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 '''[[Firefox/Namoroka|Firefox 3.6 (Namoroka)]]'''
+* Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 scheduled to be released Wednesday, October 28
+* nightly and beta users are encouraged to help us [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/15003 by reporting add-on compatibility]
+* Paul and others will be landing a change which should [[Firefox/Projects/Per_Tab_Network_Prioritization|speed up session restore]] for users with many windows and tabs
+* we'd like as many people as possible to test recent nightlies and the upcoming beta with Windows 7; there's some concern about how well the implementation of Aero Peek tab previews are working (see {{bug|474056}} and dependencies)
+* there's an ongoing discussion about [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/2fcd83608b62d5ce# how we plan on updating Firefox 3.5 users] to Firefox 3.6 when it's ready for release
 '''Firefox Future'''
+* Stephen Horlander continues to QB discussions about changes to the Firefox 3.7 theme on the [[Firefox/Projects/3.7_and_4.0_Theme_and_UI_Revamp|wiki]] and [http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/10/26/linux-theme-refresh/ his blog]
-'''Team News'''
+* Alex Faaborg and the UX team are looking at how to simplify our Preferences panels
+* Jennifer Boriss, Dave Townsend and Nick Nguyen are looking at updating the Add-on manager and Extensions API to be more flexible
+* we're also starting to think about how to phase in process separation in Firefox 3.7 and 4.0
 == Gecko ==
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 ** GFX: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Core&product=Toolkit&component=Drag+and+Drop&component=Graphics&component=Image%3A+Painting&component=ImageLib&component=Layout%3A+Canvas&component=Print+Preview&component=Printing&component=Widget&component=Widget%3A+BeOS&component=Widget%3A+Cocoa&component=Widget%3A+Gtk&component=Widget%3A+Mac&component=Widget%3A+OS%2F2&component=Widget%3A+Photon&component=Widget%3A+Win32&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&known_name=blocking1.9.2+GFX&query_based_on=blocking1.9.2+GFX&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.9.2%2B 10]
 ** JS:  [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Core&component=JavaScript+Engine&component=JavaScript+Engine&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=notregexp&status_whiteboard=fixed-in-tracemonkey&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&known_name=blocking1.9.2+JS&query_based_on=blocking1.9.2+JS&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.9.2%2B 24]
+* SpiderMonkey Happenings
+** Continuous Perf Improvements
+** ES5 coming together well
+** Most blockers seem to be well understood
 == Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Firefox 3.5.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x ==
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 ** Now serving [http://support.mozilla.com/ support.mozilla.com]!
 ** Now serving [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/ www.spreadfirefox.com]!
-* [http://getpersonas.com Personas] Uplift.  Personas infrastructure is now part of IT's production infrastructure and out of Labs.
+* [http://getpersonas.com Personas] Uplift.
+** Personas infrastructure is now part of IT's production infrastructure and out of Labs.
 '''This Week'''
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 == Release Engineering ==
+* split mochitest landed last week
+** should speed up turnaround times and help isolate failures
+** bug thanks to everyone who helped get the trees back to normal, esp. sdwilsh (sheriff) and dbaron
+* releng blogging blitz this week
+* note about the upcoming planned power outage on November 14th
+** all the build network Nokia's n810 are located in the office and will be affected by this outage and will be *OFFLINE* for the weekend. Mobile build coverage will obviously be affected.
 == QA ==
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 == Security ==
+* No updates this week.
 == Marketing/PR  ==
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 '''PR'''
-'''General'''
+*John Lilly interviewed for [http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/video/mostrecent/5dcaddc213d1285645858f548964a9f173b5b16d.html BusinessWeek's Five Questions]
+*Mike Shaver interviewed by [http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10378604-264.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody CNET] for "Firefox's future features: 3.6, 3.7, and 4.0"
+*John Lilly interviewed by [http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50078320.html?tag=mncol CNET] for "Firefox's crossroads: Cutting-edge or mainstream?"
+*Lots of [http://gigaom.com/2009/10/23/4-reasons-why-mozillas-raindrop-the-intelligent-inbox-matter/ articles] around [http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10382208-264.html Raindrop]
+*WOFF [http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-to-support-Web-Open-Font-Format-in-Firefox-3-6-835028.html WOFF] [http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Mozilla_Throws_Its_Weight_Behind_Improving_Web_Type__Adopts_WOFF_for_Firefox WOFF]
+*[http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2009/10/microsoft_and_m.html Moz + MSFT = &lt;3]<br>
-'''Mozilla Service Week'''
+<br> '''General'''
+* Four new screencasts published: [http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/tabs/tabs.ogv tabs], [http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/security/security.ogv security], [http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/privacy/privacy.ogv privacy], and a [http://videos.mozilla.org/firefox/3.5/firefoxtour/firefoxtour.ogv quick tour of Firefox].
+* New [http://www.spreadfirefox.com/switch switch page] on Sfx with tools and info to spread the word about Fx
+<br> '''Five Years of Firefox'''
+*Nov. 9, 2009
+*"Light the World with Firefox"
+**Celebrating the milestone by having fun with light &amp; the Firefox logo. You can participate by loading a picture or video to Flickr with the new tag "Firefox5". Best pictures &amp; actions rewarded with cool Firefox swag!
+*Show your support:
+**Join the [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=151116234684&ref=ts Facebook group]
+**Get a [http://twibbon.com/join/firefox-5th-anniversary Twibbon]
+*Firefox Parties:
+**Looking for party hosts! Please get in your swag requests [http://bit.ly/fyfxswag here]
+*Join us at the SF Party...more details to coming, including RSVP:
+**Date: Nov. 9, 2009
+**Location: [http://www.terrasf.com/ Terra Gallery]
+**Time: 7 - 11 p.m.
+<br> '''Mozilla Service Week'''
+*Ciber Voluntarios.org recognized Mozilla Service Week with an [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cibervoluntarios/4037095356/in/set-72157622520813175/ award] for Corporate Social Responsibility!
 '''Events'''
 *[http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/ Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS)] October 29 - 30, 2009; Toronto, Canada.&nbsp; We are sponsoring this event.&nbsp; We currently have representation from both Mozilla Foundation and Corporation speaking.
+*[http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&u=http://mozilla.jp/events/2009/fxdevcon/ Firefox Developers Conference 2009] November 8, Tokyo, Japan. Add-on authors will get together. Aza Raskin on Jetpack, Chris Blizzard on the future of the Web. 200+ attendees.
 *[http://boston.musichackday.org/ Music Hack Day] November 21-22, 200; Boston, MA.&nbsp; We are sponsoring this event.<br>
 *[http://addoncon.com/ Add-on-Con] December 2009, Mountain View, CA.&nbsp; We are sponsoring this event and starting to build sessions around the event theme.
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 == Support ==
+* No updates this week. <3
 == Metrics ==
+* Plugin Check page – we [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/10/23/200000-firefox-users-update-their-plugins/ blogged with results] from the first week since the page went live
+* User Outreach – we currently have [http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/10/08/user-outreach-coming-to-mozilla-com/ feedback buttons] on three critical Fx pages (Getting Started, Firstrun, and Whatsnew).  We've been able to identify a couple user pain points (analysis and blog post coming soon).  Does anyone want to guess the #1 comment from users?
 == Evangelism ==
+* Last week was WOFF week - lots of good feedback and press about it.
+* Automattic announced they would support Theora on wordpress.com for VideoPress.
+* Developer Survey coming together - will want help from people this week on promoting it and getting developer people involved.
+* Also will want help spreading news about some exciting WebGL stuff this week.
 == Labs ==
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 == Add-ons ==
+* AMO 5.2 launched last Tuesday with support for [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/personas Personas] and new statistics for developers
+* Kicking off Firefox 3.6 compatibility efforts. Currently at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/compatibility 36%]
+* [https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/15003 Add-on Compatibility Reporter] was announced last week
+* Add-ons Meetup at 7pm tomorrow night in Mountain View, [http://www.meetup.com/addons/calendar/11663429/ RSVP!]
 == Webdev ==
+* Our team worked with metrics to create our [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Breakpad/2009Q4RoadMap crash reporter roadmap].
+* [http://moxie.fligtar.com/bugstats/amo/5.2 AMO 5.2] shipped last Tuesday (89 bugs fixed) - [http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/ read more on the add-ons blog].
+* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=support.mozilla.com&target_milestone=1.4.1&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&resolution=FIXED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&known_name=SUMO-1.4.2&query_based_on=SUMO-1.4.2&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= SUMO 1.4.1] shipped last Thursday (52 bugs fixed).
+* Plugins: we had a meeting last week and came up with [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Plugins:PluginCheck#TODO our TODO list for the plugin checker].
+* We're continuing to assist Marketing with the 5 Years of Firefox project.
 == L10n ==
-Calling our l10n community to action. Firefox 3.6 RC is string frozen, just 9 strings since Beta. Get your strings landed, and listen to community feedback from Beta and the nightlies.
+* Calling our l10n community to action. Firefox 3.6 RC is string frozen, just 9 strings since Beta. Get your strings landed, and listen to community feedback from Beta and the nightlies.
+* Webwork on Fennec, Thunderbird; Firefox 3.6, FxFy, plugincheck in the pipeline
+* De-beta-ed Firefox 3.5 bn-BD
 = Foundation Updates =
+* Help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for using Firefox add-ons to support learning online. We're '''announcing the start of the [http://design-challenge.mozilla.org/jetpack-for-learning/ Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge]''', sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation with support from the MacArthur Foundation.  This is just one of [http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/mozedu-lotsgoingon/ many things going on with Mozilla Education].
 * A '''[http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance/browse_thread/thread/4e597c4346918bfa# dormant accounts] policy is being implemented'''; if you haven't used a particular SCM account for more than six months, it will be deactivated for security reasons. You can file a bug to get it reactivated - this should be a simple and quick process. Let us know if it's not.
-* '''A great deal is currently happening in Mozilla Education''' at the moment, including a new course launched last week at the University of Evry near Paris. Mark posted a [http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/mozedu-lotsgoingon/ summary of current activities].
+* '''Mozilla Drumbeat is [http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/drumbeatmovesahead/ moving into pilot mode]''' over the coming weeks. As part of this, Mark [http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/whatkindofideas/ posted a call for sample content] to include on the Drumbeat website currently being mocked up. Join the weekly [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Drumbeat/WeeklyUpdates Drumbeat call] on Monday at 8AM PST or comment on the blog posts to share your ideas.
-* Help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for using Firefox add-ons to support learning online. We're '''announcing the start of the [http://design-challenge.mozilla.org/jetpack-for-learning/ Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge]''', sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
 = Roundtable =
 * Daylight savings time ends in North America this weekend
+[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
+[[Category:Meeting Notes]]