Firefox/Projects

Active Projects

Description	Leader	Participants	Goal	ETA	Target	Status
Ts Improvements	dietrich	ddahl, rflint, adw	reduce warm and cold startup of Firefox, Fennec	11/06/09	1.9.2/1.9.3/infra	cold ts on windows, "all dirty" profile, micro-testing perf, dictionary delay, mmap io measurement
Theme and UI Revamp	shorlander	faaborg, limi	update Wiki, line-up of capabilities priorities, steps towards approval.	10/19/09	1.9.3	solid direction for 3.7 and 4.0. in the refinement stage on Mac and Windows. Linux in initial stage.
Per Tab Network Prioritization	zpao	limi	Linux test is causing a bit of orange, want to get that down before landing on 1.9.2. Will land this week.	2009/10/28	1.9.2	landed on trunk, baking
Preferences UI	faaborg		Refresh and streamline the Firefox preferences window	First round of mockups complete: 10/23	Starting with 3.7	Just getting started
Improve Download Manager + MIME type defaults	limi		Streamline download behaviors	Did a "research presentation" to get additional feedback	Starting with 3.7	Currently prioritizing what should go into 3.7, and what should wait for 4.0
Resource Packages	vlad (limi until spec is good enough)		Backwards compatible way of serving up multiple resources in a streamable file	Rev 2 of the proposal is up	Starting with 3.7	Next step is a version using offline manifest file spec
Places UI	faaborg		Investigate changes to the places UI for 3.7 and 4.0, focusing on mixing search + browse operations, and leveraging the content area.	Breaking UI apart into separate bugs: 10/23	Starting with 3.7	Mockups complete, feedback coming in.
Home Tab and App Tabs	faaborg		Investigate a full window, client side, browse-based UI to serve as the user's home on the Web, and the ability to create chromeless app tabs.	First round of mockups complete: 10/23	Starting with 3.7	Just getting started
Tab Matches In Awesomebar (+ retiring old URL dialog)	limi	Unfocused	Make it possible to switch tabs using the AwesomeBar	TBD	1.9.3	Very basic implementation done, needs fleshing out
Improve Mac installer	limi	community volunteers, for now	Detect when we launch from disk image/downloads folder, offer to move to Apps		1.9.3?
Places Async Expiration	mak	mano	Make Places expiration async		1.9.3	Posting patches, 1 leak to investigate, needs new unit tests.
Unbreak RSS	cbartley	TBD	RSS preview is difficult to maintain (C++), privileged (and hence a risk), etc. Make it better.	TBD	1.9.3	Initial investigation
Extension Manager API Updates	Mossop	TBD	Improve the usability and extensibility of the add-ons manager APIs. Make it easier to create custom and complex UIs for the add-ons manager.	TBD	1.9.3	Initial prototyping and API designs
Addons Manager Redesign	Boriss	Mossop, Nick, Fligtar	Update the add-ons manager UI	TBD	1.9.3
Places Query API Redesign	ddahl	TBD	Simple, elegant Places Query API that is focused on 3.7 Places work	TBD	1.9.3	Initial api designs
Binding for untrusted text in security dialogs	Unfocused	Jesse	Provide a common way for security dialogs to include untrusted text without compromising the rest of the dialog	TBD	1.9.3	Gathering info, planning
Async Places containers	adw		Perf: non-blocking Places operations	TBD	1.9.3	Filing, fixing blocking bugs

Inactive Projects (need to finish)

• Accelerated Scrolling
• Multitouch Polish
• Doorhanger notifications
• Eradicating Startup Dialogs
• 404 Error Pages

Prioritized

• Inline PDF display
• System Extension Notification
• Understand why we strand users on point releases
• Always have option to Add Search
• Add Search to Awesomebar
• Rebuild Software Update without browser element
  
• App-wide Database Vacuum
• about:newtab
• Improve Plugin Find and Install
• Visual Affordance for Tear Off Tabs
• Control-Tab
• Update dictionaries
• about:problems
• Automatic Recovery
• about:me (first-pass addon done, uplift approach still open)
• Video Controls
• Tab & Menu item animation
• Find on Page improvements

Unprioritized

• JetPack Uplift

Additional Projects Ideas (Need more definition)

• Areas that need code cleanup or overhaul
• App-wide Database Integrity Check
• Create a Places page thumbnail service
• Crowdsource Performance Data
• Migration Component JS Porting
• Places Schema Redesign
• View Source in Tab

Completed Projects / Archive

• Firefox WinCE (minor stuff still to do)
• Firefox/Projects/Places Vacuum (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Perception of Performance (Investigation, see wiki page for follow up projects)
• Asynchronous Annotation Protocol Handler (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Places Expiration Performance Refactoring (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Bookmark Dialog Focus (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Restore Visible Tabs First (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Privacy Prefpane Refresh (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Clear Recent History by Time Range (COMPLETED WITH NOTES)
• Undo Close Window (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Windows Theme Polish (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Focus Ring Cleanup (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Places DB Creation Scripts (COMPLETED)
• Asynchronous Location Bar (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Form Awesomecomplete (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Focus rewrite (LANDED, NO WIKI PAGE)
• Animation priorities (became two child-sprints: Tab & Menu item animation and Find on Page improvements)
• about:support (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Plugin Update Referrals (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Personas Uplift Exploration (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Reduce Places Views Overhead (LANDED 1.9.2)

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