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= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
Newcomer Jiten Thakkar (deLta30 on IRC) has fixed several non-trivial platform bugs in the past month. Say hi and thank you if you see him!


= Upcoming Events =
= Upcoming Events =
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'''Tuesday, 25 October'''
'''Tuesday, 25 October'''
* GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) Meet & Greet Mixer


'''Wednesday, 26 October'''
'''Wednesday, 26 October'''


'''Thursday, 27 October'''
'''Thursday, 27 October'''
* Brown Bag: User Research - Findings from Q3
* 12pm PST
* We'll be presenting the findings of 3 case studies that we preformed over the last quarter.


'''Friday, 28 October'''  
'''Friday, 28 October'''
* Tobias Markus Final Presentation
* 1 pm PDT
* Intern Final Presentation - topic is TBD.


'''Next Week'''
'''Next Week'''
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== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==
== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==
* Migration day is only three Tuesdays away, but I'm going to hand off this week's update to mobile because OMGMOBILE.


== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==
== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==
* We are doing a Firefox 3.6.24, shipping with Firefox 8
** You might get contacted to land backported security fixes, please do so ASAP
* Firefox 3.6 → 7+ advertised is postponed, more details coming soon
== Mobile Firefox  ==
*Just finished a mobile work week in Toronto
*Progress is happening quickly on the Native UI
*We don't have nightly updates yet, but if you want a point in time snapshot to poke at, point a QR code reader at this:
[[File:Birch-nightly-v10.qrcode.png]]


== Mobile Firefox ==
(And if you don't have a QR code reader - go get one so that next week when we have real nightlies with updates, you can point your reader at *that* code instead)
 
Nightlies (without update feature) are here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-birch-android/


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
[http://areweprettyyet.com/thunderbird/ Is Thunderbird Pretty Yet?]
(tl;dr - Not yet, but we're working on it. :)
== Drumbeat  ==
''No voice update this week''
*'''Just 11 days to go til the '''[https://mozillafestival.org/ '''Mozilla Festival''']'''in London! '''
**Great [https://mozillafestival.org/program/design-challenges/ design challenges], [https://mozillafestival.org/program/learning-labs/ learning labs] and [https://mozillafestival.org/2011/10/18/announcing-saturday-keynote-speakers/#more-1889 keynotes]


== Older Branch Work ==


== Drumbeat ==
*'''Your help with "Mozilla History 101?" '''
**'''How would you tell the story of how Mozilla saved the web?''' Compiling links, resources and multimedia for a "pocket history" of Mozilla. Please add here: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Mozilla-History-101


= Speakers =
= Speakers =
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| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
| Chelsea Novak & Chris More
| Firefox Affiliates
| To Come
| [https://affiliates.mozilla.org https://affiliates.mozilla.org]
|-
|-
|}
|}
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;WebQA
;WebQA
 
*AMO [http://cl.ly/0i0I3d121f0o293k2p0t 6.2.7]
*SUMO [http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-10-18 2011-10-18]
;QA Community
;QA Community


;Automation Services
;Automation Services
* [http://www.hskupin.info/2011/10/18/release-of-mozmill-1-5-5/ Mozmill 1.5.5 released]
* Quick turnaround on the [http://www.hskupin.info/2011/10/21/mozmill-1-5-6-released/ Mozmill 1.5.6 release] due to 3rd party add-on updates in Nightly builds of Firefox


== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
== Security  ==
Security Reviews Scheduled for this week
{| class="fullwidth-table" style="width: 800px;"
|-
! style="width:25%" | Date / Time
! style="width:45%" | Item
|-
| Mon Oct 24 / 10:00 PST || [[CSS3_3D_Transforms|CSS 3D Transforms]] & {{bug|505115}}
|-
| Wed Oct 26 / 13:00 PST|| [[Services/Sync/Push_to_device|Sync Push to Device]]
|-
|}
'''[https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html Calendar and Meeting details]'''
General Meeting Details
* IRC Channel: #security
* Etherpad: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/secreview
* Dial-in Info:
** In office or soft phone: extension 92
** US/INTL: 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 then extension 92
** Toronto: 416-848-3114 then extension 92
** Toll-free: 800-707-2533 then password 369
** Conference num 624


== Engagement  ==
== Engagement  ==


'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
*[http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/coders-filmmakers-popcorn/ At Popcorn Hackathon, Coders Team With Filmmakers to Supercharge Web Video]
*[http://informationweek.com/articles/231901028 Firefox 8 Beta: Better Controls For Add-Ons, Tabs]
*[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394810,00.asp#fbid=ORSf1GBvOcq Mozilla Eyeing Native UI for Firefox on Android]
*[http://ostatic.com/blog/firefox-for-android-looks-promising Firefox for Android Looks Promising]


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  
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= Introducing New Hires =
= Introducing New Hires =
* <b>Amy Tsay</b>: joining the Add-ons team, managed by Justin Scott, located in the Mountain View office.
* <b>Amy Tsay</b>: joining the Add-ons team, managed by Justin Scott, located in the Mountain View office.
* <b>Gregg Lind</b>: joining the User Research team, managed by Jinghua Zhang, located in Minneapolis, MN.
* <b>Frank Lee</b>: joining the Products team, managed by Ragavan Srinivasan, located in Vancouver, BC Canada.
* <b>Gregor Wagner</b>: joining the DOM team, managed by Johnny Stenback, located in the San Francisco office.
* <b>Barry Munsterteiger</b>: joining the Developer Engagement team, managed by Stormy Peters, located in San Francisco office
= Introducing a New Intern =
* Santiago Hollmann, Engagement Team (and longtime rep for Mozilla in South America)


= Foundation Updates  =
= Foundation Updates  =


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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Friends of the Tree Friends of the Tree

Newcomer Jiten Thakkar (deLta30 on IRC) has fixed several non-trivial platform bugs in the past month. Say hi and thank you if you see him!

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 24 October

Tuesday, 25 October

  • GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) Meet & Greet Mixer

Wednesday, 26 October

Thursday, 27 October

  • Brown Bag: User Research - Findings from Q3
  • 12pm PST
  • We'll be presenting the findings of 3 case studies that we preformed over the last quarter.

Friday, 28 October

  • Tobias Markus Final Presentation
  • 1 pm PDT
  • Intern Final Presentation - topic is TBD.

Next Week

Product Status Updates

Firefox Future (8, 9, 10)

  • Migration day is only three Tuesdays away, but I'm going to hand off this week's update to mobile because OMGMOBILE.

Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0)

  • We are doing a Firefox 3.6.24, shipping with Firefox 8
    • You might get contacted to land backported security fixes, please do so ASAP
  • Firefox 3.6 → 7+ advertised is postponed, more details coming soon

Mobile Firefox

  • Just finished a mobile work week in Toronto
  • Progress is happening quickly on the Native UI
  • We don't have nightly updates yet, but if you want a point in time snapshot to poke at, point a QR code reader at this:

Birch-nightly-v10.qrcode.png

(And if you don't have a QR code reader - go get one so that next week when we have real nightlies with updates, you can point your reader at *that* code instead)

Nightlies (without update feature) are here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-birch-android/

Thunderbird

Is Thunderbird Pretty Yet? (tl;dr - Not yet, but we're working on it. :)

Drumbeat

No voice update this week


Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

Presenter Topic Media More Details
Your Name Here What are you going to talk about? Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen Link to where audience can find out more information

Status Updates By Team

Firefox

Platform

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

Test Execution
WebQA
QA Community
Automation Services

Automation & Tools

Security

Security

Security Reviews Scheduled for this week

Date / Time Item
Mon Oct 24 / 10:00 PST CSS 3D Transforms & bug 505115
Wed Oct 26 / 13:00 PST Sync Push to Device

Calendar and Meeting details 

General Meeting Details
* IRC Channel: #security
* Etherpad: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/secreview
* Dial-in Info:
** In office or soft phone: extension 92
** US/INTL: 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 then extension 92
** Toronto: 416-848-3114 then extension 92
** Toll-free: 800-707-2533 then password 369
** Conference num 624

Engagement

PR

Events

Creative Team

Community Marketing

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

Labs

Developer Tools

Add-ons

Webdev

L10n

Introducing New Hires

  • Amy Tsay: joining the Add-ons team, managed by Justin Scott, located in the Mountain View office.
  • Gregg Lind: joining the User Research team, managed by Jinghua Zhang, located in Minneapolis, MN.
  • Frank Lee: joining the Products team, managed by Ragavan Srinivasan, located in Vancouver, BC Canada.
  • Gregor Wagner: joining the DOM team, managed by Johnny Stenback, located in the San Francisco office.
  • Barry Munsterteiger: joining the Developer Engagement team, managed by Stormy Peters, located in San Francisco office

Introducing a New Intern

  • Santiago Hollmann, Engagement Team (and longtime rep for Mozilla in South America)

Foundation Updates

Roundtable

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