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* [http://blog.babelzilla.org/2012/04/12/lets-localize-jetpacks-at-last/ Jean-Bernard Marcon blogged about localizing SDK-based add-ons]
* [http://blog.babelzilla.org/2012/04/12/lets-localize-jetpacks-at-last/ Jean-Bernard Marcon blogged about localizing SDK-based add-ons]
* In Jorge's [http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/04/13/add-ons-update-13/ Add-ons Update] he points to [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Zombie_Compartments an article on Zombie compartments]. In the section '''Proactive checking of add-ons''' you can learn how to test your add-on for memory leaks.
* In Jorge's [http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/04/13/add-ons-update-13/ Add-ons Update] he points to [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Zombie_Compartments an article on Zombie compartments]. In the section '''Proactive checking of add-ons''' you can learn how to test your add-on for memory leaks.
* This week SDK contributor Hernan Colmeiro will be giving not 1 but 2 talks on the SDK, first at the [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/04/mozilla-hack-day-on-tour-heading-south/ MDN Hack Day] on Friday and then [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampLATAM2012/ProposedTalks/SDK at Mozcamp] on the weekend - both talks in Buenos Aires!


===Identity===
===Identity===

Revision as of 16:58, 18 April 2012

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Planning Meeting Details

  • Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
  • Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
  • Toronto Offices: Finch Conference Room
  • irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
  • (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)

Video/Teleconference Details - NEW

  • 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 95312 (US/INTL)
  • 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 95312 (US)
  • Vidyo Room: Warp Core
  • Vidyo Guest URL
REMEMBER
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Actions from Last Week

  • Mary/Slater to show us k9o pretty

Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

Kilimanjaro

Firefox Desktop

Release (3.6, 11, 10esr)

Beta (12)

Aurora (13)

Nightly (14)

Firefox Mobile

Services

Firefox Sync

Add-on SDK

Release (1.6.1 -> Firefox 11, 12)

  • A-OK

Stabilization (1.7 -> Firefox 12, 13)

  • On track to release 15 May 2012

Development (1.8 -> Firefox 13, 14)

  • On track to merge to Stabilization 15 May 2012

Identity

Apps

  • Firefox Desktop 14 (Nightly) - landing now in mozilla-inbound
    • Native Install
    • Chromeless launch of apps
  • Firefox Mobile 15 - in progress
    • Native install
    • Chromeless launch of Marketplace and apps
    • Proposed Android solution is to bundle the marketplace with Firefox. - Final review iterations
  • Apps in the Cloud
    • AITC client work being reviewed
    • AITC server work load tested and more than adequate for entire Nightly daily user load.

Feedback Summary

Desktop

Mobile

UX & User Research

Market Insights

Desktop / Platform

Google

  • Support for the khtml- and apple- CSS vendor prefixes were removed from Chromium

Microsoft

  • Microsoft officially announced their suite of Windows 8 versions. x86, in both 32 and 64-bit versions, will be available in "Windows 8", "Windows 8 Pro", and "Windows 8 Enterprise" versions. The ARM version will be known as "Windows RT", and will only be available pre-installed on OEM devices.
  • The Windows 8 team also made an interesting blog post to describe the memory management in upcoming versions of Windows 8.
  • Microsoft job advertisements indicate that the company is working on a version of Skype to work in web browsers.

Opera

  • The Opera Dragonfly (developer tools) team had a blog post and video demonstrating some early versions of upcoming new features, including a Javascript pretty printer, improvements to the inspection tool that show both function input and return values, and improved workflow for the remote debugger.

WebKit

  • The WebKit team made significant performance improvements to the DOM, with functions like div.classList improved by up to 11x. Each improvement also includes test scripts to allow easy comparison to other browsers.
  • Device Emulation in Web Inspector now permits user to set the "orientation" of the device and creating a "fit to width" option to inherit the browser window's dimensions as the device resolution.

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

  • Desktop
    • testing MU billboards for 3.6 starts today
    • final preparations for next week Firefox release
  • Mobile

Questions, Comments, FYI

Actions this week

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