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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Apple ==== | |||
* Apple [http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2012/08/apple-chalks-up-another-38-granted-patents.html was granted 38 patents] related to mobile applications, touch and gesture logic, and mobile wallets, compass calibration, and much more. | |||
* It seems likely that Apple took advantage of the OS X Mountain Lion / Safari 6 launch to [http://www.neowin.net/news/did-apple-kill-support-for-safari-6-on-windows kill the Safari web browser for Windows] | |||
==== Google ==== | |||
* Google has improved the security in Chrome's handling of http://blog.chromium.org/2012/08/ending-mixed-scripting-vulnerabilities.html mixed scripting vulnerabilities]. The changes will "minimize security dialog fatigue", improve resistance to clickjacking and silently block all mixed script conditions for HSTS-enabled sites. | |||
* The Chrome release channel now includes [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2012/07/new-senses-for-web.html support for the getUserMedia API]. Google also released [http://www.chromeweblab.com/sketchbots Sketchbots], a demo of the technology that (surprise!) works only with Chrome | |||
* Extensions built for Chrome can now make use of [http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2012/08/create-keyboard-shortcuts-for-chrome.html keyboard shortcuts] | |||
* 90% of Chrome Canary/Dev/Beta users now have [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=149759 speculative resource prefetching] enabled | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* Microsoft sent [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/08/01/releasing-windows-8-august-1-2012.aspx Windows 8] off to manufacturers, just after learning that they would have to [http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/death-of-the-metro-brand-windows-8s-latest-flub-199298 change the name of the "Metro" user interface] due to a trademark conflict | |||
* Some screenshots of IE10 for Windows Phone 8 have [http://www.favbrowser.com/windows-phone-8-internet-explorer-10-features-leaked/ leaked out], showing a SmartScreen filter, customizable address bar, proxy-based data compression, and per-site cookie blocking | |||
* When users of IE10 first start the browser, they will be [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230056/Microsoft_will_give_Windows_8_users_Do_Not_Track_options_for_IE10 able to change the default "Do Not Track" setting] in a screen similar to the "browser choice" one Windows is required to display in Europe | |||
* Intel's Ultrabook Symposium was last week, where the chip vendor [http://www.netbooknews.com/52160/intel-announces-40-touchscreen-win8-ultrabooks-pricing-down-to-699-soc-for-pc-in-2013/ announced] that OEMs will be releasing 40+ Touchscreen Windows 8 Ultrabooks, with designs for another 100 in the pipeline. Prices will start at $699. | |||
==== Opera ==== | |||
* As part of their interesting [http://www.opera.com/smw/ State of the Mobile Web Report], Opera announced that their Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers [http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2012/07/30/ now have 200m users world wide] | |||
* Opera 12.50 will [http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2012/08/03/a-hot-opera-12-50-summer-time-snapshot drop -o- prefix support for CSS transitions, animations, and transforms] | |||
==== W3C ==== | |||
* The W3C [http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/07/html5_and_htmlnext.html announced] that Adobe, Google, and Microsoft have provided significant funds to "sponsor more complete W3C staff coverage to achieve Recommendation Status for HTML5 in 2014". | |||
==== WebKit ==== | |||
* WebKit [http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/124358 dropped the "-webkit-" prefix] for the Vibration API | |||
* Patrick Muller released [http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/ weinre], a remote debugger for WebKit Inspector that works with mobile devices | |||
* The [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/07/27/web-performance-apis-rapidly-become-w3c-candidate-recommendations.aspx Web Performance Working Group specifications] moved to W3C Candidate Status. These APIs will allow developers to more accurately and easily track the performance of their applications in all browsers. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 8 August 2012
Planning Meeting Details
- Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
- Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
- Toronto Offices: Finch Conference Room
- irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
- (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)
Video/Teleconference Details - NEW
- 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 99696 (US/INTL)
- 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 99696 (US)
- Vidyo Room: ProductCoordination
- Vidyo Guest URL
REMEMBER
These notes are read by people who weren't able to attend the meeting. Please make sure to include links and context so they can be understood.
Actions from Last Week
Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases
Basecamp
Firefox Desktop
Release (14, 10esr)
Beta (15)
Aurora (16)
Nightly (17)
Firefox Mobile
Release (14)
Beta (15)
Aurora (16)
Nightly (17)
Services
Firefox Sync
Apps In the Cloud Server
Add-on SDK
Release (1.8 -> Firefox 13, 14)
Stabilization (1.9 -> Firefox 15, 16)
Development (1.10 -> Firefox 16, 17)
Landing progress:
- loader!
Identity
Apps
Feedback Summary
Desktop
Mobile
UX & User Research
Market Insights
Desktop / Platform
Apple
- Apple was granted 38 patents related to mobile applications, touch and gesture logic, and mobile wallets, compass calibration, and much more.
- It seems likely that Apple took advantage of the OS X Mountain Lion / Safari 6 launch to kill the Safari web browser for Windows
- Google has improved the security in Chrome's handling of http://blog.chromium.org/2012/08/ending-mixed-scripting-vulnerabilities.html mixed scripting vulnerabilities]. The changes will "minimize security dialog fatigue", improve resistance to clickjacking and silently block all mixed script conditions for HSTS-enabled sites.
- The Chrome release channel now includes support for the getUserMedia API. Google also released Sketchbots, a demo of the technology that (surprise!) works only with Chrome
- Extensions built for Chrome can now make use of keyboard shortcuts
- 90% of Chrome Canary/Dev/Beta users now have speculative resource prefetching enabled
Microsoft
- Microsoft sent Windows 8 off to manufacturers, just after learning that they would have to change the name of the "Metro" user interface due to a trademark conflict
- Some screenshots of IE10 for Windows Phone 8 have leaked out, showing a SmartScreen filter, customizable address bar, proxy-based data compression, and per-site cookie blocking
- When users of IE10 first start the browser, they will be able to change the default "Do Not Track" setting in a screen similar to the "browser choice" one Windows is required to display in Europe
- Intel's Ultrabook Symposium was last week, where the chip vendor announced that OEMs will be releasing 40+ Touchscreen Windows 8 Ultrabooks, with designs for another 100 in the pipeline. Prices will start at $699.
Opera
- As part of their interesting State of the Mobile Web Report, Opera announced that their Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers now have 200m users world wide
- Opera 12.50 will drop -o- prefix support for CSS transitions, animations, and transforms
W3C
- The W3C announced that Adobe, Google, and Microsoft have provided significant funds to "sponsor more complete W3C staff coverage to achieve Recommendation Status for HTML5 in 2014".
WebKit
- WebKit dropped the "-webkit-" prefix for the Vibration API
- Patrick Muller released weinre, a remote debugger for WebKit Inspector that works with mobile devices
- The Web Performance Working Group specifications moved to W3C Candidate Status. These APIs will allow developers to more accurately and easily track the performance of their applications in all browsers.