Advocacy/Current Projects
Current User Advocacy Projects
Updates Hotfix
Goal: To reduce the number of users on out of date versions of Firefox by releasing a hotfix to manually update users.
Impact: Users on new versions of Firefox are likely to be happier, use Firefox longer, be more secure, and have access to all the newest features.
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Status: First Hotfix has been deployed with great success, minor update is coming soon to fix a few bugs and improve data collection.
UA's Tasks: Monitor user feedback, help with further conversations.
about:support API
Goal: To provide an easy to use DOM API for Mozilla websites to access (with a user's permission) Firefox's about:support data.
Impact: By using the data in about:support, we can provide higher quality support and better track issues across our user base.
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Status: Passed Privacy and Legal review, waiting for in-product engineering resources.
UA's Tasks: To coordinate efforts implementing API in Firefox, and then in SUMO and Input. After API is collecting data, measure.
Squeaky
Goal: To increase user satisfaction and reduce the number of hijacked Firefox profiles through close collaboration with the AMO and Firefox teams to fight bad add-ons and harden Firefox against hijacking.
Impact: Users with bad add-ons are more likely to stop using Firefox than other users. Bad Add-ons harm user's experience and divert searches away from safe sources.
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Status: Work is progressing on File Registration and search hardening.
UA's Tasks: To measure the user impact of upcoming changes, as well as give feedback and input as needed.