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==Outreachy Program Cohort: Round 14 (May 30 -Aug 30, 2017)== | ==Outreachy Program Cohort: Round 14 (May 30 -Aug 30, 2017)== | ||
====Page Shot / | ====Page Shot / Firefox Screenshots==== | ||
'''Note: Page Shot has been renamed Firefox Screenshots''' | |||
'''Mentor:''' [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/ianbicking/ Ian Bicking] <br /> | '''Mentor:''' [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/ianbicking/ Ian Bicking] <br /> | ||
'''IRC:''' ianbicking (usually online 8am-3pm Pacific time) <br /> | '''IRC:''' ianbicking (usually online 8am-3pm Pacific time) <br /> | ||
'''IRC channel:''' [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.mozilla.org/ | '''IRC channel:''' [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.mozilla.org/screenshots #screenshots] | ||
'''Project Description:''' | '''Project Description:''' | ||
[https://github.com/mozilla-services/ | [https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots/ Firefox Screenshots], a screenshot tool for Firefox, will be shipping with Firefox mid-June. Our small team's focus during the time of the internship will be running A/B tests on the product and refining the experience based on what we learn. | ||
There's several areas that can be impactful to the project: | There's several areas that can be impactful to the project: | ||
* We are collecting behavioral data on how people use the tool, and plan to make changes through the summer based on what we learn. Someone with skills and interest in analyzing this kind of data (in our case Google Analytics and survey data) would be great. Some of what we want to learn from the data may require data analysis outside of Google Analytics. | * We are collecting behavioral data on how people use the tool, and plan to make changes through the summer based on what we learn. Someone with skills and interest in analyzing this kind of data (in our case Google Analytics and survey data) would be great. Some of what we want to learn from the data may require data analysis outside of Google Analytics. | ||
* We have many product goals. | * We have many product goals. Firefox Screenshots is built as a WebExtension using pretty straight-forward JavaScript. The server is built with Node.js and React. Someone with knowledge of JavaScript together with HTML/CSS can get in and make positive changes quickly. | ||
* Our basic experience will be in place by the summer, but there will be many opportunities for optimizing the performance and size of the screenshots and pages that we're delivering, including offline access. In addition to development skills this will require research and experimentation to plan out the best approach. | * Our basic experience will be in place by the summer, but there will be many opportunities for optimizing the performance and size of the screenshots and pages that we're delivering, including offline access. In addition to development skills this will require research and experimentation to plan out the best approach. | ||
If you are interested please [https://github.com/mozilla-services/ | If you are interested please [https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots/ check out the repository] and try to follow the instructions. If you have problems that's okay! We want to make setup easy for everyone, but we still have work to do. Come to the [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.mozilla.org/screenshots IRC channel] so we can help get you setup and improve the experience for future people. We have a [https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots/labels/good%20first%20bug list of good first bugs]. If you want to start on one, please get your development environment setup first, and after that comment on a bug that you intend to work on it. | ||
Note that the | Note that the Firefox Screenshots developers work during the day, in timezones from UTC-8 to UTC-5. If an applicant can't work during many of those hours it is unlikely to be a good fit. | ||
====HTML+CSS demos of our new browser engine==== | ====HTML+CSS demos of our new browser engine==== | ||