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===Firefox Desktop === | ===Firefox Desktop === | ||
==== Release (3.6, | ==== Release (3.6, 11, 10esr) ==== | ||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Post-mortems/Firefox_11.0 Firefox 11 post-mortem] held today | |||
==== Beta ( | ==== Beta (12) ==== | ||
* Beta 3 going to build today, released Friday | |||
==== Aurora ( | ==== Aurora (13) ==== | ||
* Win2k/XP SP1 desupport meeting to be held Thursday (email akeybl if you'd like to be included) | |||
==== Nightly ( | ==== Nightly (14) ==== | ||
* Lots of work has landed for the cycle collector focusing on two open tabs (GMail + wikimo) scenario. More work coming for multiple tabs and add-on scenarios. | |||
* For Telemetry consumers - new, easier to remember URL - http://mzl.la/telemetrydash | |||
* {{Bug|714712}} add built-in PDF support to Firefox with PDF.js | |||
* Patrick McManus [:mcmanus] checked in a bunch of awesomeness around http pipelining | |||
=== Firefox Mobile === | === Firefox Mobile === | ||
==== Aurora (13) ==== | |||
* Uplifted many non-graphics related patches. More to come. | |||
* Will uplift graphics changes after we get a handle on crashes | |||
==== Nightly (14) ==== | |||
* Mostly working on blockers that will be uplifted to Aurora | |||
* Doing some planning for new projects in the pipeline | |||
** Web apps is a high priority project. Several patches getting ready to land | |||
** Remote debugging patches resulted from DevTools workweek | |||
** Native Tablet UI designs and bugs appearing | |||
** and more... | |||
===Firefox Sync=== | ===Firefox Sync=== | ||
* Sync has nothing new to report. Building & bugfixing continues. | |||
=== Add-on SDK === | === Add-on SDK === | ||
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Stabilization (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12) | Stabilization (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12) | ||
* Spinning up 1.6RC2 today to take in a small bug-fix patch | |||
* Release 1.6 next Tuesday. April 3 | * Release 1.6 next Tuesday. April 3 | ||
Development (1.7 -> Firefox 12, 13) | Development (1.7 -> Firefox 12, 13) | ||
* Merge to Stabilization next Tuesday, April 3 | * Merge to Stabilization next Tuesday, April 3 | ||
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730369 We're making some tweaks to cfx --profiledir - please comment if you have opinions] | * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730369 We're making some tweaks to ''$cfx --profiledir'' - please comment if you have opinions] | ||
Other Add-ons News | Other Add-ons News | ||
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===Apps=== | ===Apps=== | ||
* Working towards consumer beta Apr. 24. Nothing specific to call out. | |||
== Feedback Summary == | == Feedback Summary == | ||
SUMO team is in a workweek this week (offsite today) so you get a read-the-wiki (aka silent) update. | |||
=== Desktop === | === Desktop === | ||
Fx11: | |||
* TinyMCE/Rich text editors not working. We even wrote a [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/some-rich-text-editors-firefox-11 knowledge base article] | |||
* Firefox 11 seems to be crashier than usual: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/917904][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/924012][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/924082][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923620][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923763][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923792][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/922883][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923848][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923921][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923946][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/923734] | |||
* We broke print-selection. {{bug|736915}} | |||
General: | |||
* TypeError: Components.classes[cid] new culprit in Fx11: Orbit Downloader. | |||
* About 40% of the remaining support forum complaints are unwanted software/homepage/"features" of some sort (Text Enhance, Searchqu, Skipity, babylon yourbestsearch.net). Most of these have been around for months. | |||
=== Mobile === | === Mobile === | ||
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==== Tizen ==== | ==== Tizen ==== | ||
* The Tizen HTML5 browser has [http://www.tizenexperts.com/2012/03/tizen-html5-browser-scores-wacks-competition/ scored 378 points] at [http://html5test.com html5test.com], beating all other mobile browsers. | * The Tizen HTML5 browser has [http://www.tizenexperts.com/2012/03/tizen-html5-browser-scores-wacks-competition/ scored 378 points] at [http://html5test.com html5test.com], beating all other mobile browsers. | ||
=== Mobile === | |||
Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.com/2012/03/28/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-13/ here] and in your inbox. | |||
* The Dolphin browser now has a Chrome extension to sync bookmarks | |||
* Opera released Opera Mini 7 | |||
* Device updates to ICS are slow to be deployed | |||
* The Play Store has been introduced into the Google black navigation bar | |||
* Reports of Chome OS being tested on ARM architecture | |||
* Windows Phone app development encouraged with $24 million from Microsoft and Nokia | |||
* Nokia Lumia 900 to enter US market with mid-range pricing | |||
* LTE phone shipments to grow tenfold in 2012, account for 10% of smartphone shipments | |||
* Baidu search engine is rumoured to be introduced to iOS along Google | |||
* FTC calls for Do Not Track option for mobile apps | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||
*[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225393/Firefox_to_turn_on_default_encryption_for_Google_searches Firefox to turn on default encryption for Google searches] | |||
*[http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/232602977 Firefox Takes Privacy Lead With HTTPS By Default] | |||
*[http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Firefox-3-6-x-approaches-end-of-life-1479643.html Firefox 3.6.x approaches end of life] | |||
*[http://www.infoworld.com/t/web-browsers/firefox-in-the-new-out-the-compatibility-189645 Firefox: In with the new, out with the compatibility] | |||
*[http://ostatic.com/blog/firefoxs-rapid-releases-are-still-causing-hiccups-but-theyre-necessary Firefox's Rapid Releases Are Still Causing Hiccups, But They're Necessary] | |||
== Questions, Comments, FYI == | == Questions, Comments, FYI == | ||
* Expanding from Developer Tools to Developer Experience (kdangoor and dbuc) | |||
** Developer tools is part of the whole | |||
** [http://youtu.be/sM_xG3Hl0_w 5 minute video to explain the thinking] | |||
** [[DeveloperExperience]] wiki page to pull the work together | |||
* Etherpadifying these notes during the calls? | |||
* Kilimanjaro! | |||
* Problems with 3rd party software: a reminder that there is partner team at Mozilla, who may have a relationship with organizations whose software interacts with Mozilla products and services in sub-optimal ways. Should you come across such software and it makes you cross, please consider contacting Kev Needham, Susan Chen, and/or Stormy Peters to see if we can reach out to those orgs to make it better. Please feel free to share this with friends, family, and colleagues. | |||
== Actions this week == | == Actions this week == | ||