Mobile/Firefox for Android/Status Report/04-May-2016
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Firefox for Android - Program Status Report - May-04-2016
Overall Project Health
On track, issues well managed Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required
Version | Phase/Branch | Health | Notes |
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Firefox 47 | Beta | Majority of features are ready to ship. Still need to do some work on Web Content Notifications. Working on 'Show cached pages' bugs. | |
Firefox 48 | Aurora | "Feature-focused first-run experiment" English only to ensure 48 release. All else is moving along well. | |
Firefox 49 | Nightly/Trunk | Initial round of triage on targeted features completed. Still some discussion underway that may result in changes to final scope for this release. |
Exec Summary/Hot Topics
- Still need to do some work on Web Content Notifications and resolve some bugs in 'Show cached pages' in FX47
- 'Feature-focused first-run experiment' will be English only to ensure to ship in FX48.
- Scope definition of FX49 is underway. Initial feature candidates have been identified but still some discussions happening, considering a theme as a prioritization measure
Risks & Issues
Description of Risk/Issue | State | Owner | Version | Plan to Resolve/Mitigation | Target Date |
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Timeline for Feature-focused Onboarding | Open | Eng | FX48 | Team is working to get this completed for 48, but currently not at 100% confidence that it will be sufficiently ready for the next merge. | June 6th |
Feature Development Status
On track, issues well managed Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required
Firefox 47
Feature Description | Top Line Initiative | Meta Bug | Health | QA Status | Status |
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Fatfennec - exclude fonts | H1 Foundation | Bug 1194338 | Ready to ship | ||
Downloadable/'stub' installer | Bug | In development | |||
Polish list item UI | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Update copy for in-app feedback solicitation + make it web-based | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Remove web app support (WebRT) | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Highlighting features on browser update | H1 Foundation | Bug | In Development | ||
Option to turn off web fonts to reduce bandwidth | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Show cached pages if available offline | H1 Mojo | Bug | In development | ||
Provide system notification to give EOL message to Gingerbread users | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Extend time to show snackbar | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Show main domain (origin) for long URLs in address bar only (to prevent phishing attacks) | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Remove Favicons in Awesomebar to prevent HTTPS spoofing | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Create a more consistent and representative description for 'Tab Queues' in Settings | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Fix crash rates to be <2.0 | H1 Foundation | Bug | Ready to ship | ||
Bug |
Firefox 48
Feature Description | Top Line Initiative | Meta Bug | Health | QA Status | Status |
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Web extensions support on Android | Bug | In development | |||
Feature-focused first-run experiment | H1 Foundation | Bug | In Design | ||
Fatfennec - exclude fonts (kinto-backed service) | H1 Foundation | Bug | Ready to ship but BLOCKED | ||
Gecko text selection carets | Bug | Ready to ship but BLOCKED | |||
Prioritization of mobile browsing history over synced desktop history | Bug | In Development | |||
Attempt to re-upload Telemetry documents that failed to upload | Bug | In development | |||
Core ping to include time spent | Bug | In Development | |||
Core Ping to include search counts | Bug | In Development | |||
Suggest 'Add to home screen' for frequently used websites | H1 Engagement | Bug | In development | ||
Update code for handling of panning and zooming | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Floating text selection action bar for Android M | Bug | Ready to ship but BLOCKED | |||
Audible media content to be managed by Android Audio Service | Bug | In development | |||
Help users make Firefox their Default Browser | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Update icons for video touch controls | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Migrate reading list to bookmarks | H1 Mojo | Bug | In Development | ||
Prototype content update of websites with infrequent updates | H1 Engagement & H1 Mojo | Bug | Ready to ship | ||
Add section under Settings to control 'notifications' | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Default to 'Always restore for Tabs' settings pref | Bug | Ready to ship | |||
Move sync tabs into history home panel | H1 Mojo | Bug | In development | ||
Push notification in Fennec | Bug | In development | |||
EOL 2.3 (Gingerbread) support | Bug | In development |
Firefox 49
Feature Description | Top Line Initiative | Meta Bug | Health | QA Status | Status |
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Reading List smart folder should indicate # of items inside | Bug | Ready to develop | |||
Control media content when switching between apps | Bug | In development | |||
Send a crash telemetry ping | Bug | Ready to develop | |||
Improve website icon quality | Bug | In development | |||
Move recent tabs into history home panel | H1 Mojo | Bug | In development | ||
Bookmark folder management | H1 Mojo | Bug | In development | ||
Prototype: Location-aware feature inside awesomebar | Bug | Ready to develop | |||
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