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=Mobile Web Compatibility= | =Mobile Web Compatibility= | ||
'''A person should be able to use the Web whatever the device and the browser they are using.''' | |||
Unfortunately, some developers by choice or negligence will make their Web sites unusable by some specific devices or browsers. We need to '''open up the Web''' to any rendering engines (Gecko, Presto, Trident, etc.) and/or browsers, when used on mobile devices. | |||
There are 4 key problem areas that must be addressed: | There are 4 key problem areas that must be addressed: | ||
# user agent (UA) detection | # user agent (UA) detection | ||
# | # specific CSS prefixes (such as WebKit) | ||
# | # specific DOM/JS/content (such as WebKit) | ||
# Gecko limitations | # Gecko limitations (for Mozilla) | ||
==Goal== | ==Goal== | ||
The vague goal for this project is to open up the mobile Web to | |||
A specific project goal is being defined by the market insights, product, and project management teams. | The vague goal for this project is to open up the mobile Web to all browsers. A specific project goal is being defined by the market insights, product, and project management teams. | ||
===Scope=== | ===Scope=== | ||
;In scope | ;In scope | ||
* Any site with a mobile version | * Any site with a mobile version | ||
* Any locale | * Any locale | ||
;Out of scope | ;Out of scope | ||
* Site enhancements | * Site enhancements |
Revision as of 19:49, 29 July 2013
Mobile Web Compatibility
A person should be able to use the Web whatever the device and the browser they are using.
Unfortunately, some developers by choice or negligence will make their Web sites unusable by some specific devices or browsers. We need to open up the Web to any rendering engines (Gecko, Presto, Trident, etc.) and/or browsers, when used on mobile devices.
There are 4 key problem areas that must be addressed:
- user agent (UA) detection
- specific CSS prefixes (such as WebKit)
- specific DOM/JS/content (such as WebKit)
- Gecko limitations (for Mozilla)
Goal
The vague goal for this project is to open up the mobile Web to all browsers. A specific project goal is being defined by the market insights, product, and project management teams.
Scope
- In scope
- Any site with a mobile version
- Any locale
- Out of scope
- Site enhancements
- Trivial site layout or functional bugs
- Firefox Marketplace app testing
Projects
This goal of this project is to drive the B2G UA override list to zero.
To achieve 90% compatibility in terms of mobile content sent to Firefox for Android and Firefox OS by the Alexa top 1000 global sites.
- Evangelism
- Gecko improvements
- Webkit CSS/DOM/JS property aliasing
- Spade
Spade is an automated tool that will provide guidance as the the scope of the mobile Web problem.
The Compatibility Guide helps individuals to report, analyze and contact Web sites for issues with Web Compatibility. (work in progress)
Communication
Communication Type | Mechanism | Audience |
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Announcements | compatibility and dev-planning lists | all |
General discussion | compatibility list | all |
Meetings | Alternate Mondays 1pm PT
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all |
Meeting summaries | this wiki and Lawrence Mandel's blog | all |
Evangelism status | arewecompatibleyet.com report | all |
Press & Blog Posts
- Mar 1, 2013 - Lawrence Mandel: Help Wanted: Firefox OS UA Detection
- Oct 30, 2012 - Website Evangelism: Mobilizing Mozilla (Gerv Markham)
Minutes and Progress Reports
2013 | |
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2012 | |
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People
Project Champion | |
Program Management | Lawrence Mandel |
Engineering | Brad Lassey |
Product Management | Vishy Krishnamoorthy |
Incoming Bug Triage | Jason Smith, Aaron Train |
QA | Tony Chung, Jason Smith, Aaron Train |
Market Insight | John Jensen |
Dev Engagement | Jean-Yves Perrier, Ali Spivak |
References
- Firefox goes 2-digit, time to check your UA sniffing scripts
- Vendor Prefixes Are Hurting the Web
- DOM properties that pose potential compat issues
- IE srcelement bug 453968
- Gecko CSS vendo-prefix Compatibility
- Analysis of the use of vendor-specific CSS property prefixes on the web bug 708406
- Google Web fonts
- Gecko user agent string reference
- Changing the UA string
- Fennec User Agent
- Writing forward-compatible websites
- Site Evangelism Letters from previous evangelism effort
- Site feedback from input.mozilla.org
- Add device info to User-Agent bug 625238
- CoreMob (www.coremob.org): Mobile Web App Profile (from W3C)
- Firefox bug-a-thon
- QuirksMode JavaScript library poll results
- Vladimir Vukićević: Using a Caching Proxy Server for Web Demos
- bug 666041 CSS Flexbox Layout Level 3
- Web Compat job descriptions etherpad