Firefox/Planning/2012-05-16

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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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Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

Firefox Desktop

Beta (13)

• FF13 beta 4 will be released on Friday

Nightly (15)

Bug 754133 - Set background of standalone images (the image itself, not the whole page) to white

Firefox Mobile

• Fennec Native 14 beta 1 is now live on Google Play
• We expect our next beta of Fennec Native (released as early as 5/17) to be multi-locale with the same 13 localizations as XUL Fennec previously

Add-on SDK

Release (1.7 -> Firefox 12, 13)

• Released SDK 1.7 yesterday
  • mixed bouquet of new features and important bug fixes
  • css-only page-mods, l10n pluralization goodness
  • configurable contentURL property for panel and widget!
  • many bug fixes

Stabilization (1.8 -> Firefox 13, 14)

• on-track for release Tuesday June 26th
• first beta release either today or tomorrow?

Development (1.9 -> Firefox 14, 15)

• Firefox 15 / memory leak issues mitigated by latest khuey patch
  • still planning to spin up a campaign to get older extensions re-packed, because its the right thing to do
  • more plannig for this will happen at the Addons work week, June 4.

Apps

• Firefox Desktop 14 (Aurora) - landed
  • Looking to back out this functionality - bug 750936
  • Native Install
  • Chromeless launch of apps

• Mozillian Marketplace Release is out! Thanks for the feedback so far!
  • Please be mindful that this is an internal release and of alpha quality. Early access is limited to Mozillians and partners for testing, so please do not tweet, communicate or share screenshots, features or details about the Marketplace for now.
  • Download Firefox Desktop Nightly (Fx15)
  • Have a look at the wiki to learn more about the testing procedure.
  • If you run into any hiccups, you can report them to apps-feedback@mozilla.com.
  • Once you’re done, there’s also an online survey for you to fill out.

• Firefox Desktop 15 (Nightly)
  • Working on fixing bugs - mostly fit and polish to fit Kilimanjaro requirements

• Firefox Mobile 15 (Nightly) - in progress
  • Work started in Fx14 continues in 15.
  • Proposed marketplace bundling with Fennec is an open issue. See bug 738545

• Apps in the Cloud
  • AITC client continues
  • AITC Server - Completed

Market Insights

Desktop / Platform

Adobe

• After initially requiring users to pay hundreds of dollars to receive security fixes for vulnerabilities in Flash Professional, Illustrator, and other products, Adobe has relented and will now provide them for free

Apple

• A fairly significant security issue was found in Safari's handling of input in the URL bar; a fix is expected shortly

Google

• Code recently landed that integrates all of a users' Google Web History with their Chrome browsing history
• Google posted a web developer introduction, with video to its Web Intents implementation
• Tab syncing across devices has now landed in the Chrome stable channel.
• The default extensions for Chrome have been updated to include Google Docs

Microsoft

• Microsoft posted a detailed summary, with video of how social sharing of links and other content from IE10 will work on Windows 8.
• Senate Judiciary Committee staffers plan to take a look at allegations that Microsoft has made it difficult for competing Web browsers to run on a certain version of Windows, an aide told a political blog
• A leaked version of the upcoming Preview Release of IE10 shows an improved score on html5test.com

Opera

• There are rumours that Opera will be porting its Opera Mobile browser to the upcoming Windows Phone platform
• Opera Mini was also released for the Samsung Bada platform

WebKit

• CSS Variables are coming to WebKit
• The tab-size property is now supported, and work has begun on the Media Capture API

Mobile

Summary below, full update here and in your inbox.

• Updated Android version distribution numbers are available
• Google's Motorola acquisition expected to be completed soon
• Android 5.0, code-named Jelly Bean, rumoured to be released in fall with multiple flagship devices
• Baidu to be releasing Yi-based devices
• 56.1% of smartphone shipments in Q1 featured Android
• Samsung confirmed as top mobile phone vendor by shipments in Q1

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

Press

Firefox for Android Preps for Prime Time

Mozilla updates Firefox for Android with Adobe Flash support

Firefox 14 beta for Android released

Hands on with Mozilla Firefox OS Boot to Gecko[1]