Mobile/Fx15

FN 15.0 target release 8/28

CHANGE HISTORY

• June 11, 2012 / KR / First Draft
• June 28, 2012 / EL / Second Draft
• July 15, 2012 / KR / Moved some sections around; added market insight; added possible features for discussion
• July 16, 2012 / EL / Updated sections with bugs and status on progress
• July 17, 2012 / MF / Updated parts that are out of scope for Fx15 using strikethrough

Contacts and Stakeholders

• Karen Rudnitski: product management
• Erin Lancaster: project management
• Mark Finkle: Front End Engineering Manager
• Brad Lassey: Platform Engineering Manager
• Kevin Brosnan: Mobile QA Lead
• Ian Barlow: UX Design
• Alex Keybl: Release Manager
• Michelle Luna: SUMO

• Full Team Responsibility Matrix available here: (coming soon)

Key Selling Points

• Expanded Device Support
  • Tablet support
  • Lower-end phone support (via subset of ARMv6)
• Readability mode

Purpose and Scope of Fx Mobile 15.0

• Grow overall mobile install base:
  • ARMv6 (subset, technical specs TBC) support
  • Tablet support and new tabs UI
  • Support for Google GCM - was C2DM
  • Google Play Review Solicitation
  • Continued Marketplace & WebRT Support
  • Amazon Kindle Support (eng work complete; need BD to reach out to Amazon)
  • New locale support for China: zh-CN, zh-TW (push to Fx 16? and tie to distribution query)
  • Appia support?
  • Ouya support?
• Make solid incremental progress implementing features that were out-of-scope for 14.0:
  • Features and UX improvements such as Find-in-Page
  • Achieve incremental progress on Readability 2.0
  • Continue to improve stability (crashes)
• Taking low-risk engineering fixes that are ready for Fx 15:
  • bug 695173 – Basic support for text selection in web content (static text areas)
  • bug 710330 – Implement bookmarks and history import from Android system DBs
  • bug 754335 – Request for ability to select which privacy and security items to clear over entire wipe
  • bug 766406 – Implement "Request Desktop Site"
• Continue momentum for ongoing efforts including Basecamp:
  • Continue to improve web compatibility
  • Address k9o blockers
  • Address important bugs reported by Users and Community

Fx15 Feature Tracking

IMPORTANT: Features Landed in 16, targeted to be uplifted to 15 with status and risk profile https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fx15Uplift

Tablet Support: Landed for Fx15

• bug 716095 - [tablet] Add a max width to door hangers
  
• bug 730775 - Grey bar underneath the awesomebar on tablets
  
• bug 739355 - [TABLET] Title Bar
  
• bug 739412 - [TABLET] Overflow menu
  
• bug 760196 - "Find in page" menu item missing in tablets
  
• bug 763851 - Forward button missing in tablet UI
  
• bug 765805 - [tablet] Don't close the tabs sidebar panel when switching or adding tabs
  
• bug 765941 - [tablet] Thumbnail doesn't update after following a links to an HTTP redirect
  
• bug 739407 - [TABLET] Tabs Menu <== Meta
  

Tablet Support: Follow up Fixes

Stability

• bug 760357 - java.lang.NullPointerException: at

Usability

• bug 768999 - [tablet] Doorhanger corners look bad now that they don't extend to the edges of the screen
• bug 770270 - [Tablet] Tab drawer stays open when new tab is opened
• bug 763446 - Fennec's Menu doesn't scroll correctly if Tabs Menu list is opened
• bug 763406 - URL bar is hidden on rotation
• bug 763338 - New Fennec tab menu is not user friendly
• bug 758317 - [TABLET] Tab side bar should open with a swipe gesture
• bug 762723 - Thumbnails should be of different sizes for phones and tablets in Tabs UI

Armv6

• bug 723946 Official ARMv6 Builds Available: http://nightly.mozilla.org/
• bug 766613 First Pass of QA Evaluation Complete: https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/Armv6Compatibility
• Feature page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ARMv6_support_-_phase_1

Web Apps Support

• Not for Fx15
• See this etherpad summary of bugs; update in progress

Flash

• bug 687267Flash Support on Honeycomb

getUserMedia

Status: Fixed in Fx15, needs sec review, QA verification looks good: needs final comment

• bug 738528 - Android still image support for getUserMedia

Cloud to Device Messaging

Status: UX is working on designs

• Not for Fx15
• Feature page is here

Google Play Review Solicitation

• Not for Fx15
• Desire to have a way of communication with the user for marketing and soliciting feedback
• Can one feature address sending information to the user AND redirecting them to a page if they agree to provide feedback?
• Feature page is here
• Further proposals / options for user engagement: 1) Push notification to send a dialogue to a user for communication purposes; 2) Pull notification to engage with user as per ff desktop method

Stretch Targets - Likely Fx15+

Amazon Store Distribution

• bug 713777 - Amazon modifies and re-signs apk after uploading [was "Cannot install Firefox from Amazon appstore if Firefox Beta already exists on device"]

Appia Support

• Added here to discuss and possibly track for Fx 16
• Requirements TBC with initial meeting between Marketing and Appia contacts

Ouya support

• Added here to discuss and possibly track for Fx 16
• Requirements TBC

Developer Reach -> likely target Fx 16

• Full support for getUserMedia bug 749881 - Android UI implementation for full getUserMedia

Privacy Enhancements -> target Fx 16??

• Private browsing ?
• Phishing protection ?
• Design privacy awareness enhancements ?

QA Test Plan

Test Matrix for new areas

Schedule

• Need target dates for above Fx15 features
• Need target date for string freeze

07/19: Beta 1

bug 766406 Implement "Request Desktop Site"
bug 695172 (find) Find In Page
bug 695173 (text-selection) Basic support for text selection in web content (static text areas)

• New Tabs UI for phones <=== can't find bug #
  

bug 586885 Disabled but landed: show search suggestions when entering text in awesome bar
bug 739407 [TABLET] Tabs Menu
bug 739412 [TABLET] Overflow menu New overflow menu
bug 739355 [TABLET] Title/Awesome Bar

07/27: Beta 2

• Target String Freeze ?

08/10: Beta 4

• Target WebRT Landed ? No WebRT for Fx15

System Requirements

• Phones
  • TBD
• Tablets
  • TBD
  • TBD

Supported Locales

• EN-US, 13 standard locales, KO, PT-BR
• NEW REQUEST: zh-TW and zh-CN -> could be requirement for Fx 16 to ensure distribution solidified

Market Data

• 20% of our current 'mobile' user base are tablet users (data?)
• SUMO reviews -> dominant themes for 1-star ratings & user requests
  • Lack of tablet support
  • No text selection
  • Crashes
  • Website incompatibility
    • Facebook menu https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/928435 & Facebook in general
    • Google 'looks bad'
    • Message board rendering
    • BBC
  • UX issues
    • Setting homepage https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/930845
    • No 'find' in page
    • Clearing start page https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/930793
  • Requests
    • Private browsing / incognito mode
    • Disabling top sites
    • Ad blocker