Firefox/Features/InstallerUIRewrite

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Status

Installer UI Rewrite
Stage	On hold
Status	`
Release target	`
Health	OK
Status note	On hold - Jay (or Asa?) to follow up with rs

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Team

Product manager	Asa Dotzler
Directly Responsible Individual	Robert Strong
Lead engineer	Robert Strong
Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	`
UX lead	Alex Faaborg
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	`

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Open issues/risks

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

To support Windows x64 we would like to have a stub installer that checks if the user is running Windows x64 and then downloads / installs the correct bits. To accomplish this, I propose we use the existing installer, have it check if it already has the files to install, and if it doesn't have it download an archive containing the correct files. To support this, a rewrite of the installer user interface will be necessary.

This feature falls primarily in the Experience category (from the "Discover, Experience, and Connect" vision statement.)

2. Users & use cases

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3. Dependencies

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4. Requirements

• For clarity, the installer user interface rewrite can be done prior to implementing the stub installer.

Non-goals

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Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

Initial mockups can be found in bug 651965.

Most recent mockup: https://bug651965.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=543348

Note that after the user clicks install on step 1, even if they walk away Firefox will eventually be installed. This will likely improve conversion, since the stub installer is considerably smaller than the entire Firefox download (and they may lose interest at the download stage).

Here's a high level view of our previous install process

Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

A security review should not be necessary for the installer user interface rewrite though a security review will most assuredly be required for the stub installer (bug 322206).

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

These are the bugs we are using the track this work...

• bug 651965 - Installer user interface rewrite
• bug 322206 - Firefox net / stub installer (depends on bug 651965)
• bug 628869 - [Win] update installer elements to read Mozilla Firefox (depends on bug 651965)

Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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Most recent mockup: https://bug651965.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=543348

Note that after the user clicks install on step 1, even if they walk away Firefox will eventually be installed. This will likely improve conversion, since the stub installer is considerably smaller than the entire Firefox download (and they may lose interest at the download stage).

Here's a high level view of our previous install process |Feature implementation plan=` |Feature security review=A security review should not be necessary for the installer user interface rewrite though a security review will most assuredly be required for the stub installer (bug 322206). |Feature privacy review=` |Feature localization review=` |Feature accessibility review=` |Feature qa review=` |Feature operations review=` |Feature implementation notes=These are the bugs we are using the track this work...

• bug 651965 - Installer user interface rewrite
• bug 322206 - Firefox net / stub installer (depends on bug 651965)
• bug 628869 - [Win] update installer elements to read Mozilla Firefox (depends on bug 651965)

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Feature details

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

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Team status notes

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Security	`	`
Privacy	`	`
Localization	`	`
Accessibility	`	`
Quality assurance	`	`
User experience	`	`
Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`

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