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 == Tools ==
-Mozilla has a ton of great tools already available for analyzing performance, including many I haven't uncovered yet. I'll try to enumerate the ones that I have uncovered so far, even though I'll just be duplicating [[Performance:Tools]]. But that page is oddly organized and out of date, so I'm just going to pile things here until I get a better handle on all of this, then I'll move it all over to that page instead.
+Mozilla has a ton of great tools already available for analyzing performance, including some I haven't uncovered yet. I'm updating [[Performance:Tools]] with everything I encounter.
 === Audiences ===
+The audience determines whether a tool can be enabled via a conditional compilation directive, or whether it needs to be available in a release build. It also gives guidance as to whether a platform-specific tool is acceptable (eg dtrace).
 * Mozilla platform developers
-* Mozilla application developers
+** Can be platform-dependent and require different build options.
-* Plugin authors
+** Nice if they can be fully automated and added to buildbot
+* Mozilla application developers (Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.)
+** Similar constraints as for "Mozilla platform developers"
 * Add-on authors
+** Platform dependence dramatically limits scope
-The audience determines whether a tool can be enabled via a conditional compilation directive, or whether it needs to be available in a release build. It also gives guidance as to whether a platform-specific tool is acceptable (eg dtrace).
+** Different build options are problematic, but in some cases will be ok.
+* Web application authors
+** Pretty much needs to be platform independent
+** Different build options are problematic, but in some cases will be ok.
+* General web developers
+** Pretty much needs to be platform independent
+** Must be available in release build, though enabling via config options or as an add-on is ok
 === Tool Ideas ===