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Fx16: Reading <shipped>
- Schedule
- Beta: Aug 28, 2012
- GA: Oct 9, 2012
- Key Features
- Reader Mode & Reader List
- User Feedback Solicitation
- A11y Improvements (Explore by Touch up to ICS, Quick Navigation Keys, Talkback)
- Deferred Features
- H.264 - included from Fx 17
- Google Play Campaign Tracking
Fx17: Casting a Wider Net <shipped>
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Aug 28, 2012
- Beta: Oct 8, 2012
- GA: Nov 20, 2012
- Key Features
- ARMv6 – 800MHz, 512 MB, HVGA
- A11y Improvements (Explore by Touch including JB support)
- Media decoding (H.264) on ICS & JB
- Marketing Campaign ID Tracking (internal feature)
- Updater improvements
Fx18: Searching Effectively <shipped>
- Schedule
- Feature and string freeze: Oct 8, 2012
- Beta: Nov 19, 2012
- GA: Jan 8, 2013
- Key Features
- Product Announcements
- _Support_ for use of custom fonts
- Search Suggestions Opt-In
- Phishing & Malware Protection
Fx19: Making New Friends (shipped)
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Nov 19, 2012
- Beta: Jan 7, 2013
- GA: Feb 19, 2012
- Key Features
- Light-Weight Themes
- ARMv6 Expanded Support: 600MHz, 512MB, HVGA
- Tile-by-tile drawing
- Low-res tiles
- Mitigating locking (performance optimisation)
- Support for zh-TW and zh-CN
- Fx integration into the Google search widget
Fx20: Private and Personal (GA)
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Jan 7, 2013
- Beta: Feb 18, 2013
- GA: Apr 2, 2013
- Key Features
- Private browsing mode (per tab)
- All Android-supported locales
- ARMv6 expanded support: 600MHz, 384MB, QVGA
- Hiding URL Bar
- about:home customization
- Media decoding (H.264) on GB and HC
Fx21: Search in Splendour (Beta)
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Feb 18, 2013
- Beta: Apr 1, 2013
- GA: May 14, 2013
- Key Features
- Reflow on Zoom by default
- Search suggestions from multiple providers
- Support for distribution files (v1)
- HTML5 compatibility improvements
- New web content font
- Add-on clean up
- FHR
Fx22: Simple Pleasures (Aurora)
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Apr 1, 2013
- Beta: May 13, 2013
- GA: Jun 25, 2013
- Key Features
- Different reading layouts
- Fisheye
- Simple nativation gestures
- PiCL (v1)
- Reading list available everywhere
- Easy sign-in
- Push tab
- Marketing push (organic engagement program?)
Fx23: Real Media (Nightly)
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: May 13, 2013
- Beta: Jun 24, 2013
- GA: Aug 6, 2013
- Key Features
- WebRTC
- Media encoding
- Secure messaging
- Shumway (v1)
- Optimisation for Ouya (v1)
- Optimisation for TV (v1)
- Downloadable snippets
- Top sites defined default thumnails
- Data bandwidth optimization
- Image compression proxy
- Data compression proxy
- WebRTC
Fx24: Partner ready II
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Jun 24, 2013
- Beta: Aug 5, 2013
- GA: Sep 25, 2013
- Key Features
- First-run UX
- Remove dependency on PiCL & ensure it plugs in
- OTT integration efforts
- First-run UX
Fx25: Extending through Add-ons
- Schedule
- Feature and String Freeze: Aug 5, 2013
- Beta: Sep 23, 2013
- GA: Nov 6, 2013
- Key Features
- PiCL (v2)
- Developer/add-on focus
Fx ##: Timing TBC
- Maintenance mode:
- X86 support
- Watch list:
- Appia
- Amazon
- iOS (long term)
- Specific carrier/partner requirements (placeholder)
- WebRT improvements
- preferred apps, packaged apps, hosted apps
- Carrier value-add services integration
- Short-term requests (2-3 releases from now)
- Always request desktop site
- Improvements to about:home customization (swipe, tap & hold, ...)
- Medium-term requests (4-5 releases from now)
- Metrics/Benchmarking (Octane, jsgamebench, GUIMark3, chalkboard, Ringmark, RoboHornet...)
- WebAPIs: PushNotification, WebPayments, Contacts, WebTelephony, DeviceStorage, WebBluetooth
- Longer-term (over 5 releases from now)
- Add-on story
- PiCL v#
- Security enhancements (fingerprinter reader, scanning downloads, 3rd party plug-ins)
Old Backlog
- iOS support
- X86 support
- Appia
- Updater: ability to push out updates independent of distribution channel
- Legal review of ToS (done - Greg)
- RelEng review of submission process (WIP - Alex)
- Target market: review of addressable base (WIP - Irina)
- Data collection from blocklist pings (WIP - Daniel, Brad)
- Product version
- OS version
- Locale
- Rough location from IP address
- Device model / name
- WebRT improvements
- Multiple screens
- Octane
- HTML5 (input)
- jsgamebench
- GUImark3?
- Chalkboard
- Ringmark?
- Robohornet
- Fingerprint reader
- Scanning downloads
- Plug-ins for 3rd party virus/scanning
- Always request desktop site
- BUG 814667 - save for later phased approach, which phase?
- Data bandwidth usage optimisation -> carrier play / push to marketplace if we're leaner
- Cost control app (parity with FFOS) - how much the browser uses