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== Firefox 5 ==
== Firefox 5 ==
* About halfway through the first aurora train, the merge to beta happens '''2011-05-17'''
* Beta meetings start this week, at 2pm PDT today
* The next mozilla-central &rarr; mozilla-aurora merge is on '''2011-05-24''' <small>(6 weeks after the previous mozilla-central &rarr; mozilla-aurora merge, which happened on 2011-04-12)</small>


== Firefox 4 ==
== Firefox 4, 3.6, 3.5 ==
* New updates pushed out last week on all branches


== Mobile Firefox ==
== Mobile Firefox ==
* Shipped Firefox 4.0.1 last week
* Continuing to test aurora builds, planning to go to beta at same time as desktop


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
* Faster folder switching landed in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-aurora/ Miramar nightly builds]; please help us test and add any feedback onto {{bug|520272}}.
* [https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-planning/2011-May/001001.html Schedule and build mechanics] details for Miramar posted to tb-planning.
* Released Thunderbird 3.1.10


== Older Branch Work ==
== Older Branch Work ==
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| Julie Deroche
| Julie Deroche
| Stanford Open Source Bootcamp
| Stanford Open Source Bootcamp
| Video will be played from my laptop
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NO4M03OyGw
| TBD
| TBD
|-
|-
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;WebQA
;WebQA
*Shipped last week
*Shipped last week:
**Web of Wonder
**Web of Wonder
**MDN
**MDN 0.9.4
**SUMO 2.8
**SUMO 2.8
**AMO 6.0.7  
**AMO 6.0.7  
**Input 3.4


;QA Community
;QA Community
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'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
*[http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/384823/10_must-have_free_firefox_4_add-ons/ 10 must-have free Firefox 4 add-ons]
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/05/update-adds-firefox-4-engine-to-mozillas-chromeless-project/ Update Adds Firefox 4 Engine to Mozilla’s ‘Chromeless’ Project]
*[http://www.geek.com/articles/news/firefox-gets-faster-on-linux-20110429/ Firefox gets faster on Linux ]
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/7090/products/mozilla-fixes-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-4 Mozilla Fixes Vulnerabilities in Firefox 4]
*[http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10962 Firefox 4.0.1 fixes several security issues]


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  


'''Creative Team'''  
'''Creative Team'''  
'''User Engagement'''
Channels:
* General Email list: 710,359 [+7.32%]
* Twitter Followers: 469,681  [+1.92%]
* Lifetime Facebook Likes: 4,124,491 [+1.57%]
* Join subscribers: 1,010 supporters
Campaigns / Programs:
* April Newsletter launched in EN-US [27% Open rate & 13% Click through rate]
* April Newsletter launched in DE [53% Open rate & 30.5% Click through rate]
* Join Mozilla Newsletter launched [39.1% Open rate & 10.7% Click through rate]
* [http://janefinette.com/post/4814581757/firefox-4-upgrade-campaigns-getting-under-way Firefox 4 direct upgrade campaign] in process


'''Contributor Engagement'''
'''Contributor Engagement'''
* Firefox 4 launch:  Awesome Firefox events continue around the world, including a series of events in Senegal, Kenya and Indonesia.
* Firefox 4 launch:  Awesome Firefox events continue around the world, including a series of events in Senegal, Kenya and Indonesia.
** Senegal:  Check out event photos [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28959625@N04/sets/72157626606097978/ here], as well as a spotlight on [http://bonjourmozilla.fr/?post/2011/04/28/Bonjour-WoMoz-%3A-Emmanuelle-Bouiti Emmanuelle Bouiti] who helped host the events.
** Senegal:  Check out event photos [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28959625@N04/sets/72157626606097978/ here], as well as a spotlight on [http://bonjourmozilla.fr/?post/2011/04/28/Bonjour-WoMoz-%3A-Emmanuelle-Bouiti Emmanuelle Bouiti] who helped host the events.
** Indonesia:  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/falfistrife/sets/72157626625842656/ Photos], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangescale/sets/72157626608075484/with/5669601127/ photos] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangescale/sets/72157626608075484/ more photos]
** Kenya:  Check out Dietrich Ayala's [http://autonome.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/trip-log-mozilla-kenya/ write up].
* Community Marketing Call:
** The next call is set for May 11th at 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET 
** Notes from last week's call are [http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-april-27 here]


== Support  ==
== Support  ==
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= Introducing New Hires =
= Introducing New Hires =
We have 4 new interns who started this week!<br>
- Marc Jessome (RelEng)<br>
- Owen Coutts (QA)<br>
- William Chen (Content)<br>
- Albert Noll (Research)<br>


= Foundation Updates  =
= Foundation Updates  =
* Introducing Marilyn Wigglesworth, the new Director of Finance for the foundation


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
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Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 2 May

Tuesday, 3 May

Wednesday, 4 May

Thursday, 5 May

Friday, 6 May

Next Week

Product Status Updates

Firefox 5

  • About halfway through the first aurora train, the merge to beta happens 2011-05-17
  • Beta meetings start this week, at 2pm PDT today
  • The next mozilla-central → mozilla-aurora merge is on 2011-05-24 (6 weeks after the previous mozilla-central → mozilla-aurora merge, which happened on 2011-04-12)

Firefox 4, 3.6, 3.5

  • New updates pushed out last week on all branches

Mobile Firefox

  • Shipped Firefox 4.0.1 last week
  • Continuing to test aurora builds, planning to go to beta at same time as desktop

Thunderbird

Older Branch Work

Drumbeat

Knight-Mozilla News Project: "Unlocking Video" innovation challenge now underway

Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

Title Presenter Topic Media More Details
Mozilla Bootcamp Julie Deroche Stanford Open Source Bootcamp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NO4M03OyGw TBD

Status Updates By Team

Firefox

Platform

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

Test Execution
  • Fx.Next
    • Aurora(5) -> Beta, May 17th
      • Channel switcher should be all tested a week+ before then.
    • Workspaces in development on Nightly(6)
WebQA
  • Shipped last week:
    • Web of Wonder
    • MDN 0.9.4
    • SUMO 2.8
    • AMO 6.0.7
    • Input 3.4
QA Community
Test Dev

Automation & Tools

Security

Engagement

PR

Events

Creative Team

User Engagement

Channels:

  • General Email list: 710,359 [+7.32%]
  • Twitter Followers: 469,681 [+1.92%]
  • Lifetime Facebook Likes: 4,124,491 [+1.57%]
  • Join subscribers: 1,010 supporters

Campaigns / Programs:

  • April Newsletter launched in EN-US [27% Open rate & 13% Click through rate]
  • April Newsletter launched in DE [53% Open rate & 30.5% Click through rate]
  • Join Mozilla Newsletter launched [39.1% Open rate & 10.7% Click through rate]
  • Firefox 4 direct upgrade campaign in process

Contributor Engagement

  • Firefox 4 launch: Awesome Firefox events continue around the world, including a series of events in Senegal, Kenya and Indonesia.
  • Community Marketing Call:
    • The next call is set for May 11th at 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET
    • Notes from last week's call are here

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

Labs

Developer Tools

Add-ons

Webdev

  • Kicked off working on elmo, the next iteration of the l10n dashboard. Moved the project to github, feel free to fix your papercuts and contribute, or grab a bug. We're using gitflow now, too. Join laura, peterbe, pike, stas.

L10n

Introducing New Hires

We have 4 new interns who started this week!
- Marc Jessome (RelEng)
- Owen Coutts (QA)
- William Chen (Content)
- Albert Noll (Research)

Foundation Updates

  • Introducing Marilyn Wigglesworth, the new Director of Finance for the foundation

Roundtable

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