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== Press & Public Reactions == | == Press & Public Reactions == | ||
*[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/167592/20110622/mozilla-firefox-5.htm Mozilla Firefox 5 Touted as First Comprehensive | *[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/167592/20110622/mozilla-firefox-5.htm Mozilla Firefox 5 Touted as First Comprehensive "Do Not Track" Browser] | ||
*[http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/368221/firefox-5-lands-as-mozilla-accelerates-release-cycle Firefox 5 lands as Mozilla accelerates release cycle] | *[http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/368221/firefox-5-lands-as-mozilla-accelerates-release-cycle Firefox 5 lands as Mozilla accelerates release cycle] | ||
*[http://www.eurodroid.com/2011/06/android-firefox-updated-to-v5-0-tracking-opt-out-and-faster-loading/ Android Firefox updated to v5.0 – tracking opt-out and faster loading] | *[http://www.eurodroid.com/2011/06/android-firefox-updated-to-v5-0-tracking-opt-out-and-faster-loading/ Android Firefox updated to v5.0 – tracking opt-out and faster loading] | ||
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== Questions, Comments and Highlights == | == Questions, Comments and Highlights == | ||
* What's our 3.6 EOL plan? (catlee) | * What's our 3.6 EOL plan? (catlee) | ||
** We are having a meeting next week to discuss...details will be sent to dev-planning | |||
* Planning to turn off our FF3.5 automation (catlee) | * Planning to turn off our FF3.5 automation (catlee) | ||
* Users refusing the update (because of extensions) or trying a really hard to get Firefox 4 and then disabling updates. | ** We need to give a heads up to linux vendors | ||
** Probably need to wait until after blackhat if outside companies/users are relying on the branch | |||
** Should talk to kev as well | |||
* Users refusing the update (because of extensions) or trying a really hard to get Firefox 4 and then disabling updates. (Cheng) | |||
** For extension issues, ask users to use Add-on compat reporter, contact the extension dev. | |||
** For using the web, try an alternative browser (worst case, 3.6.18) | |||
* Version number confusion/churn FF5 | |||
** Expected amount | |||
** Last at least the next couple of releases | |||
** Early adopters care, others likely don't | |||
** [https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=firefox+version+implementation+detail There were previous news articles talking about it] | |||
** Christian to blog definitively about it | |||
* Selenium and FF5 | |||
** Johnathan to ping webdev about Selenium | |||
* How current/accurate is the Flight Tracking page for Firefox 7? Are there features without feature pages QA should be aware of? What's the status of features with passed ETAs? (ashughes) | |||
** Asa will look into the pages and make sure the pages reflect the release as accurately as possible | |||
** Johnathan notes that not all features have project managers yet and that it will take some number of releases before we get it right | |||
== Actions this week == | == Actions this week == | ||
* Dave M to report on early Addon SDK uptake stats | |||
* Christian to report on 3.6 EOL meeting outcome | |||
* Johnathan to ping web dev about selenium bustage in FF5. '''DONE''' | |||
** From Dave Hunt in email: <blockquote>Selenium 2.0rc3 was released earlier this week with support for Firefox 5. Selenium IDE (a Firefox addon) does not officially support Firefox 5, however this is currently being tested and should be released in the near future.</blockquote> | |||
* catlee/joduinn to report back on discussions around shuttering 3.5 automation | |||