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 {{FeatureStatus
 |Feature name=Firefox Home Tab
-|Feature stage=Development
+|Feature stage=Landed
 |Feature status=In progress
-|Feature version=Firefox 11
+|Feature version=Firefox 13
-|Feature health=At risk
+|Feature health=OK
-|Feature status note=Phase 1 UX specs wrapping up this week.  Working with Engineering to get resourced.  Team will focus on phase 2 design next week and target Fx12 to land these changes.
+|Feature status note=Home Tab phase 1 landed Fx13.  Phase 2 work in progress now with UX team.
 }}
 {{FeatureTeam
 |Feature product manager=Chris Lee
 |Feature feature manager=Chris Lee
-|Feature lead engineer=Margaret Leibovic
 |Feature qa lead=Vlad Ghetiu
 |Feature ux lead=Jennifer Morrow
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 |Feature overview=Firefox Home Tab is a small pinned tab placed at the far left of the tab strip that will serve as the user's home on the Web.  The plan is for this interface to be locally hosted, customizable, and personalized to the needs of each individual user.
-<b>Phase 1</b>
+With the introduction of Apps and Identity into Firefox, a user's Home Tab will be the central location where users can access some of their most valuable content.  Firefox will offer easy access to things users are familiar with today (Bookmarks, History, Settings, Downloads) as well as introduce the Apps Marketplace -- a great place to discover exciting new content on the Web.
-*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=544819 Bug 544819] - Create a basic Home Tab linking to the current Home Page
-*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585316 Bug 585316] - Migrate homepage pref when we remove the home button
+As the content on the Home Tab evolves, we believe this page should be completely for the user.  The goal is to make this page as customizable as possible, and offer valuable modules that really enhance the Firefox experience.
-<b>Phase 2</b>
+;The work here will be broken out into multiple phases with details of each phase below.
-*Enhance the about:home content and leverage the work from the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/New_Tab_Page New Tab Page] feature
+|Feature requirements=;Phase 1:
-*Full integration of tools/preferences into a tab page vs. drop-down menu
+*The work here is focused on the content of the about:home page
-|Feature requirements=*Replace home button with an App Tab that always loads on startup
+*Tab infrastructure does not change and about:home will remain as a tab (vs. a pinned tab)
-*Continue to support user-customization of home page URL
+*In this phase we will introduce launchers to the the Firefox Home page.  See the UX spec below to see what this looks like.  These launchers will serve as a starting point to access common activities for Firefox users today.
-*Continue to support multiple home pages
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711157 Bug 711157] - Home Tab phase 1
-*Continue to allow customization of tools by allowing removal of the Home Tab
+*Assuming a Fx13 launch target date of 6/5, the "Apps Marketplace" launcher will need to be pref'ed off until the Marketplace goes GA at the end of Q2.
-|Feature non-goals=Synchronize state of home tabs across windows
+*When Apps Marketplace launches, we'll need to flip the pref for the Marketplace icon to appear for a specific set of launch locales.
-|Feature implementation notes=* We have a patch ready that will fix a few problems that enable us to finish the feature implementation. It was pushed to the try server but not checked in yet. {{bug|692339}}
+**Specific locales to be determined by Apps product team.
-* We made some simplifying assumptions that would help us get to some patch we can check in.
+;Phase 2
+*Tab infrastructure will change and about:home will become a pinned tab
+*The pinned tab will behave like any current pinned tab and will be removable by the user
+*Enhances the Home Tab content with the intro of the Apps Marketplace as well as additional modules that allow users to customize their page with content that matters to them
+*UX is working on a wireframe for what the 'final' design will look like as well as creating more detailed specs for the various modules that will live on the page itself for phase 2
+*More detail to come shortly
+*Wireframes for stage 2:
+**[https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Wireframe1_justchat.png Basic: content and chat]
+**[https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Wireframe2_conversation.png With a chat window open, large top bar]
+**[https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Wireframe3_smalltop.png With a Top Apps section]
+**[https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Wireframe4_largeapps.png With additional apps displayed]
+|Feature ux design=[http://people.mozilla.com/~jboriss/specs/home_tab_first_iteration_spec1.png Phase 1 UX design spec]
+|Feature implementation notes=*Implementation has not started for phase 1 yet
+*Waiting for Engineer to be assigned
-* Tracking development in [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/home-tab home tab etherpad]
+;Archive Dev info:
+*Tracking development in [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/home-tab home tab etherpad]
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=544819 Bug 544819] - Create a basic Home Tab linking to the current Home Page
+*[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585316 Bug 585316] - Migrate homepage pref when we remove the home button
 }}
 {{FeatureInfo
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 {{FeatureTeamStatus
 |Feature security status=sec-review-unnecessary
+|Feature qa status=Testing is in progress
+|Feature qa notes=[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Desktop/Firefox_Home_Tab/Test_Plan Test Plan]
 }}