Mobile/Fx19 PRD

Fx19: Making New Friends

• Firefox for Mobile Roadmap 2012-2013
• Firefox 19 Feature Tracking

Key Selling Points

1. Personalise your browser with a light-weight theme
2. Opening up to China
3. Supporting more ARMv6 devices

Value Proposition

Expand market TAM? Expand locale coverage? New user value that no other browser offers?

Product & Feature Requirements

Light-weight themes

• It's fun to personalize
• Themes were quite popular on desktop
• Themes drives traffic to AMO

Specifications

• Change the chrome to a user-picked design
• Light-weight themes hosted in AMO
• Must be maintained from one upgrade to the next

UX Design

• Link(s) from UX team

User Stories

• As a user, I want to personalize my browser skin to make it fun, quirky and "me".

Quality Criteria

1. User stories are met
2. Specifications are satisfied

ARMv6 expanded support: 600MHz, 512MB, HVGA

• Expands our TAM
• Supports our mission for extending the web for everyone

Specifications

• Fennec to install, run and support all Fennec features on an expanded set of devices supporting at a minimum ARMv6, 600 MHz, 512 MB RAM, HVGA, OpenGL

UX Design

• n/a

User Stories

• As a user, I want to download Firefox for Android to my LG Optimus One, T-Mobile myTouch 3G slide, HTC Wildfire S or ZTE R750 – just to name a few – so I can reap the benefits of using Firefox for Android!
• As a user, I want a browser alternative that performs at least as well as the stock browser pre-installed on my handset, so that I have a choice as to which browser I can use.
• As a developer, I want to target even more phones with one application to reduce development overheads.

Device List

• HTC Wildfire S (A5101)
• LG Optimus One (LG-P500)
• ZTE R750
• LG L-04C
• HTC myTouch 3G Slide
• ZTE Blade
• Acer beTouch/Liquid Mini (E310)
• ZTE Blade (003Z)

Quality Criteria Passes 90% of the following MozTrap testcases:

• MUST PASS: Firefox installs and starts up
• MUST PASS: Double Tap Function (Double-tap to zoom)
• MUST PASS: Panning/Zooming
• MUST PASS: Bookmark a site from the context menu
• Firefox uninstalls properly
• Google search
• Search suggest opt-in (yes)
• Search suggest opt-in (no)
• Search or Go icon in URL bar
• Find In Page
• Refresh button
• Back and forward buttons
• Share a Link
• Open/Close Tab menu
• New tab button
• The items in the Awesomescreen tabs are displayed shortly after accessing the tab
• Close Tab
• Ensure context menu is not cut off in any way
• Ensure custom menu is not cut off in any way
• Settings menu items
• Access the product's about page from Settings
• Verify not saving passwords
• Verify "Never" saving passwords
• Forget password by clearing the private data
• Verify saving of a password
• Forget Password
• Clear private data dialog
• Reader Mode toolbar (add/remove items from reading list)
• Opening a reading list item opens the item in Reader Mode UI
• Invoke about:feedback
• Firefox Feedback: I have an idea
• Firefox Feedback: I ran into some problems
• Firefox Feedback: I love it

Support for zh-TW and zh-CN

• Developers in the Asia-Pacific area are interested in zh-TW and zh-CN support to better customise applications for the Chinese market
• The significant market share of ARMv6 users are in Asia-Pacific, so ensuring the zh-TW and zh-CN locales are included ensures we are better catering to this audience as we continue to expand our ARMv6 device support

Specifications

• zh-TW is added to the multi-locale APK
• zh-CN is added to the multi-locale APK

User Stories

• As a user in China or Taiwan, I want to use Firefox for with the China or Taiwan locale so I can use it in my own language.
• As a developer, I can create applications more specific to the Chinese market by leveraging the integrated locate into the multi-pack build.

Quality Criteria

1. zh-TW locale is added to the standard multi-locale APK
2. zh-CN locale is added to the standard multi-locale APK
3. The addition of zh-CN and zh-TW locales do not significantly increase start-up times or APK size as compared to the current multi-locale APK

Fx integration into Google search widget

• This is a quick and easy widget that users can add to their home screen(s) to ensure a direct entry point using Firefox for mobile searching

Specifications

• Consistent branding with Firefox for Android
• Integration with Google's speech recognition (?)

UX Design

• Link(s) from UX team

User Stories

• As a user, I can use the Firefox for Android browser direct from the Google Search widget when initiating a search from my homescreen.
• As a user, I can have a consistent (and my favourite!) browsing experience when using the homescreen Google Search widget.

Quality Criteria

1. Widget is available in the Widget library when Firefox for Android is downloaded
2. User stories are satisfied
3. Specifications are met

Supported Locales

Number of supported locales: 18 [en-US, cs, da, de, es-ES, fi, fr, ja, ko, it, nb-NO, nl, pl, pt-BR, pt-PT, ru, zh-CN, zh-TW]

System Requirements

Phones & Tablets

• OS: Android 2.2+
• Chipset/MHz: ARMv6 and ARMv7 / 600 MHz
• RAM: 512 MB
• Display: HVGA
• Other: OpenGL

Change History

Last updated: 2013/01/28

• 2012/12/03 - Deb - Added "Last Updated" template to Change History
• 2012/11/30 - Deb - New Format
• Before 2012/11/30 - Deb - Initial restructuring
• Before 2012/11/30 - Karen - Initial version