Apps/StatusMeetings/ProdDel2012-10-02
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.
Contents
Agenda
- Status Updates
- Basecamp Milestones
- ...
- 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
[UX]
- Major flows have been circulated within Mozilla and TEF/BlueVia.
- Next step: flesh out with more cases (user forgets pin etc), edge and error cases. QA to go through and help shake out edge cases Thursday morning.
Identity
Updates on the identity integration with Marketplace and apps
Marketplace
Core Marketplace product and feature updates, release readiness
[UX]
- More resources coming
Firefox OS
B2G product updates concerning apps, release schedule updates
WebRT (Desktop & Android)
Two open bugs which Erin and team do not feel are blockers as of this writing:
- 785547, Selecting "Don't ask again for this site" on the "open in app" web app doorhanger makes FF unable to handle the page properly on subsequent loads
- 793796, If remove a web app from the list of active processes, then try to re-launch it - splashscreen loads, but content occasionally does not load
Apps in the Cloud
Latest on app sync
- Tauni will coordinate work on AITC and Firefox Accounts
- Mike Connor's team working on Persona/Android client code with Harald
User & Developer Engagement
Business Development
Progress towards regional app goals and feedback from partners
Marketing
Go to market planning and merchandising updates
- Comprehensive Developer Engagement FFOS Apps Plan (Mark Coggins, Havi & team) is being shopped around, will be shared w/TEF tomorrow, and more broadly in the weeks ahead. Stay tuned.
Developer Experience
Plans and progress in developer ecosystem, tutorials, and app lifecycle tools
- devhub Q4 specs complete
- devhub front page redesign in progress (content transfer from mozilla.org/apps/partners)
- going to build gaia-looking apps templates layouts. One of them is going to be a <book> tag
- Discussed UX needs with Maria/Bryan. Fingers crossed.
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!
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.
- [MS] - UX done, bugs in place, feedback form has landed on dev sever.
- QA and SUMO to review feedback and send digests to the broader team.