733105 - Make about:telemetry more consumable

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Telemetry, defect)

Description

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

The about:telemetry add-on will be integrated in the platform in bug 661881. The about:telemetry page displays the data collected by Telemetry, which is good because users have a view into their data that is collected by this framework. However, the design and structure of about:telemetry makes it difficult for the average consumer to understand the data that is collected. about:telemetry needs some UX love in terms of a redesign to make it consumable for the average Firefox user.

Comment 1

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

Attachment: Screenshot showing some of about:telemetry

Comment 3

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

cc shorlander as per ibarlow's suggestion for review of the about:telemetry page and feedback on 
1. how the page should be styled to follow about: page conversion
2. how we can improve the presentation to make this page more consumable to the average Firefox user

Note for 2 that I don't know that users and devs want the same view of the data. We may need to create a separate about:telemetry page for users and devs or have some sort of advanced option.

Comment 4

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

shorlander replied a while back via e-mail to the my question:

Can you help me understand what the must have UX changes are from your point of view so that Vlad can focus on those and land this feature?

<shorlander>
I think "must haves" should focus on increasing readability/scanability:

- Visually distinguish between the sections: telemetry info blurb, the slow sql statements part and the rest
- Use the system UI font
- Put the entries into a vertical list scrollable list
</shorlander>

Comment 5

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

Vlad, has the change landed in the add-on or in the version of about:telemetry that will be included in Firefox via bug 661881?

Comment 6

[Vladan Djeric (:vladan)]

(In reply to Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] from comment #5)
> Vlad, has the change landed in the add-on or in the version of
> about:telemetry that will be included in Firefox via bug 661881?

The must haves are in the patch in bug 661881