Firefox OS/Alopex

Design Vision

An open OS that puts Web content first

What is Alopex?

Alopex is the project name for our initiative to evolve the design and overall experience of Firefox OS. Alopex used to be the genus under which the Arctic Fox was included and it's a cool female mutant Arctic Fox from a popular cartoon.

Project Goals

Alopex is about delivering an open OS that puts Web content first. It is about crafting an end-to-end Firefox experience that:

• Puts Web content in the center of the experience
• Directly addresses the shortcomings of the Web on mobile
• Emphasizes the Web's strengths of immediacy and continuity across devices
• Is centered around simplicity yet puts the user fully in control
• Creates an open platform for participation, and promotes community contribution

This initiative will build on top of the amazing work that has gone into customizations (add-ons), the ability to save/use Web content (Pin the Web), data sync and more.

Ideal End State

• Discovering great Web content is simple, yet familiar
• Different content types (web apps, websites, etc.) are abstracted away from user
• All Web content is optimized (to the screen size and input method)
• Mobile content barriers (such as installations and re-authentication using the same credentials) are a thing of the past
• Loading Web content is quick and fluid
• Connection issues no longer "break" experience (endless spinners, partially loaded content)
• Users can access their favourite content from any device
• Users feel fully in control over their device and online experiences
• Content is not bound to the scope of specific apps, encouraging interesting new experiences to be created and shared with others
• Community members have a direct channel to offer new experiences to users

Communication Channels

IRC: #alopex

Teams Members

Role	Name
Product Management	Peter Dolanjski, Preeti Sanketh, David Almstrom, David Bialer
UX Facilitators	Przemek Abratowski, Patryk Adamczyk, Francis Djabri, Harly Hsu, Juwei Huang, Rob MacDonald, Philip Walmsley
Engineering	Etienne Segonzac, Jonas Sicking
Product Strategist	Irina Sandu
Program Manager	Jean Gong
Marketplace/Content	Sakina Goth, Bill Walker, Scott DeVaney

Focus Areas

Focus Teams	Team Members	Content Area
Browsing & Content Journey	David A, David B, Harly, Juwei, Philip, Scott	Discovery, Search results, Marketplace, Community
Optimizing for web content	Bill, Jacqueline, Jonas, Peter	Addressing web deficiencies, Authentication, Offline and include many technical driven issues
Core OS	Etienne, Francis, Hung, Patryk, Przemek, Rob, Vicky	Navigation and spatial model, Cross platform alignment, Customization model, Privacy and security, Application Model
Research	Irina	Competitive analysis, User perceptions on Mobile Web Browsing, Alignment & Definition of target audience

Alopex Schedule

Milestone

• Dev Start: Q1/2016 (Dev start)
  
• Release Availability (RA) : TBD (branch here for gaia X.X and gecko b2g_XX)
  

Milestone	Dev Start	Release Availability
Date	Q1/2016	TBD
Gaia Branching		Gaia v3.0 branch created
Gecko Branching		Gecko XX moves to mozilla-beta mozilla-b2gXX branched
Bugzilla milestone	TBD	TBD

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