With the 31 train going to beta last week, Firefox telemetry is now
enabled by default for new and existing beta users for Firefox desktop
and Firefox for Android. Existing users will see the data-choices prompt
again.
The beta population in particular is much more representative of our
release users than the nightly or aurora populations. It has a range of
locales, extensions and plugins, and usage patterns which makes it
possible to predict how a feature or change will affect a release
population which doesn't work on nightly/aurora.
Our large, active, and engaged prerelease users are an advantage to
Mozilla. Our intention is to use the Firefox beta population much more
actively to measure aspects of the browser, both existing and planned.
This includes built-in measurements as well as the experiment system.
I encourage everyone who is building Firefox code to consider whether
there are measurements or experiments that would help you make better
decisions about upcoming features. If you are unsure about a potential
measurement or experiment, I am available as a guide. I am happy to help
design experiments to produce useful answers while still honoring our
prerelease users' privacy and security.
Please followup to dev.planning if you have questions or comments.
--BDS
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