Mozilla mocks up possible Firefox successors in idea factory

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 7:54 AM EDT

Article Source: Ars Technica

technology, design, firefox, mozilla, aurora, web-browsers, user-interface-design, big-ideas, mockups, browser-innovation, concepts-lab

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Mozilla Labs this week took steps to open up its idea factory to wider outside input, asking for community help to develop the next big ideas that might power future browsers. Like any good research lab, the goal is not an immediate product but a set of innovative ideas that can be played with and debated without the pressure of an immediate implementation.

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Got design ideas for web browsers? Mozilla wants your input:

"You don't have to be a software engineer to get involved, and you don't have to program," says the announcement. "Everyone is welcome to participate. We're particularly interested in engaging with designers who have not typically been involved with open-source projects. And we're biasing towards broad participation, not finished implementations."

Ideas are simple text descriptions of a new concept. They're meant to be thrown out by anyone, then talked about and possibly taken to the next level, which is the mockup. Mockups turn ideas into pictures or video clips that illustrate how the idea might look and operate in practice. Finally, prototypes are fully interactive implementations of ideas, though they may not be "fully functional or pretty."

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