Mobile/Firefox for Android/Status Report/5-Aug-2016

_ Firefox for Android - Program Status Report - Aug-05-2016

Overall Project Health

  On track, issues well managed   Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations   Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Version Phase/Branch Health Notes
Firefox 49 Beta

 

Feature-focused first-run experiment, and Core Ping work are on track.
Firefox 50 Aurora

 

'Move recent tabs into history home panel' is locked. We need to defer other visual updates. This is a transitional release which will be light on features and most of the focus will be building up the team in Taipei; currently they are ramping up the hiring process. We are keeping the risk profile for this release 'green' because we will maintain quality although the focus is not to ship a feature-heavy release.
Firefox 51 Trunk/Nightly

 

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Exec Summary/Hot Topics

  • Overall roadmap for Fennec is being revisited and work re-prioritized as develop efforts transition to the Taipei team as of Firefox 50.

Risks & Issues

Description of Risk/Issue State Owner Version Plan to Resolve/Mitigation Target Date

Feature Development Status

  On track, issues well managed   Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations   Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Firefox 48

Feature Description Top Line Initiative Meta Bug Health QA Status Status
Gecko text selection carets Bug

 

Ready to ship
Prioritization of mobile browsing history over synced desktop history Bug

 

In Development
Update code for handling of panning and zooming Bug

 

In Development
Floating text selection action bar for Android M Bug

 

Ready to ship
Audible media content to be managed by Android Audio Service Bug

 

Ready to ship
Help users make Firefox their Default Browser Bug

 

Ready to ship
Update icons for video touch controls Bug

 

Ready to ship
Migrate reading list to bookmarks H1 Mojo Bug

 

In Development
Add section under Settings to control 'notifications' Bug

 

Ready to ship
Default to 'Always restore for Tabs' settings pref Bug

 

Ready to ship
Move sync tabs into history home panel H1 Mojo Bug

 

Ready to ship
Push notification in Fennec Bug

 

In development
EOL 2.3 (Gingerbread) support Bug

 

Ready to ship

Firefox 49

Feature Description Top Line Initiative Meta Bug Health QA Status Status
Reading List smart folder should indicate # of items inside Bug

 

Ready to ship
Control media content when switching between apps Bug

 

In development
Feature-focused first-run experiment H1 Foundation Bug

 

In Development
Improve website icon quality Bug

 

In development
Move recent tabs into history home panel H1 Mojo Bug

 

In development
Attempt to re-upload Telemetry documents that failed to upload Bug

 

In development
Core ping to include time spent Bug

 

In Development
Core Ping to include search counts Bug

 

In Development
Bug

 

Firefox 50

Feature Description Top Line Initiative Meta Bug Health QA Status Status
Heartbeat Implementation Bug

 

Move recent tabs into history home panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nightly Only

Feature Description Top Line Initiative Meta Bug Health QA Status Status
Highlighting features on browser update H1 Foundation Bug

 

In Development
Show main domain (origin) for long URLs in address bar only (to prevent phishing attacks) Bug

 

In development
Suggest 'Add to home screen' for frequently used websites H1 Engagement Bug

 

In development
Prototype: Allow users to save browser screenshots to Bookmarks H1 Mojo Bug

 

In development
Prototype: Location-aware feature inside awesomebar Bug

 

Ready to develop
Bookmark folder management H1 Mojo Bug

 

In development
Show cached pages if available offline H1 Mojo Bug

 

In development
Prototype content update of websites with infrequent updates H1 Engagement & H1 Mojo Bug

 

Ready to ship - Held on Nightly

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