intothefuzz

Lots of changes are afoot for Mozilla.com. Nothing too revolutionary at this point, but there are several things we want to get cleaned up before a larger overhaul in conjunction with the Firefox 3 launch. Here’s a quick overview of what we’ll be working on:

* Homepage: The overall look & feel (silhouettes, blue gradients, etc) won’t be changing, but we will be making some content updates to make it feel more representative of Mozilla in general rather than just Firefox. Right now the homepage is very similar to getfirefox.com, so we’ll be adding some more information to give visitors a clearer picture of what we’re all about (beyond just Firefox, which will still be prominently featured).

* Top Nav Bar: As Mozilla.com has evolved over the years, certain inconsistencies and problem areas have developed within the site’s information architecture. To address this, we’ll be making some edits to the tabs in the top nav bar to optimize the site’s current configuration and to allow for easy future growth and expansion. Paul, Beltzner and I agreed on the following list of tabs a few weeks ago, although this still isn’t totally set in stone: Downloads/Community/Add-ons/Support/Store/About.

* About Section: Lots of outdated info in here, so we’ll be doing a general cleanup. We also plan on getting rid of the left navigation bar (which only appears in this part of the site) in favor of a pull-down menu from the About tab. Right now it’s looking like these menu options will be: About Mozilla/Careers/Press Center/Blog/Licensing/Open Source/Contact Us.

* Careers Page: This one is already complete…we launched the new careers page yesterday. The old version didn’t really convey what it’s actually like to work here, so we added a bunch of employee photos and quotes to provide some authentic Mozilla flavor. We also fit more content on the page using the scrolly DHTML style as seen on the new first run page. A screenshot is below, but you should really check out the live page if you’re curious.

Big thanks to all the Mozillians who let us use their pictures, quotes or photography for this page. And of course thanks to Alicia Patterson for the design and Steven Garrity for the sweet DHTML.