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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

  • Jorge to follow-up with Ant Downloader devs/plan of action (from desktop Feedback) and ensure beta and follow-on releases address identified issue(s)
    • The issue has been resolved with the latest Ant update.

Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

Firefox Desktop

Release (3.6, 11, 10esr)

  • FF11.0, FF10.0.3esr, and FF3.6.28 all went out yesterday
    • FF3.6.28 is our last planned 3.6 update
  • We're watching for 11 feedback as well as fallout from Patch Tuesday (even unrelated to Firefox)

Beta (12)

  • FF12beta1 is with RelEng, expected to go out the door Thursday afternoon at the earliest

Aurora (13)

  • bug 734946 Disable incremental GC for Firefox 13
  • bug 735713 Version upgrades are broken
    • blocker for re-enabling Aurora updates

Nightly (14)

  • bug 206438 Smooth scrolling should use the 'smoothwheel' algorithm
  • bug 591884 Migration wizard does not import favorites toolbar from IE7, IE8, and IE9
  • bug 712109 Implement non-fatal chromehang by turning on frame-pointers on a branch
  • bug 729878 [New Tab Page] Implement new layout
  • bug 718088 offer to re-set keyword.URL if it has a non-default value
  • bug 717070 Create button to initiate migration to a clean Firefox profile
  • bug 696301 Allow sites to enable x-domain window.onerror information
  • Updates from 13.0a1 -> 14.0a1 are broken for windows users. bug 735713 Updates are currently disabled until a fix can be landed.

Firefox Mobile

  • FF10.0.3 (XUL mobile) was pushed to the Android Market yesterday
  • GL-layers code landed on m-c
    • Ongoing work will continue on m-c. The maple branch has been released.
  • New stuff in Nightly:
    • Tab Sync
    • Various startup speed improvements
    • Add search engine from text inputs
    • HTML5 form validation and <datalist> support
    • Add-on preferences
    • Editing bookmarks

Firefox Sync

Add-on Builder

  • Finish up remaining feature work and dev work over the next month
  • Generate a plan that details the long-terms support needs of the Add-on Builder site
  • Begin spec'ing the ecosystem dashboard app

Add-on SDK

Release (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)

Stabilization (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)

  • Released 1.6b2 yesterday!
  • Still on track to release 3 April, 2012

Development (1.7 -> Firefox 12, 13)

  • We are testing to make sure we will support globals per compartment when it ships
  • Still on track to merge 3 April, 2012

Identity

Apps

  • Apps missed the aggressive 13 branch cut-off date, but charging ahead to get patches queued up for review in the coming week or two.
  • Marketplace Beta scheduled for April 26.
  • GA at end of Q2.
  • QA is helping test apps compatibility on gecko and filing bugs. Talk to Jason Smith or Lawrence Mandel for more details.
    • Working on a number of issues including incorrect UA sniffing, CSS transform performance, -webkit compat, and broken functionality
  • If you are a developer, have you built an app for the Mozilla Marketplace yet?

Feedback Summary

Desktop

Mobile

UX & User Research

Market Insights

Desktop / Platform

Google

Apple

Tizen

Microsoft

  • Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky posted a lengthy description of all the user interface design features of MSIE10.

Security

Mobile

Summary below, full update here and in your inbox.

  • Chrome for Android updates include support for Android Beam and availability in more countries
  • The Android Market was renamed to Google Play; now restricts use of 3rd-party in-app payment processors
  • Ice Cream Sandwich updates rolling out to flagship Samsung and HTC devices
  • The Google-Oracle trial concerning Java use in Android to start in April
  • Opera adds Opera Mini Next as version for early-adopter feature preview
  • Opera Mobile 12 adds WebGL and Camera API support
  • Opera shows MIPS- and Intel-based versions of its mobile browser
  • Android tablet sales will take over iOS by 2016, according to data released by IDC
  • Latest iPad features a new display and a better camera; Samsung exec said to have confirmed an upcoming iPad Mini
  • The Internet of Things arriving with new ARM processor designed for appliances
  • The EC is questioning 5 telecom operators on standardization

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

Desktop

  • Starting work on next release.
  • Continuing to work on upgrading 3.6.X users

Mobile

  • Finalizing product narrative for 2012
  • Brainstorming launch campaigns
  • Preparing Beta release activities

Press





Questions, Comments, FYI

Actions this week

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