Mobile Web Compatibility - 2013-04-22 Minutes

Tracked Actions

[ON TRACK] [lmandel] Create patch for UA overrides for Alexa top 100 site data for Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, and Serbia
- [in-progress][lmandel] Site lists sent to aaronmt to run through screenshot tool
- [lmandel] send Tony a list of sites that we want Qanalyst to retest against B2G (Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, and Serbia)
- [lmandel] Send instructions to Tony (today) on how to review Aaron's screenshot lists.
- [lmandel] Christopher Barker is running through the tests now

lmandel gave presentation Building for Mobile Web Compatibility at Toronto Open Web Open Mic event - http://lmandel.github.io/buildmobileweb
- Some good Twitter responses to lmandel's Build for Mobile Web Compatibility post
Alexa Global 1000 compatibility dashboard http://people.mozilla.org/~lmandel/alexa1000/
- lmandel todo: automatically update data, improve charts
- jjensen todo: update scraping script to recognize wap content

UAProf on FF OS - bug 864215
- UAProf agreed for MMS (bug 804754) but not for all HTTP based communication

POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 6: Steve Wypych and the Blackberry team join us in person at the Mozilla Toronto office
dotMobi has a tool for assessing mobile site readiness http://mobiready.com/launch.jsp?locale=en_EN
Article: Why LinkedIn dumped HTML5 & went native for its mobile apps http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/17/linkedin-mobile-web-breakup/
Article: HTML5 vs. Apps: Where The Debate Stands Now, And Why It Matters http://www.businessinsider.com/html5-vs-apps-where-the-debate-stands-now-and-why-it-matters-2013-4

Spade
- Added performance tests - takes ~10 mins to scrape 1 site
- Updates for db schema - will be massive job

[vishy & lmandel] Discuss use cases with David Bialer on carrier-specific use cases for Marketplace and linking to the web
[lmandel] Send list of LinkedIn issues to jjensen
[vishy] Send out a survey update once Gregg responds with data