After five years, Mozilla Firefox steps boldly into a rejuvenated and competitive technology space of its own making. To continue to succeed, Firefox must move faster and with strong direction. (First presented at MozCamp EU 2009 by Mike Beltzner)

1. firefox.next
vision/rationale/plan

2. 5 years of Firefox
(look at those download numbers!)

3. this is my point:
the best way to support the mozilla
mission is to deliver new, open web
technology as quickly as possible

4. why we ship
it demonstrates our technology
it improves user experiences
it provides an open option
it makes the web better

5. speed
firefox 1.5 ...12 months
firefox 2.0 ...11 months
firefox 3.0 ...21 months
firefox 3.5 ...12 months
... ie7 was 60 months
... ie8 was 17 months
... chrome3 was 4 months

6. going faster
will let us show more
will let us do more
will let us iterate more openly
means smaller projects
means frequent releases
means doing 2 things at once
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7. who is it
that we
need to
outrun?
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8. these guys

9. new competition
competition was once about
proprietary browser features
competition is now about
control over technology
“open source” vs
“open like the web”

10. this is the threat:
the collaborative, collective development
model that built the web may be replaced

11. we can
go faster
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12. speedier
firefox 1.5 ...12 months
firefox 2.0 ...11 months
firefox 3.0 ...21 months
firefox 3.5 ...12 months
firefox 3.6 ... 6 months
firefox 3.7 ... 5 months
firefox 4.0 ... 6 months
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/43130906@N04/3989145893/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42000933@N02/3979715423/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adhe55/2591856819/

13. without
direction
fast can
be risky
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14. firefox direction
strong user experience
open web platform
built on solid foundation
all putting the user at
the centre of the open web

15. user experience
navigation
interaction
identity
personalization
socialization

16. open web platform
HTML5
web application engine
rich media technology
3d graphics
access to built in devices

17. solid foundation
speed
stability
security
privacy
interoperability

18. roadmap (subject to change, as always!)
2010 firefox 3.6 personas, plugin updates, full screen video, CSS
gradients, js ctypes, more responsive, more
2010 stable, faster, WinCE, Maemo
2010
2010 firefox 3.7 weave, tab management, new theme, animation,
out of process plugins, more responsive, more
stable, faster, Android?
2010 firefox 4.0 jetpack, new user interface, task based browsing,
content creation tools, process separation, more
responsive, more stable, faster
2011
2010 firefox 4.1 ... more responsive, more stable, faster

19. challenges
communication and co-ordination
branch management & tools
localization
update and maintenance
product/feature direction
co-ordination across groups

20. firefox.next
let’s make it happen
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