Firefox/Planning/2013-08-14

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Planning Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - 11:00am PT, 18:00 UTC
• Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
• Toronto Offices: Finch 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# 99696 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 99696 (US)
• Vidyo Room: ProductCoordination
• Vidyo Guest URL

REMEMBER

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Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

Firefox Metro

Iteration Performance

• Iteration #12 ended on Monday August 12.
• Team completed 80 story points across 30 features which resulted in an increased average team velocity to 65 story points per iteration.
• QA achieved 100% coverage for the regression testing across Iterations #1 - #11.
• Team achieved a 25% reduction in defect rates from the previous iteration.
• Iteration #13 runs from August 13, 2013 - August 26, 2013.

Full Query

ID	Summary	Priority	Status
775739	Story - Touch scrolling in frames	P1	RESOLVED
831931	[MP] Story - Scroll through tiles in the tabs app bar	P1	VERIFIED
845152	[MP] Story - NewUI - Access and dismiss the new Firefox app bar	P1	VERIFIED
850737	[MP] Story - Fix jank in start screen scrolling	P2	RESOLVED
852236	[MP] Change - Re-enable localization of Metro Firefox	P2	VERIFIED
881989	Dragging & moving emails in gmail via mouse/trackpad will start selecting everything at the top or bottom	--	RESOLVED
882074	[MP] Defect - Shortcuts are hard-coded instead of used via accesskey from DTD files	P2	RESOLVED
892575	Story - Browser can display tab-modal, metro-styled prompts - Part II	P1	VERIFIED
893066	[MP] Story - Initiate a file download and display the downloads app bar - Part III	P2	RESOLVED
895457	Defect - "Remember password" buttons are not visible when in snapped view	P2	VERIFIED
895873	Defect - Intermittent browser_context_menu_tests.js | runTests: Task failed - Error: popupshown event timeout	P3	RESOLVED
898833	[MP] Defect - Right-click drop down options are offset	P2	VERIFIED
901014	Context menu not appearing on monocle	P4	RESOLVED
903178	[MP] Defect - Start screen should scroll vertically when in portrait mode	P2	RESOLVED
903182	[MP] Defect - URL textbox not showing in appbar in snapped	P2	VERIFIED
904058	[MP] Defect - the Tab Bar isn't auto-dismissed once a new tab has been created using CTRL + T	P2	VERIFIED
904059	[MP] Defect - the "Tab Bar" is auto-dismissed when closing a tab(s)	P2	VERIFIED
904111	[MP] Defect - Flyout errors interfering with update button functionality	P2	VERIFIED
904317	[MP] Defect - Start Page didn't snap when users hit back in snap view	P2	VERIFIED

19 Total; 0 Open (0%); 8 Resolved (42.11%); 11 Verified (57.89%);

Metro Preview Release

• The Metro Preview Release build is forecasted to "ride the trains" for Firefox 26
  • Iteration #13 completed on mozilla-central August 26th, 2013.
  • Iteration #14 completed on mozilla-central September 10th, 2013.
  • Merge to Aurora 26 on September 16, 2013 during Iteration #15.
  • Iterations #15 and #16 will be completed on mozilla-aurora, concluding all Preview Release work.
  • A Windows Aurora Firefox build will be publicized as the Metro Preview Release.
  • Iteration #17, still on Aurora, will be used to clean up any remaining carry-over and polish work.
  • Merge to Beta at the conclusion of Iteration #17 on October 28, 2013, making Metro Firefox available to our Beta audience.
  • Iterations #18 and #19 will be available if needed for responding to any critical Beta feedback issues that surface.
  • Push to Release on December 10 with Firefox 26 at the conclusion of Iteration #20.

Market Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team

Mobile

• August Android version distribution numbers put Jelly Bean at 40.5%, Gingerbread at 33.1% and Ice Cream Sandwich at 22.5%. Only 6.5% are on the latest deployed version of Jelly Bean, version 4.2. Android 4.3 was just announced 2 weeks ago.
• Q2 smartphone results from Gartner: 225 million devices were sold, 79% of which are on Android, 14% on iOS and 3.3% on Windows Phone. Among the OEMs, Samsung sold the most (31% of the market), followed by Apple (14%), LG with 5.1%, Lenovo (4.7%) and ZTE (4.3%).
• The user value proposition of the Moto X revolves around allowing the user to customize the appearance of the hardware and the concept of the personal assistant, where the phone is always alert to respond to your needs and in tune with your schedule to serve you the right content at the right time. The device is currently only available in the US. Market reception has been neutral. Motorola is rumored to release another device or set closer to the winter holiday season.
• Amazon announced they will be introducing web apps to their app store and they will be featured similarly to native apps. The company also developed a Mobile App SDK with tools on how to develop a web app. They will be run on Amazon's web app runtime based on Chromium.
• Over 75% of Facebook's 62 million user base in India access the site from their mobile phones. Asia is the region where the company is seeing the strongest user growth, with a total of 339 million.
• North Korean Android phone rumored.

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

PR:

“Firefox 23, the newest version of the Web browser released Tuesday, has an updated look for its well-known fox logo and adds new features, including one that will help protect users from what's known as "man-in-the-middle attacks" and from eavesdroppers on Web pages labeled as secure.” – NBC News

“If people want the new social features, the 13 security bugs — including four critical and seven high impact flaws — fixed in the latest Firefox release are a good reason to update.” – ZDNet

• Firefox 23 Launches With Built-in Share Button, New Security Features On Desktop, Updated “Awesome Screen” On Mobile, TechCrunch
• Updated Firefox brings brighter tail — and better security, NBC News Technology
• Firefox 23 Launches With Built-in Share Button, PC Tech Magazine
• Firefox 23 lands with a new logo and mixed content blocking, arstechnica
• Firefox 23 tackles security and social, fixes 13 bugs, ZDNET
• A look at Firefox’s new Social Share button, ghacks.net
• Firefox 24 Set to Update Browser Console, Android Features, eWeek