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 # Firefox Browser Architecture
 

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+title: Browser Architecture Newsletter 3
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+description: A newsletter on architecture review, XBL Conversion, Storage and Sync, Workflow Improvements and a developer survey
+mailinglist: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firefox-dev/p9rTlfFUXlQ
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+# Browser Architecture Newsletter 3
+
+[Link to mailing-list archive]({{ page.mailinglist }})
+
+Welcome to the third Browser Architecture Newsletter! Since our [last
+update](https://mozilla.github.io/firefox-browser-architecture/posts/2017-08-24-browser-architecture-newsletter-2.html),
+we've continued to investigate moving away from XBL and started to
+document what we're talking about when we talk about XUL problems. We're
+also working with members of the Sync, AS, and Lockbox teams to figure
+out what the future of storage and syncing looks like for Mozilla.
+
+A lot of the issues that the Browser Architecture team are digging into
+are larger than our team. Our goal is to discuss and review entire
+product level architecture issues and build consensus around solutions.
+We're interested in engaging with engineers around the organization.
+We're actively reaching out to folks but if you want to talk to us we'd
+sure love to hear from you. You can find us in \#browser-arch on IRC or
+Slack.
+
+## Architecture Review
+
+We are asking for comments on our [proposed
+process](https://mozilla.github.io/firefox-browser-architecture/text/0006-architecture-review-process.html)
+for when our team performs architecture reviews. The process is in draft
+right now so if you have suggestions for how to improve it please let us
+know.
+
+If you've got ideas, questions, or concerns, talk to
+[jwalker](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/jwalker/).
+
+## XBL Removal
+
+We've filed a [meta
+bug](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397874) for our
+de-XBL work, which includes a variety of prototypes and other
+investigations, including: moving XBL bindings to Custom Elements,
+moving XBL bindings to JS modules, and performance comparisons of XBL
+bindings to a custom elements polyfill. You can view all the prototypes
+and investigations we're working on by viewing the meta bug's
+dependencies.
+
+We're getting ready to run through a design review for our XBL
+replacement plans. The review will be chaired by Dave Townsend and
+include a panel of experts on both Gecko and Firefox. The review process
+itself is a work in progress, and our XBL Removal review is a trial run
+to help us refine it. Look for more information on the review itself
+soon when we get further along in the process.
+
+If you've got ideas, questions, or concerns, talk to
+[bgrins](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/bgrinstead/).
+
+## Storage and Sync
+
+We've [captured](https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-data-store-docs) a
+bunch of knowledge about Firefox's data stores. That effort is feeding
+into some roadmapping work with the Sync and Activity Stream teams. We
+hope to have some concrete roadmap documentation underway by our next
+newsletter, as well as some stage-setting blog posts.
+
+We expect that the future will include some cross-platform Rust storage
+services, so we've been researching how this looks in practice.
+[Deploying an Rust library on
+iOS](https://mozilla.github.io/firefox-browser-architecture/experiments/2017-09-06-rust-on-ios.html)
+is a short tutorial describing how to build and deploy a Rust library
+for use inside an iOS app.
+
+If you've got ideas, questions, or concerns, talk to
+[rnewman](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/rnewman/) or
+[fluffyemily](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/etoop/).
+
+## Workflow Improvements
+
+*   [You can
+    now](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/firefox-dev/L5D3YSBxqh8/pjonQLutCwAJ)
+    open Browser Toolboxes on more than one instance of Firefox at the
+    same time
+*   The ‘no popup autohide' mode that can be toggled in the Browser
+    Toolbox to inspect popups [now automatically
+    resets](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251658) when
+    the toolbox closes if you clicked the button to enable it. You can
+    also flip this pref yourself with \`ui.popup.disable\_autohide\`
+*   dump() is [now enabled by
+    default](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395711) in
+    local builds - kudos to :kmag for doing this
+
+If you've got ideas, questions, or concerns, talk to
+[bgrins](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/bgrinstead/) or
+[nalexander](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/nalexander/). If you have
+suggestions or pain points about doing Gecko development
+(non-front-end), please contact
+[jesup](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/jesup/).
+
+## Front-end Developer Survey
+
+We've sent out a survey to front-end developers asking them about their
+workflow and productivity issues. The results of this survey will help
+us target future workflow and development improvements.
+
+If you're an employee working on front-end Firefox code and you haven't
+received the survey, please let
+[mossop](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/Mossop/) or
+[nalexander](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/nalexander/) know so we
+can get it to you! We're still discussing if we should open this survey
+up to contributors at this time. If you've got other ideas, questions,
+or concerns, [mossop](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/Mossop/) and
+[nalexander](https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/nalexander/) are also the
+right people to contact.