Features/Desktop/Firefox reset option on reinstall
Status
| Firefox_reset_option_on_reinstall | |
| Stage | Feature Inbox |
| Status | In progress |
| Release target | ` |
| Health | OK |
| Status note | Dependent on the stub installer. Needs new mockups for the stub installer. |
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Team
| Product manager | Asa Dotzler |
| Directly Responsible Individual | Michael Verdi |
| Lead engineer | Robert Strong |
| Security lead | ` |
| Privacy lead | ` |
| Localization lead | ` |
| Accessibility lead | ` |
| QA lead | ` |
| UX lead | Madhava Enros |
| Product marketing lead | ` |
| Operations lead | ` |
| Additional members | ` |
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Open issues/risks
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Stage 1: Definition
1. Feature overview
The Firefox Reset is effective in fixing many issues involving the profile folder including removing unwanted add-ons and resetting the preferences that they have changed. Currently this feature is hidden in about:support and making it discoverable without a trip to the support site could help millions of Firefox users recover from issues that make Firefox unusable.
A bug has been filed for this work: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750979
More info here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Support/Firefox_Features/Clean_up_user_profile
2. Users & use cases
A user determines that "something" is wrong with Firefox, so they attempt to fix it by reinstalling. When the installer detects that the same version of Firefox already exists on the computer it will offer the option to repair Firefox by resetting it to its default state. That intent can be passed on to Firefox and the reset process will be started the next time Firefox starts.
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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A bug has been filed for this work: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750979
More info here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Support/Firefox_Features/Clean_up_user_profile |Feature users and use cases=A user determines that "something" is wrong with Firefox, so they attempt to fix it by reinstalling. When the installer detects that the same version of Firefox already exists on the computer it will offer the option to repair Firefox by resetting it to its default state. That intent can be passed on to Firefox and the reset process will be started the next time Firefox starts. |Feature dependencies=` |Feature requirements=` |Feature non-goals=` |Feature functional spec=` |Feature ux design=` |Feature implementation plan=` |Feature security review=` |Feature privacy review=` |Feature localization review=` |Feature accessibility review=` |Feature qa review=` |Feature operations review=` |Feature implementation notes=` |Feature landing criteria=` }}
Feature details
| Priority | Unprioritized |
| Rank | 999 |
| Theme / Goal | ` |
| Roadmap | ` |
| Secondary roadmap | ` |
| Feature list | ` |
| Project | ` |
| Engineering team | ` |
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Team status notes
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| Products | ` | ` |
| Engineering | ` | ` |
| Security | ` | ` |
| Privacy | ` | ` |
| Localization | ` | ` |
| Accessibility | ` | ` |
| Quality assurance | ` | ` |
| User experience | ` | ` |
| Product marketing | ` | ` |
| Operations | ` | ` |
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