Purpose of this meeting: Big picture progress and plans of the apps program components and identification of issues that need alignment.

For dial-in info, see this page.

Agenda

1. Status Updates
2. Basecamp Milestones
3. ...
4. Meeting notes / Minutes

Status Updates

Product Development (Engineering, QA, Security, UX)

Payments

News on payment plans, implementation, and legal/financial across B2G, Android, and Desktop

Identity

Updates on the identity integration with Marketplace and apps

Marketplace

Core Marketplace product and feature updates, release readiness

• Payments & Identity targeted to be feature complete on Oct 28
  • Identity is using a modified Persona. Still attempting to get details and a schedule around that
• Mobile designs are looking great, Android designs are still in progress. I'll confirm the Oct 8th deadline for those
• Packaged apps are on track for Sep 28th although it is tight
• Working with Dan & Caitlin to expose development progress in a meaningful way

UX

• First iteration of identity and payments UX flows are done, collecting feedback from core team.
• Support and feedback wireframes plus bugs for October 8th is underway.
• More resources coming!

Firefox OS

B2G product updates concerning apps, release schedule updates

WebRT (Desktop & Android)

WebRT updates and readiness for upcoming milestones

• Desktop WebRT for Windows, Mac, Linux will be enabled and shipped as-is in Firefox 16
• Android WebRT has four blockers, on track for beta release in Mobile Firefox 17 (Beta shortly after October 8)

Apps in the Cloud

Latest on app sync

• Work continues on AITC client for Android; integrating with Firefox Accounts effort there

User & Developer Engagement

Business Development

Progress towards regional app goals and feedback from partners

Marketing

Go to market planning and merchandising updates

   Mozilla.org updates: 
       Product page will be ready to go on the 18th (mozilla.org/apps), 
       9 apps needed for page (and PR) - to be provided by BD by October 4th
   Android Promo
       Will be ready for the Marketplace ETA on October 18th subject to Go/No-go decision on October 8th
       Two assets will go live; promo on the about:home, and about:apps
       Erin Lancaster developing video of discovery methods
   PR
       Briefed with launch plans
       Rcommended communicating lack of Desktop support before the Firefox for Android launch (likely next week)
       Providing a comms plan in the next day or so for Beta 1 launch period
   Pre-launch comms
       Hacks blog will be updated from October 10th to let developers know what's coming on October 18th
       Email will be sent to Developers on October 10th with same message
   Launch day comms
       Future of Firefox blog will be used for Marketplace announcement
       Dan happy to take a first pass at this post; will schedule time with Rick to discuss
   Go To Market plan
       Latest version shared (Caitlin - please feel free to forward on)

Topics I'd like to be covered:

1. Release notes: I think we should have these, key questions/points are: - why should Firefox have release notes and Marketplace doesn't? - With increased visibility on Firefox Marketplace, we can't get away with last minute features that aren't properly communicated through official channels - just because we don't have them now, doesn't mean we shouldn't have them - we should get into the practise of regular release notes as part of the update process

2.Metrics - We won't have an MRD ready in time for the Beta 1 launch (as requested by Morgamic) - Of the metrics requested by Caitlin, which will be available by October 18th, which will be made available?

3. Non-Fennec browsers landing on marketplace.firerox.com on October 18th - What happens on desktop? - What should happen on Fennec GA? - What should happen on Chome / native browser on Android?

Developer Experience

Plans and progress in developer ecosystem, tutorials, and app lifecycle tools

App Review & Content

Current status of apps in the Marketplace and policy updates

Review requirements v0.1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/186EzvqtWqPUX7Z7QUn3ymFx2VVSQSJAhu7oVJL28FQI/edit
This is a preview of what to expect in the final version, which still needs legal review.

Previous comments available here: https://appreview.etherpad.mozilla.org/3
Important! This is a private pad, you will have to REQUEST A NEW ACCOUNT to get access!

Items still outstanding:

• Confirmation needed: content standards allowing up to US PG-13 is a safe target for v1
• Review with legal, especially to define "illegal content"
• Identify max package size (Jason Smith)
• (nice to have) Guidelines for min and max screen sizes and densities for mobile, tablet, desktop
• Feature request: declaration on app product page whether app works offline (Chrome Store does this)
• Feature request: split mobile category support into Android and FxOS (Karen Ward)
• Plan to circulate these requirements outside of the Marketplace team?

Support

Support plan updates

Content

First iteration of the help content has been created. This will serve as a seed for a bigger content corpus. Feedback welcome:

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-firefox-marketplace/history
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-access-firefox-marketplace/history
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-report-about-faulty-app-firefox-marketplace/history
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-uninstall-app/history
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-download-and-install-apps/history
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-navigate-and-find-apps-firefox-marketplace/history

Feedback for Beta

Feedback process agreed.

• Maria working on UI/UX for the user facing piece of the feedback mechanism.
• QA and SUMO to review feedback and send digests to the broader team.

Hiring

Started to interview candidates for the Help Desk lead role.

Action Items