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===Firefox Desktop ===
===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (12, 10esr, 3.6) ====
==== Release (13, 10esr, <strike>3.6</strike>) ====
* FF13 released yesterday! Full unthrottling will wait till after Patch Tuesday next week.
* We pulled the final lever for moving insecure 3.6 users up to mainline - note the strike-out in the title


==== Beta (13) ====
==== Beta (14) ====
* FF14b6 will be released tomorrow (6/7)


==== Aurora (14) ====
==== Aurora (15) ====
* Aurora 15 updates will be enabled Friday


==== Nightly (15) ====
==== Nightly (16) ====
* A big thanks to  Marco Castelluccio for implementing a Web Apps Runtime and native install for Web apps for desktop Linux. With Marco's contribution, we will be able to support native web apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux for Kilimanjaro and beyond.
** Bug 745018 - Implement webapp runtime for Linux
** Bug 744193 - Install web app on host OS - Linux
* PDF.js is making great progress
** Bug 752676 - Control pdf.js and Other PDF Plugins using Application Preferences
** Bug 742099 - Localize pdf.js strings and replace with the final strings for release
* Bug 749628 - Implement a "Responsive Design" tool
* Bug 758812 - Break up browser.js into smaller pieces, Phase 1
* Bug 735099 - Re-enable incremental GC on desktop platforms


=== Firefox Mobile  ===
=== Firefox Mobile  ===
====Beta (14)====
* Prepping Beta 6, XF for tablets and FN for phones
====Aurora (15)====
* Tablet UI
* Reading List
* Find in Page
====Nightly (16)====
* Search Suggestions
* Chromeless WebApps
* Text Selection in Web Content


=== Services ===
=== Services ===
==== Firefox Sync ====
==== Firefox Sync ====
* nothing major to report
* Native Sync is fleshing out ui parity (on Nightly)
==== Apps In the Cloud Server ====
==== Apps In the Cloud Server ====
* nothing major to report


=== Add-on SDK ===
=== Add-on SDK ===


Release (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)
[https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla-labs-jetpack/buwPODIj3SQ/discussion Released 1.8b4!]


Stabilization (1.7 -> Firefox 12, 13)
No other updates this week due to Add-ons mini-workweek
 
Development (1.8 -> Firefox 13, 14)


===Identity===
===Identity===
* Work is progressing, drop by #identity or ping Ben A. for a demo of a (working!) Firefox-native sign in email chooser
* On track for 16


===Apps===
===Apps===
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* Apps in the Cloud
* Apps in the Cloud
** AITC client for desktop landed for FF15
** AITC client for desktop landed for FF15
===Developer Tools/Experience===
* Firefox 15 (Aurora)
** Debugger
*** includes remote debugging for Fennec
*** need to watch Aurora feedback closely
** Responsive Mode
*** Mentioned last month, preffed on last week
*** Test responsive layouts without resizing your whole browser
** Layout view
*** Added to Style Inspector
*** Shows at-a-glance metrics like height, width, padding for the selected element
** Developer toolbar will be on the next train.
* End-to-end Apps tutorial draft
** there's [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Apps/Tutorials/General a draft on MDN]
** this content will be presented directly on the Marketplace site
* Prototype of [http://jlongster.github.com/mortar/ Open Web Apps Bootstrap] up


== Feedback Summary  ==
== Feedback Summary  ==
=== Desktop ===
=== Desktop ===
* Firefox 13: Generally OK feedback so far, comments mainly around new features. Most of the negative comments could be addressed through user education.
==== Issues ====
We are seeing a 3% decrease in issues for 13 compared to the first two days of Firefox 12. Currently we are seeing reports of the following:
* SPDY cannot connect to Gmail on XP SP3 issue [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/928731] UPDATE: Ticket filed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762162]
* Avast claims FF 13 update is suspicious [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/928699]
* Possibly something with hotmail/messenger (Can't change status, can't log in, can't read messages -- lots of pt-BR messages)
* Slower than previous versions [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=2012-06-06&date_start=2012-06-05&version=13.0&q=slow]
* Memory consumption [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=2012-06-06&date_start=2012-06-05&version=13.0&q=memory]
New tab page (probably about 60% negative): [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?product=firefox&version=13.0&date_start=2012-06-05&date_end=2012-06-06&q=new+tab]:
* Want home page [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981756] [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2980702] [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981195]
* Want google [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981923]
* Don't know how to disable [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981815]
* Don't know how to manage links [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981794]
* Think it is a privacy issue [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981439] - about 40-50% of negative feedback about this feature.
Tabs on demand:
* Don't know how to disable [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981830]
Home page (about 80% negative):
* Almost universally hated because some people (a number of people) seem to have lost their previous home pages.  Also, can't set "blank" as a home page.
* Reset the home page [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2979945]
* Unable to change homepage [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981845]
* Don't like the new buttons [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/opinion/2981767]
* Users can't change the search engine on this page.
* Some users are ending up with Yahoo as a home page without their consent.
==== Praise ====
New Tab Page [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?product=firefox&sentiment=happy&date_end=&date_start=&version=13.0&q=new+tab]:
* Dear Firefox, I absolutely adore the history thumbnails that appear now whenever I open a new browser or a new tab. Thanks!!
* I really love the new tab feature added with your latest update!
* The new tab page makes it much easier to get to your favorite websites.
Homepage [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?product=firefox&sentiment=happy&date_end=&date_start=&version=13.0&q=%28home+page%29|%28homepage%29]:
* Awesome mozilla firefox 13 with new features off home page.A lot of improvements.Good job by your team.
* Buttons on the bottom of the homepage- handy
Smooth scrolling [http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?product=firefox&sentiment=happy&date_end=&date_start=&version=13.0&q=Scroll]:
* Smooth scrolling !!! FINALLY !
* Nice and smoth scroll option.. sss ..
* Smooth scrolling looks very good and faster. thanks!
=== Mobile ===
=== Mobile ===
Firefox Beta for Android fixed the top three user issues with the product (start-up performance, browsing performance and flash support).
Overall for beta4/5 feedback is good; 4 stars.
Beta4/5 user issues:
*Photon 4g continues to generate low reviews
*A couple of instability reports and a couple of website incompatibility reports (techcrunch)
Beta 4/5 requests:
*Text selection
*Fewer permissions
Documentation:
*Completing documentation of single sync client requirement for beta/aurora/nightly users before installing release
*Updating supported devices documentation
*Need to update language support documentation
*Need to clarify tablet support and compatibility


== UX & User Research ==
== UX & User Research ==
=== UX Design ===
* UX summit last week, so we were quiet
* [hometab/newtab] new mockups getting finished for some lightweight prototyping (Boriss)
* [android] (ibarlow)
** final bug work for Native UI release (so soon!)
** tablet and next-version-of-phone implementation and design support going on in
*** {{bug|739355}} - Title bar updates (tablet and phones)
*** {{bug|739364}} - Awesomebar updates (tablet and phones)
*** {{bug|739407}} - Tab menu updates (tablet and phones)
*** {{bug|713450}} - Close tabs by slide
** Oh look! First traces of search suggest designs landing [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasrocha/7160434745/ screenshot in flickr]
* [sync setup] [http://cl.ly/1t3U0o1J1e3h2U2N1g2N 90% use case flow revisions] (Zhenshuo)
* [Identity] Ongoing design of Sign-into-site flows - [http://people.mozilla.com/~zfang/PersonaID/PersonaIDNative1.jpg variant 1], [http://people.mozilla.com/~zfang/PersonaID/PersonaIDNative2.jpg variant 2] (Zhenshuo)
* [apps integration] Design of app recommendations ongoing (Boriss, with special guest Bryan)
* [desktop]
** Reviewing Australis designs against new [https://blog.mozilla.org/ux/2012/06/firefox-heatmap-study-2012-results-are-in/ Firefox heatmap data] (Zhenshuo)
** Detailed interaction design iterations happening on Australis customization UI; [http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/customization-interactive-mockup-panel/customizationInteractiveMockup-panel.html basic clickable mockup] (Zhenshuo, Stephen)
** Design in progress for layout of in-content preferences: [http://people.mozilla.com/~zfang/Preferences/InContentPreferences.jpg mockup] (Zhenshuo)
* [metro] (Yuan)
** User feedback on button styling for metro app bar -- [http://people.mozilla.com/~ywang/FX%20on%20Metro/ user test materials]
** Another video sketch, this one about general web browsing use, in preparation
** Exploring share functions, through app contract
=== Research ===
UR ran some usability tests on the Firefox Beta. We found that basic tasks (search, bookmarking, tabs) were easy for participants to complete. There are some questions around the search accelerators in the Top Sites tab, and of course typing is still painful. UR will work with UX to figure out how to manage. Anyone who wants to see raw video footage of the tests can contact Mary Trombley.


== '''Market Insights'''  ==
== '''Market Insights'''  ==
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* IE10 now supports unprefixed versions of CSS transitions, transforms, animations, gradients, and CSS Fonts’ font-feature-settings property, as well as platform APIs such as the Indexed Database API (IndexedDB) and requestAnimationFrame().
* IE10 now supports unprefixed versions of CSS transitions, transforms, animations, gradients, and CSS Fonts’ font-feature-settings property, as well as platform APIs such as the Indexed Database API (IndexedDB) and requestAnimationFrame().
* IE10 will also [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx no longer support] IE4's visual filters and transitions for anything other than intranet sites
* IE10 will also [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx no longer support] IE4's visual filters and transitions for anything other than intranet sites
* Interesting, Microsoft is going to great lengths to force adoption of the Metro-style interface, even to the point of [http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/windows-8-start-button-2 emoving all code from Windows 8 referencing the Start button/menu to prevent third-party developers from creating a workaround allowing people to continue using it]
* Interesting, Microsoft is going to great lengths to force adoption of the Metro-style interface, even to the point of [http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/windows-8-start-button-2 removing all code from Windows 8 referencing the Start button/menu] to prevent third-party developers from creating a workaround allowing people to continue using it
* Microsoft's Bing Mobile team released [https://www.onx.ms/#!findOutMorePage On-Ex], an Android application that is a sort of "if this then that" for mobile phones. Powered by Javascript, it offers some interesting API calls -- [https://www.onx.ms/#apiPage/modeOfTransport modeOfTransport] returns whether the user is walking, running or driving.
* Microsoft's Bing Mobile team released [https://www.onx.ms/#!findOutMorePage On-Ex], an Android application that is a sort of "if this then that" for mobile phones. Powered by Javascript, it offers some interesting API calls -- [https://www.onx.ms/#apiPage/modeOfTransport modeOfTransport] returns whether the user is walking, running or driving.
* Analysts are estimating that new Windows RT tablets will be in the [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/windows-rt-tablets-could-cost-500-to-700 $500-$700 price range], which raises concerns for their viability
* Analysts are estimating that new Windows RT tablets will be in the [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/windows-rt-tablets-could-cost-500-to-700 $500-$700 price range], which raises concerns for their viability
==== Google ====
==== Google ====
* Fully hardware-accelerated CSS filters [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/06/accelerated-css-filters-landed-in.html are available in Chrome/Chromium version 19 and newer]
* Fully hardware-accelerated CSS filters [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/06/accelerated-css-filters-landed-in.html are available in Chrome/Chromium version 19 and newer]
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==== Tizen ====
==== Tizen ====
* A Tizen developer ran the [http://www.tizenexperts.com/2012/05/tizen-lord-rings-ringmark-facebook/ RingMark test] on Tizen, Android, and iPhone smartphones. Tizen was the clear leader with 141 passed Ring 1 tests.
* A Tizen developer ran the [http://www.tizenexperts.com/2012/05/tizen-lord-rings-ringmark-facebook/ RingMark test] on Tizen, Android, and iPhone smartphones. Tizen was the clear leader with 141 passed Ring 1 tests.
 
==== Gaming ====
* The authors of Scirra, an HTML5 gaming framework, [http://www.scirra.com/blog/85/the-great-html5-mobile-gaming-performance-comparison did an HTML5 desktop/mobile gaming shootout using 23 different combinations of browsers and devices]. Firefox got the highest score for desktop but the lowest for Android 4.0.


=== Mobile ===
=== Mobile ===
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==== Marketing ====
==== Marketing ====


*Finalizing materials for releases later this week; getting started on the next round of releases.
* Finalizing materials for releases later this week; getting started on the next round of releases.
* LMesa and GJimenez finishing handoff to LForrest; LForrest to take lead in earnest next week.
 
==== Press  ====
 
*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/256886/six_good_reasons_to_download_firefox_13.html Six Good Reasons to Download Firefox 13]<br>
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/06/firefox-13-a-faster-smarter-web-browser/ Firefox 13: A Faster, Smarter Web Browser]<br>
*[http://www.webpronews.com/firefox-13-releases-a-day-before-official-launch-2012-06 Firefox 13 Releases A Day Before Official Launch] <br>
*[http://blogs.cio.com/browsers/17135/firefox-13-arrives-snazzy-features-rival-chrome Firefox 13 Arrives with Snazzy Features that Rival Chrome]<br>


==== Press ====
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== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
* If you see :gps, give him a giant hug, or a beer.


== Actions this week ==
== Actions this week ==
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