1049042 - Update Mozilla.org Firefox OS FAQ page

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, defect)

Description

[Mike Alexis [:malexis]]

Vik,
We haven't been keeping this page up-to-date and hoping you can help with gathering the content (missing countries and # of operators) and any copy that is no longer accurate.

An easier way to manage this page might be, instead of listing all the operators and purchase URLs here, say something like "Please visit the devices page and select your available country to purchase a Firefox OS phone" Let us know.

Comment 1

[Vik]

I agree, the link might be a more efficient way to go--that way we don't have to keep updating the page.  

I noticed a couple things at first glance.  It says "14" countries but there are 15 listed.  In addition, we have the following:

- France (ZTE direct to market), 
- US, UK, Russia (through Ebay)

France should probably be added--however not sure if we explicitly list the Ebay countries since we're not supporting in any marketing in those countries.  On the other hand, we have links on the device page for these countries, so maybe we be consistent and list them here.

Comment 2

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

One thing we do use this FAQ page for is a fallback link for users who have JavaScript disabled, who may be visiting either the `/firefox/os/` and `/firefox/os/devices/` pages. The current implementation for both pages requires the use of JS to display the modal based on user location. For users who may have JS disabled, we use fallback text linking to the FAQ page like so:

    Please read our FAQ for a full list of providers in available countries. 

For now I think it is probably a good idea to list at least carry on listing the providers and links. But I think we really need to change the way we are hard-coding number counts in the translated strings on this page, as it means breaking translations each time we add a provider.

Comment 3

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Filed Bug 1054956 which will remove the JS dependency on both `firefox/os` and `firefox/os/devices`. Once this bug is fixed we can then update this page as we see fit :)

Comment 4

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Now that Bug 1054956 has been resolved, we're free to update this FAQ page however we choose. Thanks!

Comment 5

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Ok I'm going to look at updating this page to something like Mike suggests in the first comment. I'll post a screenshot here for approval when ready.

Comment 6

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Attachment: firefox-os-faq-text.png

Attached a screenshot of the new proposed text. 

Vik, can you please confirm that this look/reads ok to you? I changed the top two sections under "Buying Firefox OS". The current text can still be seen here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/faq/

If there are any required changes just let me know.

Thanks,

Alex

Comment 7

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Attachment: GitHub pull request

Comment 8

[John Bernard]

in response to comment 6: Approved. J

Comment 9

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Thanks John!

Comment 10

[[github robot]]

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/013c7077094b5c6719d9c34d7d9b91faa3999206
[fix bug 1049042] Update Firefox OS FAQ page

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/b3156d112e0dbbb1316dec86256454b266e8dac0
Merge pull request #2273 from alexgibson/bug-1049042-update-firefox-os-faq

[fix bug 1049042] Update Firefox OS FAQ page