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Fx16: Reading <shipped>

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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>

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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>

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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)

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirments Document

• 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 (shipped)

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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)

Obsolete! See Mobile/Roadmap instead.

Fx22: Simple Pleasures (Aurora)

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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)

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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

Fx24: Partner ready II

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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

Fx25: Extending through Add-ons

• Feature Tracking
• Product Requirements Document

• 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