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Mozilla Lab's Concept Series Invites Collaborators
Techtree Test Labs, Aug 07, 2008 1300 hrs ISTThrough this initiative, Mozilla Labs is attempting to bring about a collaborative development of Firefox's future design and the way the Internet is browsed.
Mozilla Labs has started the Concept Series project to invite external contributions in terms of ideas and innovations for designing the development of future browsers and an enhanced web experience. Called 'mozconcepts', these contributions would be debated and revised collectively rather than being directly implemented. Through this initiative, Mozilla Labs is attempting to bring about a collaborative development of Firefox's future design and the way the Internet is browsed.
The Concept Series consists of three parts - ideas, mockups, or prototypes. Mozilla Labs' strategy is simple - start off with an idea draft, visualize it through mock-ups, and then make a working prototype.
This initiative could mean that Mozilla has opened their labs up even to participants who cannot code. For future Firefox versions, Mozilla intends to involve designers with less or no experience on open-source projects through open participation.
Currently, the Concept Series features three user interface concepts - Aurora concept, Bookmarking & History concept, and Mobile concept. The Aurora concept, an idea by Adaptive Path, depicts the potential of changing the look and feel of the browser radically. The Bookmarking and History concept is about organizing them in a cool way through a better UI design, while the Mobile Concept is about Firefox's interaction, interface, and experience on the mobile devices.
Mozilla also promises a more structured model for contributing. Meanwhile, it suggests using available means such as blogging ideas, uploading visual mockups on Flickr and hosting a prototype on the contributor's site.
Another experiment, Snowl, has been introduced to keep track of all conversations in multiple online communities run by different providers over a variety of protocols. As a Firefox extension, the current Snowl prototype integrates messaging into the browser from two message sources - RSS/Atom feeds and Twitter.
Mozilla Labs has also introduced the "Extend Firefox 3" contest challenge to encourage participation and innovation in the development of new Firefox add-ons. The catch lies in the fact that all the contributions will be open and any Joe can make a similar model for commercial purposes. It would be interesting to see how Mozilla plans to deal with that.
The Concept Series consists of three parts - ideas, mockups, or prototypes. Mozilla Labs' strategy is simple - start off with an idea draft, visualize it through mock-ups, and then make a working prototype.
This initiative could mean that Mozilla has opened their labs up even to participants who cannot code. For future Firefox versions, Mozilla intends to involve designers with less or no experience on open-source projects through open participation.
Currently, the Concept Series features three user interface concepts - Aurora concept, Bookmarking & History concept, and Mobile concept. The Aurora concept, an idea by Adaptive Path, depicts the potential of changing the look and feel of the browser radically. The Bookmarking and History concept is about organizing them in a cool way through a better UI design, while the Mobile Concept is about Firefox's interaction, interface, and experience on the mobile devices.
Mozilla also promises a more structured model for contributing. Meanwhile, it suggests using available means such as blogging ideas, uploading visual mockups on Flickr and hosting a prototype on the contributor's site.
Another experiment, Snowl, has been introduced to keep track of all conversations in multiple online communities run by different providers over a variety of protocols. As a Firefox extension, the current Snowl prototype integrates messaging into the browser from two message sources - RSS/Atom feeds and Twitter.
Mozilla Labs has also introduced the "Extend Firefox 3" contest challenge to encourage participation and innovation in the development of new Firefox add-ons. The catch lies in the fact that all the contributions will be open and any Joe can make a similar model for commercial purposes. It would be interesting to see how Mozilla plans to deal with that.
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