Features/Mobile

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Feature Lists for the Mobile Firefox team. If you have any questions, contact Deb.

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Fennec

New Feature List

This will eventually replace the table immediately below.

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Roadmap	Team	Feature	Status	Owner
Fennec	Platform	Touch Events (part 1) (bug 544614) Enable interaction with touch-enabled web pages	In Progress	mbrubeck
Fennec	Graphics	High quality image scaling (bug 598736)	P1	jeff
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Anti-malware/phishing (bug 470876) level of protection / performance / data that lives on device, etc. requires services, legal	In Progress	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Better First-run experience - language choice Guide user to configure languages and personalize Firefox on first run	In Progress	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	Encrypt local data (passwords, etc) (bug 592772) Adds a level of security, even in the case of a stolen device; like master password, but without the UX disaster	In Progress	Alex Pakhotin
Fennec	Platform	Page pinning Prereq for new Firefox Home features. May use app cache, may use something else	P1	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Graphics	WebGL Better support for interactive web-based 3D graphics	P1	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Networking	Disk Cache (bug 645848) Need some short-term solution (Doug)	P1	Doug
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Better browser feature discoverability Educate users on features as they use the browser	In Progress	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	Sync password and form mgr performance	P1	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Touch Events part 2: multi-touch	P1	Matt Brubeck
Fennec	Platform	Support Flash and other plugins	P1 Thomas to change initial scope/focus	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	IndexedDB (bug 619494) Local storage for web apps	In Progress	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Tablet UI - Awesomescreen revisions long-term features	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Session Store Enhancements (bug 638167 bug 630398 bug 604463) Pick up quickly after crash or when terminated in background	In Progress	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Sync Enhancements Adds "Add a device" to mobile device sync	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Better integration for form assistant on Android (bug 636339) Get "next" button on Android VKB to work like form assistant arrow	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Android native polish Harmonize with Gingerbread and Honeycomb designs (button shapes, shades, etc.) - mostly CSS work; e.g. moving items to Android menu, run media scanner, etc; Need CSS to be switchable between Honeycomb and Gingerbread. Need to break out into individual pieces	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Android-style text copy/paste bug 652168 Implement the now standard (gingerbread) copy&paste method for text boxes and web content	In Progress	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Visual refresh (Gingerbread/Honeycomb) (bug 650388 bug 649820 bug 641906) e.g. get highlight colors or button shapes from Android defaults, etc.	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Rewrite/mobilize UI text (bug 582048) shorten, make mobile-specific, and generally fix	P2	Madhava Enros
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	UI Transitions/animations (bug 610783) e.g. slide in Android Menu, etc. (see Madhava's list)	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	web sockets (bug 537787)	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	Camera tag/input (bug 451674)	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Camera UI e.g. photo capture and upload or barcode scanning	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Fennec/Features/Gestures	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Expose Helper Apps support	P2	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	Audio input	P3	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Platform	Server sent events (bug 338583)	P3	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Integrate Personas	P3	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Import bookmarks, etc from native browser	P3	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end, Accessibility	Support for users with disabilities	P3	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Basic RSS Support	P3	Thomas Arend
Fennec	Mobile Front-end	Sync Enhancements Add "view sync key" feature	P3	Thomas Arend

Firefox Home

Roadmap	Team	Feature	Status	Owner
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Overall Architecture Move to web-based model; design backend concept for moving "Home" from a native app to a cloud-based model	P1	Stefan, Tarek
Firefox Home	Server Ops	Server Deployment Define server logistics to support our new could-based model	P1	Ops Person - tbd
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Database design Spec out details of the database that securely stores user information used in "Home"	P1	DBA Person - tbd
Firefox Home	UX Team	Visual Design New look and new features of our visual, cloud-based awesome screen as part of "Home"	P1	Madhava
Firefox Home	QA	QA plan Define how to test new "Home" features	P1	Naoki
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Localization Ensure translation in all supported languages	P1	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	HTML / Javascript Build the web-based application	P1	(Fabrice, Stefan, Unkown Web Person)
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Native iOS Wrapper Native app that provides access to the new cloud-based data and features	P1	Stefan
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Native iPad Wrapper	P1	Stefan
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Graphical Webpage Representation Define how web pages are going to be visualized (e.g. hi-res thumbnails, interactive widgets, etc)	P1	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Privacy Policy	P1	Alex Fowler?
Firefox Home	Sync	Crypto Proxy Server feature for secure communication with the sync server	P1	Stefan, Tarek
Firefox Home	Operations Security	Managing unencrypted data Server feature to keep user data secure	P1	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Mozilla ID integration	P1
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Sync Client Add something for sync client for opt-in to access Firefox Home data in the cloud	P1	Stefan, Tarek
Firefox Home	UX Team	Sync UX changes Needed for opt-in to crypto changes	P1
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	New platform: Blackberry (bug 603073)	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	New platform: Symbian	P2
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Badging on Home icon	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Feed integration	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Home screen widget improvements	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Identity integration	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Add passwords to sync data	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Sharing / F1 integration	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Web App / Web Services	P2	Stefan, Tarek
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Web App support	P2	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	Integrated contacts	P3	Thomas
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	New platform: Android	P3	Stefan
Firefox Home	Firefox Home	New platform: desktop (web version)	P3	Thomas