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Test Pilot is a program to allow early adopter users to test experimental new Firefox features. Learn how to participate.
Test Pilot was a program to allow early adopter users to test experimental new Firefox features.
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Test Pilot is a playground where the adventurous can help innovate Firefox. Try out Firefox’s experimental features before they’re released. Break them. Tell us how to improve them. Help us decide which features to bring to the rest of the world.
Are you ready? Let’s get started!
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=Install Test Pilot=
All you need to do is sign up for a Firefox Account and install the Test Pilot add-on through the Test Pilot home page. It doesn’t require a restart. We’ve outlined all the steps below.
#Visit https://testpilot.firefox.com/.
#You’ll need a Firefox Account to install Test Pilot. Don’t have an account? You’ll have the chance to sign up as you follow these steps. Click “Get Started with a Firefox Account”.
#Sign in to Firefox Accounts (if you have one) or create an account by clicking “Sign Up”. If you’re creating a new account, check your inbox for an email confirmation and meet us back here.
#After you've signed in, click {button Install Test Pilot}.
#;[[Image:install test pilot addon]]
#Click {button Allow} in the notification to let Firefox know you're okay with installing this add-on.
#;[[Image:test pilot allow]]
#Click {button Install}.
#;[[Image:install test pilot button]]
#Firefox will show a message to let you know that Test Pilot was successfully installed. See the spaceship icon on your toolbar? That means that Test Pilot is ready for action. Clicking that icon will let you to see your active experiments, as well as the option to view all experiments, for those who can’t get enough.
#;[[Image:test pilot active experiments]]
{note}'''Why am I seeing different experiments?''' The experiments listed here might be different from the ones you see. We're always trying new stuff.{/note}
=Activate and disable experiments=
Choose from experiments at the bottom of the Test Pilot home page. If an experiment catches your eye, click “Get Started” to see more details about that experiment.
#When you find an experiment, click its “Enable” button to activate it.
#To stop an experiment, click the “Disable” button to leave an experiment.
=Give feedback=
After you’ve experimented with a feature, tell us what you think. Test Pilot will periodically prompt you to take a survey to let us know how we can make features better. If you can’t wait for a survey, click the {button Give Feedback} button from an experiment page to tell us how it went. Tell us everything!
=Languages=
For now, Test Pilot is available worldwide, but only in English.
=Leave Test Pilot=
You can leave all experiments and uninstall Test Pilot at any time. Click the … icon at the top right corner of the Test Pilot home page or any experiment page and then click {menu Leave Test Pilot}.
#;[[Image:Test Pilot menu]]
#You’ll see a message asking you to confirm. Here’s your chance to change your mind by clicking “Cancel”! Otherwise, click “Proceed” to leave Test Pilot. This will disable all of your active experiments.
=Your privacy=
We believe in transparency. You can read the full [https://testpilot.firefox.com/privacy Test Pilot Privacy Policy] to understand what data Test Pilot collects and how it is used.
Each Test Pilot experiment also has its own easy-to-understand Privacy Policy. You can find it in the left hand column of each experiment’s home page. You can also click the '''Your Privacy''' link next to the experiment’s “Enable” button.
;[[Image:enable activity stream]]
;Sample privacy policy:
;[[Image:sample privacy test pilot]]
Firefox Test Pilot is flying off into the sunset on January 22nd, 2019. Currently active experiments will remain installed for all users, and will be available on addons.mozilla.org after this date. Non-extension experiments like Firefox Lockbox and Firefox Send will continue in active development as standalone products.
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=What's Happening?=
First thing’s first: if you are using any currently active add-on experiment, you can keep using it. Nothing’s going to change in your browser, we’ll just automatically migrate you off of the Test Pilot versions of the add-ons.
Firefox Send and Firefox Lockbox will continue in active development in 2019 as standalone products. Notes, Firefox Color, Side View, Price Wise, and Email Tabs will all remain available at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ addons.mozilla.org] for the foreseeable future. Email Tabs in particular may undergo some changes to make it more flexible and less directly connected to GMail, but otherwise these projects will be accessible in their current forms with occasional maintenance releases going forward.
As for the Test Pilot site and add-on, we are replacing the site with a farewell message on January 22nd. Visiting the site after this date will automatically uninstall the Test Pilot add-on, but you can also just uninstall it manually if you wish whenever you like without affecting installed experiments.
=Leave Test Pilot=
You can leave all experiments and uninstall Test Pilot before January 22nd if you'd like. Click the … icon at the top right corner of the Test Pilot home page or any experiment page and then click {menu Leave Test Pilot}.
#;[[Image:Test Pilot menu]]
#You’ll see a message asking you to confirm. Click “Proceed” to leave Test Pilot. This will disable all of your active experiments.
=Your privacy=
We believe in transparency. You can read the full [https://testpilot.firefox.com/privacy Test Pilot Privacy Policy] to understand what data Test Pilot collects and how it is used.