{"id":61753,"date":"2009-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2009\/12\/16\/introducing-personas-2-0\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:30:30","slug":"introducing-personas-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/introducing-personas-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Personas 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: The Labs team at Mozilla released Personas 2.0 early this morning. Check out the Mozilla Labs announcement<\/a> reposted below.<\/em><\/p>\n

Personas 2.0<\/a> offers a cleaner look, clearer navigation, and easier ways to discover and engage new art. Check out the new site here<\/a>.
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\nThe Mozilla Labs team launched Personas 1.0<\/a> in March with the idea that it shouldn\u2019t be hard to make your internet browser more fun and personal. Over the past eight months, with your feedback<\/a> and support, we iterated on the Personas experience fifteen times (10 times on the website, 5 times on the extension) and are now pleased to introduce Personas 2.0.<\/p>\n

Here is a screencast by Ryan Doherty, who led development work on the redesign:<\/p>\n

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Introducing Personas 2.0<\/a> from Mozilla Labs<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s New?<\/h3>\n

1. Enhanced look<\/strong>: Thanks to the creative vision and guidance of Chris Howse, the site now has a cleaner look and feel, and also customizes an experience based on whether you are currently using the Personas add-on. The site also suggests more you might enjoy based on what you choose to wear.<\/p>\n

2. New features<\/strong>: With your feedback and support, we integrated features like search, and favorites<\/a>. We also added features to the Personas add-on itself to make it easier for you to discover and manage your persona designs directly from the little fox in the lower left corner of your browser chrome. (see 1.4 announcement<\/a> and video).<\/p>\n

3. More designs<\/strong>: Personas 1.0 launched with less than 150 designs. Thanks to a growing community of contributors and artists, the Personas gallery<\/a> will likely welcome its 40,000th design by the end of this year. The gallery also includes affinity art from Harry Potter, Vans, Bob Marley, Lilly Pulitzer, and Greenpeace.<\/p>\n

4. Easier discovery<\/strong>: To let you discover new artists and designs, we sorted the Personas gallery<\/a> by \u201cup and coming\u201d designs. This allows you to quickly view personas designs that are gaining popularity in the Personas community. You can also easily switch your view to sort by \u201cpopular\u201d or \u201cjust added\u201d.<\/p>\n

5. Localization underway<\/strong>: the localization and web development teams have worked to make the site localizeable. If you want to join the effort, you can do so here<\/a>. Thanks to our community of volunteers, many localization efforts are underway, with some nearly complete.<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/h3>\n

Like all Mozilla projects, Personas is a collaboration between people who develop the product and people who use it. The following people (and many more) have been commited to this product\u2019s success:<\/p>\n