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=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} === | === Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} === | ||
* [https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html?view=month&action=view&invId=110490-110489&pstat=AC&exInvId=110490-171831&useInstance=1&instStartTime=1336150800000&instDuration=3600000 SecReview: Create API for content to keep the screensaver from turning on (or to prevent phone/tablet's screen from turning off)] | * [https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html?view=month&action=view&invId=110490-110489&pstat=AC&exInvId=110490-171831&useInstance=1&instStartTime=1336150800000&instDuration=3600000 SecReview: Create API for content to keep the screensaver from turning on (or to prevent phone/tablet's screen from turning off)] | ||
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/2012/04/desktop-web-apps-test-day-may-4th/ Desktop Web Apps Test Day] | |||
=== Next Week === | === Next Week === | ||
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== Product Status Updates (voice updates) == | == Product Status Updates (voice updates) == | ||
=== Firefox | === Firefox Desktop === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)'' | ||
* Migration happened last week | |||
** We released Firefox 12, with the [http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/04/24/firefox-introduces-a-simpler-update-process-and-more-than-85-improvements-to-developer-tools/ silentest updates ever] | |||
** Beta is now 13, Aurora 14, and Nightly 15 | |||
* Firefox team had an amazing work week in Toronto last week, still getting it all blogged, but so far: | |||
** Felipe presented about [http://felipe.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/using-aboutcc/ finding memory leaks using about:cc] | |||
** Dave Camp has the dev tools scratchpad [https://github.com/campd/scratchpad-gist backending to gists] | |||
** jorendorff has a patch in progress for exposing the Debugger object to scratchpads | |||
** Several members of the desktop team have a prototype sign-in to browser implementation standing up | |||
** more to come! | |||
=== | === Firefox Android === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)'' | ||
* Down to 11 [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=REOPENED;bug_status=NEW;bug_status=ASSIGNED;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED;field0-0-0=cf_blocking_fennec10;query_format=advanced;type0-0-0=substring;value0-0-0=beta;columnlist=priority%2Cassigned_to%2Cbug_status%2Cchangeddate%2Cresolution%2Cstatus_whiteboard%2Cshort_desc%2Cproduct%2Ccomponent;list_id=2976353 beta blockers] | |||
* More fx work week output | |||
** Margaret presented about [http://blog.margaretleibovic.com/post/22055279828/fennec-native-ui getting started hacking on Fennec native] | |||
** devtools has a prototype ready for building responsive websites at a variety of phone/tablet screen sizes | |||
** more to come! | |||
=== Thunderbird === | === Thunderbird === | ||
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! More Details | ! More Details | ||
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| Inside the Root Shell | | [https://wiki.mozilla.org/IT/InsideTheRootShell Inside the Root Shell] | ||
| Brandon Burton, via Vidyo | | Brandon Burton, via Vidyo | ||
| A new weekly interview series with Mozilla IT, starting May 7th. | | A new weekly interview series with Mozilla IT, starting May 7th. | ||
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|Janet Swisher, in SF | |Janet Swisher, in SF | ||
|Mozilla logo crochet project | |Mozilla logo crochet project | ||
| | |[http://www.flickr.com/photos/76909011@N00/sets/72157629569871090/ Mozilla dino ski hat] | ||
|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/76909011@N00/sets/72157629646450773/ Previous project: Firefox hat] | |[http://www.flickr.com/photos/76909011@N00/sets/72157629646450773/ Previous project: Firefox hat] | ||
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=== Platform === | === Platform === | ||
* Web Standards meetings this week and next: | |||
** May 1-2 W3C WebApps WG in Mountain View / Hosted by Microsoft | |||
** May 3-4 W3C HTML WG in Mountain View / Hosted by Microsoft | |||
** May 9-11 W3C CSS WG in Hamburg / Hosted by Adobe | |||
* See the [[Events]] page for further details, and connect with the respective [[Standards]] people if you have something to contribute, questions, issues. - [[User:Tantek|Tantek]] | |||
=== Messaging === | === Messaging === | ||
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=== Automation & Tools === | === Automation & Tools === | ||
* Fixed {{bug| | * Fixed {{bug|696297}} to improve valgrind jobs in tbpl automation | ||
* [http://wrla.ch/blog/2012/04/eideticker-with-less-eideticker/ Eideticker can now use telemetry to gather checkerboarding stats as well] | * [http://wrla.ch/blog/2012/04/eideticker-with-less-eideticker/ Eideticker can now use telemetry to gather checkerboarding stats as well] | ||
* Working on [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/rxdroid an RxDroid library] to help keep android devices online and reporting to reduce android automation instability. | * Working on [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/rxdroid an RxDroid library] to help keep android devices online and reporting to reduce android automation instability. | ||
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=== Engagement === | === Engagement === | ||
==== PR ==== | ==== PR ==== | ||
*[http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/firefox-12-released-with-uac-less-update-system-on-windows.ars?clicked=related_right Firefox 12 released with UAC-less update system on Windows]<br> | |||
*[http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/firefox-12-is-here-silences-annoying-windows-uac-warnings/ Firefox 12 is here, silences annoying Windows UAC warnings]<br> | |||
*[http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Firefox-3-6-x-reaches-end-of-life-1558484.html Firefox 3.6.x reaches end of life] | |||
*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254633/firefox_13_beta_gets_a_speed_boost_with_spdy_by_default.html Firefox 13 Beta Gets a Speed Boost with SPDY by Default] | |||
==== Events ==== | ==== Events ==== | ||
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== Foundation Updates == | == Foundation Updates == | ||
[[Category:Weekly Updates]] | |||
[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | |||