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* Sounds
* Sounds
** Goal: The UX team commonly get requests for new sounds. We'd love to "hear" what the community has to pitch in.
** Goal: The UX team commonly get requests for new sounds. We'd love to "hear" what the community has to pitch in.
* Content for empty states (Added by Chris)
* Content for empty states
** Goal: To have sample content users can view/play with when they use some of the media apps for the first time. Would be nice to have sample content for Music, Video, and Galleries/Photos.  
** Goal: To have sample content users can view/play with when they use some of the media apps for the first time. Would be nice to have sample content for Music, Video, and Galleries/Photos.  
* Ideas for Popular Services and Features (Added by Chris)
* Ideas for Popular Services and Features  
** Goal: To identify popular services and features the community uses. We'd love to know which services and features the community use frequently and work on getting them to provide content for Firefox OS.
** Goal: To identify popular services and features the community uses. We'd love to know which services and features the community use frequently and work on getting them to provide content for Firefox OS.
* Visual Styling and Layout issues
* Visual Styling and Layout issues
** Goal: To have the styling and layout consistence across the OS.  This might be a good starting point for contributors since it's low risk and should be straight forward changes in the code.  Also, we can provide ui-review and feedback to confirm the work has been completed correctly.
** Goal: To have the styling and layout consistence across the OS- if you find an inconsistency, document it! Refer to the building blocks for guidelines on solutions.
* File Type Icons
* File Type Icons
** Goal: We're looking for a fun and illustrative set of file type icons. File Type icons are used to indicate a difference between files like videos, pictures, and documents.
** Goal: We're looking for a fun and illustrative set of file type icons. File Type icons are used to indicate a difference between files like videos, pictures, and documents.

Revision as of 00:15, 11 January 2014

The UX Team for Firefox OS appreciates contributions from interaction and visual designers, usability practitioners and engineers. This page contains ideas for contributions, links to helpful resources, and step-by-step instructions on how to share your contribution.

UX Areas for Contribution

This section describes important areas for improvement that would greatly improve the product right now. Please feel free to contribute in areas beyond these.

  • Usability Reviews of Apps
    • Goal: To find specific problems ailing a specific Firefox OS app (such as email, calendar, settings and so on) or part of the OS (such as keyboard or notifications) and recommend specific improvements.
    • A usability review (AKA heuristic analysis) is an evaluation of a user interface against established usability best practices and heuristics by a trained usability professional. Please pick an app and review it. We'll gladly file the bugs for these issues to follow up on.
  • UX Most Wanted Bugs
    • In Bugzilla, a search for "ux-most-wanted" pulls up a list of bugs that could benefit from usability suggestions and improvements.
    • Even if you are not an engineer who fixes bugs, the UX Most Wanted list is a good starting place for generally up-to-date areas in need of usability attention.
  • Wallpapers
    • Goal: We're looking for illustrative images for our backgrounds that reflect Mozilla's brand.
  • Contact form redesign
    • Goal: Propose an updated contact form based on our patterns, to fix usability issues.
  • Sounds
    • Goal: The UX team commonly get requests for new sounds. We'd love to "hear" what the community has to pitch in.
  • Content for empty states
    • Goal: To have sample content users can view/play with when they use some of the media apps for the first time. Would be nice to have sample content for Music, Video, and Galleries/Photos.
  • Ideas for Popular Services and Features
    • Goal: To identify popular services and features the community uses. We'd love to know which services and features the community use frequently and work on getting them to provide content for Firefox OS.
  • Visual Styling and Layout issues
    • Goal: To have the styling and layout consistence across the OS- if you find an inconsistency, document it! Refer to the building blocks for guidelines on solutions.
  • File Type Icons
    • Goal: We're looking for a fun and illustrative set of file type icons. File Type icons are used to indicate a difference between files like videos, pictures, and documents.
  • Back Button
    • Goal: The Back button is a form of navigation that Firefox OS struggles with. Explore the problems with Firefox OS navigation and design a better solution than the one we have today.

Process

When your contribution is ready, please submit it via Bugzilla following the steps below.

  • First, create a new bug in Bugzilla. Choose New > Firefox OS.
    • You must create a Bugzilla account in order to do this.
  • Then, complete the following fields in the new bug (ignore the rest). A bug will not make it into our queue if these fields are not completed:
    • Summary: Describe your submission (for example, "Usability Review of Email App").
    • Description: Write a description of your proposal and your rationale.
    • Attachment: Attach any specs or related documentation you may have prepared, such as a ZIP file, PDF or PNG screenshots, preferably using the Keynotopia stencil we link to below (uses Keynote).
    • Product: Firefox OS
    • Component: Gaia or, if you evaluated a specific aspect of Firefox OS, like the Email app, choose "Gaia::Email".
    • Flags: Set a needinfo? flag to "firefoxos-ux-bugzilla@mozilla.com".
  • Click the "Submit Bug" button.
  • The UX team reviews contribution bugs once per month and will provide feedback in the bug.

UX Template

  • New AI Stencil link (also will be in gaia-specs)
  • Building Blocks
  • Visual Style Guide

How do I obtain a Firefox OS device for evaluation?

We are excited for you to get started contributing to the UX of FirefoxOS. The fastest way to get a sense of the product is to use the Firefox OS App Manager. However, for on device testing and usage, the ZTE Opens are also available on eBay for purchase.

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