This document discusses Fennec, a mobile version of Firefox. It provides an overview of Mozilla's mission to enrich people's lives through technology and open source software. The document outlines Fennec's goals of simple, fast and secure mobile browsing. It also discusses future plans like deeper desktop integration and a focus on mobile user contexts. People are encouraged to get involved by filing bugs or contacting the Fennec UX lead.
2. Mozilla?
• We’re a global community
of thousands who sincerely believe in the power of
technology to enrich people’s lives.
• We’re a public benefit organization
dedicated not to making money but to improving the way
people everywhere experience the Internet.
• And we’re an open source software project
whose code has been used as a platform for some of the
Internet’s most innovative projects.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/whatismozilla.html
5. So, why Fennec?
1. Simple, fast navigation to Web content
2. Compatibility with the Web
3. Secure
4. A quot;whole productquot; for mobile
5. A platform for innovation on mobile
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/FennecVision
6. Initial design themes and goals
• Maximize screen space dedicated to content
• Minimize typing wherever possible
• Give primacy of interaction to a finger-oriented touchscreen
• accommodate finger size
• increase the physicality of the interface
• Support the quick lookup scenario
14. Mobile User Context
• Mobile
• Interruptible and distractible
• Available
• Sociable
• Contextual
• Identifiable (or personal?)
Taxonomy adapted from Barbara Ballard
16. Please get involved!
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/
Bug 477628 - Fennec should offer a pleasant user-experience
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477628
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