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= Add-ons back on top!  =

== Participation Proposal ==

'''Facilitator(s)''': Jeff Griffiths

'''Are you paid or volunteer staff?''': paid

'''Area of Contribution (Team Name)''': Jetpack

'''How are you currently involved with the community?''': Contributor Steward for Add-ons, Product Manager for Jetpack

'''Location of Work (where do you reside?)''': Vancouver BC ( will be in Europe in the Mozcamp timeframe )

'''Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes)''': 30

'''Summary''':

Upcoming UX changes in Firefox will not only restore but dramatically enhance the place of add-ons in the Firefo Desktop UI. In this session I'll showcase where we're headed with this project and showcase how add-ons can easily leverage the new UI features via Jetpack or restartless add-ons. No XUL necessary!

Reference [http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/addons-in-toolbar-i01/addons-in-toolbar.html Mockups]

'''How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals (https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Tracks)''':

''Add-ons are a key reason why users choose Firefox, and we're working hard to make sure that add-ons in Firefox are a great experience and continue to be a compelling reason to choose Firefox and drive desktop growth.''

'''Expected Outcome or Deliverable''':

Interest in the add-on developer community in leveraging these new features.

'''Desired Audience Type or Skill-set''': previous add-on/web development would be great.

'''Equipment Needs (Video projector already included)''': n/a

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