Firefox/Projects

Description	Leader	Goal	ETA	Status
I/O Reduction	sdwilsh	> 50% reduction of main thread I/O		MISSED. 42 - 43% of the IO has been removed from mozilla-central. Up to 23.4% is real close. See this table for more details
Out-Of-Process Plugins		Ship out of process plugins and associated UI pieces to Windows users		Lorentz string work complete, 3.6.3plugin1build2 due this week.
Firefox/Projects/E10S Scope Investigation	dolske	Document scope of work for process separation in Firefox & port one feature as an experiment		starting to map out code issues, have first pass of pwmgr patch done.
New Theme	shorlander, gavin	Implement alpha quality Windows implementation of refactored browser.js & new theme for Windows on trunk or as XPI		IN FLIGHT
Doorhanger notifications	gavin, faaborg (UI), ashughes (QA)	Redesign notification system, update geolocation UI as proof of concept	Early Q2	Landed on trunk. Some followup issues remain.
Addons Manager UI Redesign	Boriss	Design and implement unified web services & customization interface on trunk	TBD	Fixing bugs, getting final graphics together
Extension Manager API Rewrite	Mossop		April	Running performance testing, looks like a minor loss but not unexpected. Going to be getting ready for reviews this week
Debug console for web pages	robc	Implement alpha quality integrated developer tool set on trunk		Fx4b5 includes filtering and object inspection
Web page inspector	robc	Implement beta quality integrated developer tool set on trunk	Late May	Moved to Firefox.next
Multitouch	felipe	Bring multitouch support to the web		Working on user experience features and moving ahead with experimental Events API support
Jetpack	Dietrich	Implement core modules for Jetpack		IN FLIGHT In development for the 0.7 release.
Resource Packages	limi	Backwards compatible way of serving up multiple resources in a streamable file	ON RUNWAY: Proposal finalized	Next steps: Work with jlebar/vlad to get the project started
Home Tab and App Tabs	mak, Unfocused	Create a locally hosted home tab and allow websites to appear as chromeless app-tabs.	May	Still finishing up App Tabs project
Async Places containers	adw	Perf: non-blocking Places operations	TBD	STALLED, GOING DOWN, PEOPLE SCREAMING
Action based on update xml after app update	rs	Perform action after update based on update xml attribute.	server side still needs to be completed and needs a release vehicle for 1.9.1 and 1.9.2	LANDED (on trunk)
Simplify Update UI size for billboard and l10n	rs	Simplify verification of the billboard for all locales and all platforms and make the UI look *better*.	needs a release vehicle for 1.9.1 and 1.9.2	LANDED (on trunk)
Improve Download Manager + MIME type defaults	limi	Move download manager to panel, coordinated with new theme, improve default behaviors.		ON RUNWAY: Blog post published, filing bugs and bootstrapping next
IndexedDB	sdwilsh	Implement the W3C IndexedDB specification.		IN FLIGHT. Work is underway (only on the async API at this time).
Asynchronous Add Visit	stechz	Implement an asynchronous add visit API.		IN FLIGHT. See bug 556400 for more details for now!
Port Satchel to JS	dolske	2-day sprint to port Satchel from C++ to JS		Reviewed and landed.
Page thumbnail service	adw	Take and persistently store thumbnails of Web pages.		STALLED, GOING DOWN, PASSENGERS EERILY QUIET
J-PAKE	dolske	Implement J-PAKE for TLS key negotiation		Working on early investigation.
Test Pilot
Places Query API Redesign	ddahl, mak	Simple, elegant and async Places Query API, focused on JetPack and new UI needs.	May 2010	IN FLIGHT. Rebooted, new proposal wip patches up, collecting feedback and iterating.

(Mostly) Blank Template for new projects.

Inactive Projects (need to finish)

Description	Leader	Participants	Goal	ETA	Target	Status
Test Pilot	jinghua		Add Test Pilot check-box (opt-in) in Firefox installer. See proposal	Test Pilot 1.0 release in mid Q2, server upgrade in mid Q2	Starting with beta 1. See proposal	1.0 beta will be released by March, feedback coming in.
AccountManager	dmills (for now)		Design and implement chrome to sign-in/out of sites, as well as manage accounts and do one-click registration.	TBD	TBD	See bug 571409
Preferences UI	faaborg		Refresh and streamline the Firefox preferences window	First round of mockups complete: 10/23	Starting with 3.7	Just getting started
Places UI	faaborg		Investigate changes to the places UI for 3.7 and 4.0, focusing on mixing search + browse operations, and leveraging the content area.	Breaking UI apart into separate bugs: 10/23	Starting with 3.7	Mockups complete, feedback coming in.
Binding for untrusted text in security dialogs	Unfocused	Jesse	Provide a common way for security dialogs to include untrusted text without compromising the rest of the dialog	TBD	1.9.3	Gathering info, planning
Personal Identity	ragavan (lead) faaborg (Firefox)	thunder, aza, messina	Explore integrating personal identity management into Firefox
Herdict	atul (lead) boriss (Firefox)	faaborg	Explore integrating the functionality of Herdict with Firefox's network error page.
Print preview in a separate window	rflint		Remove the fragile XBL binding and create a separate XUL document		1.9.3
Firefox Button	faaborg		Create a single high contrast control in the title bar to integrate with the interactive design of Windows Vista and 7
Site Identity	faaborg		Refresh how Firefox surfaces the identity of a site to integrate with our new notification system, reduce redundancy, and allow for persistent indicators like geo location access.
Startup Time Improvements	Dietrich		Reduce warm and cold startup of Firefox, Fennec			IN FLIGHT
Weave	zpao	Improve Weave extension & prepare for integration	Ongoing			TAKING OFF
Full Text Search and Awesomebar	adw		Improve performance of the awesomebar by using full text search.			ON HOLD

• Accelerated Scrolling
• Multitouch Polish
• Eradicating Startup Dialogs
• 404 Error Pages
• Unbreak RSS

Prioritized

• Improve Mac installer
• System Extension Notification
• Understand why we strand users on point releases
• Always have option to Add Search
• Add Search to Awesomebar
• App-wide Database Vacuum
• about:newtab
• Improve Plugin Find and Install
• Visual Affordance for Tear Off Tabs
• Control-Tab
• Update dictionaries
• about:problems
• Automatic Recovery
• about:me (first-pass addon done, uplift approach still open)
• Video Controls
• Tab & Menu item animation
• Find on Page improvements

Unprioritized

• JetPack Uplift
• Panel Improvements

Additional Projects Ideas (Need more definition)

• Areas that need code cleanup or overhaul
• App-wide Database Integrity Check
• Crowdsource Performance Data
• Migration Component JS Porting
• Places Schema Redesign
• View Source in Tab

Completed Projects / Archive

• Tab Matches In Awesomebar (LANDED 1.9.3)
• Places Async Expiration (LANDED 1.9.3)
• Firefox WinCE (minor stuff still to do)
• Firefox/Projects/Places Vacuum (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Perception of Performance (Investigation, see wiki page for follow up projects)
• Asynchronous Annotation Protocol Handler (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Places Expiration Performance Refactoring (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Bookmark Dialog Focus (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Restore Visible Tabs First (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Privacy Prefpane Refresh (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Clear Recent History by Time Range (COMPLETED WITH NOTES)
• Undo Close Window (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Windows Theme Polish (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Focus Ring Cleanup (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Places DB Creation Scripts (COMPLETED)
• Asynchronous Location Bar (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Form Awesomecomplete (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Focus rewrite (LANDED, NO WIKI PAGE)
• Animation priorities (became two child-sprints: Tab & Menu item animation and Find on Page improvements)
• about:support (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Plugin Update Referrals (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Personas Uplift Exploration (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Reduce Places Views Overhead (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Per Tab Network Prioritization (LANDED 1.9.2)

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