Mobile/ProductPlanning/Notes-2012-10-02

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DECISION: ARMV6 will NOT go into Fx 16 GA, but will ride out another beta cycle on Fx 17
Only 19 unique data points have been gathered - consolidated spreadsheet of feedback
These few data points are not overwhelmingly positive
We do not want to be in the same position when we approach Fx 17 GA: we need to make use of this extra beta cycle
Within the next 1.5 weeks, Karen (with input) will create a plan on how to try and get more data on ARMv6 devices
- Take into account marketing, external testers, social media outreach, ....
Exploration with a third-party test house should proceed, BUT we must be explicit with their methodology (test cases, bugs, hardware)
Product Marketing was not planning on pushing this hard, therefore it will not make a big impact to Fx 16 GA plans
Important ARMv6 markets are Philippines, Indonesia, India and Eastern Europe
- In majority, Philippines, Indonesia and India use English locales so we shouldn't be hugely hampered by not having their specific locales included
- Current list of supported locales in the multi-lang build
Irina to send out top ARMv6 phones for these regions for better user targeting
Google Play downloads grabs the model information, which can be used to give an indication of the ARMv6 audience / interest

Shared the plan for Q4 priorities with the team -
The work is grouped by its release channel: GA on Fx 16 or 17, Beta on Fx 18, Aurora on Fx 19 or Under Investigation
These projects are ALL deemed priorities for completion in Q4 and are important in maintaining the health of the Fennec roadmap
Feedback can be provided back to Karen, Brad, Mark, Chad, Sam or Erin
It's prettier in slide format, but the content is as follows (current as of today's meeting):

GA: Fx 16, Fx 17

Beta: Fx 18

Aurora: Fx 19

For Investigation

Fx 17 - media decoding
- Fx 17 will include H264 support for ICS and JB, but very unlikely we will include GB support
- GB will come in Fx 18
- GB users will get a mime-type error after clicking on the content
- Product Marketing has already been planning for this phased roll-out
- Irina re-confirmed that honeycomb and froyo numbers are very low and decreasing, therefore we will not expend cycles in implementing support for these OS versions
Font licensing update
- New font not yet licensed, but Ian is working through some different options
- Code landed that allows us to switch fonts