Firefox/Planning/2012-08-15

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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# 99696 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 99696 (US)
• Vidyo Room: ProductCoordination
• Vidyo Guest URL

REMEMBER

These notes are read by people who weren't able to attend the meeting. Please make sure to include links and context so they can be understood.

Actions from Last Week

• blassey to schedule l10n meeting for mobile
• sam m to plug our privacy policy in store
• catlee to come back on highdpi testing q

Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

• FF15 beta 5 is underway (Desktop & Mobile)

Add-on SDK

Release (1.9 -> Firefox 14, 15)

Stabilization (1.10 -> Firefox 15, 16)

Development (1.11 -> Firefox 16, 17)

Development priorities:

• landing SDK modules in m-c
• working with UX on navigation bar add-on integration
• pleased to note that Firefox on Metro will support the SDK ( eventually )

Work week coming up in August in London UK, as well as lots of Add-on activity at Mozcamp EU.

Feedback Summary

Mobile

Trending Topics/Issues in v14 English Rating Comments (August 7th to August 13th):

• Crashing(HTC Desire HD [2], HTC Sensation 4G, Droid X2, Droid 2, Samsung Galaxy S)
• Copy and Paste / Text Selection
• General Slowness
• Home Screen (can't set it)
• Won't Connect

Good Points:

• Many more reviews from users who initially Rated Firefox low, but then came back and liked the newer version
• Many reports this week of how fast Firefox is in the new version. The Slowness issue is very vague, am keeping an eye on it to try to notice any trends.

Input:

25 Sad faces on Input in the Past Week (http://input.mozilla.org/en-US/?q=&product=mobile&version=--&date_start=2012-08-06&date_end=&sentiment=sad) No common themes this week.

SUMO:

• Most Requested mobile Threads on SUMO (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions?sort=requested&tagged=mobile)
• Facebook Menu still an ongoing issue (23 people affected this week) (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/928435)
• Users wanting to know how to get rid of the Top Sites (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/930793)
• All Mobile Questions https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions?tagged=mobile

Trending Topics/Issues in v15 English Rating Comments (August 7th to August 13th):

Average rating: 4.0 (up another 10th of a point)

This Week's worth of Reviews Average Rating: 4.1

13,966 Total Reviews (+607)

Trending Topics/Issues in Rating Comments (August 8th to August 14th)

• Crashing (Galaxy Tab 10.1 [multiple reports, something we should pursue?])
• Freezing (Asus Infinity, Nexus 7, Galaxy S3)
• Evangelism (Google Voice)

Good Points:

Many Users very happy with the Beta, few reports of speed or performance problems.

Market Insights

Desktop / Platform

Adobe

• Adobe released a critical update for Flash.
• Adobe pulled Flash from the Google Play Store today. It will be available only for a list of certified devices.

Amazon

• Amazon has released a Send To Kindle extension for Google Chrome

Google

• Google posted a review of their progress with Flash in Chrome. It is now fully encased in strong sandbox, using the Pepper API and offers stronger support of GPU-powered rendering and scrolling. By "eliminating the complexity and legacy code associated with NPAPI, we've reduced Flash crashes by 20%". Available on Windows XP and up as well as Linux, Pepper API-powered Flash for Mac OS X is coming soon.
• Chrome's apps platform has received the enhancements that were announced last month. Developers can build apps that "break out of the browser, work offline by default, and enable richer, more immersive experiences."
• Google has significantly increased the bounties paid for reported security vulnerabilities.
• Google was also required to pay a $22.5m fine for tracking users of Apple's Safari browser.

Microsoft

• Microsoft released a security update for MSIE that addresses four important vulnerabilities.

Opera

• Opera has, in 12.02, disabled out-of-process plugins (like Adobe Flash), because of stability problems.
• In the upcoming Opera 12.50 release, Opera will remove CSS prefixes for CSS gradients as well as previously-announced transitions, animations, and transforms. They have also said they will support the -webkit-prefixed syntax for linear-gradient. Opera will then support 14 -webkit-prefixed CSS properties.

WebOS

• HP has spun out the WebOS business unit into a new cloud-and-user-experience company called Gram.

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

Marketing

• Mobile
  • New Privacy Policy Field in Google Play store
    • Appears as a link on the app description page, can link to our privacy policy
    • Following up with privacy team
  • Facebook and Twitter Mobile Ads buy has continued. Results seem promising.
  • Work continues on upcoming campaigns. More details to come.

Press

[Mark is in a comms work week today] We're finalizing materials and blog posts for 8/28 release cycle. If you have any specific questions, feel free to reach out to me: mlavine@mozilla.com.

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