Definitions
Milestones
Our goal is to deliver several small releases over the next two quarters until we reach an alpha release. The milestones described here are not full-fledged releases but merely meant to represent dates tied together with deliverables. The dates are also meant for initial planning purposes and may change.
| Milestone
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Release Date
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Release Notes
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| M1
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April 4, 2008
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| M2
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April 18, 2008
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| M3
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May 9, 2008
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| M4
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May 30, 2008
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| M5
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June 20, 2008
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| M6
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July 11, 2008
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| A1
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August 1, 2008 - Fennec Alpha 1
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Priorities
| Priority
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Description
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| P1
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Mandatory - The set of features required as a minimum for this release to be complete. The product will not ship without these.
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| P2
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Highly Desirable - A key feature that will make the product more complete, has great benefits to the end-user and major strategic impact.
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| P3
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Nice to Have - Lowest priority feature that may be incorporated, dropping first in favour of delivering P2 items.
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| P4
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Future - Intended for future release, included as they may influence design decisions and should be associated with the roadmap.
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| D
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Deleted - Requirements that have been deleted from the product roadmap.
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| Px
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Tentative - Requirements that are proposed but have not yet been approved
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Status
| Priority
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Description
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| AR
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At Risk - Intended for future release, included as they may influence design decisions and should be associated with the roadmap.
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| CO
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Complete - The set of features required as a minimum for this release to be complete. The product will not ship without these.
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| CU
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Cut - Lowest priority feature that may be incorporated, dropping first in favour of delivering P2 items.
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| HW
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Help Wanted - Requirements that have been deleted from the product roadmap.
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| IP
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In Progress - Requirements that have been deleted from the product roadmap.
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| NS
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Needs Spec - Requirements that have been deleted from the product roadmap.
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| OT
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On Track - A key feature that will make the product more complete, has great benefits to the end-user and major strategic impact.
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Requirements
Platform Support
Navigating to Web content
In most mobile browsers, basic activities like URL entry, bookmarking and search are too hard to use. These need attention, and "awesome-bar" like innovation. An equivalent to multiple windows/tabs is needed.
| Basic navigation
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| P/M
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Status
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Feature
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Bug
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| P1M1 |
CO |
Simple URL entry |
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| P1 |
M1 |
Back
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| P1 |
M1 |
Forward
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| P1 |
M1 |
Reload page
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| P1 |
M1 |
History
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| P1 |
M2 |
Awesome-bar URL entry
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| Bookmarks
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M1 |
Basic Add bookmark
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| P1 |
M1 |
Star page
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| P1 |
M3 |
Foldering
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| Multiple page support
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M3 |
Multiple page support
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| Search
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M2 |
Search box in toolbar (depends on screen size)
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Navigating within a page
Fennec will enable quick and intuitive access to the content of interest on a given Web page.
| Modes
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M1 |
Standard view
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| P1 |
M3 |
Full-screen mode
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| P2 |
M3 |
Switch between portrait and landscape mode
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| Zooming
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M2 |
Zoom to fit page
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| P1 |
M2 |
Zoom to fit the width of the display area
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| P4 |
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Zoom to fit the height of the display area
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| P1 |
M1 |
Zoom to relevant section
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| Scrolling and panning
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M1 |
Scrolling - discreet (e.g., page-up/down line up/down)
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| P1 |
M1 |
Panning - smooth movement
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| P1 |
M3 |
Keyboard shortcuts
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| P2 |
M3 |
Special effects
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| Layout
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P2 |
M3 |
Single column display
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| P1 |
M2 |
Fit to width
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| P4 |
M3 |
Fit to height
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| P1 |
M3 |
Scrollbar-free layout
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| P4 |
M3 |
Viewport meta tag
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| Virtual mouse
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| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P4 |
M3 |
Virtual mouse
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Plug-ins
Add-ons
| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M3 |
Add-on discovery
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| P1 |
M1 |
Install
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| P1 |
M1 |
View installed add-ons
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| P1 |
M1 |
Remove add-on
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Device integration
Installation and update
| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P1 |
M1 |
Installer
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| P1 |
M3 |
Update manager
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Security
Accessibility
I18N/L10N
Communication
| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P2 |
M3 |
Send link as SMS
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| P2 |
M3 |
Send link as email
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Developer tools
| Priority
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Milestone
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Feature
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| P2 |
M3 |
Mobile Firebug
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| P2 |
M3 |
Remote debugging
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| P2 |
M3 |
XUL simulator
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Platform/Widget