Services/Sync/EOL Sync Add On Phase 2

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Status

EOL Sync Add On Phase 2
Stage	Draft
Status	`
Release target	TBD
Health	Blocked
Status note	Initial Plan

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Team

Product manager	Jennifer Arguello
Directly Responsible Individual	Jennifer Arguello
Lead engineer	Philipp von Weitershausen
Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	Tracy Walker
UX lead	`
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	Ibai Garcia

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Open issues/risks

• Users will stop using Sync because they think the service has been disabled.

Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

Firefox Sync has been integrated into the client since version 4 and the Firefox Sync Add-on will not longer be maintained. This is a plan to end of life the use of the Firefox Sync Add-on. Once FF 3.6.* is EOL, the Firefox Sync Add-on shall also be fully EOL'ed.

Phase 1, was a plan to migrate users as much as possible in a graceful manner. Phase 2 is to shut off the Add-on by wiping it from existence on the AMO site and from web search queries.

The benefit of moving users to the current version of Sync is that it is a supported version of the service, which is continuously being worked on.

2. Users & use cases

• A lingering 3.6.* Sync Add-on user goes to the add-on page link.
  • The user does not find the page.

• A user does a search for Firefox Sync
  • Search results do not contain AMO links

• A user does a search on the AMO page for Firefox Sync
  • Search results are empty

3. Dependencies

• FF 3.6.* must be EOL'ed is a blocker to this plan
• Blog communicating that Sync Add-on has been EOL'ed. Owner: Jen. Status: Not Started
• SUMO support is alerted of Phase 2 schedule. Owner: Jen. Status: Not Started
• Product Planning and PMM are alerted of Phase 2 EOL schedule. Owner: Jen. Status: Not Started
• Add Sync information to the homepage of FF4+ after install. Owner: Web Dev (PMM?). Status: Not started
• PMM keeps touting Sync as part of the next few releases. (With rapid release, we are finding that some users do not notice when new features come online and so we should keep promoting them with subsequent releases). Owner: PMM. Status: Not started

4. Requirements

• (More of a task than requirement) Disable the Firefox Sync Add-on AMO page

Non-goals

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Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

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Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Privacy review

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Localization review

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Accessibility

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Quality Assurance review

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Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

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Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

Use of Sync Add-on users has gone down enough (Jen to define enough). {{#set:Feature open issues and risks=* Users will stop using Sync because they think the service has been disabled. |Feature overview=Firefox Sync has been integrated into the client since version 4 and the Firefox Sync Add-on will not longer be maintained. This is a plan to end of life the use of the Firefox Sync Add-on. Once FF 3.6.* is EOL, the Firefox Sync Add-on shall also be fully EOL'ed.

Phase 1, was a plan to migrate users as much as possible in a graceful manner. Phase 2 is to shut off the Add-on by wiping it from existence on the AMO site and from web search queries.

The benefit of moving users to the current version of Sync is that it is a supported version of the service, which is continuously being worked on. |Feature users and use cases=* A lingering 3.6.* Sync Add-on user goes to the add-on page link.

• • The user does not find the page.

• A user does a search for Firefox Sync
  • Search results do not contain AMO links

• A user does a search on the AMO page for Firefox Sync
  • Search results are empty

|Feature dependencies=* FF 3.6.* must be EOL'ed is a blocker to this plan

• Blog communicating that Sync Add-on has been EOL'ed. Owner: Jen. Status: Not Started
• SUMO support is alerted of Phase 2 schedule. Owner: Jen. Status: Not Started
• Product Planning and PMM are alerted of Phase 2 EOL schedule. Owner: Jen. Status: Not Started
• Add Sync information to the homepage of FF4+ after install. Owner: Web Dev (PMM?). Status: Not started
• PMM keeps touting Sync as part of the next few releases. (With rapid release, we are finding that some users do not notice when new features come online and so we should keep promoting them with subsequent releases). Owner: PMM. Status: Not started

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Feature details

Priority	Unprioritized
Rank	999
Theme / Goal	`
Roadmap	Sync
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	`
Project	`
Engineering team	Services

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Team status notes

	status	notes
Products	`	`
Engineering	`	`
Security	pass	`
Privacy	`	`
Localization	`	`
Accessibility	`	`
Quality assurance	pass	I did mention to ally that the AddonFox addon has Sync in it's list. Not a big deal. That addon probably just skips any it can't find.
User experience	`	`
Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`

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