Firefox/3.next/hitlist
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This is a draft, not an actual feature plan. Please do not edit without checking with beltzner first.
| Description | Area | Type | Category | Source | + | Comment |
| opening multiple tabs can cause multiple prompts for same password | (bug 348997) | |||||
| improve awesomebar performance | Places | improve | performance | sdw | 5 | async queries (bug 455555), transaction manager improvements, db schema revision |
| fsync reduction | Places | improve | performance | sdw | 2 | |
| storage API | Storage | improve | extensibility | sdw | 2 | link to offline application data store? |
| add-on install/uninstall/disable without restart | Add-Ons | improve | functionality | mossop | 5 | |
| lightweight theme support | Add-Ons | new | functionality | mossop | 3 | a half-way house between personas and full themes, allows anything to be customised but doesn't mean recreating an entire theme |
| inline PDF support for OSX | Browser | new | functionality | sdw | 5 | |
| HTML 5 parser | Platform | new | functionality | mossop | 1 | |
| system tray support | Platform | new | functionality | mossop | 1 | |
| image manipulation through CSS transforms (desaturate, identify colour) | Platform | new | functionality | mossop | 2 | |
| interruptible reflow | Platform | new | performance | ctalbert | 1 | |
| offline application storage | Storage | new | functionality | ctalbert | 5 | |
| CSS 3 multi backgrounds | Platform | new | functionality | ctalbert | already there | |
| tie video to codecs installed on system | Platform | improve | functionality | ctalbert | 2 | |
| compositor | Platform | new | functionality | ctalbert | 5 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=compositor |
| XUL tree modifications to make them more testable | XUL | improve | functionality | ctalbert | ||
| plugin process separation | Platform | new | security | QA | 1 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156493 |
| print preview page | Printing | improve | experience | QA | ||
| CSS transtions | Platform | new | functionality | QA | 1 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435441 |
| SMIL | Platform | new | functionality | QA | 1 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216462 |
| SVG images in CSS | Platform | new | functionality | QA | 1 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231179 |
| make tabbbar a XUL toolbar | Browser | improve | functionality | QA | 3 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347930 |
| Ubiquity uplift | Browser | new | functionality | jboriss | 7 | |
| sidebar & library navigation | Places | improve | experience | jboriss | 1 | |
| new tab experience | Browser | new | functionality | jboriss | 8 | |
| tab switching / navigation / find | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | 6 | keyboard and mouse based, think about grouping, stacking, etc |
| awesomebar to search through / display open tabs | Browser | new | functionality | jboriss | 3 | |
| awesomebar to give preference to domain home level | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | ||
| better indication of private browsing mode | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | 1 | |
| Prism uplift | Browser | new | functionality | jboriss | 4 | |
| add visual affordances) | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | 2 | |
| website login (shortcut button) | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | ||
| default browser appearance | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | ||
| OGG viewing/listening | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | ||
| stronger visual indication for find in page | Browser | improve | experience | jboriss | 2 | |
| Weave uplift | Places | new | functionality | dascher | 3 | |
| web application support (UI affordances, webOS) | Browser | new | experience | dascher | ||
| extensions 2.0 using greasemonkey & html | Browser | new | extensibility | dascher | 2 | |
| less intrusive software update for security updates | Update | improve | experience | dascher | 1 | |
| profile import/export | Browser | new | functionality | dascher | 1 | |
| identity management | Browser | new | functionality | dascher | 3 | |
| remove on-open and on-close dialog boxes | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | confirmations on quit seem reasonable | |
| apple style scrolling on windows | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | ||
| web page thumbnails | Places | new | functionality | faaborg | 2 | |
| browse to folder / tag / search results | Places | new | functionality | faaborg | 1 | |
| icon sets for add-ons to use | Add-Ons | new | extensibility | faaborg | ||
| aero glas on Vista | Theme | new | functionality | faaborg | ||
| content handling UI (implement Firefox 3 designs) | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | 1 | |
| indication / feedback during page load | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | 1 | |
| remove back/forward dropdown (OSX only?) | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | 1 | |
| remove status bar | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | 1 | |
| always have “Add Search” as an option, remove opensearch indicator | Search | improve | experience | faaborg | ||
| theme refactoring (see Firefox Summit notes) | Theme | improve | extensibility | faaborg | ||
| OS theme detection / colour extraction | Platform | new | functionality | faaborg | ||
| widget animations | Browser | improve | experience | faaborg | 1 | needs clarification |
| startup time | Browser | improve | performance | lilly | 4 | |
| about:me analytics package for browsing habits | Browser | new | functionality | dria | 3 | |
| pin/lock tab (faviconize tab) | Browser | new | functionality | dria | 1 | |
| one-click RSS subscription | Browser | improve | experience | dria | ||
| create smart folder for tag through drag and drop | Places | new | functionality | dria | ||
| better Library search | Places | improve | functionality | dria | 1 | |
| Read It Later style bookmarking | Places | improve | functionality | dria | 1 | |
| send-to-phone | Browser | new | functionality | dria | ||
| one-click add to bookmarks from Library | Places | improve | functionality | dria | ||
| add-tag to entry in Library without having to use inspector | Places | improve | functionality | dria | ||
| multiple select & edit in Library | Places | improve | functionality | dria | 2 | |
| full text indexing and seach across history | Places | new | functionality | dria | ||
| All Bookmarks should show all bookmarks | Places | improve | experience | dria | ||
| manage files through download manger | Download | new | functionality | jono | 1 | |
| work offline mode needs to be a little less automatic | Network | improve | experience | jono | ||
| wifi login shouldn’t ruin my session restore | Network | improve | experience | beltzner | 2 | |
| block pop unders | Browser | improve | experience | jono | 2 | |
| layout animation/transition through SMIL or CSS | Platform | new | functionality | sicking | 1 | |
| keychain integration | Mac | new | functionality | beltzner | 1 | |
| RSS preview rewrite | Browser | improve | functionality | gavin | 1 | security reasons (see bug 474698) |
| content-disposition bugs for file handling | Platform | improve | functionality | gavin | see bug 453455 comment 23 | |
| new customizable and configurable start page | Browser | new | functionality | margaret | 5 | |
| easier to see where add-ons can extend the browser | Browser | improve | experience | margaret | ||
| geolocation UI support | Browser | new | functionality | margaret | ||
| improve closing all tabs dialogs | Browser | improve | experience | shappy | ||
| new tabs open immediately to right | Browser | improve | experience | shappy | ||
| private browsing by window/tab | Browser | improve | functionality | shappy | ||
| client certificate UI | Browser | improve | experience | johnath | ||
| extend site identity button w/site specific functionality, doorhanger notifications | Browser | improve | functionality | johnath | 1 | |
| KCM | Security | new | functionality | johnath | ||
| START-TLS over HTTP | Security | new | functionality | johnath | encryption without certificates | |
| TLS-SRP | Security | new | functionality | johnath | ||
| SRP for password authentication | Security | new | functionality | johnath | ||
| Windows theme improvements | Theme | improve | experience | faaborg | ||
| view-source improvements | Browser | improve | functionality | cbartley | 1 | |
| profile manager improvements | Browser | improve | functionality | cbartley | 1 | |
| layout code architecture speed improvements | Platform | improve | performance | roc | ||
| rewrite the application updater to not be a wizard | Update | improve | functionality | rs | 1 | bug 476501 |
| rewrite add-ons UI per Madhava’s old mockups | Add-Ons | improve | experience | rs | 2 | |
| simplify the windows installer | Installer | improve | experience | rs | ||
| rewrite application update notifications | Update | improve | functionality | rs | 1 | |
| improve chrome and other tests for Places | Places | improve | functionality | ddahl | ||
| make PFS actually do something useful | Browser | improve | functionality | tchung | 1 | |
| canvas font baseline support | Platform | improve | functionality | tchung | see bug 438702 | |
| improve blocklisting experience (what to do, where to go?) | Security | improve | experience | ryan | 1 | |
| tBeachball | Browser | new | performance | dolske | 1 | |
| elegant Places Query API | Places | new | functionality | ddahl | 2 | A js module a la django models/active record |
| JS accessible HTML parser | Platform | new | functionality | mossop | 2 | A means for JS to be able to parse a stream/string of HTML into a DOM document |
| Query system improvements | Places | new | functionality | dietrich | 1 | support queries on tags, support query set awesomebar uses, support querying on transition type, implement RESULTS_AS_FULL_VISIT |
| move non-native bookmark entities out of the bookmark table | Places | improve | functionality | dietrich | ||
| MPTT for moz_bookmarks | Places | new | functionality | |||
| Save as PDF | Browser | new | functionality | mak | ||
| Add-Ons hooks in Library | Places | new | extensibility | mak | ||
| Simpler history expiration | Places | improve | functionality | mak | async expiration and hard cut | |
| XUL tree improvements | XUL | improve | functionality | mak | 1 | |
| Timeline visual display in Library | Places | new | functionality | Unfocused | second pass | |
| frecency for form fill | Browser | improve | functionality | mconnor | second pass | |
| Smarter, staggered loading of pages during Session Restore | Browser | improve | performance | mconnor | second pass | |
| As soon as we move the browser element to a new page load, clear the old page | Browser | improve | experience | beltzner | annoyance | |
| Don't show the focus ring when a user clicks with the mouse | Browser | improve | experience | beltzner | annoyance | |
| Way to show all keyboard shortcuts | Browser | improve | experience | rs | annoyance | |
| Add Undo Close Tab to Undo Stack | Browser | improve | experience | beltzner | annoyance | |
| Save pages for offline and track/manage pages | Browser | new | functionality | faaborg | annoyance, NS4 Web Wallet | |
| Applescript support | Platform | new | functionality | zpao | annoyance | |
| Properties window | Browser | improve/remove | functionality | dolske | this code is nearly useless and invisible - it should either be better, or not be. |
