Fennec/NativeUI/GAReadinessReview
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[Fennec Native] GA Readiness Review - Super DRAFT
June 18, 2012
GA + Release Schedule
Moco confidential: pls. refer to weekly status email or feel free to contact elancaster directly.
GA Go-To Market Plan
Summary of Beta Releases
[5/25] Beta 1 [6/15] Beta 7 QA sign off wiki
Marketing Distribution Plan
Web pages being updated/localized/launched on June 26th [Jaclyn to Update for GA]
NOTE: If there are existing pages that need updating but are not the responsibility of PMM; please state below :)
- hero image update
- Google Play Store content update
- FAQ for tablet support, versions, l10n plan
List text (general location is fine) that is being updated and localized)
- Bug 755411 - "About Firefox Beta" Release Notes link is 404
- Bug 756908 - Link to FAQ on About Firefox Beta page points to a missing page
Other Promos
- Facebook ads for messaging testing
- Beta newsletter
- Beta channel Snippets
- Core Mozillians communication
- Reddit IamA campaign
PR Intro Plan
- "Future of Firefox" blog post
- Friendly reporters have been given a head's up
- FAQ for inbound press questions
Support Plan
- Release notes
- Minimum System Requirements & Device Compatibility
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/platforms/ Updated Platforms page targeted for a beta very soon]
- en-us support docs complete for Google Play launch; l10n ready
- New Firefox 14 for Mobile Support Site; 60 new articles and new tutorials
- firefoxforandroid@mozilla.com: one-time push notification about Flash
- army of awesome will monitor social sites and direct problem solving on sumo;
- Keep feedback flowing into Google Play for best support; monitoring throughout the day
- Daily reports for the first week or so, depending upon traffic:
-Positives
-Negatives
-Rating change
-Interesting comments/trending
Issues and Risks
- en-us only build for beta 1
- Web site compatibility effort is ongoing
- Crash rate (although trending in the direction)
- GFX work is ongoing
- Add-On support for beta: bug 744555, need add-on developer adoption for compatibility with new architecture
Deferred Bugs Scheduled for Beta 2
- We will continue to approve until the cut-off for go-to build
- [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking-fennec1.0%3AbetaN%2B;list_id=3083812 tracking issues we want fixed early in the beta cycle with a specific flag
- Other notable bugs in Known Issues
Features Summary
- Performance
- click-2-play Flash support
- Readability
- Refined UI, better tab management,smoother in-content UI
Test Coverage
- Test cases based on each functional area 100% complete
- This includes verification of fixed blockers across a variety of devices, smoke testing, usability, and exploratory testing
- Installation, update, and migration testing 100% complete
- Google Play pre-testing 100% complete
Reliability
- As of May 14th, we are at 22 crashes per 100 ADU
- Criteria initially defined was no more than 10 crashes per 100 ADU
- We have not met that goal 100%, however we are trending downward and are continuing to systematically fix top crashes and reproducible crashes
Performance
Goals
- Fast start up time
- UI is up and running and ready for user interaction quickly
- Responsive browsing: page load, panning & zooming performance
- Better Memory Usage
Performance State
- think we are within acceptable beta quality see state of Fennec Perf Section for more details
- Latest numbers highlighted in weekly status
l10n
Shipping the Following Locales:
- Czech (cs)
- Danish (da)
- German (de)
- Spanish (es-ES)
- Finnish (fi)
- French (fr)
- Japanese (ja)
- Korean (ko)
- Italian (it)
- Norwegian bokmal (nb-NO)
- Dutch (nl)
- Polish (pl)
- Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR)
- Portuguese (pt-PT)
- Russian(ru)
All available locales, those not included above to be hosted: https://l10n.mozilla.org/teams/
QA sign off:
Two bugs being tracked for possible ride-alongs before we GA if we spin or for 14.0.1.
Sync on Android is not translated at all in Suomi (fi)
Sync on Android is not translated completely in Português (Brasil)(pt-BR)
Mobile Test Drivers
- Number of testers: 500
- Number of bugs filed to date 144 (this not include bugs filed outside of the MTD form which auto-magically tags them for tracking).
- Areas of focus: Web compatibility, panning and zooming, flash,
- Builds released: 2 specific aurora builds with gfx changes we wanted extra validation on. Otherwise, the updater provides a new build every day.
- We are *keeping* MTD testers on Aurora
Web Compatibility
- Investigation is ongoing (crowd sourcing test tool launched 20120508), actively working with select partners to fix site issues.
- We are working on top sites. Goals are aligned around k9o. Coordinating with evangelism as needed top priority issues.
- High level goals for k9o are captured in bug 747123. Are targeting active involvement with top apps/sites and mitigation strategies for Alexa top sites in specific locales.
- Directed testing email was sent to Nightly testers on 05/14 to emphasize web compatibility testing and provided them with tips on reporting issues.