Firefox3/Documentation Plan

This page provides information on the plans for documenting Firefox 3, including listing topics that need to be covered, specific articles that need to be written, and the names of people that have expressed an interest in covering them. All topics are expected to include examples; note their status as well.

In addition, rough (very rough) estimates of how long various tasks should take are included.

See Firefox 3 for developers and Gecko 1.9 Changes affecting websites for additional details, including links to bugs and specifications.

If you're working on one of these documents, please indicate in the "ETA" column the amount of time (in hours) you expect the work to take to complete.

Note that the estimated work hours is just that: an estimate.

We will soon be creating landing pages for web and extension developers to learn how to update their content for Firefox 3. These will be targeted to ramp up well in advance of the expected beta release of Firefox 3 in July.

Category	Topic	Lead Writer	Status	Notes	ETA
Web Apps 1.0	<a ping>			bug 319368, specification; this may not actually ship in Fx3.	2
Web Apps 1.0	WHATWG online/offline devents	jresig	done
Offline resources	Still in design phase; can't make estimates until design more or less done			bug 367447 and specification	?
Web Apps 1.0	API for alternate style sheets			bug 200930, specification	100
Web Apps 1.0	getElementsByClassName()	jresig	done
Web Apps 1.0	Canvas transform() and setTransform()	mfinkle		bug 357450, specification	4
Web Apps 1.0	contentEditable support	mfinkle	done	specification	4
CSS	display property's inline-block and inline-table values are now implemented	sheppy	done		0
CSS	font-size-adjust works on all platforms	sheppy	done		0
CSS	rgba() and hsla() color value support	sheppy		See bug 147017.	8
CSS	:default pseudo-class support	sheppy		Need to read bug bug 302186.	2
CSS	-moz-intrinsic, -moz-min-intrinsic, -moz-shrink-wrap, and -moz-fill values have been added to width, min-width, and max-width (bug 311415).	sheppy		bug 311415	4
DOM	clientTop and clientLeft extensions support		done		0
DOM	getClientRects and getBoundingClientRect extensions support				2
JavaScript	JavaScript 1.8	jresig	Just a list of what's coming so far.	bug 380236	?
XSLT/XPath	node-set() (from common) support			bug 193678, specification	8
XSLT/XPath	Regular expressions support			bug 354886, specification	20
SVG	foreignObject	mfinkle	done	bug 326966, specification, see also	4
SVG	pattern element			specification	14
SVG	mask element			specification	14
SVG	SVG filters: filter, feBlend, feComponentTransfer, feFuncR, feFuncG, feFuncB, feFuncA, feComposite, feFlood, feGaussianBlur, feMerge, feMergeNode, feMorphology, feOffset, feTurbulence			specification	24
SVG	<a> element became nsSVGAElement instead of XML binding
SVG	Various DOM functions for text have been implemented
XUL	<scale>	mfinkle	done		1
XUL	number boxes	mfinkle	done		1
XUL	<dropmarker> element	mfinkle	done	bug 348614	4
XUL	<spinbuttons> element	mfinkle	done	bug 155053	4
XUL	<datepicker> element	mfinkle	done	specification	4
XUL	<timepicker> element	mfinkle	done	specification	4
XUL	Tree improvements			bug 212789, bug 296040, bug 201499, XUL:Tree	8
XUL	Menu improvements	?	?	bug 333023, bug 372552, bug 312867, bug 312867, bug 70798	8
XUL	Textbox improvements	?	?	bug 346787, bug 312867, bug 312867, bug 253481	4
XUL	Buttons may be made repeatable	mfinkle	done	bug 331055	2
XUL	buttondisabledaccept may now be used on <dialog> elements to have the OK button initially disabled	?		bug 247849	2
XUL	Title bars now have an allowevents attribute	?	none needed	bug 361425	1
XUL	Splitters now have a "both" option for collapse	?	done	bug 337955	1
XUL	Rich list boxes now support multiple selection	?		Set seltype to multiple to allow it	4
Templates	Templates have been improved in several ways	mfinkle	?	bug 285631, more info
Idle service	The new nsIIdleService	sheppy	needs sample, otherwise done		?
Assorted	Assorted bugs have been fixed; see Firefox 3 for developers for details	?
Places	Needs documenting in full	?	?	Places, Schema	160
Login Manager	Rewritten; API changes; formerly Password Manager	sheppy	done	this blog post.	8
Cycle Collector	New and needs docs.	?	?	See Interfacing with the XPCOM cycle collector and Global nsICycleCollector service for initial docs. bug 333078	?
Download Manager	Several changes to document.	?	?	See bug 380250, bug 289540, blog post.	?

Additional resources

• http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/4