Mozilla announces Firefox Health Report to improve browser

PanARMENIAN.Net - Mozilla announced Firefox Health Report (FHR), a new feature that sends data back to the company in order to help them “build a more excellent browser,” The Next Web reports.

In addition to improving and prioritizing development, Mozilla also says FHR will “help us improve performance, fix problems and let users see how their browsing experience compares against other instances of Firefox.” The feature is coming to the nightly build of Firefox, which means it will eventually hit the stable version of the browser, likely in Firefox 19 or maybe even Firefox 20.

Mozilla says it can currently only count on very basic information to allow limited cross-tabulations of Firefox installations, and doesn’t have the ability to assess any longitudinal trends.

As for what exactly will FHR share with its creator, Mozilla says these four types: Configuration data (such as device hardware, operating system, and Firefox version); Customizations data (such as add-ons, count, and type); Performance data (such as timing of browser events, rendering, and session restores); Wear and Tear data (such as length of session, how old a profile is, and count of crashes).