Firefox/Features/Media Controls Refresh

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Status

Media Controls Refresh
Stage	Development
Status	In progress
Release target	Firefox 10
Health	OK
Status note	Need UI for bug 681548

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|Feature stage=Development |Feature status=In progress |Feature version=Firefox 10 |Feature health=OK |Feature status note=Need UI for bug 681548 }}

Team

Product manager	Asa Dotzler
Directly Responsible Individual	Asa Dotzler
Lead engineer	Jared Wein, Paul Adenot
Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	Simona Badau
UX lead	Steven Horlander
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
Additional members	Justin Dolske

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Open issues/risks

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

Our HTML5 media controls have changed very little since they were introduced in Firefox 3.5 -- mostly just bug fixed and keeping them working as the spec evolves. HTML5 media is an area we've made serious investment in, and it's time to make sure our default controls show it.

This project is primarily a collection of bug-fixes, updated design work, and small-scope featurettes; all building on top of the existing implementation.

This feature falls primarily in the Experience category (from the "Discover, Experience, and Connect" vision statement.)

2. Users & use cases

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3. Dependencies

Full-screen mode will require bug 545812, security review will happen there.

4. Requirements

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Non-goals

As a set of incremental evolutions, large changes such as WebRTC or a more meaningful set of streaming controls are out of scope.

Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

Previous investigation at Firefox/Projects/Video_Controls

Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Privacy review

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Localization review

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Accessibility

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Quality Assurance review

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Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

Features:

• bug 681548 – Visual refresh of controls
• bug 681553 – (meta) HTML5 audio elements some UI love
• bug 689374 – Add specialized audio controls for small-dimension media.
• bug 495593 – Video controls should match the size of the scaled video inside the video element
• bug 566796 – Add detection of H.264 videos and custom error UI.
• bug 517870 – Fullscreen video should disable screensaver during playback
• (patch waiting for review) bug 513405 – Add text to videocontrols to describe the cause of errors.
• (patch waiting for review) bug 470628 – Provide a Full Screen button (or Full Tab?)
• (patch waiting for review) bug 694664 – Remove HTML5 audio/video volume slider
• (patch waiting for review) bug 666306 – Video content should become large play button when video is not autoplay and with controls enabled
• (fixed, FF8) bug 518008 – click on video to pause/play
• (fixed, FF9) bug 472942 – Make viewing a video directly look nice.
• (fixed, FF9) bug 462117 – Add specialized video controls for small-dimension media.
• (fixed, FF10) bug 669260 – add "Show Video Info" context menu (overlay)
• (fixed, FF10) bug 681550 – Context menu for Save Video As Image

• Per-tab controls/indicator? Probably out of scope. bug 486262

Significant bugfixes:

• bug 490564 – audio controls are stuck hidden after an error occurs
• bug 556563 – Remove "View Video" context menu when you're already viewing the video
• (fixed, FF8) bug 481082 – Video controls should listen for "stalled" event
• (fixed, FF8) bug 669217 – remove nsISecurityCheckedComponent goop
• (fixed, FF8) bug 669616 – Time in media rounded incorrectly

Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

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This project is primarily a collection of bug-fixes, updated design work, and small-scope featurettes; all building on top of the existing implementation.

This feature falls primarily in the Experience category (from the "Discover, Experience, and Connect" vision statement.) |Feature users and use cases=` |Feature dependencies=Full-screen mode will require bug 545812, security review will happen there. |Feature requirements=` |Feature non-goals=As a set of incremental evolutions, large changes such as WebRTC or a more meaningful set of streaming controls are out of scope. |Feature functional spec=` |Feature ux design=Previous investigation at Firefox/Projects/Video_Controls |Feature implementation plan=` |Feature security review=` |Feature privacy review=` |Feature localization review=` |Feature accessibility review=` |Feature qa review=` |Feature operations review=` |Feature implementation notes=Features:

• bug 681548 – Visual refresh of controls
• bug 681553 – (meta) HTML5 audio elements some UI love
• bug 689374 – Add specialized audio controls for small-dimension media.
• bug 495593 – Video controls should match the size of the scaled video inside the video element
• bug 566796 – Add detection of H.264 videos and custom error UI.
• bug 517870 – Fullscreen video should disable screensaver during playback
• (patch waiting for review) bug 513405 – Add text to videocontrols to describe the cause of errors.
• (patch waiting for review) bug 470628 – Provide a Full Screen button (or Full Tab?)
• (patch waiting for review) bug 694664 – Remove HTML5 audio/video volume slider
• (patch waiting for review) bug 666306 – Video content should become large play button when video is not autoplay and with controls enabled
• (fixed, FF8) bug 518008 – click on video to pause/play
• (fixed, FF9) bug 472942 – Make viewing a video directly look nice.
• (fixed, FF9) bug 462117 – Add specialized video controls for small-dimension media.
• (fixed, FF10) bug 669260 – add "Show Video Info" context menu (overlay)
• (fixed, FF10) bug 681550 – Context menu for Save Video As Image

• Per-tab controls/indicator? Probably out of scope. bug 486262

Significant bugfixes:

• bug 490564 – audio controls are stuck hidden after an error occurs
• bug 556563 – Remove "View Video" context menu when you're already viewing the video
• (fixed, FF8) bug 481082 – Video controls should listen for "stalled" event
• (fixed, FF8) bug 669217 – remove nsISecurityCheckedComponent goop
• (fixed, FF8) bug 669616 – Time in media rounded incorrectly

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Feature details

Priority	P2
Rank	999
Theme / Goal	Experience
Roadmap	Firefox Desktop
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	Desktop
Project	`
Engineering team	Desktop front-end

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Team status notes

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Localization	`	`
Accessibility	`	`
Quality assurance	`	`
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Product marketing	`	`
Operations	`	`

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