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= Product Status Updates =
= Product Status Updates =


== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==
== Firefox ==
* Mobile team having a work week in Toronto this week
* No other updates this week since it's eating much of fx-team's brains


== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==
== Thunderbird ==
Nothing new this week.


== Mobile Firefox ==
== Older Branch Work ==


== Thunderbird ==
== Drumbeat  ==


== Older Branch Work ==
*'''Mozilla Festival in London Nov 4 - 6''': 400+ people now registered
*Want to fill the remaining space with as many coders and designers as possible
*Especially looking for:
**'''UX / UI designers'''. For design challenges like [https://mozillafestival.org/tag/user-experience-designers/ these]
**[https://mozillafestival.org/tag/javascript-developers/ Javascript developers]
**[https://mozillafestival.org/tag/html5-developers/ HTML5 gaming, video & audio hackers]
**[https://mozillafestival.org/tag/webgl-developers/ WebGL hackers]
*Interested? Wanna come? get in touch through festival [at] mozilla [dot] org
*Marcia and Pierros are running a "Contribute to Mozilla" area at the Festival. Please get in touch with them if you are interested in helping staff the pod areas and answer questions from potential contributors. Thanks!


== Drumbeat ==
= Speakers  =
* Mozilla Festival in London Nov 4 - 6: 400+ already registered
* Want to fill the remaining space with as many coders and designers as possible
* Especially looking for:
** UX designers. For design challenges like [https://mozillafestival.org/tag/user-experience-designers/ these]
** [https://mozillafestival.org/tag/javascript-developers/ Javascript developers]
** [https://mozillafestival.org/tag/html5-developers/ HTML5 gaming, video & audio hackers]
** [https://mozillafestival.org/tag/webgl-developers/ WebGL hackers]
* Interested? Wanna come? get in touch through festival [at] mozilla [dot] org


= 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.


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.
http://blog.webfwd.org/post/11319845945/webfwd-goes-global-welcome-to-our-3-new-fellows-1


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! Presenter
! Presenter  
! Topic
! Topic  
! Media
! Media  
! More Details
! More Details
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| Your Name Here
| Diane Bisgeier<br>
| What are you going to talk about?
| WebFWD adds 3 new Fellows<br>
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Blog post at http://blog.webfwd.org/post/11319845945/webfwd-goes-global-welcome-to-our-3-new-fellows-1<br>
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
|-
| Michael Coates  
| Michael Coates  
| Engaging Security for your Website - The Security Review Process
| Engaging Security for your Website - The Security Review Process  
| [http://people.mozilla.org/~mcoates/Info/assets/fallback/index.html slides]
| [http://people.mozilla.org/~mcoates/Info/assets/fallback/index.html slides]  
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAppSec/Security_Review_Request Web App Security Review Request Form]
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAppSec/Security_Review_Request Web App Security Review Request Form]
|-
|-
| David Boswell
| David Boswell  
| Share your story about how you got involved with Mozilla
| Share your story about how you got involved with Mozilla  
| Example: [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/how-i-got-involved-with-mozilla-and-why-that-wouldnt-work-today/ How I got involved with Mozilla (and why that wouldn’t work today)]
| Example: [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/how-i-got-involved-with-mozilla-and-why-that-wouldnt-work-today/ How I got involved with Mozilla (and why that wouldn’t work today)]  
| Add your link to the [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Stories|Stories wiki page]] or post to [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.mozillians/topics Mozillians forum]
|  
Add your link to the [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Stories|Stories wiki page]] or post to [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.mozillians/topics Mozillians forum]<br>
 
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== Firefox  ==
== Firefox  ==


== Platform ==
== Platform ==


== Messaging  ==
== Messaging  ==
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== Mobile  ==
== Mobile  ==


== IT ==
== IT ==


== Release Engineering  ==
== Release Engineering  ==
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== QA  ==
== QA  ==


;Test Execution
;Mobile QA
* Most folks attending the mobile workweek in Toronto.


;WebQA
;WebQA
*AMO 6.2.7: http://cl.ly/0i0I3d121f0o293k2p0t
 
*AMO 6.2.7: http://cl.ly/0i0I3d121f0o293k2p0t  
*SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-10-11
*SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-10-11
;QA Community
;QA Community
*If you are attending the upcoming Mozilla Festival in London, please visit https://etherpad.mozilla.org/QA-Mozilla-Festival to add your name to the list to help staff the "Contribute to Mozilla" booth area!
*If you are attending the upcoming Mozilla Festival in London, please visit https://etherpad.mozilla.org/QA-Mozilla-Festival to add your name to the list to help staff the "Contribute to Mozilla" booth area!


;Automation Services
;Automation Services
* Case Conductor Beta will be released to uTest on Oct 19th, 2011
== Automation &amp; Tools  ==


== Automation & Tools ==
*Lots of on-going work, many of us in Toronto for mobile work week.  
* Lots of on-going work, many of us in Toronto for mobile work week.
*See [[Auto-tools/Meetings/2011-10-17|here for notes]]
* See [[Auto-tools/Meetings/2011-10-17|here for notes]]


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
Security Reviews Scheduled for this week
 
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Security Reviews Scheduled for this week  
 
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! style="width:25%" | Date / Time
! style="width:25%" | Date / Time  
! style="width:45%" | Item
! style="width:45%" | Item
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|-
| Mon Oct 17 / 10:00 PST || [[Platform/Features/SPDY|SPDY]] & {{bug|528288}}  
| Mon Oct 17 / 10:00 PST  
| [[Platform/Features/SPDY|SPDY]] &amp; {{bug|528288}}
|-
|-
| Fri Oct 22 / 10:00 AM PST || [[Fennec/Features/safebrowsing|Safe Browsing Backend]]
| Wed Oct 19 / 13:00 PST
| {{bug|675822}} First sync desktop status page with upload progress bar
|-
|-
 
| Fri Oct 22 / 10:00 AM PST
| [[Fennec/Features/safebrowsing|Safe Browsing Backend]]
|}
|}


'''[https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html Calendar and Meeting details]'''
'''[https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html Calendar and Meeting details]'''  


  General Meeting Details
  General Meeting Details
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== Engagement  ==
== Engagement  ==


'''PR'''  
'''PR'''
*[http://e27.sg/2011/10/14/how-mozilla-manages-its-asian-communities/  How Mozilla manages its Asian communities]
 
*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/241661/which_browser_has_your_back_that_would_be_firefox.html Which Browser Has Your Back? That Would Be Firefox]
*[http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2116067/mozilla-boss-mitchell-baker-stresses-approach-mobile-platforms Mozilla boss Mitchell Baker stresses open approach for mobile platforms]
 
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20120877-264/new-firefox-interface-to-speed-up-firefox-on-android/ New Firefox interface to speed up Firefox on Android]
*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/242016/a_huge_speed_boost_is_on_the_way_to_firefox_for_android.html A Huge Speed Boost Is on the Way to Firefox for Android]
 


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  
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== Labs  ==
== Labs  ==


== Developer Tools ==
== Developer Tools ==


== Add-ons  ==
== Add-ons  ==
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== L10n  ==
== L10n  ==
== WebFWD<br> ==
Last week WebFWD announced 3 new Fellows to our Portfolio: MeeMoo, Synbiota and Verese. Details at http://blog.webfwd.org/post/11319845945/webfwd-goes-global-welcome-to-our-3-new-fellows-1<br>


= Introducing New Hires =
= Introducing New Hires =
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* <b>Schalk Neethling</b>: joining the Web Tools team, managed by Laura Thomson, located in Pretoria, South Africa.
* <b>Schalk Neethling</b>: joining the Web Tools team, managed by Laura Thomson, located in Pretoria, South Africa.
* <b>Stephen Lewchuk</b>: coop student with Metrics team managed by Gilbert FitzGerald working out of the SF office
* <b>Stephen Lewchuk</b>: coop student with Metrics team managed by Gilbert FitzGerald working out of the SF office
* <b>[[User:Tantek|Tantek Çelik]]</b>: joining the Products team, managed by Chris Blizzard, located in the San Francisco office.
* <b>Gary Kwong</b>: joining the Security Research and Testing team managed by Brandon Sterne, located in the Mountain View office.


= Foundation Updates  =
= Foundation Updates  =


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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