Firefox/Planning/2011-09-21: Difference between revisions

Firefox/Planning/2011-09-21 (view source)

Revision as of 10:33, 21 September 2011

1,629 bytes added , 21 September 2011

→‎Market Insights

Pfinch

173

edits

@@ Line 74: / Line 74: @@
 == '''Market Insights'''  ==
+=== Desktop ===
+'''Windows 8 at BUILD'''
+* Windows app store was not yet available, but will be the gateway to getting apps into the Windows Metro interface.
+* Windows Metro applications are written for a new environment, WinRT, and will be compatible across x86 and ARM, traditional ones will not.
+'''Internet Explorer 10'''
+*Microsoft released Platform Preview 3 (PP3) of IE10 with the Windows 8 preview.  PP3 of IE10 will be released on other platforms at a later date.
+* The IE10 Metro browser will not support plugins, the traditional desktop browser will.
+* IE10 Metro browser is a full screen, "immersive" UX with a swipe interface, navigation at the bottom of the screen, tabs at the top; this can be expected to be the same experience on Windows Phone.  The interface appears to be complete.
+* IE10 has significant platform updates including 3D visual effects, page layout and local storage.  Full list on [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/09/13/ie10pp3.aspx MSDN.com].
+'''Google Chrome'''
+Chrome 14 hits stable channel and includes two significant updates:
+* Web Audio API allows for greater audio effects based on web content
+* Native Client (NaCl) -supports only Chrome Web Apps at the moment.
+'''Swiffy Beta'''
+With the demise of Google Labs, Google released Swiffy as a beta service.  Swiffy is a tool to convert Flash videos to HTML, SVG and CSS.  Firefox is not fully supported by the tool, citing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119490 bug 119490].
+'''Safari & DigiNotar'''
+Apple reportedly issed a fix to Safari for DigiNotar certificates on September 9th.
+=== Mobile ===
 == Marketing, Press &amp; Public Reaction  ==