Firefox/Planning/2012-01-04: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
« previous week | index | next week »
| Line 57: | Line 57: | ||
== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Tizen and Mer ==== | |||
* The Tizen Association officially announced its new [http://www.tizenassociation.org website] and governance structure. Intel is not listed on the website as a sponsor, which prompted some speculation that they had pulled out of the organization, but it appears there is some paperwork underway to make them a member. In related news, some former Meego and Maemo developers updated their website for the [http://merproject.org Mer Project], an "open, mobile-optimised, core distribution aimed at device manufacturers; powered by Qt/QML and HTML5" and that is "openly developed, inclusive, and meritocratically governed." | |||
==== Opera ==== | |||
* Opera's [http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/64-bit-opera-and-out-of-process-plug-ins/ newest Labs betas] for Windows now offer out-of-process plugins and support for 32-bit plugins running with 64-bit Opera builds. These have been working for some time, but Opera did not want to release them until they were "completely transparent to the user." | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* Microsoft [http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/prototypes/media-capture-api-%28updated%29/media-capture-api-%28updated%29/info updated] their audio implementation of the HTML5 Media Capture specification to include proposed enhancements to include image and video capture. | |||
* The IE team [http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2012/01/03/the-us-says-goodbye-to-ie6.aspx celebrated] the decline of IE6 to less than 1% of total online users in the USA with a party and a cake, noting the success of their "IE6 Countdown" campaign. | |||
==== WebKit ==== | |||
* [http://updates.html5rocks.com/2011/12/CSS-Filter-Effects-Landing-in-WebKit Initial support] for CSS filters landed in WebKit builds. Currently supported features include animation, visual overflow, and hardware acceleration. Rendering of CSS Shaders is also possible in recent builds. | |||
* Other recent improvements include pausing, resuming, and cancelling downloads, hardware-based video decoding on ChromeOS only, support for video subtitles via the <<track>> tag, and more Web Audio API improvements were submitted from Intel. A [http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/103223 patch] to address the "Noah's Ark" condition from the HTML5 spec means that WebKit now passes all but one of the html5lib parsing tests. | |||
==== Google Chrome ==== | |||
* A new proposal for better form autocompletion [http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Autocompletetype appeared] on the WHATWG wiki, and is supported in Chrome. It proposes an "autocompletetype" attribute for form fields. | |||
* Chrome now also features [http://chromestory.com/2011/12/arrr-something-tried-to-commandeer-your-default-search-setting protection] against changes to the default search engine. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||
Revision as of 01:19, 4 January 2012
Planning Meeting Details
- Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
- Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
- Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
- irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
- (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)
Video/Teleconference Details - NEW
- 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 95312 (US/INTL)
- 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 95312 (US)
- Vidyo Room: Warp Core
- Vidyo Guest URL
REMEMBER
These notes are read by people who weren't able to attend the meeting. Please make sure to include links and context so they can be understood.
Actions from Last Week
Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases
Firefox Desktop
Release (3.6, 8)
Beta (9)
Aurora (10)
Nightly (11)
Firefox Mobile
Firefox Sync
Add-on Builder
Add-on SDK
Release (1.2 -> Firefox 7, 8)
Stabilization (1.3 -> Firefox 8, 9)
Development (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
Feedback Summary
Desktop
Mobile
UX & User Research
UR is kicking off some research to better understand current mobile browser use cases vs use cases for apps. We will conduct a study of real mobile user behavior over one week in February. If you want to learn more and contribute to the study, email Mary Trombley to get an invite to Friday's kickoff meeting.
Market Insights
Desktop / Platform
Tizen and Mer
- The Tizen Association officially announced its new website and governance structure. Intel is not listed on the website as a sponsor, which prompted some speculation that they had pulled out of the organization, but it appears there is some paperwork underway to make them a member. In related news, some former Meego and Maemo developers updated their website for the Mer Project, an "open, mobile-optimised, core distribution aimed at device manufacturers; powered by Qt/QML and HTML5" and that is "openly developed, inclusive, and meritocratically governed."
Opera
- Opera's newest Labs betas for Windows now offer out-of-process plugins and support for 32-bit plugins running with 64-bit Opera builds. These have been working for some time, but Opera did not want to release them until they were "completely transparent to the user."
Microsoft
- Microsoft updated their audio implementation of the HTML5 Media Capture specification to include proposed enhancements to include image and video capture.
- The IE team celebrated the decline of IE6 to less than 1% of total online users in the USA with a party and a cake, noting the success of their "IE6 Countdown" campaign.
WebKit
- Initial support for CSS filters landed in WebKit builds. Currently supported features include animation, visual overflow, and hardware acceleration. Rendering of CSS Shaders is also possible in recent builds.
- Other recent improvements include pausing, resuming, and cancelling downloads, hardware-based video decoding on ChromeOS only, support for video subtitles via the <<track>> tag, and more Web Audio API improvements were submitted from Intel. A patch to address the "Noah's Ark" condition from the HTML5 spec means that WebKit now passes all but one of the html5lib parsing tests.
Google Chrome
- A new proposal for better form autocompletion appeared on the WHATWG wiki, and is supported in Chrome. It proposes an "autocompletetype" attribute for form fields.
- Chrome now also features protection against changes to the default search engine.