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Firefox for Android - Program Status Report - May-04-2016

On track, issues well managed Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Version	Phase/Branch	Notes
Firefox 47	Beta	Majority of features are ready to ship. Still need to do some work on Web Content Notifications. Working on 'Show cached pages' to fix bugs.
Firefox 48	Aurora	One at-risk feature "Feature-focused first-run experiment". All else is moving along well.
Firefox 49	Nightly/Trunk	Initial round of triage on targeted features completed. Still some discussion underway that may result in changes to final scope for this release.

Still need to do some work on Web Content Notifications and resolve some bugs in 'Show cached pages' in FX47
'Feature-focused first-run experiment' will be English only to ensure to ship in FX48.
Scope definition of FX49 is underway. Initial feature candidates have been identified but still some discussions happening, considering a theme as a prioritization measure

Description of Risk/Issue	State	Owner	Version	Plan to Resolve/Mitigation	Target Date
Timeline for Feature-focused Onboarding	Open	Eng	FX48	Team is working to get this completed for 48, but currently not at 100% confidence that it will be sufficiently ready for the next merge.	June 6th

On track, issues well managed Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Feature Description	Top Line Initiative	Meta Bug	Status
Fatfennec - exclude fonts	H1 Foundation	Bug 1194338	Ready to ship
Downloadable/'stub' installer		Bug	In development
Polish list item UI		Bug	Ready to ship
Update copy for in-app feedback solicitation + make it web-based		Bug	Ready to ship
Remove web app support (WebRT)		Bug	Ready to ship
Highlighting features on browser update	H1 Foundation	Bug	In Development
Option to turn off web fonts to reduce bandwidth		Bug	Ready to ship
Show cached pages if available offline	H1 Mojo	Bug	In development
Provide system notification to give EOL message to Gingerbread users		Bug	Ready to ship
Extend time to show snackbar		Bug	Ready to ship
Show main domain (origin) for long URLs in address bar only (to prevent phishing attacks)		Bug	Ready to ship
Remove Favicons in Awesomebar to prevent HTTPS spoofing		Bug	Ready to ship
Create a more consistent and representative description for 'Tab Queues' in Settings		Bug	Ready to ship
Fix crash rates to be <2.0	H1 Foundation	Bug	Ready to ship
		Bug

Feature Description	Top Line Initiative	Meta Bug	Status
Web extensions support on Android		Bug	In development
Feature-focused first-run experiment	H1 Foundation	Bug	In Design
Fatfennec - exclude fonts (kinto-backed service)	H1 Foundation	Bug	Ready to ship but BLOCKED
Gecko text selection carets		Bug	Ready to ship but BLOCKED
Prioritization of mobile browsing history over synced desktop history		Bug	In Development
Attempt to re-upload Telemetry documents that failed to upload		Bug	In development
Core ping to include time spent		Bug	In Development
Core Ping to include search counts		Bug	In Development
Suggest 'Add to home screen' for frequently used websites	H1 Engagement	Bug	In development
Update code for handling of panning and zooming		Bug	Ready to ship
Floating text selection action bar for Android M		Bug	Ready to ship but BLOCKED
Audible media content to be managed by Android Audio Service		Bug	In development
Help users make Firefox their Default Browser		Bug	Ready to ship
Update icons for video touch controls		Bug	Ready to ship
Migrate reading list to bookmarks	H1 Mojo	Bug	In Development
Prototype content update of websites with infrequent updates	H1 Engagement & H1 Mojo	Bug	Ready to ship
Add section under Settings to control 'notifications'		Bug	Ready to ship
Default to 'Always restore for Tabs' settings pref		Bug	Ready to ship
Move sync tabs into history home panel	H1 Mojo	Bug	In development
Push notification in Fennec		Bug	In development
EOL 2.3 (Gingerbread) support		Bug	In development

Feature Description	Top Line Initiative	Meta Bug	Status
Reading List smart folder should indicate # of items inside		Bug	Ready to develop
Control media content when switching between apps		Bug	In development
Send a crash telemetry ping		Bug	Ready to develop
Improve website icon quality		Bug	In development
Move recent tabs into history home panel	H1 Mojo	Bug	In development
Bookmark folder management	H1 Mojo	Bug	In development
Prototype: Location-aware feature inside awesomebar		Bug	Ready to develop
		Bug

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 * Still need to do some work on Web Content Notifications and resolve some bugs in 'Show cached pages' in FX47
-* 'Feature-focused first-run experiment' is somewhat risky for FX48 but the team is working toward a goal of next merge.
+* 'Feature-focused first-run experiment' will be English only to ensure to ship in FX48.
-* Scope definition of FX49 is underway.  Initial feature candidates have been identified but still some discussions happening.
+* Scope definition of FX49 is underway.  Initial feature candidates have been identified but still some discussions happening, considering a theme as a prioritization measure
 == Risks & Issues ==