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 = Development Updates =
-== Fx 2->3 Major Update / Fx 2.0.0.17 / Fx 3.0.2 ==
+== / Fx 2.0.0.17 / Fx 3.0.2 ==
-'''Major Update'''
-* more than 50% of Firefox users are now on Firefox 3
-* need to work out a projection about how quickly the full upgrade will take
 '''Firefox 2.0.0.17 / 3.0.2'''
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 == TB 3 ==
+* 3.0b1 code freeze happening tomorrow
+* expect more feature changes after b1
 == Mobile ==
+* Release of M8 this week
+* List of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Fennec&target_milestone=Fennec+A1&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&resolution=---&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= bugs] remaining for A1.
+* If you have a N8x0 device, we welcome you to test out [[Mobile/Build/Fennec|Fennec]] and file bugs.
 == IT ==
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 * downtime for unittest switchover tomorrow morning, see Lukas's post to dev.planning.
 * Tues/tomorrow: FF3.0.2 and FF2.0.0.17
+** did a *very* fast turnaround on FF3.0.2build#6 late last week.
 * Thurs: TB2.0.0.17
-* half-way to end of Firefox2 support, see blog post and post to dev.planning
+* half-way to end of our post-FF3 Firefox2 support, see [http://oduinn.com/2008/09/21/firefox2-desupport-now-only-3-months-away/ blog post] and post to dev.planning
 == QA ==
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 ** Worked on CSS Transforms, ran into several bugs: {{bug|455138}}, {{bug|455445}} [ctalbert]
 * More testing with JAWS 10.0 public beta. Verified that some of the bugs reported to us by Freedom Scientific and mutual user base are indeed fixed in 3.1. Most of these also in 3.0.2. [marcoz]
-* Filed a number of Tracemonkey bugs: {{bug|455773}}, {{bug|451843}}
+* '''Filed a number of Tracemonkey bugs''': {{bug|455773}}, {{bug|451843}}
 Mobile
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 Test Dev
 * Gristmill
-** Found out that the approach for looking up anaomous elemetns won't work.  Adam and Mikeal came up with a [http://code.google.com/p/mozmill/wiki/LookupProposal new lookup proposal]. Finished initial implementation of the Lookup object. Still need to do inspector work and testing.
+** '''Found out that the approach for looking up anaomous elements won't work'''.  Adam and Mikeal came up with a [http://code.google.com/p/mozmill/wiki/LookupProposal new lookup proposal]. Finished initial implementation of the Lookup object. Still need to do inspector work and testing.
 ** Finished the initial MozMill framework event system. Added listeners for the existing UI to display new framework messages. [mikeal]
 * Working on setting up the Standalone Talos for Pageloader Tests with Extensions installed [tomcat]
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 Community
-* We held a Dev Day at Seneca College on Sept 15-16.  Key leaders of this were Dave Humphrey, Mark Finkle, Clint Talbert. Videos of all the sessions will be made available via the Seneca website and hopefully on DevMO.
+* We held a '''Dev Day at Seneca College''' on Sept 15-16.  Key leaders of this were Dave Humphrey, Mark Finkle, Clint Talbert. Videos of all the sessions will be made available via the Seneca website and hopefully on DevMO.
 * There was a [http://quality.mozilla.org/node/1879 Firefox 3.0.2 Test Day] on Friday. See [https://litmus.mozilla.org/testday_report.cgi?testday_id=110&include_admin=on results]
 * Held a Firefox/WebVisum/general MoFo talk at the [http://www.bsvh.org Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverein Hamburg e.V.], which is the local blindness self-help organization. Well-received with a lot of good questions and excitement.
-* * Prepared a presentation that I'll hold at the [http://www.best-of-accessibility.de Best Of Accessibility Symposium] on Thursday September 25. First presentation will be for newcomers to screen reader technology showing how web 2.0 pages like Twitter interact with a screen reader. Second will be on WAI-ARIA, demonstrating simple page enhancements that greatly improve accessibility.
+* Prepared a presentation that I'll hold at the [http://www.best-of-accessibility.de Best Of Accessibility Symposium] on Thursday September 25. First presentation will be for newcomers to screen reader technology showing how web 2.0 pages like Twitter interact with a screen reader. Second will be on WAI-ARIA, demonstrating simple page enhancements that greatly improve accessibility.
 == Security ==
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 * [http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/09/web_20_expo_mic.html Brendan Eich on browser panel] at [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Mozilla-Google-Talk-Browser-Futures/ Web 2.0 Expo in NYC]
 * [http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28301 Confusion] about [http://mobile.slashdot.org/mobile/08/09/19/064202.shtml Mozilla's mobile timeline]
-* [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10510989?nclick_check=1 Mike Shaver interviewed for San Jose Mercury News article about Chrome's unique identifier]
+* [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10510989?nclick_check=1&forced=true Mike Shaver interviewed for San Jose Mercury News article about Chrome's unique identifier]
 * [http://blog.mozilla.com/news/ Introducing: Above the Fold - Mozilla in the news]
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 == Metrics ==
+* No updates
 == Evangelism ==
 ; Presentations Library
 : Morphing the "Evangelism Library" into a "Presentations Library" where folks will be able to upload their slide decks and post whatever other resources related to that presentation are available - summary paragraph, speakers notes, links to or full video/audio recordings, etc.  The idea would be to have a central location for these resources (Mozilla people do a lot of talks, it turns out) so they can be reused, remixed, localized, and re-shared.
-: The wiki currently lives here http://evangelism.dekiwiki.mozilla.org/ , but there's a bug on file to get it moved to a better permanent home.  If you'd like to help out with (or have questions about) this project, send email to Deb (deb-at-mozilla-com).
+: The wiki currently lives here http://library.mozilla.org.  If you'd like to help out with (or have questions about) this project, send email to Deb (deb-at-mozilla-com).
 * 3.0.2 rapid response team gearing up (Asa)
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 == Mozilla Labs ==
 * Labs Meet-up in Mtn. View. Thursday 9,25, 6-9pm. Pizza, hacking, conversation.
+* Making a push for Ubiquity on Thunderbird, if there are any expert, please contact us and we welcome your advice
 == Webdev, Add-ons, AMO ==
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 *** Focused on performance, adding customization features and detecting regressions.
 *** Will start work on re-architecture in Q4
+* Labs forums were migrated off of SMF onto Vanilla
 == L10n ==
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 = Other Business =
+[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
+[[Category:Meeting Notes]]