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Mozilla Corporation
In-Content Preferences for Firefox
Firefox is a free and open source web browser that is managed
by the Mozilla Corporation. As with all web browsers, Firefox
provides users the ability to customize their experience by
setting browser preferences such as selecting a homepage.
In the current version of Firefox, the controls for browser
preferences are located within a pop-up window that is
separate from the main Firefox window.
In their efforts to continually improve upon the web browsing
experience, the Firefox User Experience team at Mozilla is
working toward the goal of eliminating all pop-up windows.
These will be replaced with in-content designs that appear
within the main Firefox window, as shown at the right.
Done in collaboration with Mozilla, our in-content preferences
for Firefox transition all of the Firefox preferences into a new
in-content page within the browser. A new search feature
enables users to easily find where to set particular preferences.
Utilizing an in-content design provides several benefits. The
need for another easy-to-lose window is eliminated, and the
experience of setting preferences is made identical across all
devices. Users can more easily experiment with preferences
since they can continue to use Firefox while setting
preferences.
Our new in-content preferences utilize XHTML and XUL to
define the structure and controls on the page, CSS for visual
styling and element placement, and JavaScript to specify
interactive functionality.
Michigan State University
Mozilla
Team Members (left to right)
Project Sponsors
Jon Rietveld
Holland, Michigan
Julie Deroche
Mountain View, California
Zuhao Chen
Guanghou, China
Blair McBride
Dunedin, New Zealand
Devan Sayles
Livonia, Michigan
Jared Wein
Mountain View, California
Owen Carpenter
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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