Episode web page ----------------------- Rate Insights Unlocked and write a review If you appreciate Insights Unlocked, please give it a rating and a review. Visit Apple Podcasts, pull up the Insights Unlocked show page and scroll to the bottom of the screen. Below the trailers, you'll find Ratings and Reviews. Click on a star rating. Scroll down past the highlighted review and click on "Write a Review." You'll make my day. ----------------------- Show Notes Join host Mike McDowell as he welcomes Ludwig Fichte, Staff User Researcher, and Aarjav Pandya, Senior Product Designer, both from Mozilla, to explore the fascinating world of UX research and its impact on product design. In this episode, they break down Mozilla’s approach to user research and benchmarking studies, revealing how insights drive innovation for Firefox Mobile and beyond. What You’ll Learn in This Episode How UX Research Shapes Product Design: Discover the critical role research plays in creating intuitive, user-friendly designs and how Mozilla translates insights into action. Benchmarking in Action: Learn how Mozilla compares Firefox to competitors like Chrome, Safari, and Brave, and how task-based benchmarking reveals areas for improvement. Designing for Familiarity and Innovation: Hear how Mozilla balances maintaining familiar design patterns with pushing the boundaries of usability. The Iterative Nature of UX: Explore why UX research is never "finished" and how continuous testing helps adapt to evolving user needs. Episode Links: Download Firefox – Experience the latest in browser innovation. Mozilla Blog – Stay updated on Mozilla’s projects and initiatives. Acorn Design System – Dive into Firefox's design approach. Research at Mozilla – Explore Mozilla’s research-focused initiatives. Ludwig Fichte on LinkedIn Aarjav Pandya on LinkedIn Mike McDowell on LinkedIn
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Welcome back to the Insights Unlocked podcast. In this episode, we're diving deep into the world of UX research and design with Ludwig Fichte and Arjav Pandya from Mozilla. They'll share how benchmarking studies and user insights shape Firefox, revealing surprising user behaviors and explain how they balance innovation with familiarity in their design.
If you're curious about creating better digital experiences, this one's for you. Enjoy the show.
Welcome to Insights Unlocked, an original podcast from User Testing, where we bring you candid conversations and stories with the thinkers, viewers, and builders behind some of the most successful digital products and experiences in the world, from concept to execution.
Welcome to the Insights Unlocked podcast. I'm Nathan Isaacs, Senior Manager for Content Production and User Testing. And joining us today as host is User Testing's Mike McDowell, a Senior Solutions Consultant. Welcome back to the show, Mike. Hey, Nathan. It's great to be back. It's going to be a good one today. And we have two guests joining us today, Ludwig Fishta and Arjav Pandya.
Ludwig is a staff user researcher at Mozilla after stops at Shopify and SAP. And Arjav is a senior product designer at Mozilla with stops at Rice, Myant, and Hasbro. And for our listeners, the Mozilla Corporation is a taxable organization that is backed by the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation.
Its flagship product, Firefox, is among the original web browsers known for its emphasis on privacy, speed, and customization, offering users a secure and user-friendly browsing experience across multiple platforms. Today, used by millions of users worldwide. Welcome to the show, Ludwig and Arjav. Hi, everyone. Thank you for having us.
Yeah, this is going to be great. I'm really excited to talk to you guys today. I don't know if you noticed this about 10 minutes before we went live, I posted on LinkedIn about the fact that we were doing this podcast and that the 20th anniversary of the Firefox browser is actually coming up, technically.
I know it had the Phoenix name before that, but yeah, November is actually the 20th anniversary of the official launch of Firefox in 2004 when I was just a humble product manager and just coming off my development time. So I remember you guys,
Firefox really started it all with the open source and really trying to build a browser for the development community where I was used to the old Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator and everyone's like, this is it. These are the two browsers now. And all of a sudden Firefox came and went, nope, we can do one better and really changed the game in the browser space. Let's talk a little bit.
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