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| width="25%" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239);" | '''Description''' 
| style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239);" | '''Leader''' 
| style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239);" | '''Goal''' 
| style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239);" | '''ETA''' 
| style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239);" | '''Status'''
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| [[Firefox/Projects/AccountManager|Account Manager]] 
| gavin
| Design and implement chrome to sign-in/out of sites, as well as manage accounts and do one-click registration.
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/AccountManager}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/2010Q3_Dirty_Startup_Reduction|"Dirty Profile" Startup Reduction]] 
| sdwilsh
| Reduce the startup time of "dirty profiles" to be no greater than 20% of a clean profile.
| End of Q3
| {{:Firefox/Projects/2010Q3_Dirty_Startup_Reduction}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/E10S Scope Investigation]] 
| dolske 
| Document scope of work for process separation in Firefox &amp; port one feature as an experiment 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/E10S_Scope_Investigation}}
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/New Theme|New Theme]] 
| shorlander, gavin 
| Implement alpha quality Windows implementation of refactored browser.js &amp; new theme for Windows on trunk or as XPI 
| <br>
| IN FLIGHT
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Authentication doorhanger notifications|Authentication doorhanger notifications]] 
| fyan, dolske, faaborg
| Implement doorhanger notifications for HTTP Auth and Password Manager
|
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Authentication_doorhanger_notifications}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Tab_Multi-Selection|Tab Multi-Selection]] 
| fyan
| 
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| {{:Firefox/Projects/Tab_Multi-Selection}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Console|Debug console for web pages]] 
| robc 
| Implement alpha quality integrated developer tool set on trunk 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Console}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Inspector|Web page inspector]] 
| robc 
| Implement beta quality integrated developer tool set on trunk 
| 
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Inspector}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Multitouch|Multitouch]] 
| felipe 
| Bring multitouch support to the web 
| <br>
| IN FLIGHT, airport approach started, getting ready to land
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Jetpack|Jetpack]] 
| Dietrich 
| Implement core modules for Jetpack 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Jetpack}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Resource Packages|Resource Packages]] 
| limi 
| Backwards compatible way of serving up multiple resources in a streamable file 
| ON RUNWAY: Proposal finalized 
| Next steps: Work with jlebar/vlad to get the project started
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/App Tabs|App Tabs]]
| zpao
| Allow users to lock websites to tabstrip as applications
| IN FLIGHT: some work done, some more to be done
| {{:Firefox/Projects/App Tabs}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Home Tab|Home Tab]] 
| 
| Allow home page to appear as chromeless app-tabs. 
| STALLED: no pilot
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Home Tab}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Firefox Start|Firefox Start Page]] 
| mak
| Create a locally hosted start page. 
| Jun
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Firefox Start}}
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Action based on update xml after app update|Action based on update xml after app update]] 
| rs 
| Perform action after update based on update xml attribute. 
| server side still needs to be completed and needs a release vehicle for 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 
| LANDED (on trunk)
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Simplify Update UI size for billboard and l10n|Simplify Update UI size for billboard and l10n]] 
| rs 
| Simplify verification of the billboard for all locales and all platforms and make the UI look *better*. 
| needs a release vehicle for 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 
| LANDED (on trunk)
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Download manager improvements|Improve Download Manager + MIME type defaults]] 
| limi 
| Move download manager to panel, coordinated with new theme, improve default behaviors. 
| <br>
| ON RUNWAY: Blog post published, filing bugs and bootstrapping next
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/IndexedDB|IndexedDB]] 
| sdwilsh 
| Implement the W3C IndexedDB specification. 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/IndexedDB}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Asynchronous Add Visit|Asynchronous Add Visit]] 
| stechz 
| Implement an asynchronous add visit API. 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Asynchronous Add Visit}}
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/JS Satchel|Port Satchel to JS]] 
| dolske 
| 2-day sprint to port Satchel from C++ to JS 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/JS_Satchel}}
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/J-PAKE|J-PAKE]] 
| dolske 
| Implement J-PAKE for TLS key negotiation 
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/J-PAKE}}
|-
| Test Pilot 
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/PlacesQueryAPIRedesign|Places Query API Redesign]] 
| ddahl, mak
| Simple, elegant and async Places Query API, focused on JetPack and new UI needs.
| May 2010
| IN FLIGHT. Rebooted, new proposal wip patches up, collecting feedback and iterating.
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| [[Firefox/Projects/TabCandy|TabCandy]] 
| aza
| Better tab and workspace management.
| July 2010
| IN FLIGHT. Working now on integration with trunk, getting reviewed. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=574217 Bug 574217].
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/AddonUI|Addon UI]] 
| Dietrich, Boriss
| 
| July 2010
| IN FLIGHT. Spec'd, currently implementing.
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<br> (Mostly) [[Firefox/Projects/Template|Blank Template]] for new projects. 

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= Inactive Projects (need to finish)  =

{| class="fullwidth-table sortable"
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| width="25%" | '''Description''' 
| '''Leader''' 
| '''Participants''' 
| '''Goal''' 
| '''ETA''' 
| '''Target''' 
| '''Status'''
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| [[Labs/Test Pilot Planning|Test Pilot]] 
| jinghua 
| <br>
| Add Test Pilot check-box (opt-in) in Firefox installer. See [https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARClKN8axlADZGdqcDZrNWtfNjM2ZzNtYmpjdA&hl=en proposal] 
| Test Pilot 1.0 release in mid Q2, server upgrade in mid Q2 
| Starting with beta 1. See [https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARClKN8axlADZGdqcDZrNWtfNjM2ZzNtYmpjdA&hl=en proposal] 
| 1.0 beta will be released by March, feedback coming in.
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Preferences UI|Preferences UI]] 
| faaborg 
| <br>
| Refresh and streamline the Firefox preferences window 
| First round of mockups complete: 10/23 
| Starting with 4.0 
| Just getting started
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Places UI|Places UI]] 
| faaborg 
| <br> 
| Investigate changes to the places UI for 4.0, focusing on mixing search + browse operations, and leveraging the content area. 
| Breaking UI apart into separate bugs: 10/23 
| Starting with 4.0 
| Mockups complete, feedback coming in.
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Binding for untrusted text in security dialogs|Binding for untrusted text in security dialogs]] 
| Unfocused 
| Jesse 
| Provide a common way for security dialogs to include untrusted text without compromising the rest of the dialog 
| TBD 
| 2.0 
| Gathering info, planning
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Herdict|Herdict]] 
| atul (lead) boriss (Firefox) 
| faaborg 
| Explore integrating the functionality of [http://www.herdict.org Herdict] with Firefox's network error page. 
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| Print preview in a separate window 
| rflint 
| <br>
| Remove the fragile XBL binding and create a separate XUL document 
| <br>
| 2.0 
| <br>
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/FirefoxButton|Firefox Button]] 
| faaborg 
| <br>
| Create a single high contrast control in the title bar to integrate with the interactive design of Windows Vista and 7 
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/SiteIdentity|Site Identity]] 
| faaborg 
| <br>
| Refresh how Firefox surfaces the identity of a site to integrate with our new notification system, reduce redundancy, and allow for persistent indicators like geo location access. 
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| [[Firefox/Projects/StartupPerformance|Startup Time Improvements]] 
| Dietrich 
| <br>
| Reduce warm and cold startup of Firefox, Fennec 
| <br>
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/StartupPerformance#Status}}
|-
| [[Firefox/Projects/Weave|Weave]] 
| zpao 
| Improve Weave extension &amp; prepare for integration 
| Ongoing 
| <br>
| <br>
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Weave}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/FTS and Awesomebar|Full Text Search and Awesomebar]] 
| adw 
| <br>
| Improve performance of the awesomebar by using full text search. 
| TBD
| TBD
| ON HOLD
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Async Places containers|Async Places containers]] 
| adw 
| <br>
| Perf: non-blocking Places operations 
| TBD
| TBD
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Async_Places_containers}}
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| [[Firefox/Projects/Page thumbnail service|Page thumbnail service]] 
| adw 
| <br>
| Take and persistently store thumbnails of Web pages. 
| TBD
| TBD
| {{:Firefox/Projects/Page_thumbnail_service}}
|}

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*[[Firefox/Projects/AcceleratedScrolling|Accelerated Scrolling]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Multitouch Polish|Multitouch Polish]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Eradicate Startup Dialogs|Eradicating Startup Dialogs]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Network Error Pages|404 Error Pages]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Unbreak RSS|Unbreak RSS]]

== Prioritized  ==

*[[Firefox/Projects/Improve Mac installer|Improve Mac installer]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/System Extension Notification|System Extension Notification]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/StrandedUsers|Understand why we strand users on point releases]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Always have option to Add Search|Always have option to Add Search]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Add Search to Awesomebar|Add Search to Awesomebar]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/App-wide Database Vacuum|App-wide Database Vacuum]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/About:newtab|about:newtab]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Improve Plugin Find and Install|Improve Plugin Find and Install]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Visual Affordance for Tear Off Tabs|Visual Affordance for Tear Off Tabs]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Control Tab|Control-Tab]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Update hunspell|Update dictionaries]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/about:problems|about:problems]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Automatic Recovery|Automatic Recovery]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/about:me|about:me (first-pass addon done, uplift approach still open)]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Video Controls|Video Controls]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Tab animation|Tab &amp; Menu item animation]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Find on Page|Find on Page improvements]]

== Unprioritized  ==

*[[Firefox/Projects/Jetpack Uplift Exploration|JetPack Uplift]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/PanelImprovements|Panel Improvements]]
*[[Firefox/Projects/ClipboardAPI|Clipboard API]]

= Additional Projects Ideas (Need more definition)  =

*[[Firefox/Cleanup|Areas that need code cleanup or overhaul]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/App-wide Database Integrity Check|App-wide Database Integrity Check]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Crowdsource Performance Data|Crowdsource Performance Data]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Migration Component JS Porting|Migration Component JS Porting]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/ExperimentalPlacesSchema|Places Schema Redesign]] 
*[[Firefox/Projects/View Source in Tab|View Source in Tab]]

= Completed Projects / Archive  =

*[[Firefox/Projects/Pull_More_AMO_Data_into_Addons_Manager|Pull More AMO Data into Addons Manager]] (LANDED 2.0)
*[[Firefox/Projects/Extension Manager Redesign|Addons Manager UI Redesign]] (LANDED 2.0)
*[[Firefox/Projects/Extension Manager API|Extension Manager API Rewrite]] (LANDED 2.0)
*[[Firefox/Projects/Doorhanger notifications|Doorhanger notifications]] (LANDED 2.0)
*[[Firefox/Goals/2010Q1/IO Reduction|I/O Reduction]] (mostly LANDED 2.0)
*[[Firefox/Projects/OOPP|Out-Of-Process Plugins]] (LANDED 2.0 and 1.9.2)
*[[Firefox/Projects/Places async expiration|Places Async Expiration]] (LANDED 2.0) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/WindowsCE|Firefox WinCE]] (minor stuff still to do) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Places Vacuum]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Perception of Performance|Perception of Performance]] (Investigation, see wiki page for follow up projects) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Async Annotation Protocol Handler|Asynchronous Annotation Protocol Handler]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Places Expiration Performance Refactoring|Places Expiration Performance Refactoring]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Bookmark Dialog Focus|Bookmark Dialog Focus]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Restore Visible Tabs First|Restore Visible Tabs First]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Privacy Prefpane Refresh|Privacy Prefpane Refresh]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Clear Recent History by Time Range|Clear Recent History by Time Range]] (COMPLETED WITH NOTES) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Undo Close Window|Undo Close Window]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Windows Theme Polish|Windows Theme Polish]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Focus Ring Cleanup|Focus Ring Cleanup]] (LANDED 1.9.1) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Places DB Creation Scripts|Places DB Creation Scripts]] (COMPLETED) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Asynchronous Location Bar|Asynchronous Location Bar]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Awesomeformcomplete|Form Awesomecomplete]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*Focus rewrite (LANDED, NO WIKI PAGE) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Animation priorities|Animation priorities]] (became two child-sprints: [[Firefox/Projects/Tab animation|Tab &amp; Menu item animation]] and [[Firefox/Projects/Find on Page|Find on Page improvements]]) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/about:support|about:support]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Plugin Update Referrals|Plugin Update Referrals]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Personas Uplift Exploration|Personas Uplift Exploration]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Reduce Places Views Overhead|Reduce Places Views Overhead]] (LANDED 1.9.2) 
*[[Firefox/Projects/Per Tab Network Prioritization|Per Tab Network Prioritization]] (LANDED 1.9.2)

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