Who’s Afraid of Open Design
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Argues that open design needs concrete resources, tools and platforms: the Photon design system plus an icon site and JSON design tokens that compile to Android XML, Sass and CSS, Sketch palettes and reusable templates. Shows these tools enable extension developers to build with Firefox’s language and contribute back. Describes the WebExtensions migration outcome: 98% of the top 500 add‑ons port their extensions, and community tooling and blog/channels smooth the transition while exposing tradeoffs.
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- 0:00Start
- 9:04What process apply? Who takes the decision?
- 14:03design system is a shared language
- 24:31Communication is the key
- 26:22Bug trackers
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