Firefox OS/Alopex
Ignite Design Vision
An open OS that puts Web content first
What is Alopex?
Alopex is the project name for our design-based initiative to evolve the overall experience of Firefox OS based on Ignite. 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: #fxos
Slack: ProjectAlopex.slack.com
https://projectalopex.slack.com/signup
Instructions below to sign up
- Enter your email address to get started. No need to enter the Mozilla email domain "@mozilla.com"
- Then you will be prompted to enter the slack team domain name "projectalopex".
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, Bryant Mao, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Content Discovery Journey | David A, David B, Bryant, Harly, Juwei, Philip, Scott | Discovery, Search results, Marketplace, Community |
| Core OS | Etienne, Francis, Hung, Patryk, Przemek, Rob, Vicky | Navigation and spatial model, Cross platform alignment, Customization model, Privacy and security, Application Model |
| Optimizing for web content | Bill, Jacqueline, Jonas, Peter | Addressing web deficiencies, Authentication, Offline and include many technical driven issues |
| 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 |
UX Updates
Last UX documentation
| Focus Area | Document |
|---|---|
| Content Discovery Journey | Example |
| Core OS |
From Tuesday, October 13th's Weekly Gaia Meeting |
| Optimizing for web content | example |
| Research | Example |