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MozCamp EU 2012: Mobilize Mozilla 25 Sep 2012 | 10:16 pm
Admittedly, a few days have passed since the September 8-9th 2012 MozCamp EU in Warsaw. But, I wanted to say a few words about the incredible experience. I was so excited to attend this MozCamp in par...
Update on Firefox 13′s Home and New Tab Redesign 19 May 2012 | 11:43 am
(Note: the following has been cross-posted to Mozilla UX) Two Firefox features getting a redesign in Firefox 13 (currently in beta) are the Home Tab and New Tab. Home Tab can be viewed by clicking ho...
Enabling Real-Time Communication on the Web Platform 19 Oct 2011 | 04:32 pm
Mozilla’s manifesto describes the internet as an integral part of modern life and a key component in communication. However, communication on the web has far to go before it’s as rich as face-to-face ...
On Life 6 Oct 2011 | 12:43 pm
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, becau...
How People Use New Tabs 28 Sep 2011 | 05:21 pm
As the web evolves, so does the way people interact with the web. Firefox’s user experience and research teams have been eager to learn about our users’ browsing habits so that we can better design fo...
Name Change (to Protect the Innocent) 24 Aug 2011 | 02:30 am
Just some housekeeping: My name’s changed from Jennifer Lynn Boriss to Jennifer Lynn Morrow. I’ll still be using “Boriss” as a nickname, but only to friends rather than to everyone.
Thumbnails, Titles, and URLs: How Users Recognize Representations of Websites 28 Jul 2011 | 08:13 pm
The Mozilla user experience team often designs features that represent sites to users in a variety of ways. For example, Firefox tabs display favicons and page titles, while Panorama displays favicons...
Firefox Would Love to Read Your Mind 21 Jul 2011 | 06:00 pm
I’d like to highlight the awesome research project that intern Lilian Weng is leading around Firefox’s new tab page. While our goal is to make users more efficient at their browsing tasks, what makes...
User Testing in the Wild: Joe’s First Computer Encounter 7 Jul 2011 | 10:41 am
This past Friday, I went to Westfield Mall in San Francisco to conduct user tests on how people browse the web, and especially how (or if) they use tabs. This was part of a larger investigation some M...
Research Spinning Up on New Tab Page 15 Jun 2011 | 06:37 pm
Whenever you open a new tab in Firefox, your goal is to navigate somewhere. To aid your navigation, on this new tab Firefox currently offers you… nothing. Just a blank page. 100% white, and 100% no...
