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