DevTools/Features/ToolsWindow

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Status

Tools In Windows
Stage	Development
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Release target	Firefox 20
Health	OK
Status note	Early prototype demoed, much work remains

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Team

Product manager	Kevin Dangoor
Directly Responsible Individual	Joe Walker
Lead engineer	Paul Rouget
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Open issues/risks

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

We will need a presentation of developer tools that is separate from the browser window for a number of reasons:

1. Users with multiple monitors
2. Mobile developers initiating connections to remote devices
3. Add-on developers
4. Firefox developers

2. Users & use cases

User with Multiple Monitors

A user with multiple monitors wants to put their tools on one monitor while they have their main browsing window open on the other monitor.

3. Dependencies

• The Developer Toolbar

4. Requirements

1. Controls to pop the tools out into a separate window
2. Ability to use the Developer Toolbar to switch views
3. Web Console available from all views
4. Reload the page from the tools window
5. Ability to connect to remote browsers

Non-goals

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Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

See this presentation for some design points. The general idea is that the user will be able to pop tools out into windows.

Rob also suggested on a dev-apps-firefox thread that tools should be logically grouped so as not to have a huge collection of windows.

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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1. Users with multiple monitors
2. Mobile developers initiating connections to remote devices
3. Add-on developers
4. Firefox developers

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1. Ability to use the Developer Toolbar to switch views
2. Web Console available from all views
3. Reload the page from the tools window
4. Ability to connect to remote browsers

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Feature details

Priority	P1
Rank	4
Theme / Goal	`
Roadmap	Developer Tools
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	Desktop
Project	`
Engineering team	DevTools

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Team status notes

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