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=== Firefox Desktop ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
* Dev tools landed the source maps library, which means we're on the way to being able to hack on minified code.
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641025 Incremental GC] made the cutoff for Aurora 16, which should be [https://blog.mozilla.org/dmandelin/2012/07/20/incremental-gc-now-in-firefox-aurora/ a very nice performance improvement]. (thx billm!)
* Taras on the [https://blog.mozilla.org/tglek/2012/07/23/snappy-july-19-telemetry-experiments/ the kind of things we're learning from telemetry] (and why our startup got better when we removed an optimization)
* Mary Meeker's 2-month old D10 talk about the [http://www.businessinsider.com/mary-meekers-latest-incredibly-insightful-presentation-about-the-state-of-the-web-2012-5#-1 state of the web] is still worth reading, or even re-reading.


=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''  
* Flash support on honeycomb!
* Native text selection handles!
* Testing ARMv6 builds on Aurora as we speak!
** Go retweet [https://twitter.com/blassey/status/228159468939120641 Brad]
* Clicking on things has gotten better in nightly with {{bug|770659}}, {{bug|773427}} and {{bug|773431}}


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
* Kicking off milestone 5. Platform team focusing on finalizing WebAPIs, and improving performance. Gaia team applying the final visual designs, implementing Web Activities for app-to-app interactions. Check out [http://people.mozilla.com/~dietrich/Gaia_Presentation_20120727.pdf these slides] from Josh Carpenter of the visual design work that's currently being implemented.
* Lots of work to get the dogfooding program ready - platform and build fixes, software update, tester feedback loops, device availability, etc.
* Watch Christian Heilmann and John Hammink [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/07/keynote-on-firefox-os-at-campus-party-recife/ rock the stage] in Recife, with their keynote covering the history of Firefox OS and a high-level overview of some of the APIs.


== Speakers ==
== Speakers ==
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!  More Details
!  More Details
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| Your Title Here
| Director of Creative
| Your Name Here
| John Slater
| What are you going to talk about?
| One Mozilla style guide
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| first draft: http://mozilla.seanmartell.com/guide/index.php?directory=.
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| more background: http://www.intothefuzz.com/for-your-review-one-mozilla-style-guide-v1/
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| ''Brendan Colloran''
| ''Gilbert FitzGerald''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Senior Data Analyst''
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| ''Sriharsha Chintalapani''
| ''Daniel Einspanjer''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Metrics Software Engineer''
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| ''Salvador Espinoza''
| ''Salvador Espinoza''
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| ''Glen Durmas Jr.''
| ''Tim Fairfield''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Desktop Support''
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| ''Joshua Labian''
| ''Tim Fairfield''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Desktop Support''
|-
| ''Adreena Winnfield''
| ''Tim Fairfield''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Desktop Support''
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| ''John Shih''
| ''Tony Chung''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Firefox OS''
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==== WebQA ====
==== WebQA ====
*Affiliates
** Small release -  Localize Affiliates news item (Help us out) - [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=706216 bug 706216]
*Mozillians
** No updates
*MDN
** Working on bugs for Kuma launch
*Socorro
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777110 Milestone 17] shipped 2012-07-25
** hi-risk release due to the stage env being broken - [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771218 bug 771218] - specifically the crontabber work - [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767165 bug 767165]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777573 Milestone 17.1] shipped to resolve [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777545 bug 777545], [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777010 bug 777010], and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777533 bug 777533]
** Another point release last Thursday -- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777670 bug 777670]


==== QA Community ====
==== QA Community ====


=== Automation & Tools ===
=== Automation & Tools ===
* Created {{bug|778688}} for making TBPL handle more types of failure (to reduce need for manual starring / the need to open full logs) and started collating issues under it.
* Began work on SUTAgent for B2G so that we can automate pandas as we normally do for other dev boards in our TBPL automation, first step fix up the old SUT Agent tests - {{bug|778366}}
* Got reftests failing consistently on B2G (this is awesome and will help us to get things fixed) - see {{bug|773482}}
* The Browser Automation Spec [http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver-test test repo] has been created and [https://github.com/AutomatedTester/W3-BrowserAutomation-tests mirrored] on github if people want to follow
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Meetings/2012-07-30 More notes here]


=== Security ===
=== Security ===
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==== PR ====
==== PR ====
[http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/firefox-os-mozilla-brendan-eich-87610 Firefox OS Is Fast, Open And Commercial – Brendan Eich] <br>
[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4391002/The-Feature-Phone-Rises--Again-?pageNumber=0 The Feature phone rises (again?)] <br>
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2012/07/25/why-open-source-principles-are-a-recipe-for-innovation/ Why Open-Source Principles Are a Recipe For Innovation] <br>
[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9229525/Silent_update_speeds_Firefox_14_uptake Silent update speeds Firefox 14 uptake] <br>
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2012/07/30/mozilla-and-soundcloud-in-berlin-startup-hub/ Mozilla And SoundCloud In Berlin Startup Hub] <br>
[http://gigaom.com/europe/mozilla-looks-for-startup-cross-pollination-with-new-berlin-office/ Mozilla looks for startup 'cross-pollination' with new Berlin office] <br>
[http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/26/firefox-browser-add-ons-top-3b/ Mozilla Firefox Add-ons hit 3 billion downloads] <br>
[http://www.webpronews.com/firefox-users-have-downloaded-3-billion-add-ons-since-2004-2012-07 Firefox Users Have Downloaded 3 Billion Add-Ons Since 2004] <br>


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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=== WebFWD ===
=== WebFWD ===
WebFWD is actively recruiting / accepting applications for our next class (starts October 1). Apply on our website: http://webfwd.org
Graduation of our current class is September 19th > in SF and live streamed on Air Mozilla: RSVP at http://webfwdgraduation.eventbrite.com/


== Foundation Updates ==
== Foundation Updates ==
[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
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Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.

Friends of the Tree Friends of the Tree

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 30 July

Tuesday, 31 July

Wednesday, 01 August

Thursday, 02 August

Friday, 03 August

Next Week

Product Status Updates (voice updates)

Firefox Desktop

Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)

Firefox Mobile

Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)

  • Flash support on honeycomb!
  • Native text selection handles!
  • Testing ARMv6 builds on Aurora as we speak!
  • Clicking on things has gotten better in nightly with bug 770659, bug 773427 and bug 773431

Thunderbird

Speaker Location:

Older Branch Work

Speaker Location:

Webmaker

Speaker Location:

Identity

Speaker Location:

Services

Speaker Location:

Firefox OS

Speaker Location:

  • Kicking off milestone 5. Platform team focusing on finalizing WebAPIs, and improving performance. Gaia team applying the final visual designs, implementing Web Activities for app-to-app interactions. Check out these slides from Josh Carpenter of the visual design work that's currently being implemented.
  • Lots of work to get the dogfooding program ready - platform and build fixes, software update, tester feedback loops, device availability, etc.
  • Watch Christian Heilmann and John Hammink rock the stage in Recife, with their keynote covering the history of Firefox OS and a high-level overview of some of the APIs.

Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

Title Presenter Topic Media More Details
Director of Creative John Slater One Mozilla style guide first draft: http://mozilla.seanmartell.com/guide/index.php?directory=. more background: http://www.intothefuzz.com/for-your-review-one-mozilla-style-guide-v1/

Introducing New Hires

New Hire Introduced by Speaker location Will be working on
Who is the new hire? Who will be introducing that person? From which office will that introduction be transmitted? What will the new person be working on?
Salvador Espinoza Derek Moore Mountain View DataCenter Operations Technician
Ashlee Chavez (Seasonal) Derek Moore Mountain View DataCenter Operations Technician
Sam Mott (Seasonal) David Slater San Francisco Product Marketing Manager
Christopher Arnold Susan Chen Berlin Strategic Development Principal

Introducing New Interns

New Intern Introduced by Speaker location Will be working on
Who is the new intern? Who will be introducing that person? From which office will that introduction be transmitted? What will the new person be working on?
Glen Durmas Jr. Tim Fairfield Mountain View Desktop Support
Joshua Labian Tim Fairfield Mountain View Desktop Support
Adreena Winnfield Tim Fairfield Mountain View Desktop Support
John Shih Tony Chung Mountain View Firefox OS

Roundtable

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Notes and non-voice status updates that aren't part of the live meeting go here.

Status Updates By Team (*non-voice* updates)

Firefox

Platform

Services

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

Test Execution

WebQA

QA Community

Automation & Tools

  • Created bug 778688 for making TBPL handle more types of failure (to reduce need for manual starring / the need to open full logs) and started collating issues under it.
  • Began work on SUTAgent for B2G so that we can automate pandas as we normally do for other dev boards in our TBPL automation, first step fix up the old SUT Agent tests - bug 778366
  • Got reftests failing consistently on B2G (this is awesome and will help us to get things fixed) - see bug 773482
  • The Browser Automation Spec test repo has been created and mirrored on github if people want to follow
  • More notes here

Security

Engagement

PR

Firefox OS Is Fast, Open And Commercial – Brendan Eich

The Feature phone rises (again?)

Why Open-Source Principles Are a Recipe For Innovation

Silent update speeds Firefox 14 uptake

Mozilla And SoundCloud In Berlin Startup Hub
Mozilla looks for startup 'cross-pollination' with new Berlin office

Mozilla Firefox Add-ons hit 3 billion downloads
Firefox Users Have Downloaded 3 Billion Add-Ons Since 2004

Events

Creative Team

Community Marketing

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

Labs

Apps

Developer Tools

Add-ons

Webdev

L10n

People Team

WebFWD

WebFWD is actively recruiting / accepting applications for our next class (starts October 1). Apply on our website: http://webfwd.org

Graduation of our current class is September 19th > in SF and live streamed on Air Mozilla: RSVP at http://webfwdgraduation.eventbrite.com/

Foundation Updates

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