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Fx16: Reading <shipped>

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• Schedule
  • Beta: Aug 28, 2012
  • GA: Oct 9, 2012

• Key Features
  • Reader Mode & Reader List
  • User Feedback Solicitation
  • A11y Improvements (Explore by Touch up to ICS, Quick Navigation Keys, Talkback)

• Deferred Features
  • H.264 - included from Fx 17
  • Google Play Campaign Tracking

Fx17: Casting a Wider Net <shipped>

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• Schedule
  • Feature and String Freeze: Aug 28, 2012
  • Beta: Oct 8, 2012
  • GA: Nov 20, 2012

• Key Features
  • ARMv6 – 800MHz, 512 MB, HVGA
  • A11y Improvements (Explore by Touch including JB support)
  • Media decoding (H.264) on ICS & JB
  • Marketing Campaign ID Tracking (internal feature)
  • Updater improvements

Fx18: Searching Effectively <shipped>

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• Schedule
  • Feature and string freeze: Oct 8, 2012
  • Beta: Nov 19, 2012
  • GA: Jan 8, 2013

• Key Features
  • Product Announcements
  • _Support_ for use of custom fonts
  • Search Suggestions Opt-In
  • Phishing & Malware Protection

Fx19: Making New Friends (shipped)

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirments Document

• Schedule
  • Feature and String Freeze: Nov 19, 2012
  • Beta: Jan 7, 2013
  • GA: Feb 19, 2012

• Key Features
  • Light-Weight Themes
  • ARMv6 Expanded Support: 600MHz, 512MB, HVGA
    • Tile-by-tile drawing
    • Low-res tiles
    • Mitigating locking (performance optimisation)
  • Support for zh-TW and zh-CN
  • Fx integration into the Google search widget

Fx20: Private and Personal (shipped)

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• Schedule
  • Feature and String Freeze: Jan 7, 2013
  • Beta: Feb 18, 2013
  • GA: Apr 2, 2013

• Key Features
  • Private browsing mode (per tab)
  • All Android-supported locales
  • ARMv6 expanded support: 600MHz, 384MB, QVGA
  • Hiding URL Bar
  • about:home customization
  • Media decoding (H.264) on GB and HC

Firefox 21: Foundations (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx21
  • Nightly: Jan 7, 2013
  • Aurora: Feb 18, 2013
  • Beta: Apr 1, 2013
  • Release: May 14, 2013

Features

• [ON TRACK] Distribution files (theme, bookmarks, pinned sites)
• [ON TRACK] HTML5 compatibility roll-up
• [ON TRACK] New web content font
• [ON TRACK] Amazon search url (updated)

Firefox 22: Simple Pleasures (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx22
  • Nightly: Feb 18, 2013
  • Aurora: Apr 1, 2013
  • Beta: May 13, 2013
  • Release: Jun 25, 2013

Features

• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Slovak
• State of good repair:
  • [ON TRACK] ANR Reporter - Not user facing
  • [ON TRACK] Refining Tab UI
  • [ON TRACK] Performance improvements - Including WebGL, texture streaming, async canvas updates

Firefox 23: Real Media (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx23
  • Nightly: Apr 1, 2013
  • Aurora: May 13, 2013
  • Beta: Jun 24, 2013
  • Release: Aug 6, 2013

Features

• [ON TRACK] Firefox Health Report
• [ON TRACK] Dynamic URL bar
• [ON TRACK] L10N foundation improvements
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Turkish
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Hungarian
• [ON TRACK] Awesomebar and Awesomescreen improvements
• [ON TRACK] Reader improvements <==PR to take place in Fx24
• [ON TRACK] UI for changing search engine default in add-on manager
• [ON TRACK] RSS/Atom feed handling
• [ON TRACK] API: Payments <== Not user facing but will be tested soon

Firefox 24: (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx24
  • Nightly: May 13, 2013
  • Aurora: Jun 24, 2013
  • Beta: Aug 5, 2013
  • Release: Sep 17, 2013

Features

• [ON TRACK] WebRTC platform support, preffed ON
• [ON TRACK] Reader improvements
• [ON TRACK] NFC bump for tab sharing
• [ON TRACK] Packaged apps foundations, but not exposed until the WebApp Experience has landed
• [ON TRACK] Quickshare
• [ON TRACK] Firefox Icon rebrand
• [ON TRACK] Change default search engine for zh-CN
• [ON TRACK] Add-on definition in distribution files
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Swedish, sv-SE
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: British English, en-GB
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Catalan, ca-ES
• [PROPOSED] Firefox for readers

Firefox 25: (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx25
  • Nightly: Jun 24, 2013
  • Aurora: Aug 5, 2013
  • Beta: Sep 17, 2013
  • Release: Oct 29, 2013

Features

• [ON TRACK] API: Web Audio
• [ON TRACK] WebRTC platform support, continued
• [ON TRACK] Settings UI clean-up excluding search provider management
• [ON TRACK] Guest browsing
• [ON TRACK] Page Actions
• [ON TRACK] SkiaGL improvement
• [ON TRACK] Mixed content
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Ukrainian (ua-UK)
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Irish (ga-IE)
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Romanian (ro-RO)
• [ON TRACK] Setting wallpaper bug 886996
• [ON TRACK] Developer Tools: Remote Debugging

Firefox 26: (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx26
  • Nightly: Aug 5, 2013
  • Aurora: Sep 17, 2013
  • Beta: Oct 29, 2013
  • Release: Dec 10, 2013

Features

• [ON TRACK] AMO discoverability
• [ON TRACK] Addition of search engines - Yahoo and Bing for en-US, FR, DE, es-ES and en-GB
• [ON TRACK] About:home redesign
• [ON TRACK] search provider management in settings menu
• [ON TRACK] Add-ons can add content to the "promotional banner" tile
• [ON TRACK] WebRTC platform support, continued

Firefox 27: (Shipped)

Schedule

• Tracking Fx27
  • Nightly: Sep 17, 2013
  • Aurora: Oct 29, 2013
  • Beta: Dec 10, 2013
  • Release: Feb 4, 2014

Features

• [ON TRACK] Overhaul of the favicon system bug 914296
• [ON TRACK] Marketplace discoverability - simple UI polish
• [ON TRACK] WebRTC platform support, continued
• [ON TRACK] Remove overscroll and show highlight instead bug 705246 and bug 791475
• [ON TRACK] Memory usage improvements: bug 931843
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: South African English (za-EN), bug 891616
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Thai (th), bug 639845
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Lithuanian (lt), bug 521999
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Slovenian (sl), bug 522008

Firefox 28 (Shipped)

Schedule

• Nightly: Oct 29, 2013
• Aurora: Dec 10, 2013
• Beta: Feb 4, 2014
• Release: March 18, 2014

Features

• [AT RISK] bug 875750 - Implement <input type="color">: Android widget/color picker <==backed out
• [ON TRACK] bug 768667 - Use the action bar for text selection on ICS+
• [ON TRACK] bug 852608 - Add support for OpenSearch. Firefox Mobile supports <link rel="search">
• [ON TRACK] bug 943475 - Predictive lookup for awesomebar entries
• [ON TRACK] Dynamic snippets support preffed off
• [ON TRACK] Background Thread Hang Reporting bug 932865
• [ON TRACK] Added locale: Estonian (et), bug 946204

Firefox 29 (Shipped)

Schedule

• Nightly: Dec 9, 2013
• Aurora: Feb 4, 2014
• Beta: March 18, 2014
• Release: Apr 29, 2014

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
P1	[ON TRACK]	Firefox Accounts with Sync 1.5 integration	mfinkle	GRO, FXA, ECO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	APK Synthesis on by default	myk	DAH, ECO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Multiple Quickshare Buttons - 2 Quickshare on main menu	wesj	GRO, REV	N/A
P2	[ON TRACK]	Toolbar Refactor			N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Shumway Bundled in Browser but disabled, bug 905668		GRO, ECO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Promo snippet for Sync	margaret	GRO, FXA, ECO	N/A
P2	[ON TRACK]	Preloaded bookmark for Marketplace		ECO, DAH	N/A
P2	[ON TRACK]	Ability to "Hide" existing panels in about:home (see the full project page for more details)	chenxia	part of Hub	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Dynamic snippets support preffed on, bug 862801. UX Signoff: 03/04	margaret	GRO, REV, ECO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Replace throbber with progress bar bug 917896, bug 959776		GRO (perf)	N/A

Firefox 30 (Shipped)

Schedule

• Nightly: Feb 3, 2014
• Aurora: March 18, 2014
• Beta: April 29, 2014
• Release: Jun 10, 2014
• Check QA Status

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
	[ON TRACK]	Quickshare on the context menu	wesj	GRO	bug 1014021
	[ON TRACK]	Evaluate pngquant for PNG size reduction bug 959833			bug 959833
P1	[ON TRACK]	Firefox Hub v1 (RSS feed support + 2 add-ons)	margaret	GRO, REV	bug 1014025
P1	[ON TRACK]	Added locale: Argentine Spanish (es-AR), bug 979250	jbeatty	GRO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Added locale: Mexican Spanish (es-MX), 979251 bug 979251	jbeatty	GRO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Added locale: Malay (ms), bug 979257	jbeatty	GRO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Added locale: Latvian (lv), bug 958021	jbeatty	GRO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Added locale: Indonesian (id), bug 960060	jbeatty	GRO	N/A
P1	[ON TRACK]	Added locale: Belarusian (be), bug 521981	jbeatty	GRO	N/A

Roadmap - OLD - Current Data is contained in Trello

Look here for the current roadmap

Firefox 33 (Shipped)

Schedule

• Nightly: Jun 9, 2014
• Aurora: July 22, 2014
• Beta: Sept 2, 2014
• Release: Oct 14, 2014
• Check QA Status

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
	[ON TRACK]	Videocasting (Roku, Chromecast)	wesj	ECO	bug 921924
	[ON TRACK]	Form auto-fill improvements - Backend	yuan	GRO	TBD
P1	[ON TRACK]	OEM distro service	rnewman	GRO	bug 1020032
	[ON TRACK]	Suggested sites v2 (Distribution support & non-Mozilla suggested sites)	lucasr	GRO	bug 1034180
	[ON TRACK]	Tabs updates and improvements	margaret	GRO	bug 1042138
P2	[ON TRACK]	Privacy: option to clear history on exit or after a certain amount of time.		GRO
P1	[IN PROGRESS]	Janus - Phase 1 (Client)	snorp	GRO, ECO, REV	TBD
	[ON TRACK]	Added locale(s):Aragonese (an), Kazakh (kk), Frisian (fy-NL), and Xhasa (xh)- missed	jbeatty	GRO	TBD
	[IN PROGRESS]	Privacy Themed Add-on (Privacy Coach) - not directly part of the release, but timing to be synchronized	margaret		bug 1064856
	[IN PROGRESS]	Privacy Landing Page - not directly part of the release, but timing to be synchronized	margaret		bug 1064926

Firefox 34 (Beta)

Schedule

• Nightly: Jul 21, 2014
• Aurora: Sept 2, 2014
• Beta: Oct 14, 2014
• Release: Dec 1, 2014
• Check QA Status

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
	[AT RISK]	Tab mirroring (Roku, Firefly, Chromecast)	blassey	ECO	bug 1037018
	[ON TRACK]	Toolbar Updates			bug 1052004
	[ON TRACK]	Add support for Restricted Profiles (Prefer: safe)	mfinkle	ECO	bug 1042715
	[ON TRACK]	Share handler overlay (landed but not turned on, nightly & aurora only)	rnewman		bug 948509
	[ON TRACK]	Form auto-fill improvements, native client-side work (not user visible)	bnicholson	GRO	TBD
	[ON TRACK]	Kindle-related fixes	rnewman		bug 956964
	[ON TRACK]	First-run Splash Screen Overlay	yuan	GRO	TBD

SUMO KB New and Changed Articles

• chromecast tab mirroring and soon other partners!
• "Cast to" Changed to "Send To" for Chromecast and roku
• enable and disable cookies - new documentation, old feature

Firefox 35 (Aurora)

Schedule

• Nightly: Sept 2, 2014
• Aurora: Oct 14, 2014
• Beta: Nov 28, 2014
• Release: Jan 13, 2015
• Check QA Status

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
	[ON TRACK]	Provide a wifi toggle widget on error pages			bug 1042196
	[ON TRACK]	Sync Tabs panel	nalexander	GRO	bug 1002573
	[ON TRACK]	Settings Improvements	margaret		bug 1063114
	[ON TRACK]	Search activity v1 (incl. Widget)	margaret	GRO, REV	bug 1017135
	[ON TRACK]	Moz Stumbler	garvan	TBD	bug 1032506
	[ON TRACK]	Web content language reflects UI language	rnewman	GRO	bug 881510
	[ON TRACK]	Change default search engine		REV	bug 1071022
P1	[ON TRACK]	Turn on HTTPS for Bing bug 958873			TBD
	[ON TRACK]	Widget for searching from error pages			bug 1042199
	[ON TRACK]	Enable NetworkLinkService	snorp		bug 939318
	[ON TRACK]	Send tile metric ping	bnicholson		bug 1068425
P2	[ON TRACK]	Use System download manager on GB+ (incl. Permission bump)	wesj		bug 816318
	[AT RISK]	Added locale(s):Khmer (km), Xhosa (xh)	jbeatty	GRO	TBD
	[ON TRACK]	Added locale(s):Breton (br), Esperanto (eo)	jbeatty	GRO	TBD

 

Firefox 36 (Nightly)

Schedule

• Nightly: Oct 14, 2014
• Aurora: Nov 28, 2014
• Beta: Jan 13, 2015
• Release: Feb 24, 2015

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
	[ON TRACK]	Lock screen widget for guest sessions	wesj	GRO	bug 815682
	[ON TRACK]	Tablets: tabbed browsing refresh	lucasr	GRO	bug 1024426
	[ON TRACK]	Reader Mode/Reading List V2	margaret		bug 917884
P1	[BLOCKED]	Additional 'send to' TV video and tab support		GRO	bug 921924
P1	[BLOCKED]	Fatfennec: Splitting the APK – gingerbread phone release	rnewman	GRO, ECO	bug 1039789
	[PROPOSED]	Videocasting (matchstick)	wesj	tbd	bug 1078796
P1	[PROPOSED]	Fatfennec: Minifying JS	nalexander	GRO, ECO	bug 1039902
	[PROPOSED]	Use “immersive” fullscreen mode	lucasr		bug 1076966
	[PROPOSED]	Disable OCSP in Firefox for Android	blassey		bug 1010068
	[PROPOSED]	Casting Improvements			bug 1086609
	[ON TRACK]	Surface new “Firefox Account locked” messaging in Fennec	nalexander		bug 1080242
	[IN PROGRESS]	Client-side password management improvements	mfinkle		bug 1079403
	[IN PROGRESS]	Convert to downloads.jsm	wesj		bug 901360

Firefox 37

Schedule

• Nightly: Nov 28, 2014
• Aurora: Jan 13, 2015
• Beta: Feb 24, 2015
• Release: Apr 7, 2015

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
P1	[PROPOSED]	Improved "Send Tab to Device" Experience bug 1002628 (make “instant”)	yuan	ECO, GRO	TBD
P1		Tab sharing (WebRTC) - exposed to the web	blassey	GRO, ECO	TBD
	[IN PROGRESS]	API: Simple Push	??	ECO	TBD

Project Funnel

P* - TO BE PRIORITIZED OR TARGETED TO A RELEASE

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
		Sync 1.1 to Sync 1.5 Migration			TBD
		Firefox Hello for Android			TBD
		Use about:home tab strip from tablets on phones			bug 1073053
		Awesomescreen improvements	antlam		bug 1086952
		Integrate Home Feeds add-on into a built-in home panel	liuche		bug 1066884
		Voice integration			bug 1087644
		Improve about:addons page	liuche		bug 1053397
		Improve add-ons discoverability	liuche		bug 904286
		64-bit application version
		Integrating requirements for China		GRO	bug 1093113

P1

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
P1		Form-fill UI (Request auto-complete)			bug 985516
P1		Integrate into FxA central Reading List			bug 1082011
P1		Fetch Suggested Sites from content services backend	lucasr	GRO	TBD
P1	New	'Get Started' tour	antlam		TBD
P1		Joint Launcher			bug
P1		Firefox Experience for iOS			bug
P1		Permission marshalling for webapps		ECO	TBD
P1		Fatfennec: Non-multilang build localizations			bug 1019724
P1		Mozilla-hosted distribution and update channels for Beta and GA			bug 1019724
P1		Create minimal start-up paths for WebApps, service workers and Fennec	mfinkle	GRO	TBD
P1	[IN PROGRESS]	RTL support	rnewman	GRO	bug 702845
P1	[INVESTIGATION NEEDED]	PDF reading support		GRO	TBD
P1		Privacy: option to always use private browsing		GRO	TBD

P2

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
P2	[INVESTIGATION NEEDED]	Integrate QR code reader			bug 602818
P2	[PROPOSED]	Hub add-on: speed-dial panel	margaret	GRO	TBD
P2		Support cloud printing on Android	wesj		bug 1078432
P2		Add-on Manager Options Improvements	margaret		bug 1079466
P2	[IN PROGRESS]	Janus - Phase 2 (Client UI)	snorp	GRO, ECO, REV	TBD
P2	[IN PROGRESS]	Janus - Phase 2 (Server)	snorp	GRO, ECO, REV	TBD
		Error page widget for force-loading from the cache			bug 1049674
		Provide search suggestions from our history db on error pages			bug 1042205
		Search provider suggestions widget for error pages			bug 1042201
P1		Ability to reset profile
		Reorder Home Panels in Settings Via Drag and Drop	margaret		bug 974983
P2	[INVESTIGATION NEEDED]	Provide magnifying glass in areas of clustered links (bug 663803)
P2		Firefox Hub: Add new My Panel from Promotional Banner (just using snippets)	margaret	GRO	TBD
P2		Add support to "share Firefox" directly between phones		GRO	bug 1038768
P2	[IN PROGRESS]	Janus - Phase 2 (Client UI)	snorp	GRO, ECO, REV	TBD
P2		API: Contacts (incl permissions bump)		ECO	TBD
P2	[INVESTIGATION NEEDED]	API: Web activities		ECO	TBD
P2		Password handling improvements		GRO	TBD
P2		IDE support
P2		MozPay integration		REV, ECO, FXA	TBD
P2		Webapps: register webapps for handling filetypes/actions		ECO	TBD
P2		Multiprocess Firefox on Android		GRO	TBD
P2		Service-backed send tab		GRO, ECO, FXA?	TBD
P2		Kid browsing		GRO, REV	TBD

P3

Px	Status	Project	DRI	Goals *	Epic
P3		Service integration: Backup and restore		GRO, ECO, FXA	TBD
P3		Menu/Settings Reorganization	margaret		bug 1069035
P3	New	Kindle Firephone UX			TBD
P3		User-hand-holding to check the Unknown Sources checkbox (bug 986085)	jhugman	ECO	TBD
P3		Firefox Hub: Marketplace discovery feed add-on		ECO	TBD
P3		Ambient reading list
P3		Multiple profile support
P3		Implement input type=color (bug 875750)
P3		Kitkat download integration	??		TBD
P3		Toolset for distributors
P3		Directional console navigation
P3		SNAV support
P3		WebRTC: project video to second screen
P3		Gecko Webview
P3		API: Gamepad
P3		API: Alarm
P3		API: Bluetooth

Legend

Goals tags

• GRO - Grow users & usage (includes perf)
• REV - Increase revenue and establish new revenue sources
• FXA - Drive Firefox Accounts adoption
• ECO - Support Mozilla ecosystem
• DAF - Drive developer adoption of Firefox
• DAH - Drive developer adoption of HTML5 for games and apps
• COM - Community engagement

Watch list:

• • Appia
  • Amazon
  • iOS (long term)
  • Specific carrier/partner requirements (placeholder)
  • WebRT improvements
    • preferred apps, packaged apps, hosted apps
  • Carrier value-add services integration

• Short-term requests (2-3 releases from now)
  • Always request desktop site
  • Improvements to about:home customization (swipe, tap & hold, ...)

• Medium-term requests (4-5 releases from now)
  • Metrics/Benchmarking (Octane, jsgamebench, GUIMark3, chalkboard, Ringmark, RoboHornet...)
  • WebAPIs: PushNotification, WebPayments, Contacts, WebTelephony, DeviceStorage, WebBluetooth

• Longer-term (over 5 releases from now)
  • Add-on story
  • PiCL v#
  • Security enhancements (fingerprinter reader, scanning downloads, 3rd party plug-ins)

Old Backlog

• iOS support
• X86 support
• Appia
  • Updater: ability to push out updates independent of distribution channel
  • Legal review of ToS (done - Greg)
  • RelEng review of submission process (WIP - Alex)
  • Target market: review of addressable base (WIP - Irina)
  • Data collection from blocklist pings (WIP - Daniel, Brad)
    • Product version
    • OS version
    • Locale
    • Rough location from IP address
    • Device model / name
• WebRT improvements
• Multiple screens
• Octane
• HTML5 (input)
• jsgamebench
• GUImark3?
• Chalkboard
• Ringmark?
• Robohornet
• Fingerprint reader
• Scanning downloads
• Plug-ins for 3rd party virus/scanning
• Always request desktop site
• BUG 814667 - save for later phased approach, which phase?
• Data bandwidth usage optimisation -> carrier play / push to marketplace if we're leaner
• Cost control app (parity with FFOS) - how much the browser uses