523684 - Update the video page on mozilla.com with new screencasts

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Alix Franquet [:alix]]

We have new screencasts and updated versions of existing screencasts, so the video page needs to be updated:

* Awesomebar: update the links
new ogg and mp4 versions are in http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/awesomebar/

* Bookmarks: update the links
new ogg and mp4 versions are in 
http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/bookmarks/

* Security: update links and description
Location: http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/security/
Description: remove "new" from the text so it becomes:
Johnathan Nightingale shows off Firefox’s security features.

* Switch: update the links
new ogg and mp4 versions are in
http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/switch/ 

* Firefox: A quick tour: new video, add links and info
Title: Firefox: A quick tour
Description: Asa Dotzler gives a quick tour of the different elements of the Firefox browser.
Link: http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/firefoxtour/

* Privacy: new video, add links and info
Title: Privacy
Description: Drew Willcoxon explains the privacy features in Firefox.
Link: http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/privacy/

* Tabs: new video, add links and info
Title: Tabs
Description: Marcia Knous shows a series of tips and tricks to get the most out of tabs in Firefox.
Link: http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/tabs/

Comment 1

[John Slater]

a=jslater

Alix, do you have thoughts as to the order these should be presented in? 

Steven, this is part of the 3.6 stuff but is lower priority than the pages you're working on or the ones we'll be sending you from TRO this week b/c it's not localized. Also, we have a new 3.6 overview screencast coming from TRO that will also be part of this update.

Comment 2

[Alix Franquet [:alix]]

Actually this is unrelated to 3.6 so the changes could go live today. It is lower priority than 3.6 though.

As for the order, I'd suggest:
Meet Firefox 3.5 (replace with meet firefox 3.6 when 3.6 launches)
What's new in 3.5 (delete or move to archive when 3.6 launches)
3.5 Performance demo (delete or move to archive when 3.6 launches)
Security
Awesomebar
Privacy
Tabs
Bookmarks
Quick tour
Fastest Firefox series
Thank you
Switch

It might also be time to think about creating a video archive section.

Comment 3

[John Slater]

That order sounds good to me. Interesting idea about the video archive section...let's come back to that one after the 3.6 launch.

Comment 4

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

The Videos page has been updated with the new/updated videos in the Firefox 3.6 branch in r56299. A few notes:

1. Comment #2 references a "Quick tour" video - I'm not sure which one that is.

2. There is an updated Performance video for 3.6 on the /underthehood/ page. I have replaced the previous 3.5 performance video with this new one rather than removing it - let me know if this is ok.

3. The .mov version of the main Meet Firefox video is the wrong size. All other videos are 640x360, while this .mov version of this one is 480x320 (even the .ogv version of the same video is 640x360).

Comment 5

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> The Videos page has been updated with the new/updated videos in the Firefox 3.6
> branch in r56299. A few notes:
> 
> 1. Comment #2 references a "Quick tour" video - I'm not sure which one that is.
> 
> 2. There is an updated Performance video for 3.6 on the /underthehood/ page. I
> have replaced the previous 3.5 performance video with this new one rather than
> removing it - let me know if this is ok.
> 
> 3. The .mov version of the main Meet Firefox video is the wrong size. All other
> videos are 640x360, while this .mov version of this one is 480x320 (even the
> .ogv version of the same video is 640x360).

Thanks Steven--I'm getting TRO to correct the video size.

Comment 6

[Alix Franquet [:alix]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> The Videos page has been updated with the new/updated videos in the Firefox 3.6
> branch in r56299. A few notes:
> 
> 1. Comment #2 references a "Quick tour" video - I'm not sure which one that is.
> 

It's the Firefox tour video - see the original bug report:

* Firefox: A quick tour: new video, add links and info
Title: Firefox: A quick tour
Description: Asa Dotzler gives a quick tour of the different elements of the
Firefox browser.
Link: http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/firefoxtour/

Comment 7

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Thanks Alix - not sure how I missed that. Added in r56397. Great job on all the videos.

Comment 8

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> The Videos page has been updated with the new/updated videos in the Firefox 3.6
> branch in r56299. A few notes:
> 
> 1. Comment #2 references a "Quick tour" video - I'm not sure which one that is.
> 
> 2. There is an updated Performance video for 3.6 on the /underthehood/ page. I
> have replaced the previous 3.5 performance video with this new one rather than
> removing it - let me know if this is ok.
> 
> 3. The .mov version of the main Meet Firefox video is the wrong size. All other
> videos are 640x360, while this .mov version of this one is 480x320 (even the
> .ogv version of the same video is 640x360).

Steven--here is the new video:http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.6/meetfirefox/

Thanks!

Comment 9

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Steven--here is the new
> video:http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.6/meetfirefox/

The page is updated with the new video in r56452.

It's not critical, but it might be nice to clean up the file names for some of these videos. For example, the Meet Firefox video file is named "FF3.6_Screencast_FINAL_640.mp4". Might be nice to have "meetfirefox.mp4".

Note that if file names are updated, the pages will need to be updated accordingly.

Comment 10

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

The updated file for comment #9 is in place.