Firefox/Features/InstallerUIRewrite
Status
| Stub Installer and UI update | |
| Stage | Development |
| Status | ` |
| Release target | ` |
| Health | OK |
| Status note | ` |
Team
| Product manager | Asa Dotzler |
| Directly Responsible Individual | Robert Strong |
| Lead engineer | Robert Strong |
| Security lead | ` |
| Privacy lead | ` |
| Localization lead | ` |
| Accessibility lead | ` |
| QA lead | Jason Smith |
| UX lead | ` |
| Product marketing lead | ` |
| Operations lead | ` |
| Additional members | ` |
Open issues/risks
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Stage 1: Definition
1. Feature overview
Building a stub installer offers numerous advantages over our current installation process. It is necessary for us to understand our acquisition funnel and potentially get some early wins on improving download failures.
In addition, 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.
2. Users & use cases
Enable product (stub installer) downloads over SSL
3. Dependencies
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4. Requirements
See UX specs here: https://bug651965.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=543348
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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Feature details
| Priority | P2 |
| Rank | 15 |
| Theme / Goal | Product Hardening |
| Roadmap | Firefox Desktop |
| Secondary roadmap | Security |
| Feature list | Desktop |
| Project | ` |
| Engineering team | Platform Integration |
Team status notes
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| Products | ` | ` |
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| Security | ` | ` |
| Privacy | ` | ` |
| Localization | ` | ` |
| Accessibility | ` | ` |
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