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= Welcome to Idea Town =
As of January 2016 the Idea Town project has been [http://micropipes.com/blog/2016/01/27/meet-the-new-test-pilot/ renamed to Test Pilot].


Idea Town is an opt-in platform that allows us to perform controlled tests of new high-visibility product concepts in the general release channel of Firefox.
'''[[Test_Pilot|Learn more about the new Test Pilot!]]'''
 
Idea Town is not intended to replace trains for most features, nor is it a test bed for concepts we do not believe have a strong chance of shipping in general release. Rather, it is reserved for features that require user-feedback, testing, and tuning before they ship with the browser.
 
= Goals =
 
=== Primary Goal ===
 
* Idea town will let us take larger risks with product concepts, giving us a cheap avenue to test and validate product concepts.
 
=== Secondary Goals ===
 
* Idea Town will create a service for Firefox users interested in trying out cutting edge features.
* Idea Town will normalize the process for testing and iterating on new UI/UX in the browser.
* Idea Town will provide a stable channel to measure user interest in potential Firefox features.
* Idea Town will establish a richer relationship for users with Firefox/Firefox Accounts.
* Idea Town will introduce a new viral component into browser development.
* Idea town will empower Firefox UX to propose and validate product concepts with a large audience.
 
= Milestones =
 
=== Tentative Summary ===
 
* Milestone 1A: Launch Idea Town internally
* Milestone 1B: Publicly launch teaser site
* Milestone 2: Release Idea Town to the public
 
=== Milestone 1A ===
'''December 2015'''
 
=== Milestone 1B ===
'''December 2015'''
 
=== Milestone 2 ===
'''Q1 2016'''
 
= Resources =
 
=== Repos ===
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town Main Repo]
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town-server Server/Web]
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town-addon Add-on]
* [https://github.com/mozilla/idea-town-splash Splash Site]
 
=== User Experience ===
 
* [https://invis.io/FN41RTXYS MVP Flow]
 
=== User Stories ===
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bC3RjmQB1ZaduhY7_COS_gq3SJhkkqQ-qeiDnzQyCDs/edit?usp=sharing Provisional User Stories]
 
= People =
 
=== Product Owner ===
* Nick Chapman
 
=== User Experience ===
* John Gruen
* Bryan Bell
 
=== Engineering ===
* Jared Hirsch
* Les Orchard
* Dave Justice
 
= Communication =
 
* email list (email to subscribe): [[idea-town-all@mozilla.com]]
* irc: [[#ideatown]]

Latest revision as of 21:41, 2 February 2016

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As of January 2016 the Idea Town project has been renamed to Test Pilot.

Learn more about the new Test Pilot!