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== 2018-10-29 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/63.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 63] is our current Stable release. It shipped last week and contains opt-in content blocking for all users and improved performance and energy efficiency on Mac.
* Firefox 64 is in the Beta channel and moved to Stable release on December 11th.
* Firefox 65 is now the Nightly channel. Over the last week, we've resolved more than 460 bug reports in Nightly including these notable changes:
** We now support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1085391 Handoff web browsing activity type on macOS]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453367 WebRender is working in GeckoView] thought not enabled by default.
** We are now using the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1501461 strict list for default cookie restrictions] on Nightly and early Betas.

== 2018-10-22 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.3/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.3] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is in the Beta channel and moves to the Stable release tomorrow. Web Render is now enabled in the Beta channel but won't be enabled for the Stable release for a few more cycles.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release. Over the last week we've resolved more than 500 reports including these:
** Windows Firefox now has [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363169 support for the native Windows "Share" feature].
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411700 shows when an extension is controlling the notifications permission].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1481971 PaymentRequest has been enabled for Mac and Windows for the US and Canada.]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498185 about:performance now shows a type and action column] and you can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498186 access about:performance from the Task Manager item in the More submenu] of the main Firefox menu
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499052 The Flexbox highlighter and inspector have been enabled in Dev Tools.]
** Dev Tools now has [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=821610 XHR breakpoints.]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492563 Blocking access to storage from tracking resources has been enabled.]
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1484873 links to the site's certificate on error pages where it makes sense to do so]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1500553 contextual feature recommender] [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1497967 now has an opt out preference.]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498084 en-us dictionary learned a few new words].
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479008 install the related dictionaries when a new language pack is installed.]
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1496815 Suggest search engine aliases in the address bar when '@' is typed as the first character]

== 2018-10-15 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.3/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.3] is our current stable release. It shipped October 2nd and fixed a macOS Mojave bug that was causing hangs and freezes with native dialogs.
* Firefox 63 is in the Beta channel. Over the last week we've approved and landed about 40 fixes on the Beta channel. We're currently testing our 14th and final Beta build for desktop. Firefox 63 moves to the stable release next week.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release. Soft code freeze is today. Over the last week there have been about 420 bugs fixed including these:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490366 The add-ons screen has been redesigned]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476091 WebVR has been (re)enabled for macOS]
** There's now an option to select audio output device [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=934425 (implement HTMLMediaElement.setSinkId)]
** Firefox can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675428 handle system mailto calls by opening a webmail app that is registered within Firefox as mailto handler.]
* And because I wasn't here to mention them, there were a couple notable changes from last week:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155505 Implement ToastNotification for Action Center (Notification Center) on Windows 10]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474938 Tab multi-select was enabled by default.]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1494162 Improve the Inspector load speed]

== 2018-10-01 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. Over the last week we've taken approximately 40 fixes into the Beta.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release. Over the last week there have been 410 bugs fixed including these:
** We now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1445943 Enterprise policy support on macOS]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489785 Firefox on macOS Mojave hanging with modal dialogs].
** Scrollbar styling ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492012 Enable scrollbar-color and scrollbar-width by default]) has been enabled.
** When you have only the search bar showing on Firefox's new tab page, we now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487772 display the Firefox logo and wordmark above the search].
** To block DLL injections into Firefox, we're making some changes to how Firefox starts up. The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488554 launcher process] is part of that and was just enabled on Nightly.
** We got [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1316241 WebRTC working in GeckoView] and GeckoView got an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1481296 API for pop-up blocking].

== 2018-09-24 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. Over the last week we've taken approximately 60 fixes into the Beta.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release and over the last week there have been nearly 500 bugs fixed including these notable ones:
** Support for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462674 auto-completing about: addresses] in the Awesomebar.
** Anti-virus software is removing language packs rendering Firefox unusable. We fixed it by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492459 always checking langpacks for modification at startup.]

== 2018-09-17 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. There have been about 43 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 64 is in the Nightly channel and over the last week there have been about 420 fixes including these notable ones:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490742 WebRender has been enabled for a subset of Nightly users] on Windows 10 desktops with Nvidia GPUs. If you don't meet the criteria (only about 17% of Nightly users do right now) but you'd nevertheless like to try out WebRender on Nightly, you can flip the about:config pref gfx.webrender.all to true. This is an important milestone for a key performance feature on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap Firefox Roadmap]. Congratulations to the Servo and Gecko teams! If you want to learn more about WebRender (and browser engines in general) I highly recommend Lin Clark's [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/ The whole web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank] on the [https://hacks.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Hacks Blog].

== 2018-09-10 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0] is our current Stable release. 62 shipped last Wednesday and today people all over the world are enjoying more customization of the Firefox home page and a Canadian localized version of Firefox.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. There have been about 28 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week including the enabling of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488904 tab mulit-select features]. I believe this is for more widespread testing but the features aren't intended to hit the Stable release until Firefox 64.
* Firefox 64 is in the Nightly channel and over the last week there have been about 400 fixes including these notable ones:
** The sidebar is now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385518 styled properly in the dark theme].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408360 erroneous sharp corners on CSD browser windows] are fixed on Linux.
** People can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401610 easily remove an extension by right-clicking on its toolbar icon].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476062 about:crashes got a UI update].

== 2018-08-27 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. There have been about 20 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable release on October 23. In the last week there have been about 425 fixes including these notable ones:
** The Theme API has been extended to include [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418602 browser sidebars].
** A 10 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488725 float pushed down one line with white-space: nowrap;] was fixed.

== 2018-08-20 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 19 (of 20) goes out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 30 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable on October 23. In the last week there have been about 375 bugs fixed including these notable ones:
** Web Components are enabled. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471947 Enable Shadow DOM] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471948 Enable Custom Elements])
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460062 Enforce Symantec Distrust in Firefox 63]
** Last but not least, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479806 Top Sites Search Shortcuts], a collection of features to make searching easier, has landed.

== 2018-08-06 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 15 goes out tomorrow. There are 20 betas scheduled for this cycle.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 380 bugs fixed including:
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476217 new Preferences/Options section for Content Blocking] that includes Tracking Protection. You can find it in the Privacy and Security section of the Options/Preferences window.
** The 6th most voted for bug of all time, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1378647 Support the "discarded" property inside browser.tabs.create()] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-30 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release. 61 was first offered on June 26. Users on this release are enjoying faster page rendering thanks to Quantum CSS improvements and the new retained display list feature, and Faster switching between tabs thanks to the "tab warming" feature.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Beta users are helping test improvements to the bookmarks panel, the three pane inspector in developer tools, and a new Tracking Protection button in the hamburger menu. Over the last week, the Beta channel has seen 26 bugs uplifted from Nightly.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 400 bugs resolved as fixed including these notable changes:
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365045 supports the CSS prefers-reduced-motion media feature] on Windows. This makes it possible to disable motion effects for those with vestibular disorders or those who simply prefer their experiences without motion effects.
** Firefox now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469684 switching to installed locales] from the Options/Preferences window.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1357487 Out of process extensions for Linux] has been enabled. Mac got this feature in Firefox 61 and Windows got it in 56.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367743 About:profiles "launch profile in new browser"] now works for Windows users thanks to the addition of the -no-remote option. Before, for most users, the button would simply launch another window from the current profile.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207696 Time Travel Debugging] has landed behind the devtools.recordreplay.enabled pref. Once enabled, it is accessed via the 'Tools -> Web Developer' menu. Time Travel Debugging allows Firefox content processes to record their behavior, replay it later, and rewind to earlier states. Replaying processes preserve all the same JS behavior, DOM structures, graphical updates, and most other behaviors that occurred while recording. The browser's JS debugger can be used to inspect and control the replay. This is Mac-only for now.
** Web developers get a new feature with [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470111 Clear Site Data] to allow web developers more control over the data stored locally by a user agent for their origins. This was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268889 implemented] in Firefox 62 but behind a pref. Now it's enabled.
** For new profiles, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473595 Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order] is the new default. Instead of tabbing through the tabs on your tab strip in that order, you'll get a pop-up with tiles for the the most recently used 6 tabs. This more closely mirrors the operating system's window switching interface.
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477677 new and improved about:performance] that's behind the about:config pref dom.performance.enable_scheduler_timing (Be sure to restart after the pref change to avoid a crash).
** Last but not least, Firefox [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1463759 Certificate Error Pages got new copy] that should be more helpful to users encountering the errors.

== 2018-07-23 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 350 fixes and changes.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474704 Tab multi-select has been enabled.] You can now select a group of tabs to manage, and move them, pin them, bookmark them, etc.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476853 Block auto-play has been enabled.] You will now get a permission doorhanger when a site attempts to auto-play.
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514 "Never check for updates" option has been removed] from Options/Preferences. "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" remains, and the default is still "Automatically install updates (recommended)"
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300420 support security.enterprise_roots.enabled on macOS.] If the preference is set to true, Firefox will import trusted TLS root certificates from the macOS keystore.
** We support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349523 Picture in Picture mode for Android Firefox.] This makes watching a video while you surf the web a breeze.
** 12 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery doesn't check DHCP] was fixed.

== 2018-07-16 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and becomes our Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 50 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to the Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 300 fixes and changes including these notable ones:
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368808 change to dark or light mode depending on your Windows setting].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471713 Tracking Protection indicator in the addressbar is now animated] to be more visible to users.
** The preferences backend has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471025 re-designed to better work with our multi-process] architecture.

== 2018-07-09 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. Over the last week there have been about 300 bugs resolved as fixed.
** When a user has set search results to open in a new tab but the current tab is blank, we now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455326 re-use the blank tab].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 OMTP has been enabled for Linux] builds.
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446325 no longer create smart bookmark folders] for new profiles.
** We've also [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402890 dropped support for the description field from bookmarks].
** Firefox now has a Restore Defaults button for the home page preferences.
** Platform support for XUL overlays [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449791 has been removed].
** For those who have the tab selection about:config pref set, you can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458061 reload a selection of tabs]
** Last but not least, a 15 year old bug that should help with mobile web compatibility, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218415 add window.event object to the DOM to ease cross browser scripting] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been about a dozen uplifts to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. In the last week there have been about 350 non-test bugs resolved fixed including these notable changes:
** A fifteen year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215083 Support CSS3 content property replacement of element], was fixed.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398483 column and row gap for flexbox] landed.
** Users can opt out of seeing the editor when they bookmark thanks to the fix at bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459878 1459878]
** Firefox now has infrastructure to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469072 move Activity Stream into its own process]
** Users who have enabled multi-select tabs can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458060 pin/unpin a selection of tabs].
** The Open bookmark in sidebar feature [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452645 has been removed]

== 2018-06-25 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.2] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 goes to release tomorrow and includes these notable improvements.
** Faster page rendering thanks to parallel CSS parsing and the new retained display list feature
** Faster tab switching thanks to tab warming on Windows and Linux
** You can now add new search engines from the Page Actions menu.
** On Mac you can now share the URL of an active tab from the Page Actions menu.
** TLS 1.3 is enabled by default.
** The Dark theme is darker in more places.
** Web Extensions can now hide tabs and control the order in which new tabs open.

== 2018-06-04 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. We're in our 10th Beta with Beta 11 going out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 62 is in our Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5. In the last week there have been about 360 bugs fixed including these notable changes:
** Users can now set the number of rows for all sections of the New Tab Page. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1400536 bug 1400536])
** Users can now toggle Tracking Protection from the Firefox menu. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462468 bug 1462468])
** Shadow DOM support has landed in Nightly. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460069 bug 1460069])
** Race Cache With Network (RCWN) is enabled on Android when cellular data isn't used. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377570 bug 1377570])

== 2018-05-14 ==
* Firefox 60 is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week there have been 16 uplifts to the Beta channel including the enabling of the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455040 tab hiding API].
* Firefox 62 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been 360 bug fixes in Nightly including:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833098 Remove RDF from Gecko and Firefox]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509958 Remove the -moz prefix from ::selection]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417133 Reuse blank tab when opening a bookmark in a new tab]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625846 Add Heap Snapshot and Analysis tools to Dev Tools]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458010 enable tab multi-select behind the pref browser.tabs.multiselect]
** Fixed the regression [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460221 where full tabs opened in the middle of your pinned tabs]

== 2018-05-07 ==
* Firefox 59.0.3 is our current release. The latest point release shipped last Monday for compatibility with the Windows 10 April 2018 update.
* Firefox 60 is wrapping up in the Beta channel and releases this Wednesday. New to 60 are these features:
** Support for enterprise environments, with a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments using Windows Group Policy or a cross-platform JSON file.
** Several enhancements to New Tab/Firefox Home page
*** A responsive layout that shows more content for users with wide-screen displays
*** The Highlights section includes web pages saved to Pocket
*** There are more options to reorder sections and content on the page
*** Pocket Sponsored Stories will appear for a percentage of en-US users
** A faster browser UI thanks to Quantum CSS
** Support for the Web Authentication API, which allows USB tokens for website authentication
** TLS certificates issued by Symantec before June 1st, 2016 are no longer trusted by Firefox
** And, last but not least, Firefox for Android gets Quantum CSS for faster web page rendering.
* Firefox 61 was in the Nightly channel under soft code freeze until this morning. It's now in the Beta channel. In the last week we've seen about 350 bugs fixes including these:
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438363 show a doorhanger] when an extension hides a tab for the first time
** Prevent data: URLs from [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255107 being used for XSS]
** Introduce [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349559 UI for network throttling] in the Dev Tools Net panel
** Added the remaining [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451499 'shape-margin' shape with support for polygon]
** A fix for the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459102 blank windows on Mac with WebRender enabled]
** Not riding the trains to Beta just yet, but we now have a English-Canadian nightly build.
* And finally, the Nightly channel is now Firefox 62.

== 2018-04-30 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and releases on May 9th. Our Release Candidate build happens tomorrow so we're basically wrapped up with Firefox 60. Over the last week, we've seen about 20 fixes uplifted to the Beta channel. A reminder, Firefox 60 is an ESR release. Finally, with Firefox 60 we're going to see Pocket sponsored stories coming to the new tab page. You can read all about that [https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/04/30/a-privacy-conscious-approach-to-sponsored-content/ here]
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. mozilla-central is currently in a soft freeze until after the version bump to 62 on May 7th. Over the last week we've fixed about 480 bugs including these:
** When there is a hidden tab playing audio there we now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408062 an audio indicator on the all tabs toolbar button.]
** A 12 year old bug was fixed so [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery now checks DHCP]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448439 Firefox on Android can now use Chrome's fling physics for scrolling.] with the apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.enabled pref set to true.
** We have much of CSS Shapes Level 1 with the fixes at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353631 bug 1353631, shape-outside] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265342 bug 1265342, shape-margin]

== 2018-04-23 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our release in market.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. 60 is an ESR release. We've been trending at about 50 bug fixes per week in beta. One notable change in Beta, we have disabled "retained display list" and it will now likely ship in 61.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. Over the last week, we've fixed about 470 bugs including these notable changes:
** When Firefox starts up, it now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034036 restore windows in reverse z-order], so that the last focused window is restored first and stays in front
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397809 notify users when an extension has updated their home page]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385403 now has out of process extensions]
** Firefox now includes [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433230 recent downloads in Highlights]
** Firefox Option/Preferences now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432595 a section for managing the different parts of Highlights]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363168 supports the native OS X "Share" feature]
** Stylo, our parallel CSS engine now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455115 parallel CSS parsing] for significant performance wins on some top sites.
** Firefox now has the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449338 Google logo in the search box] of the new tab page where before it was just a magnifying glass icon
** In Firefox devtools users can [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226272 drag/drop to reorder devtools tabs]
** Firefox devtools has a new feature in the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449893 Font editor: UI for variable font instances]
* Finally, because I wasn't here for last week's meeting, I wanted to point out that last week an 18 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 #37468], CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter, was fixed by contributor Kerem Kat.

== 2018-04-16 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. This is an ESR release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week we've seen about 460 bugs resolved, including these notable fixes:
** 18 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 bug 37468] was fixed implementing CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter
** The Gecko Profiler uses [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436179 less RAM]
** The Dev Tools Browser Console got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362023 front end]
** The Dev Tools Font Editor got UI to manage [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449885 font-variation-settings]
** Web Components in Firefox made progress with implementing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=992245 :host pseudo class]
** Web developers will appreciate that we implemented the DOM [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402892 Fetch API RequestDestination and Request.destination]
** Web Assembly moved forward with the implementation of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1445272 basic anyref support]
** Highlights in New Tab Page are now sorted [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451091 chronologically]

== 2018-04-09 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current released version.
* Firefox 60 is in Beta and is scheduled to hit release May 9th, a month from today. A reminder that Firefox 60 is our next ESR release so it's going to be supported for a while. In the last week Firefox 60 Beta has seen about 50 fixes including uplifts for the memory leak I mentioned last week and a couple of additional policies for the enterprise-facing policy engine.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and is due for release on June 26th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen approximately 460 bugs fixed including a fix for a scroll painting regression. replacing our Emojione implementation with Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) and the addition of about a half a dozen more enterprise policies.
* Mozilla and Firefox have been in the news a lot the last few weeks. Yesterday Mozilla and Firefox were on NBC's Sunday TODAY Show. [https://youtu.be/RTQybYbR1ek Check it out.] The segment features Mitchell Baker and Amy Tsay.

== 2018-04-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 59.0.2] is our in-market release. It fixes a couple of significant issues:
** A fix for page rendering problems for Windows users with ClearType disabled, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 Bug 1435472])
** A temporary fix for a Windows 7 touchscreen crasher, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 bug 1424505])
** A security issue fixed. Use-after-free in compositor, ([https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/ 10th advisory of 2018])
* Firefox 60 Beta 8 is the latest Beta with Beta 9 due tomorrow. A reminder: Firefox 60 is our next ESR. In the last week we've uplifted about 50 bugs.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week we've seen 475 bugs fixed including:
** You can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221539 find and install available search engines from the Page Action menu] (the ... button in your Awesomebar)
** We fixed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446264 a regression] that caused the your browser to start in a smaller window before maximizing to expected size.
** We fixed a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447871 memory leak regression] involving sites using Service Workers that could cause long pauses or freezes on popular sites.
** Users of Firefox's built in Dark theme now have a dark New Tab Page.
* Off the trains, the Facebook Container extension, which isolates your Facebook identity from the rest of your web activity, has seen some dramatic uptake by users (200K downloads in first 3 days,) and garnered great reviews and press. We're working on updates expected soon.

== 2018-03-26 ==
* Firefox 59.0.1 is our current release. People have some [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17nw78eMw0LHuREKKe6eDiOPQ2haCTFFvyW-SLoM30WQ/edit?usp=sharing nice things to say about it]. Today, if all goes according to plan, we'll have a Firefox 59.0.2 release to fix the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 ClearType rendering] regression and the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 touchscreen crasher] regression.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Beta 7 is due out tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted 53 fixes into Beta including these notable fixes:
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 pages not rendering correctly] for people on Windows with ClearType disabled.
** Fixes to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 improve start-up performance] by caching plugin and plugin blocklist information.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. In the last week, we've taken just over 500 fixes including these:
** The New Tab Page preferences have been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417155 migrated to the Options/Preferences window] in a new "Home" section.
** Pinned Top Sites on New Tab Page can use thumbnails instead of icons and people can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402654 set their own images for Top Sites].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408121 dark theme now has dark menus].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294570 new styling engine is now used for the browser's user interface], in addition to web content.
** Firefox now has support for OpenType variation fonts ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447163 CSS font-variation-settings, font-optical-sizing])
* Last but not least, I've published a significant update to the [[Firefox/Roadmap|Firefox Product Roadmap]] and [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U1IxTOlsaBcRsnJv0XAaVqQLU4otB6h2lG0NDcvWG-E/edit?usp=sharing Timeline]. The Roadmap document is long-form and attempts to explain what features we're working on and how those features fit into our strategy and the Mozilla mission. The Timeline document is the same information in a spreadsheet for quick viewing. If you haven't, I encourage you all to take a look.

== 2018-03-19 ==
* Firefox 59 shipped last Tuesday.
** Firefox 59.01 shipped on Friday to fix a security bug that came out of the annual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own Pwn2Own hacking contest].
** We've got one [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 significant regression] in this release that causes rendering problems for people who have turned off ClearType font rendering on Windows. The workaround is to re-enable ClearType in Windows or to disable Hardware Acceleration in Firefox. Top people are working on it.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Our 5th Beta is scheduled for tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted approximately 15 fixes.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week there have been approximately 475 fixes landed including these performance improvements:
** A performance improvement to tab switching by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423220 enabling tab warming].
** A performance improvement for file handling by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474043 getting rid of mimetypes.rdf]
** A startup performance improvement by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371888 caching plugin and plugin blocklist information].

== 2018-03-12 ==
* Firefox 59 ships tomorrow, March 13th and includes these changes
** Option to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location
** <strike>Users can choose in Options whether search suggestions or history suggestions come first in the address bar</strike>
** Activity Stream is faster and now has drag and drop support for top sites
** Screenshots now has a Copy to Clipboard button and annotations.
** Off Main Thread Paint (OMTP) (MAC) improves main thread responsiveness
** Race Cache with Network to improve page loading time

== 2018-03-05 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update.
* Firefox 59 is in it's 14th Beta with the first Release Candidate scheduled to ship tomorrow. In the last week we've uplifted about 15 bugs to Firefox 59.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit release on May 9th. (Previously scheduled for May 8th). Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen 510 fixes including these:
** A fix for a bug that caused [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523950 long animated images to consume too much RAM].
** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442075 distrust Symantec certs in Firefox 60].

== 2018-02-12 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update which shipped 5 days ago and includes a fix for the Hotmail/Outlook links and scrolling issue.
* Firefox 59 is in its 8th Beta. 59 is scheduled to ship to Release users on March 13th. In the last week we've uplifted about 45 bugs including
** A fix for a MacOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424709 crash when changing network location]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425031 cookies not being set properly]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=832990 extension context menus] on Android.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and hits Release on May 8th. Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 420 changes including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358372 Windows volume mixer creating a new control for each tab]
** Activity Stream on New Tab Page got [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385944 a wider layout] to support more Top Sites and more content for Stories and Highlights
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134077 video "tearing" on Linux in fullscreen mode]
** A new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1394304 pref to control whether to open address bar results in a new tab]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246387 stub installer now downloads over https]
** Support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436078 already-enrolled U2F devices with Google Accounts]
** Firefox Screenshots got an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436218 update with lots of bug fixes]
** And last but not least, 16 year old XML serialization [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169521 bug 169521] was fixed.

== 2018-02-05 ==
* Firefox 58.0.1 is our current shipping release.
* Firefox 59 is in its 6th Beta release. Firefox 59 is scheduled to ship to our Release audience on March 13th. We've taken about 20 uplifts in the last week including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433591 links and text selection in Outlook Web Access]
** An [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418112 update to the HSTS preload list]
** The bugfix for a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430446 Linux font issue]
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit Release on May 8th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 430 bugs resolve including these
** A bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427007 session restore would sometimes fail] to remember tabs
** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425496 find recently Pocketed items in Highlights] on the New Tab Screen
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793 Parallel painting] was enabled Mac OS
** HTTP is marked as [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434626 insecure in Private Browsing mode]

== 2018-01-29 ==
* Firefox 58, featuring faster site loading and improved Screenshots, is in the release channel. We're preparing 58.0.1 security update for release today.
* Firefox 59 is in the Beta channel and is due to ship on March 13th.
** During the last few days of 59 on Beta, we've had 14 bugs uplifted
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is due to ship to release on May 8th
** Over the last week Nightly has seen over 450 changes and fixes including these notable ones:
*** Firefox now protects the path of HTTP Referer Header when in Private Browsing mode
*** There's now a pref to disable ftp:// in Firefox
*** There's a prototype enterprise policy manager and a few specific enterprise policies implemented.

== 2018-01-22 ==
* Firefox 58 releases tomorrow, January 23rd, with nearly 5,000 changes including these notable improvements:
** Firefox on Windows has faster page render speed thanks to Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP)
** Firefox now has faster overall page loading speed with the new JavaScript Start-up Bytecode Cache (JSBC)
** Faster WebAssembly performance running in the new streaming and tiering compiler
** Firefox has a more responsive active tab thanks to budget-based background timeout throttling
** Tabs scrolling with mouse wheel is now very smooth and fast
** Firefox Screenshots can copy directly to the clipboard and Screenshots now also works in Private Browsing mode
** The new tab page has faster startup loading, personalized stories, collapsible sections and tippy top rich icons
** Firefox now supports credit card autofill
** There are preferences to block specific sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts
** Firefox informs users when an extension has changed the search engine or the new tab page
** The stub installer got resume download support to mitigate connection failures
** Firefox now has horizontal Scrolling with Shift+Mouse wheel (a 15 year old bug fixed)
** There is a Nepali (ne-NP) localized version of Firefox
** Firefox for Android supports Progressive Web Apps, full screen bookmark management with folders, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback, wicked fast CSS thanks to Stylo, an option to sync only over wifi, and v4 of the Safe Browsing service

== 2018-01-08 ==
* Firefox 57.0.4 is the current shipping release. A big thank you to the people that made [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.3/releasenotes/ 57.0.3] happen during the holiday break to fix a problem with wrongly collected crash reports and also thanks to the security team and others who shipped [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.4/releasenotes/ 57.0.4] to address the Meltdown and Spectre timing attacks.
* Firefox 58 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** It's been a while since my last update. In the last six weeks or so the Beta branch has seen about 150 fixes including these notable changes.
*** A fix for a Microsoft change to Windows that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1426719 broke audio in Firefox.]
*** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423626 broken window resizing with the Quantum Lights dynamic theme] installed.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and will be released on March 13th.
** In the weeks since my last update, Nightly has seen over 1500 changes and fixes including those mentioned for Beta as well as these notable features.
*** Top Sites on the New Tab Page can now be [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402192 re-ordered by drag and drop.]
*** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368744 disable permission prompts globally] in Options/Preferences. Tired of all those notification prompts? Now you can disable the features like notifications, camera, microphone, and location completely instead of site by site.
*** Last but not least, another 15 year old bug was struck down with the text selection fix [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196175 making underscore a part of the word and not punctuation.]

== 2017-11-26 ==
* Firefox 57 has been rolling out for almost two weeks and the press reception has been overwhelmingly positive. One of the most recent reviewers, David Pierce [https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-quantum-the-browser-built-for-2017/ over at Wired], had this to say: "It's better than Chrome, faster than Chrome, smarter than Chrome. It's my new go-to browser."
** The top "expected" challenge of this release, users losing some of their extensions, is well managed with most popular extensions updated to the new API, availability of easy tools for finding alternative extensions, and lots of social support on the Web. (There are now [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 over 7,000 compatible extensions] available.)
** There are several unexpected issues surfacing with Firefox 57 that are being worked on or already resolved. The issue of some users seeing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green and purple] artifacts on videos had a hotfix roll out and should be clearing up. Some Windows users without screen readers are seeing accessibility related slowdowns/hangs and this is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418290 being investigated]. Some MacOS users are seeing abnormal battery usage and this is being investigated [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404042 here]. Finally, some users with AMD CPUs and 64-bit Firefox are experiencing frequent crashes which is being tracked [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281759 here]
* Firefox 58 is in our Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** Just over 50 fixes were uplifted to Beta in the last week including these notable changes:
*** A fix for a Linux sandbox bug bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412090 some fonts were displayed as blank.]
*** The fix mentioned above for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green/purple color distortion] during video playback.
*** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368868 strictness of OCSP stapling] to behave more like other browsers.
*** A [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360278 preference to enable context menu on mouse up] for mouse gestures extension support.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on March 13th.
** About 430 issues were resolved as Fixed in the last week including those mentioned above in the Beta notes and these other notable fixes:
*** We've [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366049 enabled Stylo for Android]
*** There's a new pref to display a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1310447 negative indicator in the URL bar for non-secure sites]
*** Support for CSS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951793 'overscroll-behavior'] has been added.
*** Extensions can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1332273 programmatically register content scripts from a background page].
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370499 Extensions can now add custom context menus to bookmarks]
*** We've got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1382574 autoplay policy for the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed"]

== 2017-11-13 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum ships tomorrow!
** This is our biggest release in years with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast.
* The Firefox 58 Nightly cycle has wrapped up and the next Nightly builds will be 59. 58 hits the Beta channel on Wednesday.
** In the last week of the 58 Nightly cycle, there were about 525 fixes including this notable change:
*** Users now have a per-site preference to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380637 block sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts].

== 2017-11-06 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. 57 will be released on November 14th, one week from tomorrow.
** We're on our 14th beta with the first release candidate build coming tomorrow. The pace of change continues to slow with just about 20 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had nearly 500 fixes including this notable change:
*** Firefox now informs users if the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1386018 default search engine was set by an extension]. In the preferences, where a user sets default search engine, Firefox shows the user if and which extension has set their search default. It's not uncommon for a user to find Firefox's search defaults changed but not understand why that change happened sometimes blaming Mozilla for overriding user preferences. This change helps that and follows on a change from a month ago that showed users when an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373853 extension controls the users's new tab page]. We got a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1354344 notice for extensions controlling the home page] about two months ago. These changes are part of a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=1342584&hide_resolved=0 larger effort] to expose and explain, in Firefox, how extensions change Firefox.

== 2017-10-30 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases November 14th, two weeks from tomorrow.
** We're on our 12th of 14 betas with Beta 13 coming tomorrow. In the last week we've seen 40 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. 58 will be released on January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had over 400 fixes:
*** The Awesomebar has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406234 reverted] to previous behavior of history first.
*** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408789 use Visual Studio 2017] as the compiler for official Firefox builds on Windows.

== 2017-10-23 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14, about three weeks away.
** We're on our 10th Beta with #11 released tomorrow. We have 14 total betas scheduled. In the last week, we've seen about 40 bug fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change is about half that of last week which was about half that of the week before. As we get even closer to release, the number of changes will continue to drop.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. We'll ship it to release users January 16th.
** In the last week we've fixed more than 500 issues including these notable ones:
*** Browser pop-up panels are now all [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1033395 aligned] to the same height on the toolbar.
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143038 Horizontal Scrolling] with Shift+ Mouse wheel is now supported. (a 15 year old request)

== 2017-10-16 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14th, less than a month away.
** We're on our 8th Beta, out of a scheduled 14. In the last week we've seen about 110 fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change has slowed considerably as we get closer to release. The kinds of changes that will now be accepted into Beta are for the kinds of bugs that would cause a dot release if unfixed.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has seen over 600 changes including these notable fixes: a fix for a long-standing JavaScript timezone bug, a Quantum DOM performance improvement called budget based background timeout throttling has been enabled by default, a problem where you'd lose your YouTube buffer if you moved forward or backward in playback has been fixed, the stub installer now has resume support so if a connection is temporarily lost the installer doesn't have to start over from the beginning, and the `browser.tabs.tabMinWidth` setting now defaults to 76 pixels. (You can change this in about:config to suit your preference.)

== 2017-10-09 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel and ships to Release on November 14th -- that's just about 5 weeks away.
** We're up to our 5th Beta, out of a scheduled 14 and we've seen over 250 changes on the Beta branch so far. To give you some sense of what's changed, about half of the fixes are to the front end and half to the backend. We've taken over 75 fixes to the main browser UI, 25 fixes for Activity Stream, 35 fixes to Quantum CSS, and we've taken about 30 crash fixes so far. This is quite a lot of change for a Beta so we really appreciate your help testing everything and encourage you to use Firefox 57 Beta as your daily driver.
** If you'd like to help with specific areas of testing, the Foxfooding program is running for one more week with test plans covering [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc Onboarding], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk Customization], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 Extensions], and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream].
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel and ships to release on January 16th.
** Since we branched, Nightly has seen nearly 1200 changes landed including support for the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) JavaScript API, off-main-thread paint (OMTP) on Windows, quite a bit of old code removal, some new Web Extension APIs, and a change to the tab width. We're experimenting with some different values for the tab width to determine if we can get more tabs visible before tab scrolling kicks in, while maintaining some readability. You can experiment for yourself by changing the value of browser.tabs.tabMinWidth in about:config. Early indicators are that we're going to settle on something wider than the tabs have been for the last few nighty updates but not as wide as previous releases.

== 2017-10-02 ==
* Firefox 56 released last Thursday with Firefox Screenshots, an overhauled preferences system, and paused media in background tabs. The press reception has been positive but limited because ...
* Firefox 57 Beta (Quantum) shipped last Tuesday and received volumes of overwhelmingly positive reviews from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-of-the-press-coverage-of-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ the press] and from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-nice-things-people-said-about-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ users].
** 57 is currently in its 4th beta build with Beta 5 coming out tomorrow.
** This week's Beta Foxfooding opportunity is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream]
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel.

== 2017-09-25 ==
* Firefox 56 is going to be released to the world this Thursday, September 28th.
** Firefox 56 features a reorganized preferences window that makes finding the most common preferences much easier and offers a new search feature for those harder to reach preferences. Firefox 56 will pause media in background tabs so that video won't start playing until you switch to its tab. Firefox 56 includes some early Quantum Flow work so things should feel really snappy too.
* Firefox 57 moves to Beta tomorrow, September 26th.
** This is the big release with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast. It even looks fast.
** We know Firefox 57 is fast because the benchmarks tell us and now we need to know if it's also stable and works like it's supposed to. In support of that effort, this week the Firefox 57 Foxfooding testing program is looking at toolbar customization. We've overhauled the entire customization process making it really easy to change up your toolbars and you can help make sure it works by volunteering this week to [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk run some simple test cases]. The Foxfooding program will transition to testing Beta builds tomorrow. If you have any questions about this, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-18 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 28.
* Firefox 57 hits the release channel on November 14th.
** With about a week left before 57 becomes Beta, feature work is pretty much wrapped up and the major efforts have moved to stabilization and regression finding and fixing.
** Thanks again for all your help testing Nightly these many weeks. And thank you to everyone that spent some time doing focused testing of the Onboarding experience last week. This week's Firefox 57 Foxfooding area is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 extensions]. The entire extension system has been overhauled with a brand new set of APIs and thousands of updated or new extensions available at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 addons.mozilla.org]. This is an area that should be fun to test and it's extremely important for the 57 release that these basic parts of the extension system work really well. As with last week, I'm available to help in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-11 ==
* Firefox 56 continues in Beta for a couple more weeks and will be released on September 26th.
* That means that Firefox 57 has about two weeks left in Nightly. Thank you all for being Nightly users these many weeks. You've helped us find and fix significant issues all through the tumultuous Nightly cycle. Now that most of the 57 feature work is complete, I want to introduce you all to another way you can help ensure that Firefox 57 rocks, an easy feature testing program called Foxfooding. This is your opportunity to run some quick and easy formal tests to help us ensure that our newest and highest profile features are functioning as expected. This week's testing area is the all new [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc/ Onboarding feature]. Each week we'll have a new area to test and we'll continue this to the end of the Beta cycle. If you need help or just want to learn more, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC or Slack.

== 2017-08-28 ==
* Firefox 56 is in Beta and will be released on September 26th. The major feature that you can help us test is searching in the new preferences organization. Also, if you're one of the lucky 10% who have the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page in beta, please try to break it and report any bugs you find.
* Firefox 57 is in Nightly and will be released on November 14th. All Nightly users should see the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page and are encouraged to test drive its features. For each Top Site, you should be able to pin to or remove from Top Sites, open in a new window or new private window, and remove the item completely from your history. All Nightly users should also have the nearly complete Photon UI which you all are encouraged to customize through the Customize menu where you can add or remove buttons, and rearrange them across the toolbars. Finally, you can help us test the three themes, default, light and dark, and the three densities, default, touch, and compact. These are also accessed from the Customize menu.
* If you find bugs and need help reporting them, I'm almost always available on #nightly on IRC and #nightly-newbies on Slack. Also, [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aGqAw2Y4Q5U_CdFVC6UA0gUdIhKFeAFbmzZRJDOFS6U/present new throbber!]

== 2017-08-21 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 26.
** If you're using Beta, the features that need your testing are the reorganized preferences and searching preferences, paused auto-play in background tabs, and out of process web extensions on Windows. If you haven't yet, please poke around these features and help us make sure they're working as expected before we ship them to hundreds of millions of users.
* Nightly is Firefox 57 which will be release on November 14th. That's about 12 weeks away.
** For those of you all using Nightly, we could use your eyes all across the new Photon UI, the new application menu and all its panels, Customization options including the new toolbar overflow menu, the three built in themes and the three UI densities, the page action menu and addressbar customization, the various sidebars, the Library button and panels, and the Activity Stream powered New Tab Page are some good areas to test. The more of you who put these new pieces of UI through their paces, the more likely we'll find all the bugs and be able to fix them before we ship.

== 2017-08-14 ==
* Firefox 56, currently in Beta, will be released on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include Preferences searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions on Windows, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57, currently in Nightly ships to release on November 14th.
** The major front end changes in 57 are the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v2wF_8WHLRYs-_fcx3a5tfl_2oVNMdJuNQnNLkgVJsA/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon UI refresh and Activity Stream]. You can see progress on both in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-08-07 ==
* Firefox 55 ships to release tomorrow!
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping in Firefox 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day.
** WebVR is the big platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift can experience VR content on the Web.
** Other Firefox 55 features include a dramatic performance improvement in session restore with large numbers of tabs, an option to fine-tune browser performance with e10s multi settings, a click to activate Flash Player, search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default, a modernized update system, and a streamlined Windows stub installer that installs Firefox 64 bit by default for users on 64 bit systems.
*Firefox 56 ships to release on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57 ships to release on November 14th. This is the big one.
** The major front end change in 57 is the Photon UI refresh. You can see Photon progress in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-07-31 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to release on August 8th, a week from tomorrow.
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping with 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day. Firefox Screenshots lets you take, save, and share screenshots without leaving Firefox. With Firefox Screenshots, you can easily capture an element on screen, an arbitrary region, the visible page, or the complete page including parts scrolled off screen.
** WebVR is the major platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift headset will be able to experience VR content on the Web and can explore some exciting demos at [http://vrlist.io/ vrlist.io].
*Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include a new Preferences organization with searching, out of process extensions on Windows, and a new New Tab page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-24 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to Release on August 8th -- just about two weeks away.
** Firefox Screenshots is active for 20% of Beta users and will be gradually rolled out to Release users to ensure our servers and processes are keeping up.
** Firefox 55 also includes a streamlined Installer that ensures 64-bit Firefox gets delivered to 64-bit Windows users. Also in 55 are Web VR, Search Suggestions enabled by default in the Awesomebar, Ask to Activate Flash, and blazing fast Session Restore. (Check out [https://metafluff.com/2017/07/21/i-am-a-tab-hoarder/ Dietrich's post] on Session Restore for the many tabs use case.)
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to Release on September 26.
** While there are a lot of changes happening on Nightly during the 56 cycle, many of them are part of the Photon interface update and those won't ship in 56 -- we're holding them for the big 57 release. Features that we believe will ride the trains to Release are the new Preferences reorganization including Preference Searching and migrating 64-bit capable Windows users to a 64-bit Firefox.
** Other changes in Nightly that are worth your attention are out of process extensions for Windows users and a new New Tab Page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-10 ==
* Firefox 54.0.1 is our currently released version. The dot release was primarily to fix Netflix for Linux Firefox users.
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th.
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be gradually rolled out so not all users will see it on the day 55 ships. This is because we need to gauge usage and ensure our servers and processes are keeping up. Right now, Screenshots are enabled for 10% of Beta users.
** Other Firefox 55 front end features include a radically streamlined stub installer that makes installing Firefox a breeze and ensures 64-bit Windows users get a 64-bit Firefox. We also have search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default for ease of use, ask to activate Flash for security and performance improvements, and session restore performance improvements that make restoring lots of tabs blazing fast.
** The major web platform feature for Firefox 55 is WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** The major front end changes in 56 are for the Photon UI in preparation for Firefox 57. Most of these Photon features will *not* ship in 56 though you can test them there now.
** Other nightly features include a new preferences organization, search in preferences, small tiles on the New Tab Page in preparation for Activity Stream, form auto-fill, background tab throttling, paused media in background tabs, on-boarding tours, web extensions in their own process, and migration of 64-bit capable users to 64-bit Firefox.

== 2017-06-19 ==
* Firefox 54 with E10S multi shipped last week and users are impressed.
** "@firefox as someone who previously switched to Chrome, I'm glad to be back for the only modern independent browser on earth :) #firefox54"
** "I am really impressed with the latest Firefox beta. Fast, multiprocess and taking less memory than Chrome, for about the same performance."
** "If you use #Firefox as a web browser, you should update to version 54 just out today. The speed & memory usage improvements are amazing."
** "@firefox The new version is incredibly smooth, fast, and sexy. Congrats for this amazing achievement!
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Also in 55 are a refreshed updater experience, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, and WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26th
** In Firefox 56 nightly, but not going to release until 57, you can see the beginning of the Photon UI. I've got a few slides to show you some of that work. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y6vD4QzZOSbrr1-1Fzivr9PEYgQ-4q7pa4WQzrdS4gk/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon Slides]

== 2017-06-12 ==
* Firefox 54, currently in beta, releases tomorrow, June 13th.
** The major feature shipping in 54 is E10S-multi with 4 content processes for improved responsiveness and reliability.
* Firefox 55, currently in nightly, goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features and changes in nightly include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, WebVR, and significant pieces of the Photon UI have landed. Finally, all locales are now available on nightly.

== 2017-05-22 ==
* Firefox 54 goes to release on June 13th.
** With Firefox Screenshots slipping to Firefox 55, what we have now in 54 is an upgraded sandbox, E10S-multi with 4 content processes, a downloads panel and badging redesign, and a whole gang of new WebExtension APIs including a Sidebar API, Proxy API, Privacy API, DevTools Panel API, and Protocol Handler API.
* Firefox 55 goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features planned for Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and ask to activate Flash.

== 2017-05-15 ==
* Firefox 54 release is about a month away, June 13th.
** Last week, and for several weeks I've been highlighting Firefox Screenshots as a 54 feature. That's changed and Screenshots is now targeted at Firefox 55. Still on track for 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.
* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play

== 2017-05-08 ==
* Firefox 54 release is in about 5 weeks.
** The Major front-end feature coming with 54 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will get it on day one. We'll be shipping it to a subset of release users, looking at all of our quality measures, and rolling it out more broadly assuming all looks good with the metrics.
** The major back-end change coming to 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

== 2017-05-01 ==
* Firefox 54, now in Beta, ships to release June 13th. If all the testing goes well it will include two exciting new features, Firefox Screenshots and E10S-multi with 4 content processes. Screenshots is preffed off in Beta while the team works out some details around testing. E10S-multi is going through A/B testing in Beta comparing the stability of different numbers of content processes.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th. Nightly currently includes a refreshed updater UI that's modernized, less "in your face" than the big dialog, but persistent so hopefully better at keeping users up to date. Nightly also includes a new and simplified, easier to use preferences organization -- including a performance preferences section for controlling e10s multi and hardware acceleration (located at the bottom of the General section). Finally, Nightly now includes a "legacy" badge on XUL/XPCOM add-ons in the Add-ons manager. This is the start of the plan for showing users what add-ons won't make the cut for Firefox 57.

== 2017-04-24 ==
* Firefox 53 shipped last Wednesday.
* Firefox 54, currently in Beta, is scheduled to ship to release on June 13th.
** 54 should include Firefox Screenshots, an upgraded sandbox, 4 content processes, downloads panel redesign, a gang of new WebExtension APIs, the ability to create your own custom devices in Responsive Device Mode, and a "Mobile Bookmarks” folder for easier access to bookmarks synced from mobile devices.
* Firefox 55, currently in Nightly, is scheduled to ship to release on August 8th.
** 55 has a refreshed update UI, a new preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, Flash click to play, geolocation powered by Mozilla Location Service, a performance panel for controlling e10s multi, out of process WebExtensions, localizations, and more.
** As a reminder, Firefox 55 is staying in nightly for an extra cycle as a consequence of removing the Aurora channel. You can read more about the new release process at http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html
* A quick note about these Firefox updates: if you have items you'd like me to announce, new features or changes coming to Firefox, or if you've got questions about the Firefox roadmap that you'd like addressed in a Firefox update, please let me know. I'm looking into whether we can use Moderator for this but in the mean time, you can email me at asa@mozilla.com.

== 2017-04-17 ==
* Firefox 53 ships on Wednesday, April 19th. That's a one day slip from what I told y'all last week.
** 53 includes two new themes, a separate compositor process for stability, support for lightweight themes in private browsing mode, estimated reading time in reader mode, a 64-bit choice in the Windows installer, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, better readability for page titles in tabs, support for WebM alpha, and a reduced download and update size on Mac.
* Firefox 54 ships on June 13
** The major front-end addition in 54 is Firefox Screenshots, the feature formerly known as pageshots from Test Pilot.
** The major back-end change is that our security sandbox has been upgraded (to level 2)
* Firefox 55 ships on August 8
** The big changes coming to 55 include a refreshed preferences system, a refreshed update UI, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

* http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html

== 2017-04-10 ==
*Firefox 53 ships next week, on April 18th.
** The major front end change in Firefox 53 is the inclusion of two alternate themes, Compact Light and Compact Dark. These "compact" themes offer more space for the web page by shrinking the height of the Firefox toolbars. And as you can guess from the theme names, they come in a light and a dark look.
** The most significant back end change is the addition of a compositor (GPU) process which reduces overall crashes by 4% and makes recovering from GPU crashes mostly seamless to the user.
** Other changes in 53 include an option in the Firefox for Windows Installer to pick a 64-bit build, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, estimated reading time added to Reader Mode, a dramatically reduced download and update size for Mac builds, better readability of page titles in tabs, and support for WebM alpha.

== 2017-03-27 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships on April 18th and will include the compact dark and light themes which provide a bit more real estate for content. If you're on Beta, please give these new themes a try and let us know if you find anything not working.
*Firefox 54 ships on June 13th and should include Firefox Screenshots -- that's the new name for the Page Shot feature that debuted in Test Pilot. Firefox Screenshots lets you capture, save, and share screenshots right in the browser.
*Firefox 55 ships on August 8th. Right now it's in nightly and includes e10s multi. We're testing 4 content processes but we've got some bugs to get fixed before this will be uplifted to Aurora/Dev Edition.

== 2017-03-20 ==
*Firefox 52.0.1 shipped on Friday to fix a security issue that was reported through the Pwn2Own security contest. The fix, in both mainline and ESR, on both Desktop and Mobile, was release less than 24 hours from disclosure.

*Firefox 53, coming up in about a month, includes the light and dark compact themes and a separate compositor process to gracefully recover from GPU crashes. 53 will see AMO policy updated to only accept Web Extensions for new extensions. Updates to classic extensions will still be accepted. And last but not least, 53 will have compact tabs and tab re-ordering on Android.

== 2017-03-13 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships to release on April 18th
**The most visible change coming to Firefox 53, and available for you to test in Beta, Aurora, and Nightly, is the addition of two new themes. The themes are called "Compact Light" and "Compact Dark" and offer as you'd expect, a light and a dark theme that use less space for the UI giving you more space for content.

*Firefox 54, now in Aurora, ships to release on June 13th
**54 should include a level 2 (of 3) sandbox for browsing security. It will also enable E10s for Windows accessibility users. 54 gets a handful of new WebExtension APIs including a sidebar API, custom protocol handlers API, privacy API, DevTools panel API, and about:home/about:newtab overrides. Also in 54 we hope to see the Page Shots feature shipping.

*Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th.
**If all goes well, we'll be enabling e10s multi with four content processes for this release. We'll be shipping a stub installer that will install 64-bit Firefox for users with 64-bit Windows systems. We'll have a new Themeing API. Flash will become click to play. WebExtensions will run in their own process. And, last but definitely not least, we'll launch Activity Stream on desktop.

== 2017-03-06 ==
* Firefox 52 releases tomorrow, March 7th.
** 52 includes Captive Portal Detection, insecure password warnings in-form, and send tab/link/page to another device using push. 52 is the vehicle for CSS Grid and Web Assembly, two of the hottest platform features anyone has shipped in a long time. 52 also brings e10s to Windows users with touchscreens, and all extension users except those with extensions labeled as mpc=false. 52 is the release that Vista and XP users will be transitioned to the ESR channel. It's also the release we disable all plug-ins except Flash.

== 2017-02-27 ==
* Firefox 52 ships to release on March 7th, a week from tomorrow.
** Visible front end changes include captive portal detection, disabling of all NPAPI plugins except Flash, and an in-content warning when submitting login information over an insecure connection.
** The major Web platform changes for Firefox 52 are Web Assembly and CSS Grid. Along with the CSS grid platform capabilities, we're also shipping Grid Inspector with the Firefox developer tools.

== 2017-02-06 ==
* Firefox 52, accompanied by Firefox 52 ESR, will be released in about a month. A major change coming to mainline Firefox 52 is the deprecation the plug-ins API which will disable all plug-ins except Flash. NPAPI Plug-ins will continue to work in the ESR release. Firefox 52 will be the release where Windows XP and Vista users are transferred from mainline Firefox to ESR. The Firefox web platform, on both desktop and mobile, will see the addition of Web Assembly and CSS Grid

* Firefox 53, now in Aurora / Dev Edition, will be shipping to release on April 18th. The major visible change in 53 is the addition of two new "compact" themes. The Dev Edition themes are riding the trains to release! Firefox 53 also marks the end of AMO accepting old-API extensions. From here on out it's all Web Extensions all of the time.

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02/01/new-developer-hub-landing-and-listing-pages/ New Add-ons Developer Hub]
** [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-to-drop-support-for-all-npapi-plugins-in-firefox-52-except-flash/ Mozilla to drop support for all NPAPI plugins in Firefox 52, except Flash]

== 2017-01-30 ==
* Firefox 51 shipped last Tuesday. Yay! with broken geolocation on Windows. Boo!. 51.0.1 shipped the following day to fix this.
* Firefox Focus 3 shipped last week with changeable search engines, 27 languages, and more. If you haven't given it a try on your iDevice, head over to the App Store and get it today.

* Firefox 52, now in Beta, will be released March 7th. Firefox 52 will include a bunch of great new features like CSS Grid, Web Assembly, captive portal detection, and more users getting multi-process Firefox. 52 will also see Windows XP/Vista transition to the ESR train.

* To learn more about what's going on in Firefox development, I highly recommend these blogs/pages:
** [https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/ Firefox Nightly News]
** [https://hacks.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Hacks]
** [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap Firefox Roadmap]

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-facebook-helped-tweak-chrome-and-firefox-to-download-pages-faster/ How Facebook helped tweak Chrome and Firefox to download pages faster]
** [http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/27/time-to-make-the-switch-to-64-bit-firefox-on-windows/ Time to make the switch to 64-bit Firefox on Windows]
** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14376710/walt-mossberg-mozilla-firefox-browser-revived Mossberg: What’s up with Firefox, the browser that time forgot?]
*** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14335920/ctrl-walt-delete-podcast-mozilla-firefox Can Mozilla Save Firefox? (Mossberg's podcast)]

== 2017-01-23 ==
* Firefox 51 ships to release tomorrow, January 24th.
** Visible front end changes include an insecure password warning in the addressbar on a login pages that do not have a secure connection, a toggle to view passwords from the prompt before saving them, and a zoom level indicator in the addressbar.
** The major Web platform change for Firefox 51 is WebGL2.
** On the reliability and responsiveness front, even more users will be getting multi-process Firefox as it's enabled for another large group of extensions and our users in Russia who had seen it disabled because of a top crash.

== 2017-01-09 ==
* Firefox 51, now in Beta, ships to release on January 24th and will include some nice improvements. First is a feature that will warn users when they're on pages that submit passwords insecurely. Second, WebGL 2! Firefox for android will be shipping various security fixes.

* Firefox 52, now in Dev Edition / Aurora, releases on March 9th and should include captive portal detection, our first OS X sandbox, multi-process enabled for Windows touchscreens, WebAssembly and CSS Grid support! Android Firefox will be seeing improvements to Sync and a 5+mb reduction in APK size. Firefox 52 will also see us transition our Windows XP and Vista users over to our Extended Support Release. Finally, with 52, Firefox will stop supporting all NPAPI plug-ins except Flash.

* Firefox 53, the nightly channel, ships to release on April 18th and will hopefully include a new site permission interface, E10s multi, the compositor process, and an installer update that will help 64-bit windows users get the 64-bit Firefox version.

Firefox/Roadmap/Updates

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== 2018-10-29 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/63.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 63] is our current Stable release. It shipped last week and contains opt-in content blocking for all users and improved performance and energy efficiency on Mac.
* Firefox 64 is in the Beta channel and moved to Stable release on December 11th.
* Firefox 65 is now the Nightly channel. Over the last week, we've resolved more than 460 bug reports in Nightly including these notable changes:
** We now support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1085391 Handoff web browsing activity type on macOS]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453367 WebRender is working in GeckoView] thought not enabled by default.
** We are no using the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1501461 strict list for default cookie restrictions] on Nightly and early Betas.

== 2018-10-22 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.3/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.3] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is in the Beta channel and moves to the Stable release tomorrow. Web Render is now enabled in the Beta channel but won't be enabled for the Stable release for a few more cycles.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release. Over the last week we've resolved more than 500 reports including these:
** Windows Firefox now has [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363169 support for the native Windows "Share" feature].
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411700 shows when an extension is controlling the notifications permission].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1481971 PaymentRequest has been enabled for Mac and Windows for the US and Canada.]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498185 about:performance now shows a type and action column] and you can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498186 access about:performance from the Task Manager item in the More submenu] of the main Firefox menu
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499052 The Flexbox highlighter and inspector have been enabled in Dev Tools.]
** Dev Tools now has [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=821610 XHR breakpoints.]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492563 Blocking access to storage from tracking resources has been enabled.]
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1484873 links to the site's certificate on error pages where it makes sense to do so]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1500553 contextual feature recommender] [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1497967 now has an opt out preference.]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498084 en-us dictionary learned a few new words].
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479008 install the related dictionaries when a new language pack is installed.]
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1496815 Suggest search engine aliases in the address bar when '@' is typed as the first character]

== 2018-10-15 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.3/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.3] is our current stable release. It shipped October 2nd and fixed a macOS Mojave bug that was causing hangs and freezes with native dialogs.
* Firefox 63 is in the Beta channel. Over the last week we've approved and landed about 40 fixes on the Beta channel. We're currently testing our 14th and final Beta build for desktop. Firefox 63 moves to the stable release next week.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release. Soft code freeze is today. Over the last week there have been about 420 bugs fixed including these:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490366 The add-ons screen has been redesigned]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476091 WebVR has been (re)enabled for macOS]
** There's now an option to select audio output device [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=934425 (implement HTMLMediaElement.setSinkId)]
** Firefox can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675428 handle system mailto calls by opening a webmail app that is registered within Firefox as mailto handler.]
* And because I wasn't here to mention them, there were a couple notable changes from last week:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155505 Implement ToastNotification for Action Center (Notification Center) on Windows 10]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474938 Tab multi-select was enabled by default.]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1494162 Improve the Inspector load speed]

== 2018-10-01 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. Over the last week we've taken approximately 40 fixes into the Beta.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release. Over the last week there have been 410 bugs fixed including these:
** We now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1445943 Enterprise policy support on macOS]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489785 Firefox on macOS Mojave hanging with modal dialogs].
** Scrollbar styling ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492012 Enable scrollbar-color and scrollbar-width by default]) has been enabled.
** When you have only the search bar showing on Firefox's new tab page, we now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487772 display the Firefox logo and wordmark above the search].
** To block DLL injections into Firefox, we're making some changes to how Firefox starts up. The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488554 launcher process] is part of that and was just enabled on Nightly.
** We got [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1316241 WebRTC working in GeckoView] and GeckoView got an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1481296 API for pop-up blocking].

== 2018-09-24 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. Over the last week we've taken approximately 60 fixes into the Beta.
* Firefox 64 is our Nightly release and over the last week there have been nearly 500 bugs fixed including these notable ones:
** Support for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462674 auto-completing about: addresses] in the Awesomebar.
** Anti-virus software is removing language packs rendering Firefox unusable. We fixed it by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492459 always checking langpacks for modification at startup.]

== 2018-09-17 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. There have been about 43 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 64 is in the Nightly channel and over the last week there have been about 420 fixes including these notable ones:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490742 WebRender has been enabled for a subset of Nightly users] on Windows 10 desktops with Nvidia GPUs. If you don't meet the criteria (only about 17% of Nightly users do right now) but you'd nevertheless like to try out WebRender on Nightly, you can flip the about:config pref gfx.webrender.all to true. This is an important milestone for a key performance feature on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap Firefox Roadmap]. Congratulations to the Servo and Gecko teams! If you want to learn more about WebRender (and browser engines in general) I highly recommend Lin Clark's [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/ The whole web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank] on the [https://hacks.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Hacks Blog].

== 2018-09-10 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 62.0] is our current Stable release. 62 shipped last Wednesday and today people all over the world are enjoying more customization of the Firefox home page and a Canadian localized version of Firefox.
* Firefox 63 is our current Beta release. There have been about 28 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week including the enabling of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488904 tab mulit-select features]. I believe this is for more widespread testing but the features aren't intended to hit the Stable release until Firefox 64.
* Firefox 64 is in the Nightly channel and over the last week there have been about 400 fixes including these notable ones:
** The sidebar is now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385518 styled properly in the dark theme].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408360 erroneous sharp corners on CSD browser windows] are fixed on Linux.
** People can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401610 easily remove an extension by right-clicking on its toolbar icon].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476062 about:crashes got a UI update].

== 2018-08-27 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. There have been about 20 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable release on October 23. In the last week there have been about 425 fixes including these notable ones:
** The Theme API has been extended to include [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418602 browser sidebars].
** A 10 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488725 float pushed down one line with white-space: nowrap;] was fixed.

== 2018-08-20 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 19 (of 20) goes out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 30 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable on October 23. In the last week there have been about 375 bugs fixed including these notable ones:
** Web Components are enabled. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471947 Enable Shadow DOM] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471948 Enable Custom Elements])
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460062 Enforce Symantec Distrust in Firefox 63]
** Last but not least, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479806 Top Sites Search Shortcuts], a collection of features to make searching easier, has landed.

== 2018-08-06 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 15 goes out tomorrow. There are 20 betas scheduled for this cycle.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 380 bugs fixed including:
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476217 new Preferences/Options section for Content Blocking] that includes Tracking Protection. You can find it in the Privacy and Security section of the Options/Preferences window.
** The 6th most voted for bug of all time, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1378647 Support the "discarded" property inside browser.tabs.create()] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-30 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release. 61 was first offered on June 26. Users on this release are enjoying faster page rendering thanks to Quantum CSS improvements and the new retained display list feature, and Faster switching between tabs thanks to the "tab warming" feature.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Beta users are helping test improvements to the bookmarks panel, the three pane inspector in developer tools, and a new Tracking Protection button in the hamburger menu. Over the last week, the Beta channel has seen 26 bugs uplifted from Nightly.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 400 bugs resolved as fixed including these notable changes:
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365045 supports the CSS prefers-reduced-motion media feature] on Windows. This makes it possible to disable motion effects for those with vestibular disorders or those who simply prefer their experiences without motion effects.
** Firefox now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469684 switching to installed locales] from the Options/Preferences window.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1357487 Out of process extensions for Linux] has been enabled. Mac got this feature in Firefox 61 and Windows got it in 56.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367743 About:profiles "launch profile in new browser"] now works for Windows users thanks to the addition of the -no-remote option. Before, for most users, the button would simply launch another window from the current profile.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207696 Time Travel Debugging] has landed behind the devtools.recordreplay.enabled pref. Once enabled, it is accessed via the 'Tools -> Web Developer' menu. Time Travel Debugging allows Firefox content processes to record their behavior, replay it later, and rewind to earlier states. Replaying processes preserve all the same JS behavior, DOM structures, graphical updates, and most other behaviors that occurred while recording. The browser's JS debugger can be used to inspect and control the replay. This is Mac-only for now.
** Web developers get a new feature with [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470111 Clear Site Data] to allow web developers more control over the data stored locally by a user agent for their origins. This was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268889 implemented] in Firefox 62 but behind a pref. Now it's enabled.
** For new profiles, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473595 Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order] is the new default. Instead of tabbing through the tabs on your tab strip in that order, you'll get a pop-up with tiles for the the most recently used 6 tabs. This more closely mirrors the operating system's window switching interface.
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477677 new and improved about:performance] that's behind the about:config pref dom.performance.enable_scheduler_timing (Be sure to restart after the pref change to avoid a crash).
** Last but not least, Firefox [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1463759 Certificate Error Pages got new copy] that should be more helpful to users encountering the errors.

== 2018-07-23 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 350 fixes and changes.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474704 Tab multi-select has been enabled.] You can now select a group of tabs to manage, and move them, pin them, bookmark them, etc.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476853 Block auto-play has been enabled.] You will now get a permission doorhanger when a site attempts to auto-play.
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514 "Never check for updates" option has been removed] from Options/Preferences. "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" remains, and the default is still "Automatically install updates (recommended)"
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300420 support security.enterprise_roots.enabled on macOS.] If the preference is set to true, Firefox will import trusted TLS root certificates from the macOS keystore.
** We support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349523 Picture in Picture mode for Android Firefox.] This makes watching a video while you surf the web a breeze.
** 12 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery doesn't check DHCP] was fixed.

== 2018-07-16 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and becomes our Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 50 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to the Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 300 fixes and changes including these notable ones:
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368808 change to dark or light mode depending on your Windows setting].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471713 Tracking Protection indicator in the addressbar is now animated] to be more visible to users.
** The preferences backend has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471025 re-designed to better work with our multi-process] architecture.

== 2018-07-09 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. Over the last week there have been about 300 bugs resolved as fixed.
** When a user has set search results to open in a new tab but the current tab is blank, we now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455326 re-use the blank tab].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 OMTP has been enabled for Linux] builds.
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446325 no longer create smart bookmark folders] for new profiles.
** We've also [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402890 dropped support for the description field from bookmarks].
** Firefox now has a Restore Defaults button for the home page preferences.
** Platform support for XUL overlays [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449791 has been removed].
** For those who have the tab selection about:config pref set, you can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458061 reload a selection of tabs]
** Last but not least, a 15 year old bug that should help with mobile web compatibility, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218415 add window.event object to the DOM to ease cross browser scripting] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been about a dozen uplifts to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. In the last week there have been about 350 non-test bugs resolved fixed including these notable changes:
** A fifteen year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215083 Support CSS3 content property replacement of element], was fixed.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398483 column and row gap for flexbox] landed.
** Users can opt out of seeing the editor when they bookmark thanks to the fix at bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459878 1459878]
** Firefox now has infrastructure to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469072 move Activity Stream into its own process]
** Users who have enabled multi-select tabs can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458060 pin/unpin a selection of tabs].
** The Open bookmark in sidebar feature [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452645 has been removed]

== 2018-06-25 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.2] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 goes to release tomorrow and includes these notable improvements.
** Faster page rendering thanks to parallel CSS parsing and the new retained display list feature
** Faster tab switching thanks to tab warming on Windows and Linux
** You can now add new search engines from the Page Actions menu.
** On Mac you can now share the URL of an active tab from the Page Actions menu.
** TLS 1.3 is enabled by default.
** The Dark theme is darker in more places.
** Web Extensions can now hide tabs and control the order in which new tabs open.

== 2018-06-04 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. We're in our 10th Beta with Beta 11 going out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 62 is in our Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5. In the last week there have been about 360 bugs fixed including these notable changes:
** Users can now set the number of rows for all sections of the New Tab Page. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1400536 bug 1400536])
** Users can now toggle Tracking Protection from the Firefox menu. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462468 bug 1462468])
** Shadow DOM support has landed in Nightly. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460069 bug 1460069])
** Race Cache With Network (RCWN) is enabled on Android when cellular data isn't used. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377570 bug 1377570])

== 2018-05-14 ==
* Firefox 60 is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week there have been 16 uplifts to the Beta channel including the enabling of the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455040 tab hiding API].
* Firefox 62 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been 360 bug fixes in Nightly including:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833098 Remove RDF from Gecko and Firefox]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509958 Remove the -moz prefix from ::selection]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417133 Reuse blank tab when opening a bookmark in a new tab]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625846 Add Heap Snapshot and Analysis tools to Dev Tools]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458010 enable tab multi-select behind the pref browser.tabs.multiselect]
** Fixed the regression [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460221 where full tabs opened in the middle of your pinned tabs]

== 2018-05-07 ==
* Firefox 59.0.3 is our current release. The latest point release shipped last Monday for compatibility with the Windows 10 April 2018 update.
* Firefox 60 is wrapping up in the Beta channel and releases this Wednesday. New to 60 are these features:
** Support for enterprise environments, with a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments using Windows Group Policy or a cross-platform JSON file.
** Several enhancements to New Tab/Firefox Home page
*** A responsive layout that shows more content for users with wide-screen displays
*** The Highlights section includes web pages saved to Pocket
*** There are more options to reorder sections and content on the page
*** Pocket Sponsored Stories will appear for a percentage of en-US users
** A faster browser UI thanks to Quantum CSS
** Support for the Web Authentication API, which allows USB tokens for website authentication
** TLS certificates issued by Symantec before June 1st, 2016 are no longer trusted by Firefox
** And, last but not least, Firefox for Android gets Quantum CSS for faster web page rendering.
* Firefox 61 was in the Nightly channel under soft code freeze until this morning. It's now in the Beta channel. In the last week we've seen about 350 bugs fixes including these:
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438363 show a doorhanger] when an extension hides a tab for the first time
** Prevent data: URLs from [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255107 being used for XSS]
** Introduce [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349559 UI for network throttling] in the Dev Tools Net panel
** Added the remaining [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451499 'shape-margin' shape with support for polygon]
** A fix for the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459102 blank windows on Mac with WebRender enabled]
** Not riding the trains to Beta just yet, but we now have a English-Canadian nightly build.
* And finally, the Nightly channel is now Firefox 62.

== 2018-04-30 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and releases on May 9th. Our Release Candidate build happens tomorrow so we're basically wrapped up with Firefox 60. Over the last week, we've seen about 20 fixes uplifted to the Beta channel. A reminder, Firefox 60 is an ESR release. Finally, with Firefox 60 we're going to see Pocket sponsored stories coming to the new tab page. You can read all about that [https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/04/30/a-privacy-conscious-approach-to-sponsored-content/ here]
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. mozilla-central is currently in a soft freeze until after the version bump to 62 on May 7th. Over the last week we've fixed about 480 bugs including these:
** When there is a hidden tab playing audio there we now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408062 an audio indicator on the all tabs toolbar button.]
** A 12 year old bug was fixed so [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery now checks DHCP]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448439 Firefox on Android can now use Chrome's fling physics for scrolling.] with the apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.enabled pref set to true.
** We have much of CSS Shapes Level 1 with the fixes at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353631 bug 1353631, shape-outside] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265342 bug 1265342, shape-margin]

== 2018-04-23 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our release in market.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. 60 is an ESR release. We've been trending at about 50 bug fixes per week in beta. One notable change in Beta, we have disabled "retained display list" and it will now likely ship in 61.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. Over the last week, we've fixed about 470 bugs including these notable changes:
** When Firefox starts up, it now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034036 restore windows in reverse z-order], so that the last focused window is restored first and stays in front
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397809 notify users when an extension has updated their home page]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385403 now has out of process extensions]
** Firefox now includes [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433230 recent downloads in Highlights]
** Firefox Option/Preferences now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432595 a section for managing the different parts of Highlights]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363168 supports the native OS X "Share" feature]
** Stylo, our parallel CSS engine now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455115 parallel CSS parsing] for significant performance wins on some top sites.
** Firefox now has the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449338 Google logo in the search box] of the new tab page where before it was just a magnifying glass icon
** In Firefox devtools users can [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226272 drag/drop to reorder devtools tabs]
** Firefox devtools has a new feature in the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449893 Font editor: UI for variable font instances]
* Finally, because I wasn't here for last week's meeting, I wanted to point out that last week an 18 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 #37468], CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter, was fixed by contributor Kerem Kat.

== 2018-04-16 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. This is an ESR release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week we've seen about 460 bugs resolved, including these notable fixes:
** 18 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 bug 37468] was fixed implementing CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter
** The Gecko Profiler uses [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436179 less RAM]
** The Dev Tools Browser Console got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362023 front end]
** The Dev Tools Font Editor got UI to manage [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449885 font-variation-settings]
** Web Components in Firefox made progress with implementing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=992245 :host pseudo class]
** Web developers will appreciate that we implemented the DOM [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402892 Fetch API RequestDestination and Request.destination]
** Web Assembly moved forward with the implementation of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1445272 basic anyref support]
** Highlights in New Tab Page are now sorted [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451091 chronologically]

== 2018-04-09 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current released version.
* Firefox 60 is in Beta and is scheduled to hit release May 9th, a month from today. A reminder that Firefox 60 is our next ESR release so it's going to be supported for a while. In the last week Firefox 60 Beta has seen about 50 fixes including uplifts for the memory leak I mentioned last week and a couple of additional policies for the enterprise-facing policy engine.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and is due for release on June 26th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen approximately 460 bugs fixed including a fix for a scroll painting regression. replacing our Emojione implementation with Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) and the addition of about a half a dozen more enterprise policies.
* Mozilla and Firefox have been in the news a lot the last few weeks. Yesterday Mozilla and Firefox were on NBC's Sunday TODAY Show. [https://youtu.be/RTQybYbR1ek Check it out.] The segment features Mitchell Baker and Amy Tsay.

== 2018-04-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 59.0.2] is our in-market release. It fixes a couple of significant issues:
** A fix for page rendering problems for Windows users with ClearType disabled, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 Bug 1435472])
** A temporary fix for a Windows 7 touchscreen crasher, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 bug 1424505])
** A security issue fixed. Use-after-free in compositor, ([https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/ 10th advisory of 2018])
* Firefox 60 Beta 8 is the latest Beta with Beta 9 due tomorrow. A reminder: Firefox 60 is our next ESR. In the last week we've uplifted about 50 bugs.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week we've seen 475 bugs fixed including:
** You can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221539 find and install available search engines from the Page Action menu] (the ... button in your Awesomebar)
** We fixed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446264 a regression] that caused the your browser to start in a smaller window before maximizing to expected size.
** We fixed a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447871 memory leak regression] involving sites using Service Workers that could cause long pauses or freezes on popular sites.
** Users of Firefox's built in Dark theme now have a dark New Tab Page.
* Off the trains, the Facebook Container extension, which isolates your Facebook identity from the rest of your web activity, has seen some dramatic uptake by users (200K downloads in first 3 days,) and garnered great reviews and press. We're working on updates expected soon.

== 2018-03-26 ==
* Firefox 59.0.1 is our current release. People have some [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17nw78eMw0LHuREKKe6eDiOPQ2haCTFFvyW-SLoM30WQ/edit?usp=sharing nice things to say about it]. Today, if all goes according to plan, we'll have a Firefox 59.0.2 release to fix the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 ClearType rendering] regression and the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 touchscreen crasher] regression.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Beta 7 is due out tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted 53 fixes into Beta including these notable fixes:
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 pages not rendering correctly] for people on Windows with ClearType disabled.
** Fixes to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 improve start-up performance] by caching plugin and plugin blocklist information.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. In the last week, we've taken just over 500 fixes including these:
** The New Tab Page preferences have been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417155 migrated to the Options/Preferences window] in a new "Home" section.
** Pinned Top Sites on New Tab Page can use thumbnails instead of icons and people can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402654 set their own images for Top Sites].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408121 dark theme now has dark menus].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294570 new styling engine is now used for the browser's user interface], in addition to web content.
** Firefox now has support for OpenType variation fonts ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447163 CSS font-variation-settings, font-optical-sizing])
* Last but not least, I've published a significant update to the [[Firefox/Roadmap|Firefox Product Roadmap]] and [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U1IxTOlsaBcRsnJv0XAaVqQLU4otB6h2lG0NDcvWG-E/edit?usp=sharing Timeline]. The Roadmap document is long-form and attempts to explain what features we're working on and how those features fit into our strategy and the Mozilla mission. The Timeline document is the same information in a spreadsheet for quick viewing. If you haven't, I encourage you all to take a look.

== 2018-03-19 ==
* Firefox 59 shipped last Tuesday.
** Firefox 59.01 shipped on Friday to fix a security bug that came out of the annual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own Pwn2Own hacking contest].
** We've got one [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 significant regression] in this release that causes rendering problems for people who have turned off ClearType font rendering on Windows. The workaround is to re-enable ClearType in Windows or to disable Hardware Acceleration in Firefox. Top people are working on it.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Our 5th Beta is scheduled for tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted approximately 15 fixes.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week there have been approximately 475 fixes landed including these performance improvements:
** A performance improvement to tab switching by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423220 enabling tab warming].
** A performance improvement for file handling by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474043 getting rid of mimetypes.rdf]
** A startup performance improvement by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371888 caching plugin and plugin blocklist information].

== 2018-03-12 ==
* Firefox 59 ships tomorrow, March 13th and includes these changes
** Option to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location
** <strike>Users can choose in Options whether search suggestions or history suggestions come first in the address bar</strike>
** Activity Stream is faster and now has drag and drop support for top sites
** Screenshots now has a Copy to Clipboard button and annotations.
** Off Main Thread Paint (OMTP) (MAC) improves main thread responsiveness
** Race Cache with Network to improve page loading time

== 2018-03-05 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update.
* Firefox 59 is in it's 14th Beta with the first Release Candidate scheduled to ship tomorrow. In the last week we've uplifted about 15 bugs to Firefox 59.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit release on May 9th. (Previously scheduled for May 8th). Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen 510 fixes including these:
** A fix for a bug that caused [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523950 long animated images to consume too much RAM].
** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442075 distrust Symantec certs in Firefox 60].

== 2018-02-12 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update which shipped 5 days ago and includes a fix for the Hotmail/Outlook links and scrolling issue.
* Firefox 59 is in its 8th Beta. 59 is scheduled to ship to Release users on March 13th. In the last week we've uplifted about 45 bugs including
** A fix for a MacOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424709 crash when changing network location]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425031 cookies not being set properly]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=832990 extension context menus] on Android.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and hits Release on May 8th. Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 420 changes including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358372 Windows volume mixer creating a new control for each tab]
** Activity Stream on New Tab Page got [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385944 a wider layout] to support more Top Sites and more content for Stories and Highlights
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134077 video "tearing" on Linux in fullscreen mode]
** A new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1394304 pref to control whether to open address bar results in a new tab]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246387 stub installer now downloads over https]
** Support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436078 already-enrolled U2F devices with Google Accounts]
** Firefox Screenshots got an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436218 update with lots of bug fixes]
** And last but not least, 16 year old XML serialization [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169521 bug 169521] was fixed.

== 2018-02-05 ==
* Firefox 58.0.1 is our current shipping release.
* Firefox 59 is in its 6th Beta release. Firefox 59 is scheduled to ship to our Release audience on March 13th. We've taken about 20 uplifts in the last week including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433591 links and text selection in Outlook Web Access]
** An [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418112 update to the HSTS preload list]
** The bugfix for a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430446 Linux font issue]
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit Release on May 8th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 430 bugs resolve including these
** A bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427007 session restore would sometimes fail] to remember tabs
** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425496 find recently Pocketed items in Highlights] on the New Tab Screen
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793 Parallel painting] was enabled Mac OS
** HTTP is marked as [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434626 insecure in Private Browsing mode]

== 2018-01-29 ==
* Firefox 58, featuring faster site loading and improved Screenshots, is in the release channel. We're preparing 58.0.1 security update for release today.
* Firefox 59 is in the Beta channel and is due to ship on March 13th.
** During the last few days of 59 on Beta, we've had 14 bugs uplifted
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is due to ship to release on May 8th
** Over the last week Nightly has seen over 450 changes and fixes including these notable ones:
*** Firefox now protects the path of HTTP Referer Header when in Private Browsing mode
*** There's now a pref to disable ftp:// in Firefox
*** There's a prototype enterprise policy manager and a few specific enterprise policies implemented.

== 2018-01-22 ==
* Firefox 58 releases tomorrow, January 23rd, with nearly 5,000 changes including these notable improvements:
** Firefox on Windows has faster page render speed thanks to Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP)
** Firefox now has faster overall page loading speed with the new JavaScript Start-up Bytecode Cache (JSBC)
** Faster WebAssembly performance running in the new streaming and tiering compiler
** Firefox has a more responsive active tab thanks to budget-based background timeout throttling
** Tabs scrolling with mouse wheel is now very smooth and fast
** Firefox Screenshots can copy directly to the clipboard and Screenshots now also works in Private Browsing mode
** The new tab page has faster startup loading, personalized stories, collapsible sections and tippy top rich icons
** Firefox now supports credit card autofill
** There are preferences to block specific sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts
** Firefox informs users when an extension has changed the search engine or the new tab page
** The stub installer got resume download support to mitigate connection failures
** Firefox now has horizontal Scrolling with Shift+Mouse wheel (a 15 year old bug fixed)
** There is a Nepali (ne-NP) localized version of Firefox
** Firefox for Android supports Progressive Web Apps, full screen bookmark management with folders, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback, wicked fast CSS thanks to Stylo, an option to sync only over wifi, and v4 of the Safe Browsing service

== 2018-01-08 ==
* Firefox 57.0.4 is the current shipping release. A big thank you to the people that made [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.3/releasenotes/ 57.0.3] happen during the holiday break to fix a problem with wrongly collected crash reports and also thanks to the security team and others who shipped [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.4/releasenotes/ 57.0.4] to address the Meltdown and Spectre timing attacks.
* Firefox 58 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** It's been a while since my last update. In the last six weeks or so the Beta branch has seen about 150 fixes including these notable changes.
*** A fix for a Microsoft change to Windows that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1426719 broke audio in Firefox.]
*** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423626 broken window resizing with the Quantum Lights dynamic theme] installed.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and will be released on March 13th.
** In the weeks since my last update, Nightly has seen over 1500 changes and fixes including those mentioned for Beta as well as these notable features.
*** Top Sites on the New Tab Page can now be [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402192 re-ordered by drag and drop.]
*** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368744 disable permission prompts globally] in Options/Preferences. Tired of all those notification prompts? Now you can disable the features like notifications, camera, microphone, and location completely instead of site by site.
*** Last but not least, another 15 year old bug was struck down with the text selection fix [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196175 making underscore a part of the word and not punctuation.]

== 2017-11-26 ==
* Firefox 57 has been rolling out for almost two weeks and the press reception has been overwhelmingly positive. One of the most recent reviewers, David Pierce [https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-quantum-the-browser-built-for-2017/ over at Wired], had this to say: "It's better than Chrome, faster than Chrome, smarter than Chrome. It's my new go-to browser."
** The top "expected" challenge of this release, users losing some of their extensions, is well managed with most popular extensions updated to the new API, availability of easy tools for finding alternative extensions, and lots of social support on the Web. (There are now [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 over 7,000 compatible extensions] available.)
** There are several unexpected issues surfacing with Firefox 57 that are being worked on or already resolved. The issue of some users seeing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green and purple] artifacts on videos had a hotfix roll out and should be clearing up. Some Windows users without screen readers are seeing accessibility related slowdowns/hangs and this is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418290 being investigated]. Some MacOS users are seeing abnormal battery usage and this is being investigated [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404042 here]. Finally, some users with AMD CPUs and 64-bit Firefox are experiencing frequent crashes which is being tracked [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281759 here]
* Firefox 58 is in our Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** Just over 50 fixes were uplifted to Beta in the last week including these notable changes:
*** A fix for a Linux sandbox bug bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412090 some fonts were displayed as blank.]
*** The fix mentioned above for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green/purple color distortion] during video playback.
*** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368868 strictness of OCSP stapling] to behave more like other browsers.
*** A [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360278 preference to enable context menu on mouse up] for mouse gestures extension support.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on March 13th.
** About 430 issues were resolved as Fixed in the last week including those mentioned above in the Beta notes and these other notable fixes:
*** We've [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366049 enabled Stylo for Android]
*** There's a new pref to display a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1310447 negative indicator in the URL bar for non-secure sites]
*** Support for CSS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951793 'overscroll-behavior'] has been added.
*** Extensions can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1332273 programmatically register content scripts from a background page].
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370499 Extensions can now add custom context menus to bookmarks]
*** We've got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1382574 autoplay policy for the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed"]

== 2017-11-13 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum ships tomorrow!
** This is our biggest release in years with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast.
* The Firefox 58 Nightly cycle has wrapped up and the next Nightly builds will be 59. 58 hits the Beta channel on Wednesday.
** In the last week of the 58 Nightly cycle, there were about 525 fixes including this notable change:
*** Users now have a per-site preference to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380637 block sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts].

== 2017-11-06 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. 57 will be released on November 14th, one week from tomorrow.
** We're on our 14th beta with the first release candidate build coming tomorrow. The pace of change continues to slow with just about 20 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had nearly 500 fixes including this notable change:
*** Firefox now informs users if the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1386018 default search engine was set by an extension]. In the preferences, where a user sets default search engine, Firefox shows the user if and which extension has set their search default. It's not uncommon for a user to find Firefox's search defaults changed but not understand why that change happened sometimes blaming Mozilla for overriding user preferences. This change helps that and follows on a change from a month ago that showed users when an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373853 extension controls the users's new tab page]. We got a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1354344 notice for extensions controlling the home page] about two months ago. These changes are part of a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=1342584&hide_resolved=0 larger effort] to expose and explain, in Firefox, how extensions change Firefox.

== 2017-10-30 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases November 14th, two weeks from tomorrow.
** We're on our 12th of 14 betas with Beta 13 coming tomorrow. In the last week we've seen 40 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. 58 will be released on January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had over 400 fixes:
*** The Awesomebar has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406234 reverted] to previous behavior of history first.
*** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408789 use Visual Studio 2017] as the compiler for official Firefox builds on Windows.

== 2017-10-23 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14, about three weeks away.
** We're on our 10th Beta with #11 released tomorrow. We have 14 total betas scheduled. In the last week, we've seen about 40 bug fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change is about half that of last week which was about half that of the week before. As we get even closer to release, the number of changes will continue to drop.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. We'll ship it to release users January 16th.
** In the last week we've fixed more than 500 issues including these notable ones:
*** Browser pop-up panels are now all [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1033395 aligned] to the same height on the toolbar.
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143038 Horizontal Scrolling] with Shift+ Mouse wheel is now supported. (a 15 year old request)

== 2017-10-16 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14th, less than a month away.
** We're on our 8th Beta, out of a scheduled 14. In the last week we've seen about 110 fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change has slowed considerably as we get closer to release. The kinds of changes that will now be accepted into Beta are for the kinds of bugs that would cause a dot release if unfixed.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has seen over 600 changes including these notable fixes: a fix for a long-standing JavaScript timezone bug, a Quantum DOM performance improvement called budget based background timeout throttling has been enabled by default, a problem where you'd lose your YouTube buffer if you moved forward or backward in playback has been fixed, the stub installer now has resume support so if a connection is temporarily lost the installer doesn't have to start over from the beginning, and the `browser.tabs.tabMinWidth` setting now defaults to 76 pixels. (You can change this in about:config to suit your preference.)

== 2017-10-09 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel and ships to Release on November 14th -- that's just about 5 weeks away.
** We're up to our 5th Beta, out of a scheduled 14 and we've seen over 250 changes on the Beta branch so far. To give you some sense of what's changed, about half of the fixes are to the front end and half to the backend. We've taken over 75 fixes to the main browser UI, 25 fixes for Activity Stream, 35 fixes to Quantum CSS, and we've taken about 30 crash fixes so far. This is quite a lot of change for a Beta so we really appreciate your help testing everything and encourage you to use Firefox 57 Beta as your daily driver.
** If you'd like to help with specific areas of testing, the Foxfooding program is running for one more week with test plans covering [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc Onboarding], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk Customization], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 Extensions], and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream].
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel and ships to release on January 16th.
** Since we branched, Nightly has seen nearly 1200 changes landed including support for the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) JavaScript API, off-main-thread paint (OMTP) on Windows, quite a bit of old code removal, some new Web Extension APIs, and a change to the tab width. We're experimenting with some different values for the tab width to determine if we can get more tabs visible before tab scrolling kicks in, while maintaining some readability. You can experiment for yourself by changing the value of browser.tabs.tabMinWidth in about:config. Early indicators are that we're going to settle on something wider than the tabs have been for the last few nighty updates but not as wide as previous releases.

== 2017-10-02 ==
* Firefox 56 released last Thursday with Firefox Screenshots, an overhauled preferences system, and paused media in background tabs. The press reception has been positive but limited because ...
* Firefox 57 Beta (Quantum) shipped last Tuesday and received volumes of overwhelmingly positive reviews from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-of-the-press-coverage-of-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ the press] and from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-nice-things-people-said-about-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ users].
** 57 is currently in its 4th beta build with Beta 5 coming out tomorrow.
** This week's Beta Foxfooding opportunity is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream]
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel.

== 2017-09-25 ==
* Firefox 56 is going to be released to the world this Thursday, September 28th.
** Firefox 56 features a reorganized preferences window that makes finding the most common preferences much easier and offers a new search feature for those harder to reach preferences. Firefox 56 will pause media in background tabs so that video won't start playing until you switch to its tab. Firefox 56 includes some early Quantum Flow work so things should feel really snappy too.
* Firefox 57 moves to Beta tomorrow, September 26th.
** This is the big release with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast. It even looks fast.
** We know Firefox 57 is fast because the benchmarks tell us and now we need to know if it's also stable and works like it's supposed to. In support of that effort, this week the Firefox 57 Foxfooding testing program is looking at toolbar customization. We've overhauled the entire customization process making it really easy to change up your toolbars and you can help make sure it works by volunteering this week to [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk run some simple test cases]. The Foxfooding program will transition to testing Beta builds tomorrow. If you have any questions about this, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-18 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 28.
* Firefox 57 hits the release channel on November 14th.
** With about a week left before 57 becomes Beta, feature work is pretty much wrapped up and the major efforts have moved to stabilization and regression finding and fixing.
** Thanks again for all your help testing Nightly these many weeks. And thank you to everyone that spent some time doing focused testing of the Onboarding experience last week. This week's Firefox 57 Foxfooding area is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 extensions]. The entire extension system has been overhauled with a brand new set of APIs and thousands of updated or new extensions available at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 addons.mozilla.org]. This is an area that should be fun to test and it's extremely important for the 57 release that these basic parts of the extension system work really well. As with last week, I'm available to help in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-11 ==
* Firefox 56 continues in Beta for a couple more weeks and will be released on September 26th.
* That means that Firefox 57 has about two weeks left in Nightly. Thank you all for being Nightly users these many weeks. You've helped us find and fix significant issues all through the tumultuous Nightly cycle. Now that most of the 57 feature work is complete, I want to introduce you all to another way you can help ensure that Firefox 57 rocks, an easy feature testing program called Foxfooding. This is your opportunity to run some quick and easy formal tests to help us ensure that our newest and highest profile features are functioning as expected. This week's testing area is the all new [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc/ Onboarding feature]. Each week we'll have a new area to test and we'll continue this to the end of the Beta cycle. If you need help or just want to learn more, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC or Slack.

== 2017-08-28 ==
* Firefox 56 is in Beta and will be released on September 26th. The major feature that you can help us test is searching in the new preferences organization. Also, if you're one of the lucky 10% who have the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page in beta, please try to break it and report any bugs you find.
* Firefox 57 is in Nightly and will be released on November 14th. All Nightly users should see the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page and are encouraged to test drive its features. For each Top Site, you should be able to pin to or remove from Top Sites, open in a new window or new private window, and remove the item completely from your history. All Nightly users should also have the nearly complete Photon UI which you all are encouraged to customize through the Customize menu where you can add or remove buttons, and rearrange them across the toolbars. Finally, you can help us test the three themes, default, light and dark, and the three densities, default, touch, and compact. These are also accessed from the Customize menu.
* If you find bugs and need help reporting them, I'm almost always available on #nightly on IRC and #nightly-newbies on Slack. Also, [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aGqAw2Y4Q5U_CdFVC6UA0gUdIhKFeAFbmzZRJDOFS6U/present new throbber!]

== 2017-08-21 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 26.
** If you're using Beta, the features that need your testing are the reorganized preferences and searching preferences, paused auto-play in background tabs, and out of process web extensions on Windows. If you haven't yet, please poke around these features and help us make sure they're working as expected before we ship them to hundreds of millions of users.
* Nightly is Firefox 57 which will be release on November 14th. That's about 12 weeks away.
** For those of you all using Nightly, we could use your eyes all across the new Photon UI, the new application menu and all its panels, Customization options including the new toolbar overflow menu, the three built in themes and the three UI densities, the page action menu and addressbar customization, the various sidebars, the Library button and panels, and the Activity Stream powered New Tab Page are some good areas to test. The more of you who put these new pieces of UI through their paces, the more likely we'll find all the bugs and be able to fix them before we ship.

== 2017-08-14 ==
* Firefox 56, currently in Beta, will be released on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include Preferences searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions on Windows, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57, currently in Nightly ships to release on November 14th.
** The major front end changes in 57 are the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v2wF_8WHLRYs-_fcx3a5tfl_2oVNMdJuNQnNLkgVJsA/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon UI refresh and Activity Stream]. You can see progress on both in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-08-07 ==
* Firefox 55 ships to release tomorrow!
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping in Firefox 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day.
** WebVR is the big platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift can experience VR content on the Web.
** Other Firefox 55 features include a dramatic performance improvement in session restore with large numbers of tabs, an option to fine-tune browser performance with e10s multi settings, a click to activate Flash Player, search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default, a modernized update system, and a streamlined Windows stub installer that installs Firefox 64 bit by default for users on 64 bit systems.
*Firefox 56 ships to release on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57 ships to release on November 14th. This is the big one.
** The major front end change in 57 is the Photon UI refresh. You can see Photon progress in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-07-31 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to release on August 8th, a week from tomorrow.
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping with 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day. Firefox Screenshots lets you take, save, and share screenshots without leaving Firefox. With Firefox Screenshots, you can easily capture an element on screen, an arbitrary region, the visible page, or the complete page including parts scrolled off screen.
** WebVR is the major platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift headset will be able to experience VR content on the Web and can explore some exciting demos at [http://vrlist.io/ vrlist.io].
*Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include a new Preferences organization with searching, out of process extensions on Windows, and a new New Tab page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-24 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to Release on August 8th -- just about two weeks away.
** Firefox Screenshots is active for 20% of Beta users and will be gradually rolled out to Release users to ensure our servers and processes are keeping up.
** Firefox 55 also includes a streamlined Installer that ensures 64-bit Firefox gets delivered to 64-bit Windows users. Also in 55 are Web VR, Search Suggestions enabled by default in the Awesomebar, Ask to Activate Flash, and blazing fast Session Restore. (Check out [https://metafluff.com/2017/07/21/i-am-a-tab-hoarder/ Dietrich's post] on Session Restore for the many tabs use case.)
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to Release on September 26.
** While there are a lot of changes happening on Nightly during the 56 cycle, many of them are part of the Photon interface update and those won't ship in 56 -- we're holding them for the big 57 release. Features that we believe will ride the trains to Release are the new Preferences reorganization including Preference Searching and migrating 64-bit capable Windows users to a 64-bit Firefox.
** Other changes in Nightly that are worth your attention are out of process extensions for Windows users and a new New Tab Page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-10 ==
* Firefox 54.0.1 is our currently released version. The dot release was primarily to fix Netflix for Linux Firefox users.
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th.
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be gradually rolled out so not all users will see it on the day 55 ships. This is because we need to gauge usage and ensure our servers and processes are keeping up. Right now, Screenshots are enabled for 10% of Beta users.
** Other Firefox 55 front end features include a radically streamlined stub installer that makes installing Firefox a breeze and ensures 64-bit Windows users get a 64-bit Firefox. We also have search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default for ease of use, ask to activate Flash for security and performance improvements, and session restore performance improvements that make restoring lots of tabs blazing fast.
** The major web platform feature for Firefox 55 is WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** The major front end changes in 56 are for the Photon UI in preparation for Firefox 57. Most of these Photon features will *not* ship in 56 though you can test them there now.
** Other nightly features include a new preferences organization, search in preferences, small tiles on the New Tab Page in preparation for Activity Stream, form auto-fill, background tab throttling, paused media in background tabs, on-boarding tours, web extensions in their own process, and migration of 64-bit capable users to 64-bit Firefox.

== 2017-06-19 ==
* Firefox 54 with E10S multi shipped last week and users are impressed.
** "@firefox as someone who previously switched to Chrome, I'm glad to be back for the only modern independent browser on earth :) #firefox54"
** "I am really impressed with the latest Firefox beta. Fast, multiprocess and taking less memory than Chrome, for about the same performance."
** "If you use #Firefox as a web browser, you should update to version 54 just out today. The speed & memory usage improvements are amazing."
** "@firefox The new version is incredibly smooth, fast, and sexy. Congrats for this amazing achievement!
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Also in 55 are a refreshed updater experience, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, and WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26th
** In Firefox 56 nightly, but not going to release until 57, you can see the beginning of the Photon UI. I've got a few slides to show you some of that work. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y6vD4QzZOSbrr1-1Fzivr9PEYgQ-4q7pa4WQzrdS4gk/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon Slides]

== 2017-06-12 ==
* Firefox 54, currently in beta, releases tomorrow, June 13th.
** The major feature shipping in 54 is E10S-multi with 4 content processes for improved responsiveness and reliability.
* Firefox 55, currently in nightly, goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features and changes in nightly include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, WebVR, and significant pieces of the Photon UI have landed. Finally, all locales are now available on nightly.

== 2017-05-22 ==
* Firefox 54 goes to release on June 13th.
** With Firefox Screenshots slipping to Firefox 55, what we have now in 54 is an upgraded sandbox, E10S-multi with 4 content processes, a downloads panel and badging redesign, and a whole gang of new WebExtension APIs including a Sidebar API, Proxy API, Privacy API, DevTools Panel API, and Protocol Handler API.
* Firefox 55 goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features planned for Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and ask to activate Flash.

== 2017-05-15 ==
* Firefox 54 release is about a month away, June 13th.
** Last week, and for several weeks I've been highlighting Firefox Screenshots as a 54 feature. That's changed and Screenshots is now targeted at Firefox 55. Still on track for 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.
* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play

== 2017-05-08 ==
* Firefox 54 release is in about 5 weeks.
** The Major front-end feature coming with 54 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will get it on day one. We'll be shipping it to a subset of release users, looking at all of our quality measures, and rolling it out more broadly assuming all looks good with the metrics.
** The major back-end change coming to 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

== 2017-05-01 ==
* Firefox 54, now in Beta, ships to release June 13th. If all the testing goes well it will include two exciting new features, Firefox Screenshots and E10S-multi with 4 content processes. Screenshots is preffed off in Beta while the team works out some details around testing. E10S-multi is going through A/B testing in Beta comparing the stability of different numbers of content processes.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th. Nightly currently includes a refreshed updater UI that's modernized, less "in your face" than the big dialog, but persistent so hopefully better at keeping users up to date. Nightly also includes a new and simplified, easier to use preferences organization -- including a performance preferences section for controlling e10s multi and hardware acceleration (located at the bottom of the General section). Finally, Nightly now includes a "legacy" badge on XUL/XPCOM add-ons in the Add-ons manager. This is the start of the plan for showing users what add-ons won't make the cut for Firefox 57.

== 2017-04-24 ==
* Firefox 53 shipped last Wednesday.
* Firefox 54, currently in Beta, is scheduled to ship to release on June 13th.
** 54 should include Firefox Screenshots, an upgraded sandbox, 4 content processes, downloads panel redesign, a gang of new WebExtension APIs, the ability to create your own custom devices in Responsive Device Mode, and a "Mobile Bookmarks” folder for easier access to bookmarks synced from mobile devices.
* Firefox 55, currently in Nightly, is scheduled to ship to release on August 8th.
** 55 has a refreshed update UI, a new preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, Flash click to play, geolocation powered by Mozilla Location Service, a performance panel for controlling e10s multi, out of process WebExtensions, localizations, and more.
** As a reminder, Firefox 55 is staying in nightly for an extra cycle as a consequence of removing the Aurora channel. You can read more about the new release process at http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html
* A quick note about these Firefox updates: if you have items you'd like me to announce, new features or changes coming to Firefox, or if you've got questions about the Firefox roadmap that you'd like addressed in a Firefox update, please let me know. I'm looking into whether we can use Moderator for this but in the mean time, you can email me at asa@mozilla.com.

== 2017-04-17 ==
* Firefox 53 ships on Wednesday, April 19th. That's a one day slip from what I told y'all last week.
** 53 includes two new themes, a separate compositor process for stability, support for lightweight themes in private browsing mode, estimated reading time in reader mode, a 64-bit choice in the Windows installer, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, better readability for page titles in tabs, support for WebM alpha, and a reduced download and update size on Mac.
* Firefox 54 ships on June 13
** The major front-end addition in 54 is Firefox Screenshots, the feature formerly known as pageshots from Test Pilot.
** The major back-end change is that our security sandbox has been upgraded (to level 2)
* Firefox 55 ships on August 8
** The big changes coming to 55 include a refreshed preferences system, a refreshed update UI, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

* http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html

== 2017-04-10 ==
*Firefox 53 ships next week, on April 18th.
** The major front end change in Firefox 53 is the inclusion of two alternate themes, Compact Light and Compact Dark. These "compact" themes offer more space for the web page by shrinking the height of the Firefox toolbars. And as you can guess from the theme names, they come in a light and a dark look.
** The most significant back end change is the addition of a compositor (GPU) process which reduces overall crashes by 4% and makes recovering from GPU crashes mostly seamless to the user.
** Other changes in 53 include an option in the Firefox for Windows Installer to pick a 64-bit build, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, estimated reading time added to Reader Mode, a dramatically reduced download and update size for Mac builds, better readability of page titles in tabs, and support for WebM alpha.

== 2017-03-27 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships on April 18th and will include the compact dark and light themes which provide a bit more real estate for content. If you're on Beta, please give these new themes a try and let us know if you find anything not working.
*Firefox 54 ships on June 13th and should include Firefox Screenshots -- that's the new name for the Page Shot feature that debuted in Test Pilot. Firefox Screenshots lets you capture, save, and share screenshots right in the browser.
*Firefox 55 ships on August 8th. Right now it's in nightly and includes e10s multi. We're testing 4 content processes but we've got some bugs to get fixed before this will be uplifted to Aurora/Dev Edition.

== 2017-03-20 ==
*Firefox 52.0.1 shipped on Friday to fix a security issue that was reported through the Pwn2Own security contest. The fix, in both mainline and ESR, on both Desktop and Mobile, was release less than 24 hours from disclosure.

*Firefox 53, coming up in about a month, includes the light and dark compact themes and a separate compositor process to gracefully recover from GPU crashes. 53 will see AMO policy updated to only accept Web Extensions for new extensions. Updates to classic extensions will still be accepted. And last but not least, 53 will have compact tabs and tab re-ordering on Android.

== 2017-03-13 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships to release on April 18th
**The most visible change coming to Firefox 53, and available for you to test in Beta, Aurora, and Nightly, is the addition of two new themes. The themes are called "Compact Light" and "Compact Dark" and offer as you'd expect, a light and a dark theme that use less space for the UI giving you more space for content.

*Firefox 54, now in Aurora, ships to release on June 13th
**54 should include a level 2 (of 3) sandbox for browsing security. It will also enable E10s for Windows accessibility users. 54 gets a handful of new WebExtension APIs including a sidebar API, custom protocol handlers API, privacy API, DevTools panel API, and about:home/about:newtab overrides. Also in 54 we hope to see the Page Shots feature shipping.

*Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th.
**If all goes well, we'll be enabling e10s multi with four content processes for this release. We'll be shipping a stub installer that will install 64-bit Firefox for users with 64-bit Windows systems. We'll have a new Themeing API. Flash will become click to play. WebExtensions will run in their own process. And, last but definitely not least, we'll launch Activity Stream on desktop.

== 2017-03-06 ==
* Firefox 52 releases tomorrow, March 7th.
** 52 includes Captive Portal Detection, insecure password warnings in-form, and send tab/link/page to another device using push. 52 is the vehicle for CSS Grid and Web Assembly, two of the hottest platform features anyone has shipped in a long time. 52 also brings e10s to Windows users with touchscreens, and all extension users except those with extensions labeled as mpc=false. 52 is the release that Vista and XP users will be transitioned to the ESR channel. It's also the release we disable all plug-ins except Flash.

== 2017-02-27 ==
* Firefox 52 ships to release on March 7th, a week from tomorrow.
** Visible front end changes include captive portal detection, disabling of all NPAPI plugins except Flash, and an in-content warning when submitting login information over an insecure connection.
** The major Web platform changes for Firefox 52 are Web Assembly and CSS Grid. Along with the CSS grid platform capabilities, we're also shipping Grid Inspector with the Firefox developer tools.

== 2017-02-06 ==
* Firefox 52, accompanied by Firefox 52 ESR, will be released in about a month. A major change coming to mainline Firefox 52 is the deprecation the plug-ins API which will disable all plug-ins except Flash. NPAPI Plug-ins will continue to work in the ESR release. Firefox 52 will be the release where Windows XP and Vista users are transferred from mainline Firefox to ESR. The Firefox web platform, on both desktop and mobile, will see the addition of Web Assembly and CSS Grid

* Firefox 53, now in Aurora / Dev Edition, will be shipping to release on April 18th. The major visible change in 53 is the addition of two new "compact" themes. The Dev Edition themes are riding the trains to release! Firefox 53 also marks the end of AMO accepting old-API extensions. From here on out it's all Web Extensions all of the time.

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02/01/new-developer-hub-landing-and-listing-pages/ New Add-ons Developer Hub]
** [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-to-drop-support-for-all-npapi-plugins-in-firefox-52-except-flash/ Mozilla to drop support for all NPAPI plugins in Firefox 52, except Flash]

== 2017-01-30 ==
* Firefox 51 shipped last Tuesday. Yay! with broken geolocation on Windows. Boo!. 51.0.1 shipped the following day to fix this.
* Firefox Focus 3 shipped last week with changeable search engines, 27 languages, and more. If you haven't given it a try on your iDevice, head over to the App Store and get it today.

* Firefox 52, now in Beta, will be released March 7th. Firefox 52 will include a bunch of great new features like CSS Grid, Web Assembly, captive portal detection, and more users getting multi-process Firefox. 52 will also see Windows XP/Vista transition to the ESR train.

* To learn more about what's going on in Firefox development, I highly recommend these blogs/pages:
** [https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/ Firefox Nightly News]
** [https://hacks.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Hacks]
** [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap Firefox Roadmap]

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-facebook-helped-tweak-chrome-and-firefox-to-download-pages-faster/ How Facebook helped tweak Chrome and Firefox to download pages faster]
** [http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/27/time-to-make-the-switch-to-64-bit-firefox-on-windows/ Time to make the switch to 64-bit Firefox on Windows]
** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14376710/walt-mossberg-mozilla-firefox-browser-revived Mossberg: What’s up with Firefox, the browser that time forgot?]
*** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14335920/ctrl-walt-delete-podcast-mozilla-firefox Can Mozilla Save Firefox? (Mossberg's podcast)]

== 2017-01-23 ==
* Firefox 51 ships to release tomorrow, January 24th.
** Visible front end changes include an insecure password warning in the addressbar on a login pages that do not have a secure connection, a toggle to view passwords from the prompt before saving them, and a zoom level indicator in the addressbar.
** The major Web platform change for Firefox 51 is WebGL2.
** On the reliability and responsiveness front, even more users will be getting multi-process Firefox as it's enabled for another large group of extensions and our users in Russia who had seen it disabled because of a top crash.

== 2017-01-09 ==
* Firefox 51, now in Beta, ships to release on January 24th and will include some nice improvements. First is a feature that will warn users when they're on pages that submit passwords insecurely. Second, WebGL 2! Firefox for android will be shipping various security fixes.

* Firefox 52, now in Dev Edition / Aurora, releases on March 9th and should include captive portal detection, our first OS X sandbox, multi-process enabled for Windows touchscreens, WebAssembly and CSS Grid support! Android Firefox will be seeing improvements to Sync and a 5+mb reduction in APK size. Firefox 52 will also see us transition our Windows XP and Vista users over to our Extended Support Release. Finally, with 52, Firefox will stop supporting all NPAPI plug-ins except Flash.

* Firefox 53, the nightly channel, ships to release on April 18th and will hopefully include a new site permission interface, E10s multi, the compositor process, and an installer update that will help 64-bit windows users get the 64-bit Firefox version.

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== 2018-08-27 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. There have been about 20 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable release on October 23. In the last week there have been about 425 fixes including these notable ones:
** The Theme API has been extended to include [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418602 browser sidebars].
** Last but not least, a 10 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488725 float pushed down one line with white-space: nowrap;] was fixed.

== 2018-08-20 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 19 (of 20) goes out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 30 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable on October 23. In the last week there have been about 375 bugs fixed including these notable ones:
** Web Components are enabled. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471947 Enable Shadow DOM] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471948 Enable Custom Elements])
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460062 Enforce Symantec Distrust in Firefox 63]
** Last but not least, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479806 Top Sites Search Shortcuts], a collection of features to make searching easier, has landed.

== 2018-08-06 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 15 goes out tomorrow. There are 20 betas scheduled for this cycle.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 380 bugs fixed including:
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476217 new Preferences/Options section for Content Blocking] that includes Tracking Protection. You can find it in the Privacy and Security section of the Options/Preferences window.
** The 6th most voted for bug of all time, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1378647 Support the "discarded" property inside browser.tabs.create()] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-30 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release. 61 was first offered on June 26. Users on this release are enjoying faster page rendering thanks to Quantum CSS improvements and the new retained display list feature, and Faster switching between tabs thanks to the "tab warming" feature.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Beta users are helping test improvements to the bookmarks panel, the three pane inspector in developer tools, and a new Tracking Protection button in the hamburger menu. Over the last week, the Beta channel has seen 26 bugs uplifted from Nightly.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 400 bugs resolved as fixed including these notable changes:
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365045 supports the CSS prefers-reduced-motion media feature] on Windows. This makes it possible to disable motion effects for those with vestibular disorders or those who simply prefer their experiences without motion effects.
** Firefox now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469684 switching to installed locales] from the Options/Preferences window.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1357487 Out of process extensions for Linux] has been enabled. Mac got this feature in Firefox 61 and Windows got it in 56.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367743 About:profiles "launch profile in new browser"] now works for Windows users thanks to the addition of the -no-remote option. Before, for most users, the button would simply launch another window from the current profile.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207696 Time Travel Debugging] has landed behind the devtools.recordreplay.enabled pref. Once enabled, it is accessed via the 'Tools -> Web Developer' menu. Time Travel Debugging allows Firefox content processes to record their behavior, replay it later, and rewind to earlier states. Replaying processes preserve all the same JS behavior, DOM structures, graphical updates, and most other behaviors that occurred while recording. The browser's JS debugger can be used to inspect and control the replay. This is Mac-only for now.
** Web developers get a new feature with [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470111 Clear Site Data] to allow web developers more control over the data stored locally by a user agent for their origins. This was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268889 implemented] in Firefox 62 but behind a pref. Now it's enabled.
** For new profiles, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473595 Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order] is the new default. Instead of tabbing through the tabs on your tab strip in that order, you'll get a pop-up with tiles for the the most recently used 6 tabs. This more closely mirrors the operating system's window switching interface.
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477677 new and improved about:performance] that's behind the about:config pref dom.performance.enable_scheduler_timing (Be sure to restart after the pref change to avoid a crash).
** Last but not least, Firefox [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1463759 Certificate Error Pages got new copy] that should be more helpful to users encountering the errors.

== 2018-07-23 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 350 fixes and changes.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474704 Tab multi-select has been enabled.] You can now select a group of tabs to manage, and move them, pin them, bookmark them, etc.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476853 Block auto-play has been enabled.] You will now get a permission doorhanger when a site attempts to auto-play.
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514 "Never check for updates" option has been removed] from Options/Preferences. "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" remains, and the default is still "Automatically install updates (recommended)"
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300420 support security.enterprise_roots.enabled on macOS.] If the preference is set to true, Firefox will import trusted TLS root certificates from the macOS keystore.
** We support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349523 Picture in Picture mode for Android Firefox.] This makes watching a video while you surf the web a breeze.
** 12 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery doesn't check DHCP] was fixed.

== 2018-07-16 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and becomes our Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 50 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to the Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 300 fixes and changes including these notable ones:
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368808 change to dark or light mode depending on your Windows setting].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471713 Tracking Protection indicator in the addressbar is now animated] to be more visible to users.
** The preferences backend has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471025 re-designed to better work with our multi-process] architecture.

== 2018-07-09 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. Over the last week there have been about 300 bugs resolved as fixed.
** When a user has set search results to open in a new tab but the current tab is blank, we now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455326 re-use the blank tab].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 OMTP has been enabled for Linux] builds.
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446325 no longer create smart bookmark folders] for new profiles.
** We've also [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402890 dropped support for the description field from bookmarks].
** Firefox now has a Restore Defaults button for the home page preferences.
** Platform support for XUL overlays [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449791 has been removed].
** For those who have the tab selection about:config pref set, you can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458061 reload a selection of tabs]
** Last but not least, a 15 year old bug that should help with mobile web compatibility, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218415 add window.event object to the DOM to ease cross browser scripting] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been about a dozen uplifts to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. In the last week there have been about 350 non-test bugs resolved fixed including these notable changes:
** A fifteen year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215083 Support CSS3 content property replacement of element], was fixed.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398483 column and row gap for flexbox] landed.
** Users can opt out of seeing the editor when they bookmark thanks to the fix at bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459878 1459878]
** Firefox now has infrastructure to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469072 move Activity Stream into its own process]
** Users who have enabled multi-select tabs can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458060 pin/unpin a selection of tabs].
** The Open bookmark in sidebar feature [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452645 has been removed]

== 2018-06-25 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.2] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 goes to release tomorrow and includes these notable improvements.
** Faster page rendering thanks to parallel CSS parsing and the new retained display list feature
** Faster tab switching thanks to tab warming on Windows and Linux
** You can now add new search engines from the Page Actions menu.
** On Mac you can now share the URL of an active tab from the Page Actions menu.
** TLS 1.3 is enabled by default.
** The Dark theme is darker in more places.
** Web Extensions can now hide tabs and control the order in which new tabs open.

== 2018-06-04 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. We're in our 10th Beta with Beta 11 going out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 62 is in our Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5. In the last week there have been about 360 bugs fixed including these notable changes:
** Users can now set the number of rows for all sections of the New Tab Page. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1400536 bug 1400536])
** Users can now toggle Tracking Protection from the Firefox menu. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462468 bug 1462468])
** Shadow DOM support has landed in Nightly. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460069 bug 1460069])
** Race Cache With Network (RCWN) is enabled on Android when cellular data isn't used. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377570 bug 1377570])

== 2018-05-14 ==
* Firefox 60 is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week there have been 16 uplifts to the Beta channel including the enabling of the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455040 tab hiding API].
* Firefox 62 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been 360 bug fixes in Nightly including:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833098 Remove RDF from Gecko and Firefox]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509958 Remove the -moz prefix from ::selection]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417133 Reuse blank tab when opening a bookmark in a new tab]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625846 Add Heap Snapshot and Analysis tools to Dev Tools]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458010 enable tab multi-select behind the pref browser.tabs.multiselect]
** Fixed the regression [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460221 where full tabs opened in the middle of your pinned tabs]

== 2018-05-07 ==
* Firefox 59.0.3 is our current release. The latest point release shipped last Monday for compatibility with the Windows 10 April 2018 update.
* Firefox 60 is wrapping up in the Beta channel and releases this Wednesday. New to 60 are these features:
** Support for enterprise environments, with a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments using Windows Group Policy or a cross-platform JSON file.
** Several enhancements to New Tab/Firefox Home page
*** A responsive layout that shows more content for users with wide-screen displays
*** The Highlights section includes web pages saved to Pocket
*** There are more options to reorder sections and content on the page
*** Pocket Sponsored Stories will appear for a percentage of en-US users
** A faster browser UI thanks to Quantum CSS
** Support for the Web Authentication API, which allows USB tokens for website authentication
** TLS certificates issued by Symantec before June 1st, 2016 are no longer trusted by Firefox
** And, last but not least, Firefox for Android gets Quantum CSS for faster web page rendering.
* Firefox 61 was in the Nightly channel under soft code freeze until this morning. It's now in the Beta channel. In the last week we've seen about 350 bugs fixes including these:
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438363 show a doorhanger] when an extension hides a tab for the first time
** Prevent data: URLs from [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255107 being used for XSS]
** Introduce [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349559 UI for network throttling] in the Dev Tools Net panel
** Added the remaining [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451499 'shape-margin' shape with support for polygon]
** A fix for the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459102 blank windows on Mac with WebRender enabled]
** Not riding the trains to Beta just yet, but we now have a English-Canadian nightly build.
* And finally, the Nightly channel is now Firefox 62.

== 2018-04-30 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and releases on May 9th. Our Release Candidate build happens tomorrow so we're basically wrapped up with Firefox 60. Over the last week, we've seen about 20 fixes uplifted to the Beta channel. A reminder, Firefox 60 is an ESR release. Finally, with Firefox 60 we're going to see Pocket sponsored stories coming to the new tab page. You can read all about that [https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/04/30/a-privacy-conscious-approach-to-sponsored-content/ here]
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. mozilla-central is currently in a soft freeze until after the version bump to 62 on May 7th. Over the last week we've fixed about 480 bugs including these:
** When there is a hidden tab playing audio there we now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408062 an audio indicator on the all tabs toolbar button.]
** A 12 year old bug was fixed so [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery now checks DHCP]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448439 Firefox on Android can now use Chrome's fling physics for scrolling.] with the apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.enabled pref set to true.
** We have much of CSS Shapes Level 1 with the fixes at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353631 bug 1353631, shape-outside] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265342 bug 1265342, shape-margin]

== 2018-04-23 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our release in market.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. 60 is an ESR release. We've been trending at about 50 bug fixes per week in beta. One notable change in Beta, we have disabled "retained display list" and it will now likely ship in 61.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. Over the last week, we've fixed about 470 bugs including these notable changes:
** When Firefox starts up, it now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034036 restore windows in reverse z-order], so that the last focused window is restored first and stays in front
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397809 notify users when an extension has updated their home page]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385403 now has out of process extensions]
** Firefox now includes [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433230 recent downloads in Highlights]
** Firefox Option/Preferences now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432595 a section for managing the different parts of Highlights]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363168 supports the native OS X "Share" feature]
** Stylo, our parallel CSS engine now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455115 parallel CSS parsing] for significant performance wins on some top sites.
** Firefox now has the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449338 Google logo in the search box] of the new tab page where before it was just a magnifying glass icon
** In Firefox devtools users can [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226272 drag/drop to reorder devtools tabs]
** Firefox devtools has a new feature in the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449893 Font editor: UI for variable font instances]
* Finally, because I wasn't here for last week's meeting, I wanted to point out that last week an 18 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 #37468], CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter, was fixed by contributor Kerem Kat.

== 2018-04-16 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. This is an ESR release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week we've seen about 460 bugs resolved, including these notable fixes:
** 18 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 bug 37468] was fixed implementing CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter
** The Gecko Profiler uses [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436179 less RAM]
** The Dev Tools Browser Console got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362023 front end]
** The Dev Tools Font Editor got UI to manage [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449885 font-variation-settings]
** Web Components in Firefox made progress with implementing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=992245 :host pseudo class]
** Web developers will appreciate that we implemented the DOM [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402892 Fetch API RequestDestination and Request.destination]
** Web Assembly moved forward with the implementation of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1445272 basic anyref support]
** Highlights in New Tab Page are now sorted [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451091 chronologically]

== 2018-04-09 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current released version.
* Firefox 60 is in Beta and is scheduled to hit release May 9th, a month from today. A reminder that Firefox 60 is our next ESR release so it's going to be supported for a while. In the last week Firefox 60 Beta has seen about 50 fixes including uplifts for the memory leak I mentioned last week and a couple of additional policies for the enterprise-facing policy engine.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and is due for release on June 26th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen approximately 460 bugs fixed including a fix for a scroll painting regression. replacing our Emojione implementation with Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) and the addition of about a half a dozen more enterprise policies.
* Mozilla and Firefox have been in the news a lot the last few weeks. Yesterday Mozilla and Firefox were on NBC's Sunday TODAY Show. [https://youtu.be/RTQybYbR1ek Check it out.] The segment features Mitchell Baker and Amy Tsay.

== 2018-04-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 59.0.2] is our in-market release. It fixes a couple of significant issues:
** A fix for page rendering problems for Windows users with ClearType disabled, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 Bug 1435472])
** A temporary fix for a Windows 7 touchscreen crasher, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 bug 1424505])
** A security issue fixed. Use-after-free in compositor, ([https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/ 10th advisory of 2018])
* Firefox 60 Beta 8 is the latest Beta with Beta 9 due tomorrow. A reminder: Firefox 60 is our next ESR. In the last week we've uplifted about 50 bugs.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week we've seen 475 bugs fixed including:
** You can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221539 find and install available search engines from the Page Action menu] (the ... button in your Awesomebar)
** We fixed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446264 a regression] that caused the your browser to start in a smaller window before maximizing to expected size.
** We fixed a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447871 memory leak regression] involving sites using Service Workers that could cause long pauses or freezes on popular sites.
** Users of Firefox's built in Dark theme now have a dark New Tab Page.
* Off the trains, the Facebook Container extension, which isolates your Facebook identity from the rest of your web activity, has seen some dramatic uptake by users (200K downloads in first 3 days,) and garnered great reviews and press. We're working on updates expected soon.

== 2018-03-26 ==
* Firefox 59.0.1 is our current release. People have some [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17nw78eMw0LHuREKKe6eDiOPQ2haCTFFvyW-SLoM30WQ/edit?usp=sharing nice things to say about it]. Today, if all goes according to plan, we'll have a Firefox 59.0.2 release to fix the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 ClearType rendering] regression and the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 touchscreen crasher] regression.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Beta 7 is due out tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted 53 fixes into Beta including these notable fixes:
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 pages not rendering correctly] for people on Windows with ClearType disabled.
** Fixes to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 improve start-up performance] by caching plugin and plugin blocklist information.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. In the last week, we've taken just over 500 fixes including these:
** The New Tab Page preferences have been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417155 migrated to the Options/Preferences window] in a new "Home" section.
** Pinned Top Sites on New Tab Page can use thumbnails instead of icons and people can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402654 set their own images for Top Sites].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408121 dark theme now has dark menus].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294570 new styling engine is now used for the browser's user interface], in addition to web content.
** Firefox now has support for OpenType variation fonts ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447163 CSS font-variation-settings, font-optical-sizing])
* Last but not least, I've published a significant update to the [[Firefox/Roadmap|Firefox Product Roadmap]] and [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U1IxTOlsaBcRsnJv0XAaVqQLU4otB6h2lG0NDcvWG-E/edit?usp=sharing Timeline]. The Roadmap document is long-form and attempts to explain what features we're working on and how those features fit into our strategy and the Mozilla mission. The Timeline document is the same information in a spreadsheet for quick viewing. If you haven't, I encourage you all to take a look.

== 2018-03-19 ==
* Firefox 59 shipped last Tuesday.
** Firefox 59.01 shipped on Friday to fix a security bug that came out of the annual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own Pwn2Own hacking contest].
** We've got one [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 significant regression] in this release that causes rendering problems for people who have turned off ClearType font rendering on Windows. The workaround is to re-enable ClearType in Windows or to disable Hardware Acceleration in Firefox. Top people are working on it.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Our 5th Beta is scheduled for tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted approximately 15 fixes.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week there have been approximately 475 fixes landed including these performance improvements:
** A performance improvement to tab switching by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423220 enabling tab warming].
** A performance improvement for file handling by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474043 getting rid of mimetypes.rdf]
** A startup performance improvement by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371888 caching plugin and plugin blocklist information].

== 2018-03-12 ==
* Firefox 59 ships tomorrow, March 13th and includes these changes
** Option to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location
** <strike>Users can choose in Options whether search suggestions or history suggestions come first in the address bar</strike>
** Activity Stream is faster and now has drag and drop support for top sites
** Screenshots now has a Copy to Clipboard button and annotations.
** Off Main Thread Paint (OMTP) (MAC) improves main thread responsiveness
** Race Cache with Network to improve page loading time

== 2018-03-05 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update.
* Firefox 59 is in it's 14th Beta with the first Release Candidate scheduled to ship tomorrow. In the last week we've uplifted about 15 bugs to Firefox 59.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit release on May 9th. (Previously scheduled for May 8th). Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen 510 fixes including these:
** A fix for a bug that caused [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523950 long animated images to consume too much RAM].
** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442075 distrust Symantec certs in Firefox 60].

== 2018-02-12 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update which shipped 5 days ago and includes a fix for the Hotmail/Outlook links and scrolling issue.
* Firefox 59 is in its 8th Beta. 59 is scheduled to ship to Release users on March 13th. In the last week we've uplifted about 45 bugs including
** A fix for a MacOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424709 crash when changing network location]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425031 cookies not being set properly]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=832990 extension context menus] on Android.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and hits Release on May 8th. Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 420 changes including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358372 Windows volume mixer creating a new control for each tab]
** Activity Stream on New Tab Page got [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385944 a wider layout] to support more Top Sites and more content for Stories and Highlights
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134077 video "tearing" on Linux in fullscreen mode]
** A new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1394304 pref to control whether to open address bar results in a new tab]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246387 stub installer now downloads over https]
** Support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436078 already-enrolled U2F devices with Google Accounts]
** Firefox Screenshots got an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436218 update with lots of bug fixes]
** And last but not least, 16 year old XML serialization [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169521 bug 169521] was fixed.

== 2018-02-05 ==
* Firefox 58.0.1 is our current shipping release.
* Firefox 59 is in its 6th Beta release. Firefox 59 is scheduled to ship to our Release audience on March 13th. We've taken about 20 uplifts in the last week including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433591 links and text selection in Outlook Web Access]
** An [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418112 update to the HSTS preload list]
** The bugfix for a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430446 Linux font issue]
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit Release on May 8th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 430 bugs resolve including these
** A bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427007 session restore would sometimes fail] to remember tabs
** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425496 find recently Pocketed items in Highlights] on the New Tab Screen
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793 Parallel painting] was enabled Mac OS
** HTTP is marked as [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434626 insecure in Private Browsing mode]

== 2018-01-29 ==
* Firefox 58, featuring faster site loading and improved Screenshots, is in the release channel. We're preparing 58.0.1 security update for release today.
* Firefox 59 is in the Beta channel and is due to ship on March 13th.
** During the last few days of 59 on Beta, we've had 14 bugs uplifted
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is due to ship to release on May 8th
** Over the last week Nightly has seen over 450 changes and fixes including these notable ones:
*** Firefox now protects the path of HTTP Referer Header when in Private Browsing mode
*** There's now a pref to disable ftp:// in Firefox
*** There's a prototype enterprise policy manager and a few specific enterprise policies implemented.

== 2018-01-22 ==
* Firefox 58 releases tomorrow, January 23rd, with nearly 5,000 changes including these notable improvements:
** Firefox on Windows has faster page render speed thanks to Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP)
** Firefox now has faster overall page loading speed with the new JavaScript Start-up Bytecode Cache (JSBC)
** Faster WebAssembly performance running in the new streaming and tiering compiler
** Firefox has a more responsive active tab thanks to budget-based background timeout throttling
** Tabs scrolling with mouse wheel is now very smooth and fast
** Firefox Screenshots can copy directly to the clipboard and Screenshots now also works in Private Browsing mode
** The new tab page has faster startup loading, personalized stories, collapsible sections and tippy top rich icons
** Firefox now supports credit card autofill
** There are preferences to block specific sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts
** Firefox informs users when an extension has changed the search engine or the new tab page
** The stub installer got resume download support to mitigate connection failures
** Firefox now has horizontal Scrolling with Shift+Mouse wheel (a 15 year old bug fixed)
** There is a Nepali (ne-NP) localized version of Firefox
** Firefox for Android supports Progressive Web Apps, full screen bookmark management with folders, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback, wicked fast CSS thanks to Stylo, an option to sync only over wifi, and v4 of the Safe Browsing service

== 2018-01-08 ==
* Firefox 57.0.4 is the current shipping release. A big thank you to the people that made [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.3/releasenotes/ 57.0.3] happen during the holiday break to fix a problem with wrongly collected crash reports and also thanks to the security team and others who shipped [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.4/releasenotes/ 57.0.4] to address the Meltdown and Spectre timing attacks.
* Firefox 58 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** It's been a while since my last update. In the last six weeks or so the Beta branch has seen about 150 fixes including these notable changes.
*** A fix for a Microsoft change to Windows that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1426719 broke audio in Firefox.]
*** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423626 broken window resizing with the Quantum Lights dynamic theme] installed.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and will be released on March 13th.
** In the weeks since my last update, Nightly has seen over 1500 changes and fixes including those mentioned for Beta as well as these notable features.
*** Top Sites on the New Tab Page can now be [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402192 re-ordered by drag and drop.]
*** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368744 disable permission prompts globally] in Options/Preferences. Tired of all those notification prompts? Now you can disable the features like notifications, camera, microphone, and location completely instead of site by site.
*** Last but not least, another 15 year old bug was struck down with the text selection fix [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196175 making underscore a part of the word and not punctuation.]

== 2017-11-26 ==
* Firefox 57 has been rolling out for almost two weeks and the press reception has been overwhelmingly positive. One of the most recent reviewers, David Pierce [https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-quantum-the-browser-built-for-2017/ over at Wired], had this to say: "It's better than Chrome, faster than Chrome, smarter than Chrome. It's my new go-to browser."
** The top "expected" challenge of this release, users losing some of their extensions, is well managed with most popular extensions updated to the new API, availability of easy tools for finding alternative extensions, and lots of social support on the Web. (There are now [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 over 7,000 compatible extensions] available.)
** There are several unexpected issues surfacing with Firefox 57 that are being worked on or already resolved. The issue of some users seeing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green and purple] artifacts on videos had a hotfix roll out and should be clearing up. Some Windows users without screen readers are seeing accessibility related slowdowns/hangs and this is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418290 being investigated]. Some MacOS users are seeing abnormal battery usage and this is being investigated [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404042 here]. Finally, some users with AMD CPUs and 64-bit Firefox are experiencing frequent crashes which is being tracked [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281759 here]
* Firefox 58 is in our Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** Just over 50 fixes were uplifted to Beta in the last week including these notable changes:
*** A fix for a Linux sandbox bug bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412090 some fonts were displayed as blank.]
*** The fix mentioned above for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green/purple color distortion] during video playback.
*** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368868 strictness of OCSP stapling] to behave more like other browsers.
*** A [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360278 preference to enable context menu on mouse up] for mouse gestures extension support.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on March 13th.
** About 430 issues were resolved as Fixed in the last week including those mentioned above in the Beta notes and these other notable fixes:
*** We've [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366049 enabled Stylo for Android]
*** There's a new pref to display a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1310447 negative indicator in the URL bar for non-secure sites]
*** Support for CSS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951793 'overscroll-behavior'] has been added.
*** Extensions can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1332273 programmatically register content scripts from a background page].
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370499 Extensions can now add custom context menus to bookmarks]
*** We've got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1382574 autoplay policy for the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed"]

== 2017-11-13 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum ships tomorrow!
** This is our biggest release in years with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast.
* The Firefox 58 Nightly cycle has wrapped up and the next Nightly builds will be 59. 58 hits the Beta channel on Wednesday.
** In the last week of the 58 Nightly cycle, there were about 525 fixes including this notable change:
*** Users now have a per-site preference to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380637 block sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts].

== 2017-11-06 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. 57 will be released on November 14th, one week from tomorrow.
** We're on our 14th beta with the first release candidate build coming tomorrow. The pace of change continues to slow with just about 20 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had nearly 500 fixes including this notable change:
*** Firefox now informs users if the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1386018 default search engine was set by an extension]. In the preferences, where a user sets default search engine, Firefox shows the user if and which extension has set their search default. It's not uncommon for a user to find Firefox's search defaults changed but not understand why that change happened sometimes blaming Mozilla for overriding user preferences. This change helps that and follows on a change from a month ago that showed users when an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373853 extension controls the users's new tab page]. We got a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1354344 notice for extensions controlling the home page] about two months ago. These changes are part of a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=1342584&hide_resolved=0 larger effort] to expose and explain, in Firefox, how extensions change Firefox.

== 2017-10-30 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases November 14th, two weeks from tomorrow.
** We're on our 12th of 14 betas with Beta 13 coming tomorrow. In the last week we've seen 40 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. 58 will be released on January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had over 400 fixes:
*** The Awesomebar has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406234 reverted] to previous behavior of history first.
*** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408789 use Visual Studio 2017] as the compiler for official Firefox builds on Windows.

== 2017-10-23 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14, about three weeks away.
** We're on our 10th Beta with #11 released tomorrow. We have 14 total betas scheduled. In the last week, we've seen about 40 bug fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change is about half that of last week which was about half that of the week before. As we get even closer to release, the number of changes will continue to drop.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. We'll ship it to release users January 16th.
** In the last week we've fixed more than 500 issues including these notable ones:
*** Browser pop-up panels are now all [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1033395 aligned] to the same height on the toolbar.
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143038 Horizontal Scrolling] with Shift+ Mouse wheel is now supported. (a 15 year old request)

== 2017-10-16 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14th, less than a month away.
** We're on our 8th Beta, out of a scheduled 14. In the last week we've seen about 110 fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change has slowed considerably as we get closer to release. The kinds of changes that will now be accepted into Beta are for the kinds of bugs that would cause a dot release if unfixed.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has seen over 600 changes including these notable fixes: a fix for a long-standing JavaScript timezone bug, a Quantum DOM performance improvement called budget based background timeout throttling has been enabled by default, a problem where you'd lose your YouTube buffer if you moved forward or backward in playback has been fixed, the stub installer now has resume support so if a connection is temporarily lost the installer doesn't have to start over from the beginning, and the `browser.tabs.tabMinWidth` setting now defaults to 76 pixels. (You can change this in about:config to suit your preference.)

== 2017-10-09 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel and ships to Release on November 14th -- that's just about 5 weeks away.
** We're up to our 5th Beta, out of a scheduled 14 and we've seen over 250 changes on the Beta branch so far. To give you some sense of what's changed, about half of the fixes are to the front end and half to the backend. We've taken over 75 fixes to the main browser UI, 25 fixes for Activity Stream, 35 fixes to Quantum CSS, and we've taken about 30 crash fixes so far. This is quite a lot of change for a Beta so we really appreciate your help testing everything and encourage you to use Firefox 57 Beta as your daily driver.
** If you'd like to help with specific areas of testing, the Foxfooding program is running for one more week with test plans covering [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc Onboarding], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk Customization], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 Extensions], and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream].
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel and ships to release on January 16th.
** Since we branched, Nightly has seen nearly 1200 changes landed including support for the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) JavaScript API, off-main-thread paint (OMTP) on Windows, quite a bit of old code removal, some new Web Extension APIs, and a change to the tab width. We're experimenting with some different values for the tab width to determine if we can get more tabs visible before tab scrolling kicks in, while maintaining some readability. You can experiment for yourself by changing the value of browser.tabs.tabMinWidth in about:config. Early indicators are that we're going to settle on something wider than the tabs have been for the last few nighty updates but not as wide as previous releases.

== 2017-10-02 ==
* Firefox 56 released last Thursday with Firefox Screenshots, an overhauled preferences system, and paused media in background tabs. The press reception has been positive but limited because ...
* Firefox 57 Beta (Quantum) shipped last Tuesday and received volumes of overwhelmingly positive reviews from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-of-the-press-coverage-of-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ the press] and from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-nice-things-people-said-about-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ users].
** 57 is currently in its 4th beta build with Beta 5 coming out tomorrow.
** This week's Beta Foxfooding opportunity is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream]
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel.

== 2017-09-25 ==
* Firefox 56 is going to be released to the world this Thursday, September 28th.
** Firefox 56 features a reorganized preferences window that makes finding the most common preferences much easier and offers a new search feature for those harder to reach preferences. Firefox 56 will pause media in background tabs so that video won't start playing until you switch to its tab. Firefox 56 includes some early Quantum Flow work so things should feel really snappy too.
* Firefox 57 moves to Beta tomorrow, September 26th.
** This is the big release with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast. It even looks fast.
** We know Firefox 57 is fast because the benchmarks tell us and now we need to know if it's also stable and works like it's supposed to. In support of that effort, this week the Firefox 57 Foxfooding testing program is looking at toolbar customization. We've overhauled the entire customization process making it really easy to change up your toolbars and you can help make sure it works by volunteering this week to [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk run some simple test cases]. The Foxfooding program will transition to testing Beta builds tomorrow. If you have any questions about this, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-18 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 28.
* Firefox 57 hits the release channel on November 14th.
** With about a week left before 57 becomes Beta, feature work is pretty much wrapped up and the major efforts have moved to stabilization and regression finding and fixing.
** Thanks again for all your help testing Nightly these many weeks. And thank you to everyone that spent some time doing focused testing of the Onboarding experience last week. This week's Firefox 57 Foxfooding area is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 extensions]. The entire extension system has been overhauled with a brand new set of APIs and thousands of updated or new extensions available at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 addons.mozilla.org]. This is an area that should be fun to test and it's extremely important for the 57 release that these basic parts of the extension system work really well. As with last week, I'm available to help in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-11 ==
* Firefox 56 continues in Beta for a couple more weeks and will be released on September 26th.
* That means that Firefox 57 has about two weeks left in Nightly. Thank you all for being Nightly users these many weeks. You've helped us find and fix significant issues all through the tumultuous Nightly cycle. Now that most of the 57 feature work is complete, I want to introduce you all to another way you can help ensure that Firefox 57 rocks, an easy feature testing program called Foxfooding. This is your opportunity to run some quick and easy formal tests to help us ensure that our newest and highest profile features are functioning as expected. This week's testing area is the all new [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc/ Onboarding feature]. Each week we'll have a new area to test and we'll continue this to the end of the Beta cycle. If you need help or just want to learn more, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC or Slack.

== 2017-08-28 ==
* Firefox 56 is in Beta and will be released on September 26th. The major feature that you can help us test is searching in the new preferences organization. Also, if you're one of the lucky 10% who have the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page in beta, please try to break it and report any bugs you find.
* Firefox 57 is in Nightly and will be released on November 14th. All Nightly users should see the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page and are encouraged to test drive its features. For each Top Site, you should be able to pin to or remove from Top Sites, open in a new window or new private window, and remove the item completely from your history. All Nightly users should also have the nearly complete Photon UI which you all are encouraged to customize through the Customize menu where you can add or remove buttons, and rearrange them across the toolbars. Finally, you can help us test the three themes, default, light and dark, and the three densities, default, touch, and compact. These are also accessed from the Customize menu.
* If you find bugs and need help reporting them, I'm almost always available on #nightly on IRC and #nightly-newbies on Slack. Also, [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aGqAw2Y4Q5U_CdFVC6UA0gUdIhKFeAFbmzZRJDOFS6U/present new throbber!]

== 2017-08-21 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 26.
** If you're using Beta, the features that need your testing are the reorganized preferences and searching preferences, paused auto-play in background tabs, and out of process web extensions on Windows. If you haven't yet, please poke around these features and help us make sure they're working as expected before we ship them to hundreds of millions of users.
* Nightly is Firefox 57 which will be release on November 14th. That's about 12 weeks away.
** For those of you all using Nightly, we could use your eyes all across the new Photon UI, the new application menu and all its panels, Customization options including the new toolbar overflow menu, the three built in themes and the three UI densities, the page action menu and addressbar customization, the various sidebars, the Library button and panels, and the Activity Stream powered New Tab Page are some good areas to test. The more of you who put these new pieces of UI through their paces, the more likely we'll find all the bugs and be able to fix them before we ship.

== 2017-08-14 ==
* Firefox 56, currently in Beta, will be released on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include Preferences searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions on Windows, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57, currently in Nightly ships to release on November 14th.
** The major front end changes in 57 are the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v2wF_8WHLRYs-_fcx3a5tfl_2oVNMdJuNQnNLkgVJsA/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon UI refresh and Activity Stream]. You can see progress on both in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-08-07 ==
* Firefox 55 ships to release tomorrow!
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping in Firefox 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day.
** WebVR is the big platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift can experience VR content on the Web.
** Other Firefox 55 features include a dramatic performance improvement in session restore with large numbers of tabs, an option to fine-tune browser performance with e10s multi settings, a click to activate Flash Player, search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default, a modernized update system, and a streamlined Windows stub installer that installs Firefox 64 bit by default for users on 64 bit systems.
*Firefox 56 ships to release on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57 ships to release on November 14th. This is the big one.
** The major front end change in 57 is the Photon UI refresh. You can see Photon progress in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-07-31 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to release on August 8th, a week from tomorrow.
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping with 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day. Firefox Screenshots lets you take, save, and share screenshots without leaving Firefox. With Firefox Screenshots, you can easily capture an element on screen, an arbitrary region, the visible page, or the complete page including parts scrolled off screen.
** WebVR is the major platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift headset will be able to experience VR content on the Web and can explore some exciting demos at [http://vrlist.io/ vrlist.io].
*Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include a new Preferences organization with searching, out of process extensions on Windows, and a new New Tab page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-24 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to Release on August 8th -- just about two weeks away.
** Firefox Screenshots is active for 20% of Beta users and will be gradually rolled out to Release users to ensure our servers and processes are keeping up.
** Firefox 55 also includes a streamlined Installer that ensures 64-bit Firefox gets delivered to 64-bit Windows users. Also in 55 are Web VR, Search Suggestions enabled by default in the Awesomebar, Ask to Activate Flash, and blazing fast Session Restore. (Check out [https://metafluff.com/2017/07/21/i-am-a-tab-hoarder/ Dietrich's post] on Session Restore for the many tabs use case.)
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to Release on September 26.
** While there are a lot of changes happening on Nightly during the 56 cycle, many of them are part of the Photon interface update and those won't ship in 56 -- we're holding them for the big 57 release. Features that we believe will ride the trains to Release are the new Preferences reorganization including Preference Searching and migrating 64-bit capable Windows users to a 64-bit Firefox.
** Other changes in Nightly that are worth your attention are out of process extensions for Windows users and a new New Tab Page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-10 ==
* Firefox 54.0.1 is our currently released version. The dot release was primarily to fix Netflix for Linux Firefox users.
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th.
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be gradually rolled out so not all users will see it on the day 55 ships. This is because we need to gauge usage and ensure our servers and processes are keeping up. Right now, Screenshots are enabled for 10% of Beta users.
** Other Firefox 55 front end features include a radically streamlined stub installer that makes installing Firefox a breeze and ensures 64-bit Windows users get a 64-bit Firefox. We also have search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default for ease of use, ask to activate Flash for security and performance improvements, and session restore performance improvements that make restoring lots of tabs blazing fast.
** The major web platform feature for Firefox 55 is WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** The major front end changes in 56 are for the Photon UI in preparation for Firefox 57. Most of these Photon features will *not* ship in 56 though you can test them there now.
** Other nightly features include a new preferences organization, search in preferences, small tiles on the New Tab Page in preparation for Activity Stream, form auto-fill, background tab throttling, paused media in background tabs, on-boarding tours, web extensions in their own process, and migration of 64-bit capable users to 64-bit Firefox.

== 2017-06-19 ==
* Firefox 54 with E10S multi shipped last week and users are impressed.
** "@firefox as someone who previously switched to Chrome, I'm glad to be back for the only modern independent browser on earth :) #firefox54"
** "I am really impressed with the latest Firefox beta. Fast, multiprocess and taking less memory than Chrome, for about the same performance."
** "If you use #Firefox as a web browser, you should update to version 54 just out today. The speed & memory usage improvements are amazing."
** "@firefox The new version is incredibly smooth, fast, and sexy. Congrats for this amazing achievement!
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Also in 55 are a refreshed updater experience, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, and WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26th
** In Firefox 56 nightly, but not going to release until 57, you can see the beginning of the Photon UI. I've got a few slides to show you some of that work. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y6vD4QzZOSbrr1-1Fzivr9PEYgQ-4q7pa4WQzrdS4gk/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon Slides]

== 2017-06-12 ==
* Firefox 54, currently in beta, releases tomorrow, June 13th.
** The major feature shipping in 54 is E10S-multi with 4 content processes for improved responsiveness and reliability.
* Firefox 55, currently in nightly, goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features and changes in nightly include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, WebVR, and significant pieces of the Photon UI have landed. Finally, all locales are now available on nightly.

== 2017-05-22 ==
* Firefox 54 goes to release on June 13th.
** With Firefox Screenshots slipping to Firefox 55, what we have now in 54 is an upgraded sandbox, E10S-multi with 4 content processes, a downloads panel and badging redesign, and a whole gang of new WebExtension APIs including a Sidebar API, Proxy API, Privacy API, DevTools Panel API, and Protocol Handler API.
* Firefox 55 goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features planned for Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and ask to activate Flash.

== 2017-05-15 ==
* Firefox 54 release is about a month away, June 13th.
** Last week, and for several weeks I've been highlighting Firefox Screenshots as a 54 feature. That's changed and Screenshots is now targeted at Firefox 55. Still on track for 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.
* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play

== 2017-05-08 ==
* Firefox 54 release is in about 5 weeks.
** The Major front-end feature coming with 54 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will get it on day one. We'll be shipping it to a subset of release users, looking at all of our quality measures, and rolling it out more broadly assuming all looks good with the metrics.
** The major back-end change coming to 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

== 2017-05-01 ==
* Firefox 54, now in Beta, ships to release June 13th. If all the testing goes well it will include two exciting new features, Firefox Screenshots and E10S-multi with 4 content processes. Screenshots is preffed off in Beta while the team works out some details around testing. E10S-multi is going through A/B testing in Beta comparing the stability of different numbers of content processes.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th. Nightly currently includes a refreshed updater UI that's modernized, less "in your face" than the big dialog, but persistent so hopefully better at keeping users up to date. Nightly also includes a new and simplified, easier to use preferences organization -- including a performance preferences section for controlling e10s multi and hardware acceleration (located at the bottom of the General section). Finally, Nightly now includes a "legacy" badge on XUL/XPCOM add-ons in the Add-ons manager. This is the start of the plan for showing users what add-ons won't make the cut for Firefox 57.

== 2017-04-24 ==
* Firefox 53 shipped last Wednesday.
* Firefox 54, currently in Beta, is scheduled to ship to release on June 13th.
** 54 should include Firefox Screenshots, an upgraded sandbox, 4 content processes, downloads panel redesign, a gang of new WebExtension APIs, the ability to create your own custom devices in Responsive Device Mode, and a "Mobile Bookmarks” folder for easier access to bookmarks synced from mobile devices.
* Firefox 55, currently in Nightly, is scheduled to ship to release on August 8th.
** 55 has a refreshed update UI, a new preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, Flash click to play, geolocation powered by Mozilla Location Service, a performance panel for controlling e10s multi, out of process WebExtensions, localizations, and more.
** As a reminder, Firefox 55 is staying in nightly for an extra cycle as a consequence of removing the Aurora channel. You can read more about the new release process at http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html
* A quick note about these Firefox updates: if you have items you'd like me to announce, new features or changes coming to Firefox, or if you've got questions about the Firefox roadmap that you'd like addressed in a Firefox update, please let me know. I'm looking into whether we can use Moderator for this but in the mean time, you can email me at asa@mozilla.com.

== 2017-04-17 ==
* Firefox 53 ships on Wednesday, April 19th. That's a one day slip from what I told y'all last week.
** 53 includes two new themes, a separate compositor process for stability, support for lightweight themes in private browsing mode, estimated reading time in reader mode, a 64-bit choice in the Windows installer, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, better readability for page titles in tabs, support for WebM alpha, and a reduced download and update size on Mac.
* Firefox 54 ships on June 13
** The major front-end addition in 54 is Firefox Screenshots, the feature formerly known as pageshots from Test Pilot.
** The major back-end change is that our security sandbox has been upgraded (to level 2)
* Firefox 55 ships on August 8
** The big changes coming to 55 include a refreshed preferences system, a refreshed update UI, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

* http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html

== 2017-04-10 ==
*Firefox 53 ships next week, on April 18th.
** The major front end change in Firefox 53 is the inclusion of two alternate themes, Compact Light and Compact Dark. These "compact" themes offer more space for the web page by shrinking the height of the Firefox toolbars. And as you can guess from the theme names, they come in a light and a dark look.
** The most significant back end change is the addition of a compositor (GPU) process which reduces overall crashes by 4% and makes recovering from GPU crashes mostly seamless to the user.
** Other changes in 53 include an option in the Firefox for Windows Installer to pick a 64-bit build, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, estimated reading time added to Reader Mode, a dramatically reduced download and update size for Mac builds, better readability of page titles in tabs, and support for WebM alpha.

== 2017-03-27 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships on April 18th and will include the compact dark and light themes which provide a bit more real estate for content. If you're on Beta, please give these new themes a try and let us know if you find anything not working.
*Firefox 54 ships on June 13th and should include Firefox Screenshots -- that's the new name for the Page Shot feature that debuted in Test Pilot. Firefox Screenshots lets you capture, save, and share screenshots right in the browser.
*Firefox 55 ships on August 8th. Right now it's in nightly and includes e10s multi. We're testing 4 content processes but we've got some bugs to get fixed before this will be uplifted to Aurora/Dev Edition.

== 2017-03-20 ==
*Firefox 52.0.1 shipped on Friday to fix a security issue that was reported through the Pwn2Own security contest. The fix, in both mainline and ESR, on both Desktop and Mobile, was release less than 24 hours from disclosure.

*Firefox 53, coming up in about a month, includes the light and dark compact themes and a separate compositor process to gracefully recover from GPU crashes. 53 will see AMO policy updated to only accept Web Extensions for new extensions. Updates to classic extensions will still be accepted. And last but not least, 53 will have compact tabs and tab re-ordering on Android.

== 2017-03-13 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships to release on April 18th
**The most visible change coming to Firefox 53, and available for you to test in Beta, Aurora, and Nightly, is the addition of two new themes. The themes are called "Compact Light" and "Compact Dark" and offer as you'd expect, a light and a dark theme that use less space for the UI giving you more space for content.

*Firefox 54, now in Aurora, ships to release on June 13th
**54 should include a level 2 (of 3) sandbox for browsing security. It will also enable E10s for Windows accessibility users. 54 gets a handful of new WebExtension APIs including a sidebar API, custom protocol handlers API, privacy API, DevTools panel API, and about:home/about:newtab overrides. Also in 54 we hope to see the Page Shots feature shipping.

*Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th.
**If all goes well, we'll be enabling e10s multi with four content processes for this release. We'll be shipping a stub installer that will install 64-bit Firefox for users with 64-bit Windows systems. We'll have a new Themeing API. Flash will become click to play. WebExtensions will run in their own process. And, last but definitely not least, we'll launch Activity Stream on desktop.

== 2017-03-06 ==
* Firefox 52 releases tomorrow, March 7th.
** 52 includes Captive Portal Detection, insecure password warnings in-form, and send tab/link/page to another device using push. 52 is the vehicle for CSS Grid and Web Assembly, two of the hottest platform features anyone has shipped in a long time. 52 also brings e10s to Windows users with touchscreens, and all extension users except those with extensions labeled as mpc=false. 52 is the release that Vista and XP users will be transitioned to the ESR channel. It's also the release we disable all plug-ins except Flash.

== 2017-02-27 ==
* Firefox 52 ships to release on March 7th, a week from tomorrow.
** Visible front end changes include captive portal detection, disabling of all NPAPI plugins except Flash, and an in-content warning when submitting login information over an insecure connection.
** The major Web platform changes for Firefox 52 are Web Assembly and CSS Grid. Along with the CSS grid platform capabilities, we're also shipping Grid Inspector with the Firefox developer tools.

== 2017-02-06 ==
* Firefox 52, accompanied by Firefox 52 ESR, will be released in about a month. A major change coming to mainline Firefox 52 is the deprecation the plug-ins API which will disable all plug-ins except Flash. NPAPI Plug-ins will continue to work in the ESR release. Firefox 52 will be the release where Windows XP and Vista users are transferred from mainline Firefox to ESR. The Firefox web platform, on both desktop and mobile, will see the addition of Web Assembly and CSS Grid

* Firefox 53, now in Aurora / Dev Edition, will be shipping to release on April 18th. The major visible change in 53 is the addition of two new "compact" themes. The Dev Edition themes are riding the trains to release! Firefox 53 also marks the end of AMO accepting old-API extensions. From here on out it's all Web Extensions all of the time.

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02/01/new-developer-hub-landing-and-listing-pages/ New Add-ons Developer Hub]
** [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-to-drop-support-for-all-npapi-plugins-in-firefox-52-except-flash/ Mozilla to drop support for all NPAPI plugins in Firefox 52, except Flash]

== 2017-01-30 ==
* Firefox 51 shipped last Tuesday. Yay! with broken geolocation on Windows. Boo!. 51.0.1 shipped the following day to fix this.
* Firefox Focus 3 shipped last week with changeable search engines, 27 languages, and more. If you haven't given it a try on your iDevice, head over to the App Store and get it today.

* Firefox 52, now in Beta, will be released March 7th. Firefox 52 will include a bunch of great new features like CSS Grid, Web Assembly, captive portal detection, and more users getting multi-process Firefox. 52 will also see Windows XP/Vista transition to the ESR train.

* To learn more about what's going on in Firefox development, I highly recommend these blogs/pages:
** [https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/ Firefox Nightly News]
** [https://hacks.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Hacks]
** [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap Firefox Roadmap]

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-facebook-helped-tweak-chrome-and-firefox-to-download-pages-faster/ How Facebook helped tweak Chrome and Firefox to download pages faster]
** [http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/27/time-to-make-the-switch-to-64-bit-firefox-on-windows/ Time to make the switch to 64-bit Firefox on Windows]
** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14376710/walt-mossberg-mozilla-firefox-browser-revived Mossberg: What’s up with Firefox, the browser that time forgot?]
*** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14335920/ctrl-walt-delete-podcast-mozilla-firefox Can Mozilla Save Firefox? (Mossberg's podcast)]

== 2017-01-23 ==
* Firefox 51 ships to release tomorrow, January 24th.
** Visible front end changes include an insecure password warning in the addressbar on a login pages that do not have a secure connection, a toggle to view passwords from the prompt before saving them, and a zoom level indicator in the addressbar.
** The major Web platform change for Firefox 51 is WebGL2.
** On the reliability and responsiveness front, even more users will be getting multi-process Firefox as it's enabled for another large group of extensions and our users in Russia who had seen it disabled because of a top crash.

== 2017-01-09 ==
* Firefox 51, now in Beta, ships to release on January 24th and will include some nice improvements. First is a feature that will warn users when they're on pages that submit passwords insecurely. Second, WebGL 2! Firefox for android will be shipping various security fixes.

* Firefox 52, now in Dev Edition / Aurora, releases on March 9th and should include captive portal detection, our first OS X sandbox, multi-process enabled for Windows touchscreens, WebAssembly and CSS Grid support! Android Firefox will be seeing improvements to Sync and a 5+mb reduction in APK size. Firefox 52 will also see us transition our Windows XP and Vista users over to our Extended Support Release. Finally, with 52, Firefox will stop supporting all NPAPI plug-ins except Flash.

* Firefox 53, the nightly channel, ships to release on April 18th and will hopefully include a new site permission interface, E10s multi, the compositor process, and an installer update that will help 64-bit windows users get the 64-bit Firefox version.

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== 2018-08-27 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. There have been about 20 fixes uplifted to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable release on October 23. In the last week there have been about 425 fixes including these notable ones:
** The Theme API has been extended to include [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418602 browser sidebars].
** Last but not least, a 10 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488725
float pushed down one line with white-space: nowrap;] was fixed.

== 2018-08-20 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.2] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 19 (of 20) goes out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 30 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and graduates to Stable on October 23. In the last week there have been about 375 bugs fixed including these notable ones:
** Web Components are enabled. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471947 Enable Shadow DOM] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471948 Enable Custom Elements])
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460062 Enforce Symantec Distrust in Firefox 63]
** Last but not least, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479806 Top Sites Search Shortcuts], a collection of features to make searching easier, has landed.

== 2018-08-06 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and hits Stable release on September 5th. Beta 15 goes out tomorrow. There are 20 betas scheduled for this cycle.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 380 bugs fixed including:
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476217 new Preferences/Options section for Content Blocking] that includes Tracking Protection. You can find it in the Privacy and Security section of the Options/Preferences window.
** The 6th most voted for bug of all time, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1378647 Support the "discarded" property inside browser.tabs.create()] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-30 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release. 61 was first offered on June 26. Users on this release are enjoying faster page rendering thanks to Quantum CSS improvements and the new retained display list feature, and Faster switching between tabs thanks to the "tab warming" feature.
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/62.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox 62] is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Beta users are helping test improvements to the bookmarks panel, the three pane inspector in developer tools, and a new Tracking Protection button in the hamburger menu. Over the last week, the Beta channel has seen 26 bugs uplifted from Nightly.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable on October 23. Over the last week, there have been about 400 bugs resolved as fixed including these notable changes:
** Firefox now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1365045 supports the CSS prefers-reduced-motion media feature] on Windows. This makes it possible to disable motion effects for those with vestibular disorders or those who simply prefer their experiences without motion effects.
** Firefox now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469684 switching to installed locales] from the Options/Preferences window.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1357487 Out of process extensions for Linux] has been enabled. Mac got this feature in Firefox 61 and Windows got it in 56.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367743 About:profiles "launch profile in new browser"] now works for Windows users thanks to the addition of the -no-remote option. Before, for most users, the button would simply launch another window from the current profile.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207696 Time Travel Debugging] has landed behind the devtools.recordreplay.enabled pref. Once enabled, it is accessed via the 'Tools -> Web Developer' menu. Time Travel Debugging allows Firefox content processes to record their behavior, replay it later, and rewind to earlier states. Replaying processes preserve all the same JS behavior, DOM structures, graphical updates, and most other behaviors that occurred while recording. The browser's JS debugger can be used to inspect and control the replay. This is Mac-only for now.
** Web developers get a new feature with [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470111 Clear Site Data] to allow web developers more control over the data stored locally by a user agent for their origins. This was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268889 implemented] in Firefox 62 but behind a pref. Now it's enabled.
** For new profiles, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473595 Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order] is the new default. Instead of tabbing through the tabs on your tab strip in that order, you'll get a pop-up with tiles for the the most recently used 6 tabs. This more closely mirrors the operating system's window switching interface.
** Firefox has a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477677 new and improved about:performance] that's behind the about:config pref dom.performance.enable_scheduler_timing (Be sure to restart after the pref change to avoid a crash).
** Last but not least, Firefox [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1463759 Certificate Error Pages got new copy] that should be more helpful to users encountering the errors.

== 2018-07-23 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 350 fixes and changes.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474704 Tab multi-select has been enabled.] You can now select a group of tabs to manage, and move them, pin them, bookmark them, etc.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476853 Block auto-play has been enabled.] You will now get a permission doorhanger when a site attempts to auto-play.
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514 "Never check for updates" option has been removed] from Options/Preferences. "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" remains, and the default is still "Automatically install updates (recommended)"
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300420 support security.enterprise_roots.enabled on macOS.] If the preference is set to true, Firefox will import trusted TLS root certificates from the macOS keystore.
** We support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349523 Picture in Picture mode for Android Firefox.] This makes watching a video while you surf the web a breeze.
** 12 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery doesn't check DHCP] was fixed.

== 2018-07-16 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current Stable release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and becomes our Stable release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 50 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and moves to the Stable release on October 23. Over the last week, Firefox has had more than 300 fixes and changes including these notable ones:
** Firefox will now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368808 change to dark or light mode depending on your Windows setting].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471713 Tracking Protection indicator in the addressbar is now animated] to be more visible to users.
** The preferences backend has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471025 re-designed to better work with our multi-process] architecture.

== 2018-07-09 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. Over the last week, we've had about 40 bugs uplifted to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. Over the last week there have been about 300 bugs resolved as fixed.
** When a user has set search results to open in a new tab but the current tab is blank, we now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455326 re-use the blank tab].
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432531 OMTP has been enabled for Linux] builds.
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446325 no longer create smart bookmark folders] for new profiles.
** We've also [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402890 dropped support for the description field from bookmarks].
** Firefox now has a Restore Defaults button for the home page preferences.
** Platform support for XUL overlays [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449791 has been removed].
** For those who have the tab selection about:config pref set, you can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458061 reload a selection of tabs]
** Last but not least, a 15 year old bug that should help with mobile web compatibility, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218415 add window.event object to the DOM to ease cross browser scripting] has been fixed.

== 2018-07-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/61.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 61.0] is our current release.
* Firefox 62 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been about a dozen uplifts to beta.
* Firefox 63 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on October 23rd. In the last week there have been about 350 non-test bugs resolved fixed including these notable changes:
** A fifteen year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215083 Support CSS3 content property replacement of element], was fixed.
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398483 column and row gap for flexbox] landed.
** Users can opt out of seeing the editor when they bookmark thanks to the fix at bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459878 1459878]
** Firefox now has infrastructure to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469072 move Activity Stream into its own process]
** Users who have enabled multi-select tabs can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458060 pin/unpin a selection of tabs].
** The Open bookmark in sidebar feature [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452645 has been removed]

== 2018-06-25 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.2] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 goes to release tomorrow and includes these notable improvements.
** Faster page rendering thanks to parallel CSS parsing and the new retained display list feature
** Faster tab switching thanks to tab warming on Windows and Linux
** You can now add new search engines from the Page Actions menu.
** On Mac you can now share the URL of an active tab from the Page Actions menu.
** TLS 1.3 is enabled by default.
** The Dark theme is darker in more places.
** Web Extensions can now hide tabs and control the order in which new tabs open.

== 2018-06-04 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox 60.0.1] is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. We're in our 10th Beta with Beta 11 going out tomorrow. In the last week there have been about 40 bugs uplifted to Beta.
* Firefox 62 is in our Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5. In the last week there have been about 360 bugs fixed including these notable changes:
** Users can now set the number of rows for all sections of the New Tab Page. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1400536 bug 1400536])
** Users can now toggle Tracking Protection from the Firefox menu. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462468 bug 1462468])
** Shadow DOM support has landed in Nightly. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460069 bug 1460069])
** Race Cache With Network (RCWN) is enabled on Android when cellular data isn't used. ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377570 bug 1377570])

== 2018-05-14 ==
* Firefox 60 is our current release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week there have been 16 uplifts to the Beta channel including the enabling of the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455040 tab hiding API].
* Firefox 62 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on September 5th. In the last week there have been 360 bug fixes in Nightly including:
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833098 Remove RDF from Gecko and Firefox]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509958 Remove the -moz prefix from ::selection]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417133 Reuse blank tab when opening a bookmark in a new tab]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625846 Add Heap Snapshot and Analysis tools to Dev Tools]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458010 enable tab multi-select behind the pref browser.tabs.multiselect]
** Fixed the regression [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460221 where full tabs opened in the middle of your pinned tabs]

== 2018-05-07 ==
* Firefox 59.0.3 is our current release. The latest point release shipped last Monday for compatibility with the Windows 10 April 2018 update.
* Firefox 60 is wrapping up in the Beta channel and releases this Wednesday. New to 60 are these features:
** Support for enterprise environments, with a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments using Windows Group Policy or a cross-platform JSON file.
** Several enhancements to New Tab/Firefox Home page
*** A responsive layout that shows more content for users with wide-screen displays
*** The Highlights section includes web pages saved to Pocket
*** There are more options to reorder sections and content on the page
*** Pocket Sponsored Stories will appear for a percentage of en-US users
** A faster browser UI thanks to Quantum CSS
** Support for the Web Authentication API, which allows USB tokens for website authentication
** TLS certificates issued by Symantec before June 1st, 2016 are no longer trusted by Firefox
** And, last but not least, Firefox for Android gets Quantum CSS for faster web page rendering.
* Firefox 61 was in the Nightly channel under soft code freeze until this morning. It's now in the Beta channel. In the last week we've seen about 350 bugs fixes including these:
** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438363 show a doorhanger] when an extension hides a tab for the first time
** Prevent data: URLs from [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255107 being used for XSS]
** Introduce [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349559 UI for network throttling] in the Dev Tools Net panel
** Added the remaining [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451499 'shape-margin' shape with support for polygon]
** A fix for the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459102 blank windows on Mac with WebRender enabled]
** Not riding the trains to Beta just yet, but we now have a English-Canadian nightly build.
* And finally, the Nightly channel is now Firefox 62.

== 2018-04-30 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and releases on May 9th. Our Release Candidate build happens tomorrow so we're basically wrapped up with Firefox 60. Over the last week, we've seen about 20 fixes uplifted to the Beta channel. A reminder, Firefox 60 is an ESR release. Finally, with Firefox 60 we're going to see Pocket sponsored stories coming to the new tab page. You can read all about that [https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/04/30/a-privacy-conscious-approach-to-sponsored-content/ here]
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. mozilla-central is currently in a soft freeze until after the version bump to 62 on May 7th. Over the last week we've fixed about 480 bugs including these:
** When there is a hidden tab playing audio there we now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408062 an audio indicator on the all tabs toolbar button.]
** A 12 year old bug was fixed so [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356831 Proxy autodiscovery now checks DHCP]
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448439 Firefox on Android can now use Chrome's fling physics for scrolling.] with the apz.android.chrome_fling_physics.enabled pref set to true.
** We have much of CSS Shapes Level 1 with the fixes at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353631 bug 1353631, shape-outside] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265342 bug 1265342, shape-margin]

== 2018-04-23 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our release in market.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. 60 is an ESR release. We've been trending at about 50 bug fixes per week in beta. One notable change in Beta, we have disabled "retained display list" and it will now likely ship in 61.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. Over the last week, we've fixed about 470 bugs including these notable changes:
** When Firefox starts up, it now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034036 restore windows in reverse z-order], so that the last focused window is restored first and stays in front
** Firefox will [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397809 notify users when an extension has updated their home page]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385403 now has out of process extensions]
** Firefox now includes [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433230 recent downloads in Highlights]
** Firefox Option/Preferences now have [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432595 a section for managing the different parts of Highlights]
** Firefox on macOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1363168 supports the native OS X "Share" feature]
** Stylo, our parallel CSS engine now supports [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455115 parallel CSS parsing] for significant performance wins on some top sites.
** Firefox now has the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449338 Google logo in the search box] of the new tab page where before it was just a magnifying glass icon
** In Firefox devtools users can [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226272 drag/drop to reorder devtools tabs]
** Firefox devtools has a new feature in the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449893 Font editor: UI for variable font instances]
* Finally, because I wasn't here for last week's meeting, I wanted to point out that last week an 18 year old bug, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 #37468], CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter, was fixed by contributor Kerem Kat.

== 2018-04-16 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current release.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on May 9th. This is an ESR release.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on June 26th. In the last week we've seen about 460 bugs resolved, including these notable fixes:
** 18 year old bug [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37468 bug 37468] was fixed implementing CSSStyleRule.selectorText setter
** The Gecko Profiler uses [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436179 less RAM]
** The Dev Tools Browser Console got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1362023 front end]
** The Dev Tools Font Editor got UI to manage [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449885 font-variation-settings]
** Web Components in Firefox made progress with implementing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=992245 :host pseudo class]
** Web developers will appreciate that we implemented the DOM [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402892 Fetch API RequestDestination and Request.destination]
** Web Assembly moved forward with the implementation of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1445272 basic anyref support]
** Highlights in New Tab Page are now sorted [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451091 chronologically]

== 2018-04-09 ==
* Firefox 59.0.2 is our current released version.
* Firefox 60 is in Beta and is scheduled to hit release May 9th, a month from today. A reminder that Firefox 60 is our next ESR release so it's going to be supported for a while. In the last week Firefox 60 Beta has seen about 50 fixes including uplifts for the memory leak I mentioned last week and a couple of additional policies for the enterprise-facing policy engine.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel and is due for release on June 26th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen approximately 460 bugs fixed including a fix for a scroll painting regression. replacing our Emojione implementation with Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) and the addition of about a half a dozen more enterprise policies.
* Mozilla and Firefox have been in the news a lot the last few weeks. Yesterday Mozilla and Firefox were on NBC's Sunday TODAY Show. [https://youtu.be/RTQybYbR1ek Check it out.] The segment features Mitchell Baker and Amy Tsay.

== 2018-04-02 ==
* [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0.2/releasenotes/ Firefox 59.0.2] is our in-market release. It fixes a couple of significant issues:
** A fix for page rendering problems for Windows users with ClearType disabled, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 Bug 1435472])
** A temporary fix for a Windows 7 touchscreen crasher, ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 bug 1424505])
** A security issue fixed. Use-after-free in compositor, ([https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/ 10th advisory of 2018])
* Firefox 60 Beta 8 is the latest Beta with Beta 9 due tomorrow. A reminder: Firefox 60 is our next ESR. In the last week we've uplifted about 50 bugs.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week we've seen 475 bugs fixed including:
** You can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221539 find and install available search engines from the Page Action menu] (the ... button in your Awesomebar)
** We fixed [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446264 a regression] that caused the your browser to start in a smaller window before maximizing to expected size.
** We fixed a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447871 memory leak regression] involving sites using Service Workers that could cause long pauses or freezes on popular sites.
** Users of Firefox's built in Dark theme now have a dark New Tab Page.
* Off the trains, the Facebook Container extension, which isolates your Facebook identity from the rest of your web activity, has seen some dramatic uptake by users (200K downloads in first 3 days,) and garnered great reviews and press. We're working on updates expected soon.

== 2018-03-26 ==
* Firefox 59.0.1 is our current release. People have some [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17nw78eMw0LHuREKKe6eDiOPQ2haCTFFvyW-SLoM30WQ/edit?usp=sharing nice things to say about it]. Today, if all goes according to plan, we'll have a Firefox 59.0.2 release to fix the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 ClearType rendering] regression and the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424505 touchscreen crasher] regression.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Beta 7 is due out tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted 53 fixes into Beta including these notable fixes:
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 pages not rendering correctly] for people on Windows with ClearType disabled.
** Fixes to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 improve start-up performance] by caching plugin and plugin blocklist information.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. In the last week, we've taken just over 500 fixes including these:
** The New Tab Page preferences have been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417155 migrated to the Options/Preferences window] in a new "Home" section.
** Pinned Top Sites on New Tab Page can use thumbnails instead of icons and people can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402654 set their own images for Top Sites].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408121 dark theme now has dark menus].
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294570 new styling engine is now used for the browser's user interface], in addition to web content.
** Firefox now has support for OpenType variation fonts ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447163 CSS font-variation-settings, font-optical-sizing])
* Last but not least, I've published a significant update to the [[Firefox/Roadmap|Firefox Product Roadmap]] and [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U1IxTOlsaBcRsnJv0XAaVqQLU4otB6h2lG0NDcvWG-E/edit?usp=sharing Timeline]. The Roadmap document is long-form and attempts to explain what features we're working on and how those features fit into our strategy and the Mozilla mission. The Timeline document is the same information in a spreadsheet for quick viewing. If you haven't, I encourage you all to take a look.

== 2018-03-19 ==
* Firefox 59 shipped last Tuesday.
** Firefox 59.01 shipped on Friday to fix a security bug that came out of the annual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own Pwn2Own hacking contest].
** We've got one [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435472 significant regression] in this release that causes rendering problems for people who have turned off ClearType font rendering on Windows. The workaround is to re-enable ClearType in Windows or to disable Hardware Acceleration in Firefox. Top people are working on it.
* Firefox 60 is in the Beta channel. Our 5th Beta is scheduled for tomorrow. In the last week, we've uplifted approximately 15 fixes.
* Firefox 61 is in the Nightly channel. Over the last week there have been approximately 475 fixes landed including these performance improvements:
** A performance improvement to tab switching by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423220 enabling tab warming].
** A performance improvement for file handling by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474043 getting rid of mimetypes.rdf]
** A startup performance improvement by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371888 caching plugin and plugin blocklist information].

== 2018-03-12 ==
* Firefox 59 ships tomorrow, March 13th and includes these changes
** Option to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location
** <strike>Users can choose in Options whether search suggestions or history suggestions come first in the address bar</strike>
** Activity Stream is faster and now has drag and drop support for top sites
** Screenshots now has a Copy to Clipboard button and annotations.
** Off Main Thread Paint (OMTP) (MAC) improves main thread responsiveness
** Race Cache with Network to improve page loading time

== 2018-03-05 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update.
* Firefox 59 is in it's 14th Beta with the first Release Candidate scheduled to ship tomorrow. In the last week we've uplifted about 15 bugs to Firefox 59.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit release on May 9th. (Previously scheduled for May 8th). Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen 510 fixes including these:
** A fix for a bug that caused [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523950 long animated images to consume too much RAM].
** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442075 distrust Symantec certs in Firefox 60].

== 2018-02-12 ==
* Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/58.0.2/releasenotes/ 58.0.2] is our latest security and stability update which shipped 5 days ago and includes a fix for the Hotmail/Outlook links and scrolling issue.
* Firefox 59 is in its 8th Beta. 59 is scheduled to ship to Release users on March 13th. In the last week we've uplifted about 45 bugs including
** A fix for a MacOS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424709 crash when changing network location]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425031 cookies not being set properly]
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=832990 extension context menus] on Android.
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and hits Release on May 8th. Over the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 420 changes including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358372 Windows volume mixer creating a new control for each tab]
** Activity Stream on New Tab Page got [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1385944 a wider layout] to support more Top Sites and more content for Stories and Highlights
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1134077 video "tearing" on Linux in fullscreen mode]
** A new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1394304 pref to control whether to open address bar results in a new tab]
** The [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246387 stub installer now downloads over https]
** Support [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436078 already-enrolled U2F devices with Google Accounts]
** Firefox Screenshots got an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436218 update with lots of bug fixes]
** And last but not least, 16 year old XML serialization [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169521 bug 169521] was fixed.

== 2018-02-05 ==
* Firefox 58.0.1 is our current shipping release.
* Firefox 59 is in its 6th Beta release. Firefox 59 is scheduled to ship to our Release audience on March 13th. We've taken about 20 uplifts in the last week including
** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433591 links and text selection in Outlook Web Access]
** An [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418112 update to the HSTS preload list]
** The bugfix for a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430446 Linux font issue]
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is scheduled to hit Release on May 8th. In the last week the Nightly channel has seen about 430 bugs resolve including these
** A bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427007 session restore would sometimes fail] to remember tabs
** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425496 find recently Pocketed items in Highlights] on the New Tab Screen
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430793 Parallel painting] was enabled Mac OS
** HTTP is marked as [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434626 insecure in Private Browsing mode]

== 2018-01-29 ==
* Firefox 58, featuring faster site loading and improved Screenshots, is in the release channel. We're preparing 58.0.1 security update for release today.
* Firefox 59 is in the Beta channel and is due to ship on March 13th.
** During the last few days of 59 on Beta, we've had 14 bugs uplifted
* Firefox 60 is in the Nightly channel and is due to ship to release on May 8th
** Over the last week Nightly has seen over 450 changes and fixes including these notable ones:
*** Firefox now protects the path of HTTP Referer Header when in Private Browsing mode
*** There's now a pref to disable ftp:// in Firefox
*** There's a prototype enterprise policy manager and a few specific enterprise policies implemented.

== 2018-01-22 ==
* Firefox 58 releases tomorrow, January 23rd, with nearly 5,000 changes including these notable improvements:
** Firefox on Windows has faster page render speed thanks to Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP)
** Firefox now has faster overall page loading speed with the new JavaScript Start-up Bytecode Cache (JSBC)
** Faster WebAssembly performance running in the new streaming and tiering compiler
** Firefox has a more responsive active tab thanks to budget-based background timeout throttling
** Tabs scrolling with mouse wheel is now very smooth and fast
** Firefox Screenshots can copy directly to the clipboard and Screenshots now also works in Private Browsing mode
** The new tab page has faster startup loading, personalized stories, collapsible sections and tippy top rich icons
** Firefox now supports credit card autofill
** There are preferences to block specific sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts
** Firefox informs users when an extension has changed the search engine or the new tab page
** The stub installer got resume download support to mitigate connection failures
** Firefox now has horizontal Scrolling with Shift+Mouse wheel (a 15 year old bug fixed)
** There is a Nepali (ne-NP) localized version of Firefox
** Firefox for Android supports Progressive Web Apps, full screen bookmark management with folders, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback, wicked fast CSS thanks to Stylo, an option to sync only over wifi, and v4 of the Safe Browsing service

== 2018-01-08 ==
* Firefox 57.0.4 is the current shipping release. A big thank you to the people that made [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.3/releasenotes/ 57.0.3] happen during the holiday break to fix a problem with wrongly collected crash reports and also thanks to the security team and others who shipped [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/57.0.4/releasenotes/ 57.0.4] to address the Meltdown and Spectre timing attacks.
* Firefox 58 is in the Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** It's been a while since my last update. In the last six weeks or so the Beta branch has seen about 150 fixes including these notable changes.
*** A fix for a Microsoft change to Windows that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1426719 broke audio in Firefox.]
*** A fix for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423626 broken window resizing with the Quantum Lights dynamic theme] installed.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and will be released on March 13th.
** In the weeks since my last update, Nightly has seen over 1500 changes and fixes including those mentioned for Beta as well as these notable features.
*** Top Sites on the New Tab Page can now be [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402192 re-ordered by drag and drop.]
*** Users can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368744 disable permission prompts globally] in Options/Preferences. Tired of all those notification prompts? Now you can disable the features like notifications, camera, microphone, and location completely instead of site by site.
*** Last but not least, another 15 year old bug was struck down with the text selection fix [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196175 making underscore a part of the word and not punctuation.]

== 2017-11-26 ==
* Firefox 57 has been rolling out for almost two weeks and the press reception has been overwhelmingly positive. One of the most recent reviewers, David Pierce [https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-quantum-the-browser-built-for-2017/ over at Wired], had this to say: "It's better than Chrome, faster than Chrome, smarter than Chrome. It's my new go-to browser."
** The top "expected" challenge of this release, users losing some of their extensions, is well managed with most popular extensions updated to the new API, availability of easy tools for finding alternative extensions, and lots of social support on the Web. (There are now [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 over 7,000 compatible extensions] available.)
** There are several unexpected issues surfacing with Firefox 57 that are being worked on or already resolved. The issue of some users seeing [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green and purple] artifacts on videos had a hotfix roll out and should be clearing up. Some Windows users without screen readers are seeing accessibility related slowdowns/hangs and this is [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418290 being investigated]. Some MacOS users are seeing abnormal battery usage and this is being investigated [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1404042 here]. Finally, some users with AMD CPUs and 64-bit Firefox are experiencing frequent crashes which is being tracked [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281759 here]
* Firefox 58 is in our Beta channel and goes to release on January 23rd.
** Just over 50 fixes were uplifted to Beta in the last week including these notable changes:
*** A fix for a Linux sandbox bug bug where [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412090 some fonts were displayed as blank.]
*** The fix mentioned above for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1417442 green/purple color distortion] during video playback.
*** A change to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368868 strictness of OCSP stapling] to behave more like other browsers.
*** A [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360278 preference to enable context menu on mouse up] for mouse gestures extension support.
* Firefox 59 is in the Nightly channel and goes to release on March 13th.
** About 430 issues were resolved as Fixed in the last week including those mentioned above in the Beta notes and these other notable fixes:
*** We've [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366049 enabled Stylo for Android]
*** There's a new pref to display a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1310447 negative indicator in the URL bar for non-secure sites]
*** Support for CSS [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951793 'overscroll-behavior'] has been added.
*** Extensions can now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1332273 programmatically register content scripts from a background page].
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370499 Extensions can now add custom context menus to bookmarks]
*** We've got a new [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1382574 autoplay policy for the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed"]

== 2017-11-13 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum ships tomorrow!
** This is our biggest release in years with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast.
* The Firefox 58 Nightly cycle has wrapped up and the next Nightly builds will be 59. 58 hits the Beta channel on Wednesday.
** In the last week of the 58 Nightly cycle, there were about 525 fixes including this notable change:
*** Users now have a per-site preference to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380637 block sites from overriding browser keyboard shortcuts].

== 2017-11-06 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. 57 will be released on November 14th, one week from tomorrow.
** We're on our 14th beta with the first release candidate build coming tomorrow. The pace of change continues to slow with just about 20 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta in the last week.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had nearly 500 fixes including this notable change:
*** Firefox now informs users if the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1386018 default search engine was set by an extension]. In the preferences, where a user sets default search engine, Firefox shows the user if and which extension has set their search default. It's not uncommon for a user to find Firefox's search defaults changed but not understand why that change happened sometimes blaming Mozilla for overriding user preferences. This change helps that and follows on a change from a month ago that showed users when an [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373853 extension controls the users's new tab page]. We got a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1354344 notice for extensions controlling the home page] about two months ago. These changes are part of a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=1342584&hide_resolved=0 larger effort] to expose and explain, in Firefox, how extensions change Firefox.

== 2017-10-30 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases November 14th, two weeks from tomorrow.
** We're on our 12th of 14 betas with Beta 13 coming tomorrow. In the last week we've seen 40 changes uplifted from Nightly to Beta.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. 58 will be released on January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has had over 400 fixes:
*** The Awesomebar has been [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406234 reverted] to previous behavior of history first.
*** We now [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408789 use Visual Studio 2017] as the compiler for official Firefox builds on Windows.

== 2017-10-23 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14, about three weeks away.
** We're on our 10th Beta with #11 released tomorrow. We have 14 total betas scheduled. In the last week, we've seen about 40 bug fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change is about half that of last week which was about half that of the week before. As we get even closer to release, the number of changes will continue to drop.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. We'll ship it to release users January 16th.
** In the last week we've fixed more than 500 issues including these notable ones:
*** Browser pop-up panels are now all [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1033395 aligned] to the same height on the toolbar.
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143038 Horizontal Scrolling] with Shift+ Mouse wheel is now supported. (a 15 year old request)

== 2017-10-16 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel. It releases on November 14th, less than a month away.
** We're on our 8th Beta, out of a scheduled 14. In the last week we've seen about 110 fixes uplifted from Nightly to Beta. The pace of change has slowed considerably as we get closer to release. The kinds of changes that will now be accepted into Beta are for the kinds of bugs that would cause a dot release if unfixed.
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel. It releases January 16th.
** In the last week, Nightly has seen over 600 changes including these notable fixes: a fix for a long-standing JavaScript timezone bug, a Quantum DOM performance improvement called budget based background timeout throttling has been enabled by default, a problem where you'd lose your YouTube buffer if you moved forward or backward in playback has been fixed, the stub installer now has resume support so if a connection is temporarily lost the installer doesn't have to start over from the beginning, and the `browser.tabs.tabMinWidth` setting now defaults to 76 pixels. (You can change this in about:config to suit your preference.)

== 2017-10-09 ==
* Firefox 57 Quantum is in the Beta channel and ships to Release on November 14th -- that's just about 5 weeks away.
** We're up to our 5th Beta, out of a scheduled 14 and we've seen over 250 changes on the Beta branch so far. To give you some sense of what's changed, about half of the fixes are to the front end and half to the backend. We've taken over 75 fixes to the main browser UI, 25 fixes for Activity Stream, 35 fixes to Quantum CSS, and we've taken about 30 crash fixes so far. This is quite a lot of change for a Beta so we really appreciate your help testing everything and encourage you to use Firefox 57 Beta as your daily driver.
** If you'd like to help with specific areas of testing, the Foxfooding program is running for one more week with test plans covering [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc Onboarding], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk Customization], [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 Extensions], and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream].
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel and ships to release on January 16th.
** Since we branched, Nightly has seen nearly 1200 changes landed including support for the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) JavaScript API, off-main-thread paint (OMTP) on Windows, quite a bit of old code removal, some new Web Extension APIs, and a change to the tab width. We're experimenting with some different values for the tab width to determine if we can get more tabs visible before tab scrolling kicks in, while maintaining some readability. You can experiment for yourself by changing the value of browser.tabs.tabMinWidth in about:config. Early indicators are that we're going to settle on something wider than the tabs have been for the last few nighty updates but not as wide as previous releases.

== 2017-10-02 ==
* Firefox 56 released last Thursday with Firefox Screenshots, an overhauled preferences system, and paused media in background tabs. The press reception has been positive but limited because ...
* Firefox 57 Beta (Quantum) shipped last Tuesday and received volumes of overwhelmingly positive reviews from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-of-the-press-coverage-of-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ the press] and from [https://asadotzler.com/2017/10/01/some-nice-things-people-said-about-firefox-57-beta-quantum/ users].
** 57 is currently in its 4th beta build with Beta 5 coming out tomorrow.
** This week's Beta Foxfooding opportunity is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1llfb3l3SePRJOig_tq7AX7LVGb9nkbXpfGzXoRBOPv8 Activity Stream]
* Firefox 58 is in the Nightly channel.

== 2017-09-25 ==
* Firefox 56 is going to be released to the world this Thursday, September 28th.
** Firefox 56 features a reorganized preferences window that makes finding the most common preferences much easier and offers a new search feature for those harder to reach preferences. Firefox 56 will pause media in background tabs so that video won't start playing until you switch to its tab. Firefox 56 includes some early Quantum Flow work so things should feel really snappy too.
* Firefox 57 moves to Beta tomorrow, September 26th.
** This is the big release with new features, dramatically improved performance, and a great new look. Mostly, though, it's fast! It's really fast. It even looks fast.
** We know Firefox 57 is fast because the benchmarks tell us and now we need to know if it's also stable and works like it's supposed to. In support of that effort, this week the Firefox 57 Foxfooding testing program is looking at toolbar customization. We've overhauled the entire customization process making it really easy to change up your toolbars and you can help make sure it works by volunteering this week to [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0iCsiQ-FX-NJlX6_Hak_5fTFoAVN8P7LknqPeku-Vk run some simple test cases]. The Foxfooding program will transition to testing Beta builds tomorrow. If you have any questions about this, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-18 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 28.
* Firefox 57 hits the release channel on November 14th.
** With about a week left before 57 becomes Beta, feature work is pretty much wrapped up and the major efforts have moved to stabilization and regression finding and fixing.
** Thanks again for all your help testing Nightly these many weeks. And thank you to everyone that spent some time doing focused testing of the Onboarding experience last week. This week's Firefox 57 Foxfooding area is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRgkKhZdpK8g1a2f1bq2njehJYgzbMykpYFDAbMidF0 extensions]. The entire extension system has been overhauled with a brand new set of APIs and thousands of updated or new extensions available at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tag/firefox57 addons.mozilla.org]. This is an area that should be fun to test and it's extremely important for the 57 release that these basic parts of the extension system work really well. As with last week, I'm available to help in #foxfooding on IRC and Slack.

== 2017-09-11 ==
* Firefox 56 continues in Beta for a couple more weeks and will be released on September 26th.
* That means that Firefox 57 has about two weeks left in Nightly. Thank you all for being Nightly users these many weeks. You've helped us find and fix significant issues all through the tumultuous Nightly cycle. Now that most of the 57 feature work is complete, I want to introduce you all to another way you can help ensure that Firefox 57 rocks, an easy feature testing program called Foxfooding. This is your opportunity to run some quick and easy formal tests to help us ensure that our newest and highest profile features are functioning as expected. This week's testing area is the all new [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G58NqH-7-D11zvuyrNoq4dQt4jBDplqZ-Tho53zmXjc/ Onboarding feature]. Each week we'll have a new area to test and we'll continue this to the end of the Beta cycle. If you need help or just want to learn more, you can find me in #foxfooding on IRC or Slack.

== 2017-08-28 ==
* Firefox 56 is in Beta and will be released on September 26th. The major feature that you can help us test is searching in the new preferences organization. Also, if you're one of the lucky 10% who have the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page in beta, please try to break it and report any bugs you find.
* Firefox 57 is in Nightly and will be released on November 14th. All Nightly users should see the new Activity Stream-powered New Tab page and are encouraged to test drive its features. For each Top Site, you should be able to pin to or remove from Top Sites, open in a new window or new private window, and remove the item completely from your history. All Nightly users should also have the nearly complete Photon UI which you all are encouraged to customize through the Customize menu where you can add or remove buttons, and rearrange them across the toolbars. Finally, you can help us test the three themes, default, light and dark, and the three densities, default, touch, and compact. These are also accessed from the Customize menu.
* If you find bugs and need help reporting them, I'm almost always available on #nightly on IRC and #nightly-newbies on Slack. Also, [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aGqAw2Y4Q5U_CdFVC6UA0gUdIhKFeAFbmzZRJDOFS6U/present new throbber!]

== 2017-08-21 ==
* Firefox 56 is our current Beta version. It will be released on September 26.
** If you're using Beta, the features that need your testing are the reorganized preferences and searching preferences, paused auto-play in background tabs, and out of process web extensions on Windows. If you haven't yet, please poke around these features and help us make sure they're working as expected before we ship them to hundreds of millions of users.
* Nightly is Firefox 57 which will be release on November 14th. That's about 12 weeks away.
** For those of you all using Nightly, we could use your eyes all across the new Photon UI, the new application menu and all its panels, Customization options including the new toolbar overflow menu, the three built in themes and the three UI densities, the page action menu and addressbar customization, the various sidebars, the Library button and panels, and the Activity Stream powered New Tab Page are some good areas to test. The more of you who put these new pieces of UI through their paces, the more likely we'll find all the bugs and be able to fix them before we ship.

== 2017-08-14 ==
* Firefox 56, currently in Beta, will be released on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include Preferences searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions on Windows, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57, currently in Nightly ships to release on November 14th.
** The major front end changes in 57 are the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v2wF_8WHLRYs-_fcx3a5tfl_2oVNMdJuNQnNLkgVJsA/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon UI refresh and Activity Stream]. You can see progress on both in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-08-07 ==
* Firefox 55 ships to release tomorrow!
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping in Firefox 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day.
** WebVR is the big platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift can experience VR content on the Web.
** Other Firefox 55 features include a dramatic performance improvement in session restore with large numbers of tabs, an option to fine-tune browser performance with e10s multi settings, a click to activate Flash Player, search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default, a modernized update system, and a streamlined Windows stub installer that installs Firefox 64 bit by default for users on 64 bit systems.
*Firefox 56 ships to release on September 26th.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include searching in an all new Preferences organization, paused auto-play in background tabs, out of process web extensions, Quantum features and fixes, and a smaller and more secure update download.
* Firefox 57 ships to release on November 14th. This is the big one.
** The major front end change in 57 is the Photon UI refresh. You can see Photon progress in the latest nightly builds. Other changes coming to 57 include performance enhancing Quantum features and bug fixes, and the sun-setting of legacy extensions.

== 2017-07-31 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to release on August 8th, a week from tomorrow.
** [https://screenshots.firefox.com/ Firefox Screenshots] is the major front end feature shipping with 55. It's going to be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will see it on release day. Firefox Screenshots lets you take, save, and share screenshots without leaving Firefox. With Firefox Screenshots, you can easily capture an element on screen, an arbitrary region, the visible page, or the complete page including parts scrolled off screen.
** WebVR is the major platform feature shipping in Firefox 55. Firefox users with an HTC VIVE or Oculus Rift headset will be able to experience VR content on the Web and can explore some exciting demos at [http://vrlist.io/ vrlist.io].
*Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** Major features coming in Firefox 56 include a new Preferences organization with searching, out of process extensions on Windows, and a new New Tab page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-24 ==
* Firefox 55, now in Beta, ships to Release on August 8th -- just about two weeks away.
** Firefox Screenshots is active for 20% of Beta users and will be gradually rolled out to Release users to ensure our servers and processes are keeping up.
** Firefox 55 also includes a streamlined Installer that ensures 64-bit Firefox gets delivered to 64-bit Windows users. Also in 55 are Web VR, Search Suggestions enabled by default in the Awesomebar, Ask to Activate Flash, and blazing fast Session Restore. (Check out [https://metafluff.com/2017/07/21/i-am-a-tab-hoarder/ Dietrich's post] on Session Restore for the many tabs use case.)
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to Release on September 26.
** While there are a lot of changes happening on Nightly during the 56 cycle, many of them are part of the Photon interface update and those won't ship in 56 -- we're holding them for the big 57 release. Features that we believe will ride the trains to Release are the new Preferences reorganization including Preference Searching and migrating 64-bit capable Windows users to a 64-bit Firefox.
** Other changes in Nightly that are worth your attention are out of process extensions for Windows users and a new New Tab Page powered by Activity Stream.

== 2017-07-10 ==
* Firefox 54.0.1 is our currently released version. The dot release was primarily to fix Netflix for Linux Firefox users.
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th.
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be gradually rolled out so not all users will see it on the day 55 ships. This is because we need to gauge usage and ensure our servers and processes are keeping up. Right now, Screenshots are enabled for 10% of Beta users.
** Other Firefox 55 front end features include a radically streamlined stub installer that makes installing Firefox a breeze and ensures 64-bit Windows users get a 64-bit Firefox. We also have search suggestions in the Awesomebar enabled by default for ease of use, ask to activate Flash for security and performance improvements, and session restore performance improvements that make restoring lots of tabs blazing fast.
** The major web platform feature for Firefox 55 is WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in nightly, ships to release on September 26.
** The major front end changes in 56 are for the Photon UI in preparation for Firefox 57. Most of these Photon features will *not* ship in 56 though you can test them there now.
** Other nightly features include a new preferences organization, search in preferences, small tiles on the New Tab Page in preparation for Activity Stream, form auto-fill, background tab throttling, paused media in background tabs, on-boarding tours, web extensions in their own process, and migration of 64-bit capable users to 64-bit Firefox.

== 2017-06-19 ==
* Firefox 54 with E10S multi shipped last week and users are impressed.
** "@firefox as someone who previously switched to Chrome, I'm glad to be back for the only modern independent browser on earth :) #firefox54"
** "I am really impressed with the latest Firefox beta. Fast, multiprocess and taking less memory than Chrome, for about the same performance."
** "If you use #Firefox as a web browser, you should update to version 54 just out today. The speed & memory usage improvements are amazing."
** "@firefox The new version is incredibly smooth, fast, and sexy. Congrats for this amazing achievement!
* Firefox 55, now in beta, ships to release on August 8th
** The major front end feature of 55 is Firefox Screenshots. Also in 55 are a refreshed updater experience, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, and WebVR.
* Firefox 56, now in Nightly, ships to release on September 26th
** In Firefox 56 nightly, but not going to release until 57, you can see the beginning of the Photon UI. I've got a few slides to show you some of that work. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y6vD4QzZOSbrr1-1Fzivr9PEYgQ-4q7pa4WQzrdS4gk/present#slide=id.g1e5da39157_0_5 Photon Slides]

== 2017-06-12 ==
* Firefox 54, currently in beta, releases tomorrow, June 13th.
** The major feature shipping in 54 is E10S-multi with 4 content processes for improved responsiveness and reliability.
* Firefox 55, currently in nightly, goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features and changes in nightly include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, ask to activate Flash, the new form autofill, a performance preference section for tuning e10s and hardware acceleration, super-fast session restore with lots of tabs, a streamlined Windows installer, improved printing from Reader Mode, WebVR, and significant pieces of the Photon UI have landed. Finally, all locales are now available on nightly.

== 2017-05-22 ==
* Firefox 54 goes to release on June 13th.
** With Firefox Screenshots slipping to Firefox 55, what we have now in 54 is an upgraded sandbox, E10S-multi with 4 content processes, a downloads panel and badging redesign, and a whole gang of new WebExtension APIs including a Sidebar API, Proxy API, Privacy API, DevTools Panel API, and Protocol Handler API.
* Firefox 55 goes to release on August 8th.
** Major new features planned for Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater experience, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and ask to activate Flash.

== 2017-05-15 ==
* Firefox 54 release is about a month away, June 13th.
** Last week, and for several weeks I've been highlighting Firefox Screenshots as a 54 feature. That's changed and Screenshots is now targeted at Firefox 55. Still on track for 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.
* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include Firefox Screenshots, a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play

== 2017-05-08 ==
* Firefox 54 release is in about 5 weeks.
** The Major front-end feature coming with 54 is Firefox Screenshots. Screenshots will be a gradual roll-out so not everyone will get it on day one. We'll be shipping it to a subset of release users, looking at all of our quality measures, and rolling it out more broadly assuming all looks good with the metrics.
** The major back-end change coming to 54 is E10S-muli with 4 content processes for improved reliability and responsiveness.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, moves to Beta on June 13th and then to release on August 8th.
** Major new features in Firefox 55 include a refreshed updater UI, an updated preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

== 2017-05-01 ==
* Firefox 54, now in Beta, ships to release June 13th. If all the testing goes well it will include two exciting new features, Firefox Screenshots and E10S-multi with 4 content processes. Screenshots is preffed off in Beta while the team works out some details around testing. E10S-multi is going through A/B testing in Beta comparing the stability of different numbers of content processes.

* Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th. Nightly currently includes a refreshed updater UI that's modernized, less "in your face" than the big dialog, but persistent so hopefully better at keeping users up to date. Nightly also includes a new and simplified, easier to use preferences organization -- including a performance preferences section for controlling e10s multi and hardware acceleration (located at the bottom of the General section). Finally, Nightly now includes a "legacy" badge on XUL/XPCOM add-ons in the Add-ons manager. This is the start of the plan for showing users what add-ons won't make the cut for Firefox 57.

== 2017-04-24 ==
* Firefox 53 shipped last Wednesday.
* Firefox 54, currently in Beta, is scheduled to ship to release on June 13th.
** 54 should include Firefox Screenshots, an upgraded sandbox, 4 content processes, downloads panel redesign, a gang of new WebExtension APIs, the ability to create your own custom devices in Responsive Device Mode, and a "Mobile Bookmarks” folder for easier access to bookmarks synced from mobile devices.
* Firefox 55, currently in Nightly, is scheduled to ship to release on August 8th.
** 55 has a refreshed update UI, a new preferences organization, default to on search suggestions, Flash click to play, geolocation powered by Mozilla Location Service, a performance panel for controlling e10s multi, out of process WebExtensions, localizations, and more.
** As a reminder, Firefox 55 is staying in nightly for an extra cycle as a consequence of removing the Aurora channel. You can read more about the new release process at http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html
* A quick note about these Firefox updates: if you have items you'd like me to announce, new features or changes coming to Firefox, or if you've got questions about the Firefox roadmap that you'd like addressed in a Firefox update, please let me know. I'm looking into whether we can use Moderator for this but in the mean time, you can email me at asa@mozilla.com.

== 2017-04-17 ==
* Firefox 53 ships on Wednesday, April 19th. That's a one day slip from what I told y'all last week.
** 53 includes two new themes, a separate compositor process for stability, support for lightweight themes in private browsing mode, estimated reading time in reader mode, a 64-bit choice in the Windows installer, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, better readability for page titles in tabs, support for WebM alpha, and a reduced download and update size on Mac.
* Firefox 54 ships on June 13
** The major front-end addition in 54 is Firefox Screenshots, the feature formerly known as pageshots from Test Pilot.
** The major back-end change is that our security sandbox has been upgraded (to level 2)
* Firefox 55 ships on August 8
** The big changes coming to 55 include a refreshed preferences system, a refreshed update UI, default to on search suggestions, one-click search buttons in the Awesomebar, and Flash click-to-play.

* http://release.mozilla.org/firefox/release/2017/04/17/Dawn-Project-FAQ.html

== 2017-04-10 ==
*Firefox 53 ships next week, on April 18th.
** The major front end change in Firefox 53 is the inclusion of two alternate themes, Compact Light and Compact Dark. These "compact" themes offer more space for the web page by shrinking the height of the Firefox toolbars. And as you can guess from the theme names, they come in a light and a dark look.
** The most significant back end change is the addition of a compositor (GPU) process which reduces overall crashes by 4% and makes recovering from GPU crashes mostly seamless to the user.
** Other changes in 53 include an option in the Firefox for Windows Installer to pick a 64-bit build, a visual refresh of the media controls, updated privacy and security permission prompts, estimated reading time added to Reader Mode, a dramatically reduced download and update size for Mac builds, better readability of page titles in tabs, and support for WebM alpha.

== 2017-03-27 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships on April 18th and will include the compact dark and light themes which provide a bit more real estate for content. If you're on Beta, please give these new themes a try and let us know if you find anything not working.
*Firefox 54 ships on June 13th and should include Firefox Screenshots -- that's the new name for the Page Shot feature that debuted in Test Pilot. Firefox Screenshots lets you capture, save, and share screenshots right in the browser.
*Firefox 55 ships on August 8th. Right now it's in nightly and includes e10s multi. We're testing 4 content processes but we've got some bugs to get fixed before this will be uplifted to Aurora/Dev Edition.

== 2017-03-20 ==
*Firefox 52.0.1 shipped on Friday to fix a security issue that was reported through the Pwn2Own security contest. The fix, in both mainline and ESR, on both Desktop and Mobile, was release less than 24 hours from disclosure.

*Firefox 53, coming up in about a month, includes the light and dark compact themes and a separate compositor process to gracefully recover from GPU crashes. 53 will see AMO policy updated to only accept Web Extensions for new extensions. Updates to classic extensions will still be accepted. And last but not least, 53 will have compact tabs and tab re-ordering on Android.

== 2017-03-13 ==
*Firefox 53, now in Beta, ships to release on April 18th
**The most visible change coming to Firefox 53, and available for you to test in Beta, Aurora, and Nightly, is the addition of two new themes. The themes are called "Compact Light" and "Compact Dark" and offer as you'd expect, a light and a dark theme that use less space for the UI giving you more space for content.

*Firefox 54, now in Aurora, ships to release on June 13th
**54 should include a level 2 (of 3) sandbox for browsing security. It will also enable E10s for Windows accessibility users. 54 gets a handful of new WebExtension APIs including a sidebar API, custom protocol handlers API, privacy API, DevTools panel API, and about:home/about:newtab overrides. Also in 54 we hope to see the Page Shots feature shipping.

*Firefox 55, now in Nightly, ships to release on August 8th.
**If all goes well, we'll be enabling e10s multi with four content processes for this release. We'll be shipping a stub installer that will install 64-bit Firefox for users with 64-bit Windows systems. We'll have a new Themeing API. Flash will become click to play. WebExtensions will run in their own process. And, last but definitely not least, we'll launch Activity Stream on desktop.

== 2017-03-06 ==
* Firefox 52 releases tomorrow, March 7th.
** 52 includes Captive Portal Detection, insecure password warnings in-form, and send tab/link/page to another device using push. 52 is the vehicle for CSS Grid and Web Assembly, two of the hottest platform features anyone has shipped in a long time. 52 also brings e10s to Windows users with touchscreens, and all extension users except those with extensions labeled as mpc=false. 52 is the release that Vista and XP users will be transitioned to the ESR channel. It's also the release we disable all plug-ins except Flash.

== 2017-02-27 ==
* Firefox 52 ships to release on March 7th, a week from tomorrow.
** Visible front end changes include captive portal detection, disabling of all NPAPI plugins except Flash, and an in-content warning when submitting login information over an insecure connection.
** The major Web platform changes for Firefox 52 are Web Assembly and CSS Grid. Along with the CSS grid platform capabilities, we're also shipping Grid Inspector with the Firefox developer tools.

== 2017-02-06 ==
* Firefox 52, accompanied by Firefox 52 ESR, will be released in about a month. A major change coming to mainline Firefox 52 is the deprecation the plug-ins API which will disable all plug-ins except Flash. NPAPI Plug-ins will continue to work in the ESR release. Firefox 52 will be the release where Windows XP and Vista users are transferred from mainline Firefox to ESR. The Firefox web platform, on both desktop and mobile, will see the addition of Web Assembly and CSS Grid

* Firefox 53, now in Aurora / Dev Edition, will be shipping to release on April 18th. The major visible change in 53 is the addition of two new "compact" themes. The Dev Edition themes are riding the trains to release! Firefox 53 also marks the end of AMO accepting old-API extensions. From here on out it's all Web Extensions all of the time.

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02/01/new-developer-hub-landing-and-listing-pages/ New Add-ons Developer Hub]
** [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-to-drop-support-for-all-npapi-plugins-in-firefox-52-except-flash/ Mozilla to drop support for all NPAPI plugins in Firefox 52, except Flash]

== 2017-01-30 ==
* Firefox 51 shipped last Tuesday. Yay! with broken geolocation on Windows. Boo!. 51.0.1 shipped the following day to fix this.
* Firefox Focus 3 shipped last week with changeable search engines, 27 languages, and more. If you haven't given it a try on your iDevice, head over to the App Store and get it today.

* Firefox 52, now in Beta, will be released March 7th. Firefox 52 will include a bunch of great new features like CSS Grid, Web Assembly, captive portal detection, and more users getting multi-process Firefox. 52 will also see Windows XP/Vista transition to the ESR train.

* To learn more about what's going on in Firefox development, I highly recommend these blogs/pages:
** [https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/ Firefox Nightly News]
** [https://hacks.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Hacks]
** [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap Firefox Roadmap]

* Check out some of the interesting Firefox news for the last week:
** [http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-facebook-helped-tweak-chrome-and-firefox-to-download-pages-faster/ How Facebook helped tweak Chrome and Firefox to download pages faster]
** [http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/27/time-to-make-the-switch-to-64-bit-firefox-on-windows/ Time to make the switch to 64-bit Firefox on Windows]
** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14376710/walt-mossberg-mozilla-firefox-browser-revived Mossberg: What’s up with Firefox, the browser that time forgot?]
*** [http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/26/14335920/ctrl-walt-delete-podcast-mozilla-firefox Can Mozilla Save Firefox? (Mossberg's podcast)]

== 2017-01-23 ==
* Firefox 51 ships to release tomorrow, January 24th.
** Visible front end changes include an insecure password warning in the addressbar on a login pages that do not have a secure connection, a toggle to view passwords from the prompt before saving them, and a zoom level indicator in the addressbar.
** The major Web platform change for Firefox 51 is WebGL2.
** On the reliability and responsiveness front, even more users will be getting multi-process Firefox as it's enabled for another large group of extensions and our users in Russia who had seen it disabled because of a top crash.

== 2017-01-09 ==
* Firefox 51, now in Beta, ships to release on January 24th and will include some nice improvements. First is a feature that will warn users when they're on pages that submit passwords insecurely. Second, WebGL 2! Firefox for android will be shipping various security fixes.

* Firefox 52, now in Dev Edition / Aurora, releases on March 9th and should include captive portal detection, our first OS X sandbox, multi-process enabled for Windows touchscreens, WebAssembly and CSS Grid support! Android Firefox will be seeing improvements to Sync and a 5+mb reduction in APK size. Firefox 52 will also see us transition our Windows XP and Vista users over to our Extended Support Release. Finally, with 52, Firefox will stop supporting all NPAPI plug-ins except Flash.

* Firefox 53, the nightly channel, ships to release on April 18th and will hopefully include a new site permission interface, E10s multi, the compositor process, and an installer update that will help 64-bit windows users get the 64-bit Firefox version.

Firefox OS/TCP

2014-04-12T20:54:38Z

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== Welcome to the Firefox OS Tablet Contribution Program ==

We've got a new form factor for Firefox OS with a whole range of new challenges, from design to implementation and from the top to the bottom of the software stack.

This program is looking for help from all of you, with an early focus on defining, designing, developing, localizing, and testing the core of the OS: Gecko/GFX, Gaia, UX, Productivity and System Apps.

== Getting Started ==

So you've got a [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/02/open-applications-tcp/ Firefox OS tablet] and you're ready to dive in.

This Tablet Contribution Program wiki is designed to give you pointers to the information you need to get connected to the Firefox OS project in a meaningful way. From here, you will be able to quickly access the technical documentation and other content you'll find useful in your Mozilla participation.

== So what can I do? ==
=== Step 1: Get in touch ===
* '''join us on [[IRC]]''': the [irc://irc.mozilla.org/tcp #tcp] channel on irc.mozilla.org
* '''join the dev.b2g and dev.gaia mailing lists'''
** [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia dev-gaia - anything to do with the default apps shipped with FirefoxOS]
** [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g dev-b2g - discussion about the operating system]
* (optional) '''join the mozillians.org group''' [https://mozillians.org/en-US/group/firefox-os-tablet-contribution-program/ firefox os tablet contribution program]

=== Step 2: Break things ===
Quality of Firefox OS is of upmost importance to us so as a first priority we need to iron out any bugs that arise from running Firefox OS on the new hardware and at the larger screen resolution of the Tablet device. Currently the only difference in the Tablet build from the phone build of Firefox OS is that the dialer is disabled due to to the lack of hardware to make calls. That means, '''there will be lots of bugs'''. Please report anything you see that looks wrong or that could be improved.
To report bugs, do the following:
* See if the issue has already been reported, by [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi?format=specific&product=Firefox%20OS searching with relevant keywords]
* If not, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi#h=dupes|Firefox+OS file a new bug]
Try and be as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_bugwork descriptive as possible] when reporting a bug, so that it's easier to reproduce and fix.

=== Step 3: Make it awesome! ===
All those bugs you reported above? They need fixing! That's not the only way to help us make the product better though. Choose one (or more!) areas to get involved in from the ones below:
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Introduction#Step_1_-_Build_Firefox.2C_Firefox_OS.2C_Thunderbird.2C_or_another_application Fix bugs in the apps (Gaia) or in lower levels (Gecko/Gonk)]
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Firefox_OS/Localizing_Firefox_OS Translate Firefox OS to a different language]
* [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/get-involved Update documentation and help other tablet users]

Here's some key entrypoints to help you dive right into making it awesome
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Firefox_OS/Quickstart_guide_to_Gaia_development Quickstart guide to Gaia development]
* [[FirefoxOS/TCP/Patching|Quick start guide to building for Firefox OS tablets (flatfish)]]
* [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-os Firefox OS User Guide]

== Questions? ==
If you have any questions or problems, ask away on [irc://irc.mozilla.org/tcp IRC (#tcp)] or on one of the mailing lists.

If you have questions regarding shipping, the tablet contribution program in general, or how you can get involved, email tcp@mozilla.org. This list is not public, so any personal information you send will be limited to people coordinating the TCP.

If you have questions or problems with the tablet, email the [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g dev-b2g] or [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia dev-gaia] mailing lists. dev-b2g is for system or hardware problems, dev-gaia is for the default apps and UI.

We've also listed a lot more links below to give you even more information.

== FAQ ==
=== When will my tablet be shipped? ===
We're giving people a bit of time to correct errors in the address they submitted (you'd be surprised at how many errors there are :)). Addresses will be passed to the shipping people in the week of Apr 7, so tablets should ship shortly after : late this week or early next week.

=== Will I get a tracking number when my tablet ships?===
Yes, once your tablet has been shipped you will recieve an email which contains the tracking number.

=== How do I get vouched on mozillians.org? ===
If you're not vouched on mozillians.org - don't worry! To be vouched you probably already made a significant impact on the mozilla project.
If you're involved with Mozilla already, speak to your local Rep/community person, or one of the people involved in the project you're contributing to. If you ask them to vouch for you, they may do so. That said, don't be sad if they don't - use that to motivate yourself to be even more involved with mozilla!
If you haven't been very involved with mozilla in the past, we'd love to see you get more involved! If you participate actively in the TCP we're open to vouching for you for your contributions.

=== What version of Firefox OS will be installed on the tablets? ===
Most likely Firefox OS 1.3 will be installed(?). We're aiming at making it really easy to upgrade and install recent builds though.

=== What tablet will I get? ===
The first round of tablets will be the 10" Foxconn InFocus tablet. For hardware specifications, see below.

=== How can I get the 7" tablet? ===
There will be another round of sign-ups for the 7" VIA Vixen tablet in the future. For hardware specifications, see below.

== Links ==
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New to Mozilla / Firefox OS 
'''The Basics'''
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*[http://masterfirefoxos.mozilla.org Firefox OS features]
*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-os Firefox OS User Guide]
*[http://contribute.jquery.org/open-source Contributing to Open Source]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Introduction Contributing to Mozilla]
*[https://quality.mozilla.org/docs/bugzilla/starter-kit/ Bugzilla Starter Kit] and [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Quickstart_guide_to_B2G_development/Bug_Work_to_Firefox_OS Bug Filing]
*[http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/ Community Participation Guide]
*[[Contribute/Team|Community Building Team]]
*[https://quality.mozilla.org/ Quality Assurance]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility Accessibility]
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Working on Firefox OS 
'''Dive Right In'''
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*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Releases/1.3 Release notes]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Firefox_OS/Localizing_Firefox_OS Localization]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Gaia/Hacking Hacking the UI (Gaia)]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform/Automated_testing Testing]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Platform Platform Guide]
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS Full Developer documentation]
*[[Gaia|Gaia Development (wiki)]]
*[[FirefoxOS|Firefox OS Proj Management]]
*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/get-involved Mozilla Support (SUMO)]
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Communication 
'''Discuss your ideas'''
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* TCP team [irc://irc.mozilla.org/tcp live chat on IRC]
* Development teams
** [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g dev-b2g mailing list]
** [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia dev-gaia mailing list]
** [[IRC]] chats
*** UI (gaia): [irc://irc.mozilla.org/gaia #gaia]
*** System level: [irc://irc.mozilla.org/b2g #b2g]
*** Localization: [irc://irc.mozilla.org/l10n #l10n]
*** Accessibility: [irc://irc.mozilla.org/accessibility #accessibility]
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===Additional Links/Information===

* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Debugging/Developer_settings Developer settings for Firefox OS]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKw496PdkE Firefox OS: The What, Why, and How - Introductory video by Rob Lauer]

===First Tablet Hardware===

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<code>Brand/Model: Foxconn InFocus New Tab F1 
Processor: A31 (ARM Cortex A7) Quad-Core 1.2GHz w/ PowerVR SGX544MP2 GPU 
RAM: 2GB 
Storage: 16GB 
Screen: 10.1" IPS capacitive multi-touch @ 1280x800 
Camera: Dual cameras, 2MP/5MP 
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR 
Ports: Micro SD, Micro USB, Microphone, 3.5mm Earphone jack 
Sensors: Light Sensor, G Sensor, Gyroscope Sensor 
Other: Speaker 0.7W x 2 Stereo, GPS/AGPS & GLONASS 
Battery: 7000 mAh 
Dimensions: 266(L) x 170(W) x 9.7(H) mm 
Weight: 580g </code>
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===Future Tablet Hardware===

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<code>Brand/Model: VIA Vixen 
Processor: WM8880 (ARM Cortex A9) Dual-Core 1.2Ghz w/ Dual-Core Mali 400 GPU 
RAM: 1GB 
Storage: 8GB 
Screen: 7" capacitive multi-touch @ 1024x600 
Camera: Dual cameras, 0.3MP/2MP 
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 
Ports: Micro SD, Micro USB, Mini HDMI, headphone 
Sensors: Accelerometer 
Battery: 4000mAh 
Dimensions: Unknown 
Weight: Unknown</code>
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Platform/2012-02-07

2012-02-07T22:22:48Z

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'''Platform Meeting Details'''
* Tuesdays - 11:00 am Pacific
{{conf|95312}}
* [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Warp Core Vidyo Room]
* join irc.mozilla.org #planning for back channel

==Notices / Schedule==

==Firefox Development==
* As mentioned last week, New Tab is now on by default. Tim Taubert is on a tear fixing followup issues, improving performance of the thumbnail service, and making styling tweaks.
* Inline autocomplete has been disabled on trunk while we fix some additional issues that popped up ({{bug|720792}}). Marco is on the case, and we'll get that re-enabled shortly.
* Chemspill candidates for FF10 are being discussed at today's channel meeting (2PM PT in Warp Core)

==Firefox Developer Tools==

* Initial Debugger [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697762#c60 Has Landed]
** Preffed off: to enable, set '''devtools.debugger.enable''' to '''true'''.

==Performance==
* [https://metrics.mozilla.com/data Telemetry dashboard] is now public! See [http://people.mozilla.com/~tglek/fosdem2012/#/step-11 Taras' presentation] for access details.
* Performance work week [http://msujaws.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/firefox-performancesnappy-work-week-recap/ summary from Jared].
** [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/perfworkweek Front-end activities and notes]
* Safebrowsing move from SQLite to flat file landed ({{bug|673470}})
* Various front-end telemetry probes landed, and a bunch more are in-progress.
** [https://etherpad.mozilla.org/fe-telemetry Notes from perf work-week]
** page thumbnails for new-tab ({{bug|721019}})
** site identity popup ({{bug|723090}})
** Places idle frecency updates ({{bug|723124}})
** Places idle maintenance tasks ({{bug|723126}})
** Firefox menu opening time ({{bug|723515}})

==GFX==

==JS==

==Layout==
* Edwin Flores (intern) making good progress on "embedded SVG glyphs in OpenType fonts" (aka "SVG Fonts Done Right") {{bug|719286}}. We should have something shippable-but-preffed-off-by-default soon.
* Other notable patches:
** {{bug|721068}} Graphite font shaping update from SIL
** {{bug|722322}} Have the "1" and "2" keys switch between images in reftest-analyzer.xhtml
** {{bug|722071}} Implement array style indexing for SVGStringList
** {{bug|714839}} nsCSSFrameConstructor now inherits nsFrameManager

==Video==

* libcubeb landed for Windows, but was disabled due to some random test failures
** Matthew working on reenabling that, plus tracking down failures in Mac and ALSA backends
* WebRTC:
** alder repo now builds on Win32 (thanks Ted!).
** Win32, Linux and Mac can capture images from video with fabrice's {{bug|629955}} patches
** Chrome is now shipping Canary Chromium builds with a very early version of WebRTC enable-able. A number of 3rd-parties have built early demos based on it; several were shown at IETF Interim last week.
** Data channel API/protocols firming up; will evangelize at HTML5 Gaming work week in Toronto (great for games!) and look to implement ASAP

==DOM==

==WebAPI==

* Started work on WebNFC
* Mounir is editor for Network Information API and Screen Orientation APIs at W3C

==Network==

==Identity==

==Plugins==

==Mobile==

==Accessibility==

==Tree Management==

==Security==
* No security reviews this week due to security work week in Santa Cruz.
* Please work with Curtis to schedule reviews and
* Update feature pages so we have accurate information

==Stability Report==

===Socorro===

===Desktop===

====Firefox 10 Top Issues====
* Noticed increase in cycle collector crashes - GCGraphBuilder::NoteXPCOMChild(nsISupports*) - #2 crash
** {{bug|724129}} - startup crash nsXBLDocumentInfo::cycleCollection::Traverse
** {{bug|724284}} - Security bug we believe is causing the above regression.
** {{bug|718284}} - Bug in FF11 that is also causing an increase of these crashes.
* Startup crash @ PR_EnumerateAddrInfo | nsDNSRecord::GetNextAddr - #3 crash
** {{bug|718389}} - Spike we saw in FF10b4
** No clear next steps for investigation. Correlation reports have been inconclusive.
* {{bug|725009}} - crash je_free | mozutils.dll. May be related to Flash.

====Firefox 11 Top Issues====
* Increase in hangs - {{bug|722394}}
** {{bug|709209}} - This is complicating our investigation.
** Marcia logging some plugin side reports that might help uncover the issue - {{bug|724617}}
** Top concern, not making much headway - need some developer help with the analysis.
* {{bug|715401}} - new on 11a2 but rising in b1 - trying to isolate the regression range.
* {{bug|718284}} - Separate issue causing increase in cycle collector issues.

====Firefox 12 Top Issues====
* Nothing new and notable on Aurora yet.

====Trunk Top Issues====
* Tracking a number of new crashes related to the landing of some plugin work {{bug|90268}}
** https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Bug-90268

===Mobile===
* Socorro fixes to separate out Java signatures - fix went out last week.
** {{bug|719943}}- new field in json metadata needs exposure in the UI
* Crash volume going down after a bunch of fixes landed last week.

====Trunk Top Issues====
* Still lots of new stuff landing. Focus on logging all the new Java signatures...
* top crash fixed - {{bug|723550}} - Lots of base64 decode errors in logcat
* {{Bug|724215}} - java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoEvent.addMotionPoint(GeckoEvent.java)
* {{Bug|723495}} - java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: View not attached to window manager at android.view.WindowManagerImpl.findViewLocked(WindowManagerImpl.java) - (affects 13, 12, 11)

====Aurora Top Issues====
* {{Bug|711852}} - Crash in neon_composite_over_8888_8888 or neon_composite_over_n_8_0565 or fast_composite_over_8888_0565 or arm_neon_fill @ libxul.so@0xa - (affects 12, 11)

====Beta====
* Not enough data yet - top issue is just 4 crashes
* {{Bug|719741}} - Crash @ __libc_android_abort | dlfree | free | fclose

==Roundtable==

WeeklyUpdates

2012-01-24T08:13:50Z

Bdcomp: /* Meeting Notes */

:''These updates concern Mozilla as a whole. For the weekly Firefox meetings, see [[Firefox/DeliveryMeetings]], for Gecko progress, see [[Platform#Meeting_Notes]].''

==Meeting Details==
*Every Monday @ 11:00am Pacific Time (18:00 UTC through November 6)
*Mozilla HQ, Ten Forward commons area
{{conf|8600}}
*http://air.mozilla.org/ to watch and listen
*join irc.mozilla.org #airmozilla for backchannel discussion

When you call in, you'll be muted by default, to keep phone noise down. Use "*1" (including the star) to unmute yourself if you want to say something.

Full notes below. 

==Meeting Notes==
[[Template:WeeklyUpdates]] - <nowiki>{{subst:WeeklyUpdates}}</nowiki>


{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width: 100%"
! 2012
|-
|
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2012-01-23|January 23, 2012]]
*January 16, 2012 - ''No meeting.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2012-01-09|January 9, 2012]]
*January 2, 2012 - ''No meeting.''
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%"
! 2011
|-
|
*December 26, 2011 - ''No meeting.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-12-19|December 19, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-12-12|December 12, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-12-05|December 5, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-28|November 28, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-21|November 21, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-14|November 14, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-07|November 7, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-31|October 31, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-24|October 24, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-17|October 17, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-10|October 10, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-03|October 3, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-09-27|September 26, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-09-19|September 19, 2011]]
*September 12, 2011 - ''No meeting due to All-Hands week.''
*September 5, 2011 - ''No meeting due to US holiday.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-08-29|August 29, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-08-22|August 22, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-08-15|August 15, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-08-08|August 8, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-08-01|August 1, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-07-25|July 25, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-07-18|July 18, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-07-11|July 11, 2011]]
*July 4, 2011 - ''No meeting due to US holiday.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-06-27|June 27, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-06-20|June 20, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-06-13|June 13, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-06-06|June 6, 2011]]
*May 30, 2011 - ''No meeting due to US holiday.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-05-23|May 23, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-05-16|May 16, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-05-09|May 9, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-05-02|May 2, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-04-25|April 25, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-04-18|April 18, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-04-11|April 11, 2011]]
*April 4, 2011 - ''No meeting due to All-Hands week.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-03-28|March 28, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-03-21|March 21, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-03-14|March 14, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-03-07|March 7, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-02-28|February 28, 2011]]
*February 21, 2011 - ''No meeting due to US holiday.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-02-14|February 14, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-02-07|February 07, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-01-31|January 31, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-01-24|January 24, 2011]]
*January 17, 2011 - ''No meeting due to US holiday.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-01-10|January 10, 2011]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-01-03|January 3, 2011]]
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%"
! 2010
|-
|
*December 27, 2010 - ''No meeting due to holiday season.''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-12-20|December 20, 2010]]
*December 13, 2010 - ''No meeting due to Work Week''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-12-06|December 6, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-11-29|November 29, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-11-22|November 22, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-11-15|November 15, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-11-08|November 08, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-11-01|November 01, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-10-25|October 25, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-10-18|October 18, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-10-11|October 11, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-10-04|October 4, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-09-27|September 27, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-09-20|September 20, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-09-13|September 13, 2010]]
*September 6, 2010 - ''No meeting due to US holiday''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-08-30|August 30, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-08-23|August 23, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-08-16|August 16, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-08-09|August 9, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-08-02|August 2, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-07-26|July 26, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-07-19|July 19, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-07-12|July 12, 2010]]
*July 5, 2010 - ''No meeting due to summit''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-06-28|June 28, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-06-21|June 21, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-06-14|June 14, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-06-07|June 7, 2010]]
*May 31, 2010 - ''No meeting due to US holiday''
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-05-24|May 24, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-05-17|May 17, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-05-10|May 10, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-05-03|May 03, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-04-26|April 26, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-04-19|April 19, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-04-12|April 12, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-04-05|April 5, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-03-29|March 29, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-03-22|March 22, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-03-15|March 15, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-03-08|March 8, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-03-01|March 1, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-02-22|February 22, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-02-15|February 15, 2010]]- No meeting due to holiday, please leave updates in the wiki.
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-02-08|February 8, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-02-01|February 1, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-01-25|January 25, 2010]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-01-18|January 18, 2010]]- No meeting due to US holiday, please leaves updates in the wiki.
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-01-11|January 11, 2010]]- First meeting using [[WeeklyUpdates/Guidance|new procedures]].
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2010-01-04|January 04, 2010]]
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%"
! 2009
|-
|
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-12-28|December 28, 2009]]- No meeting due to holiday. Feel free to leave updates in the Wiki.
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-12-21|December 21, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-12-14|December 14, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-12-07|December 07, 2009]]- No meeting due to all day Mozilla Corp meetings. Feel free to leave updates in the Wiki.
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-11-30|November 30, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-11-23|November 23, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-11-16|November 16, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-11-09|November 09, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-11-02|November 02, 2009]] - Time Change! 19:00 UTC (11am PST)
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-10-26|October 26, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-10-19|October 19, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-10-12|October 12, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-10-05|October 05, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-09-28|September 28, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-09-21|September 21, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-09-14|September 14, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-09-07|September 07, 2009]] - No Meeting due to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day Labor Day] Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-08-31|August 31, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-08-24|August 24, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-08-17|August 17, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-08-10|August 10, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-08-03|August 03, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-07-27|July 27, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-07-20|July 20, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-07-13|July 13, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-07-06|July 06, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-06-29|June 29, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-06-22|June 22, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-06-15|June 15, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-06-08|June 08, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-06-01|June 01, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-05-25|May 25, 2009]] - No meeting due to US Holiday: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_day Memorial Day]. Feel free to leave status!
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-05-18|May 18, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-05-11|May 11, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-05-04|May 04, 2009]]
*April 27, 2009 - no update meeting this week due to on-site event
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-04-20|April 20, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-04-13|April 13, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-04-06|April 06, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-03-30|March 30, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-03-23|March 23, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-03-16|March 16, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-03-09|March 09, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-03-02|March 02, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-02-23|February 23, 2009]]
*February 16, 2009 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-02-09|February 09, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-02-02|February 02, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-01-26|January 26, 2009]]
*January 19, 2009 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-01-12|January 12, 2009]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2009-01-05|January 05, 2009]]
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%"
! 2008
|-
|
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-12-29|December 29, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-12-22|December 22, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-12-15|December 15, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-12-08|December 08, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-12-01|December 01, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-11-24|November 24, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-11-17|November 17, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-11-10|November 10, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-11-03|November 03, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-10-27|October 27, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-10-20|October 20, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-10-13|October 13, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-10-06|October 06, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-09-29|September 29, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-09-22|September 22, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-09-15|September 15, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-09-08|September 08, 2008]]
*September 01, 2008 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-08-25|August 25, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-08-18|August 18, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-08-11|August 11, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-08-04|August 04, 2008]]
*July 28, 2008 - No Meeting due to Summit
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-07-21|July 21, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-07-14|July 14, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-07-07|July 07, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-06-30|June 30, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-06-23|June 23, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-06-16|June 16, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-06-09|June 09, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-06-02|June 02, 2008]]
*May 26, 2008 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-05-19|May 19, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-05-12|May 12, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-05-05|May 05, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-04-28|April 28, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-04-21|April 21, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-04-14|April 14, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-04-07|April 07, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-03-31|March 31, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-03-24|March 24, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-03-17|March 17, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-03-10|March 10, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-03-03|March 03, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-02-25|February 25, 2008]]
*February 18, 2008 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-02-11|February 11, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-02-04|February 04, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-01-28|January 28, 2008]]
*January 21, 2008 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-01-14|January 14, 2008]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2008-01-07|January 07, 2008]]
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%"
! 2007
|-
|
*December 31, 2007 - No Meeting due to US holiday season
*December 24, 2007 - No Meeting due to US holiday season
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-12-17|December 17, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-12-10|December 10, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-12-03|December 03, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-11-26|November 26, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-11-19|November 19, 2007]]
*November 12, 2007 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-11-05|November 05, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-10-29|October 29, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-10-22|October 22, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-10-15|October 15, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-10-08|October 08, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-10-01|October 01, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-09-24|September 24, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-09-17|September 17, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-09-10|September 10, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-08-27|August 27, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-08-20|August 20, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-08-13|August 13, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-08-06|August 6, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-07-30|July 30, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-07-23|July 23, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-07-16|July 16, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-07-09|July 9, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-07-02|July 2, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-06-25|June 25, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-06-18|June 18, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-06-11|June 11, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-06-04|June 4, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-05-21|May 21, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-05-14|May 14, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-05-07|May 7, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-04-30|April 30, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-04-23|April 23, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-04-16|April 16, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-04-09|April 9, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-04-02|April 2, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-03-26|March 26, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-03-19|March 19, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-03-12|March 12, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-03-05|March 5, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-02-26|February 26, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-02-12|February 12, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-02-05|February 5, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-01-29|January 29, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-01-22|January 22, 2007]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2007-01-08|January 08, 2007]]
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%"
! 2006
|-
|
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-12-18|December 18, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-12-11|December 11, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-12-04|December 4, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-11-27|November 27, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-11-13|November 13, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-11-06|November 6, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-10-30|October 30, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-10-23|October 23, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-10-16|October 16, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-10-09|October 9, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-10-02|October 2, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-09-25|September 25, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-09-18|September 18, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-09-11|September 11, 2006]]
*September 4, 2006 - No Meeting due to US and Canadian Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-08-28|August 28, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-08-21|August 21, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-08-14|August 14, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-08-07|August 07, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-07-31|July 31, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-07-24|July 24, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-07-17|July 17, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-07-10|July 10, 2006]]
*July 3, 2006 - No Meeting due to US Holiday
*June 26, 2006 - No Meeting
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-06-19|June 19, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-06-12|June 12, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-06-05|June 05, 2006]]
*May 29, 2006 -- No Meeting due to US Holiday
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-05-22|May 22, 2006]]
*May 15, 2006 -- No Meeting due to XTech 2006 Conference
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-05-08|May 08, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-05-01|May 01, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-04-24|April 24, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-04-17|April 17, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-04-10|April 10, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-04-03|April 03, 2006]]
*[[WeeklyUpdates/2006-03-27|March 27, 2006]]
|}

''Note: Older [http://www-archive.mozilla.org/status/minutes.html meeting minutes] and [http://www-archive.mozilla.org/status/ status updates] are available on the www.mozilla.org archive site.''

Platform/2011-07-05

2011-07-05T18:55:46Z

Bdcomp:

Releases

2009-05-27T17:53:36Z

Bdcomp: /* Upcoming Releases */

This is a page for tracking in-progress releases. For maintenance releases, we use a [[Releases/Checklist|general checklist]] to ensure we don't miss anything.

* perhaps you'd like to see who [[Releases/Drivers|release drivers for various releases]] are?
* or perhaps you'd like to learn more about [[Releases/Priority_Ranking|the priority rankings]] we assign to releases?

== Upcoming Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Scheduled Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU 2|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.10 MU]]
| May 21
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU 2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU 2/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.11|Firefox 3.0.11]]
| June 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.11/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.11/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Thunderbird:Thunderbird_3.0b3 | Thunderbird 3.0b3]]
| June
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3.0/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5rc1 | Firefox 3.5 RC1]]
| early-June
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5rc1/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/RC1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Partnering:Repacks:Firefox_3.0.11|Firefox 3.0.11 Partner Repacks]]
| early-June
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake08|Funnelcake08]]
| June 11
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22|Thunderbird 2.0.0.22]]
| June 16
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.12|Firefox 3.0.12]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.12/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.12/Test Plan | QA]]
|}

== Previous Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Partnering:Repacks:Firefox_3.0.10|Firefox 3.0.10 Partner Repacks]]
| May 1
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5b4 | Firefox 3.5b4]]
| April 27
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5b4/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/Beta4 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.10|Firefox 3.0.10]]
| April 27
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.10/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.10/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.9|Firefox 3.0.9]]
| April 21
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.9/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.9/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.8|Firefox 3.0.8]]
| March 27
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.8/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.8/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Fx_3.0.7_Partners | Firefox 3.0.7 Partner Repacks]]
| March 13, 2009
| Build, QA
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake07|Funnelcake07]]
| March 26, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21|Thunderbird 2.0.0.21]]
| March 18, 2009
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3 | Firefox 3.1b3]]
| March 12, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7|Firefox 3.0.7]]
| March 4, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b2|Thunderbird 3.0b2]]
| February 26, 2009
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake06|Funnelcake06]]
| February 17, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
| February 3, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake05|Funnelcake05]]
| January 13, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 MU]]
| January 08, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19|Thunderbird 2.0.0.19]]
| December 30, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20|Firefox 2.0.0.20]]
| December 18, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.20:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5|Firefox 3.0.5]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.5:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19|Firefox 2.0.0.19]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Funnelcake Funnelcake04]
| December 15, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b1 | Thunderbird 3.0b1]]
| December 9th, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b1:BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2 | Firefox 3.1b2]]
| December 8th, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU | Firefox 2.0.0.18->3.0.4 MU]]
| December 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate/Results:20018_fx3.0.4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18|Thunderbird 2.0.0.18]]
| November 19, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [https://intranet.mozilla.org/FunnelcakeNov08 Firefox Funnelcake03]
| November 18, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.4|Firefox 3.0.4]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.4:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.4:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18|Firefox 2.0.0.18]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.18:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1|Firefox 3.1b1]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3|Thunderbird 3.0a3]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.3|Firefox 3.0.3]]
| September 26
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.3:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.3:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.17|Thunderbird 2.0.0.17]]
| September 25
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.17|Firefox 2.0.0.17]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.17:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2|Firefox 3.0.2]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.2:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2|Firefox 3.1a2]]
| September 5
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.16->3.0.1 MU]]
| August 25
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16-3.0.1 MU:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2|Thunderbird 3.0a2]]
| August 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1|Firefox 3.1a1]]
| July 28
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16|Thunderbird 2.0.0.16]]
| July 23
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1|Firefox 3.0.1]]
| July 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.1:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16|Firefox 2.0.0.16]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.15|Firefox 2.0.0.15]]
| July 1
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.15:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15|Thunderbird 2.0.0.15]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on June 27</s>
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], QA</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0|Firefox 3.0]]
| June 17
| [[Firefox_3.0:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Final|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc3|Firefox 3.0 RC3]]
| June 11
| [[Firefox_3.0rc3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU|Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU]]
| June 9
| [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc2|Firefox 3.0 RC2]]
| June 4
| [[Firefox_3.0rc2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC2|QA]]
|-
|[[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc1|Firefox 3.0 RC1]]
| May 16
| [[Firefox_3.0rc1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a1|Thunderbird 3.0a1]]
| May 13, 2008
| [[Thunderbird3.0a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.14|Thunderbird 2.0.0.14]]
| May 1, 2008
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.14|Firefox 2.0.0.14]]
| April 16
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.13|Thunderbird 2.0.0.13]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on April 14.</s>
| <s>[[Thunderbird_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b5|Firefox 3.0b5]]
| April 2
| [[Firefox_3.0b5:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta5|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.13|Firefox 2.0.0.13]]
| March 25
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b4|Firefox 3.0b4]]
| March 10
| [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.12|Thunderbird 2.0.0.12]]
| February 26
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.12:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b3|Firefox 3.0b3]]
| February 12
| [[Firefox_3.0b3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/M11|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.12|Firefox 2.0.0.12]]
| February 7
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.12:Test Plan|QA]]
|-
| Experimental Fx2 -> Fx3 MU
| Feedback needed before beta3 (pre-Jan 22)
| [[Build:Releases:Firefox:2-3_MajorUpdateTest|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate|QA]]
|-
| Thunderbird 1.5.0.14
| Dec 19, 2007
| Build, [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|}

Releases

2009-05-27T06:50:51Z

Bdcomp: /* Upcoming Releases */

This is a page for tracking in-progress releases. For maintenance releases, we use a [[Releases/Checklist|general checklist]] to ensure we don't miss anything.

* perhaps you'd like to see who [[Releases/Drivers|release drivers for various releases]] are?
* or perhaps you'd like to learn more about [[Releases/Priority_Ranking|the priority rankings]] we assign to releases?

== Upcoming Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Scheduled Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Thunderbird:Thunderbird_3.0b3 | Thunderbird 3.0b3]]
| May
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3.0/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU 2|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.10 MU]]
| May 21
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU 2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU 2/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.11|Firefox 3.0.11]]
| June 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.11/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.11/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5rc1 | Firefox 3.5 RC1]]
| early-June
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5rc1/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/RC1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Partnering:Repacks:Firefox_3.0.11|Firefox 3.0.11 Partner Repacks]]
| early-June
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake08|Funnelcake08]]
| June 11
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22|Thunderbird 2.0.0.22]]
| June 16
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.12|Firefox 3.0.12]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.12/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.12/Test Plan | QA]]
|}

== Previous Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Partnering:Repacks:Firefox_3.0.10|Firefox 3.0.10 Partner Repacks]]
| May 1
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5b4 | Firefox 3.5b4]]
| April 27
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.5b4/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/Beta4 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.10|Firefox 3.0.10]]
| April 27
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.10/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.10/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.9|Firefox 3.0.9]]
| April 21
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.9/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.9/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.8|Firefox 3.0.8]]
| March 27
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.8/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.8/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Fx_3.0.7_Partners | Firefox 3.0.7 Partner Repacks]]
| March 13, 2009
| Build, QA
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake07|Funnelcake07]]
| March 26, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21|Thunderbird 2.0.0.21]]
| March 18, 2009
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3 | Firefox 3.1b3]]
| March 12, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7|Firefox 3.0.7]]
| March 4, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b2|Thunderbird 3.0b2]]
| February 26, 2009
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake06|Funnelcake06]]
| February 17, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
| February 3, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake05|Funnelcake05]]
| January 13, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 MU]]
| January 08, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19|Thunderbird 2.0.0.19]]
| December 30, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20|Firefox 2.0.0.20]]
| December 18, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.20:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5|Firefox 3.0.5]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.5:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19|Firefox 2.0.0.19]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Funnelcake Funnelcake04]
| December 15, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b1 | Thunderbird 3.0b1]]
| December 9th, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b1:BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2 | Firefox 3.1b2]]
| December 8th, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU | Firefox 2.0.0.18->3.0.4 MU]]
| December 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate/Results:20018_fx3.0.4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18|Thunderbird 2.0.0.18]]
| November 19, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [https://intranet.mozilla.org/FunnelcakeNov08 Firefox Funnelcake03]
| November 18, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.4|Firefox 3.0.4]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.4:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.4:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18|Firefox 2.0.0.18]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.18:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1|Firefox 3.1b1]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3|Thunderbird 3.0a3]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.3|Firefox 3.0.3]]
| September 26
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.3:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.3:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.17|Thunderbird 2.0.0.17]]
| September 25
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.17|Firefox 2.0.0.17]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.17:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2|Firefox 3.0.2]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.2:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2|Firefox 3.1a2]]
| September 5
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.16->3.0.1 MU]]
| August 25
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16-3.0.1 MU:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2|Thunderbird 3.0a2]]
| August 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1|Firefox 3.1a1]]
| July 28
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16|Thunderbird 2.0.0.16]]
| July 23
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1|Firefox 3.0.1]]
| July 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.1:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16|Firefox 2.0.0.16]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.15|Firefox 2.0.0.15]]
| July 1
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.15:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15|Thunderbird 2.0.0.15]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on June 27</s>
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], QA</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0|Firefox 3.0]]
| June 17
| [[Firefox_3.0:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Final|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc3|Firefox 3.0 RC3]]
| June 11
| [[Firefox_3.0rc3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU|Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU]]
| June 9
| [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc2|Firefox 3.0 RC2]]
| June 4
| [[Firefox_3.0rc2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC2|QA]]
|-
|[[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc1|Firefox 3.0 RC1]]
| May 16
| [[Firefox_3.0rc1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a1|Thunderbird 3.0a1]]
| May 13, 2008
| [[Thunderbird3.0a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.14|Thunderbird 2.0.0.14]]
| May 1, 2008
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.14|Firefox 2.0.0.14]]
| April 16
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.13|Thunderbird 2.0.0.13]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on April 14.</s>
| <s>[[Thunderbird_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b5|Firefox 3.0b5]]
| April 2
| [[Firefox_3.0b5:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta5|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.13|Firefox 2.0.0.13]]
| March 25
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b4|Firefox 3.0b4]]
| March 10
| [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.12|Thunderbird 2.0.0.12]]
| February 26
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.12:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b3|Firefox 3.0b3]]
| February 12
| [[Firefox_3.0b3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/M11|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.12|Firefox 2.0.0.12]]
| February 7
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.12:Test Plan|QA]]
|-
| Experimental Fx2 -> Fx3 MU
| Feedback needed before beta3 (pre-Jan 22)
| [[Build:Releases:Firefox:2-3_MajorUpdateTest|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate|QA]]
|-
| Thunderbird 1.5.0.14
| Dec 19, 2007
| Build, [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|}

Releases/Firefox 3.5b4

2009-04-25T23:42:01Z

Bdcomp: /* Release Tracking & Schedule */

[[Releases|« Release Schedule]]

Tracking document for the release of Firefox 3.5 Beta 4. See also:
* [[Releases/Firefox 3.5b4/BuildNotes|Build Activities]]
* [[QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/Beta4|QA Activities]]
* [[Releases/Firefox 3.5b4/RRRT|Release Rapid Response]]

== Who ==
* Overall lead: beltzner
* Dev lead: beltzner
* Build lead: nthomas
* QA lead: tchung
* Web lead: clouserw

== Code Schedule / Development Work Remaining ==

* '''String freeze''': '''Thursday, March 19th at 23:59 PDT''' / 2009-03-20 06:59 UTC
* '''Code freeze''': delayed until P1 blockers are complete
** remaining work: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&keywords_type=nowords&keywords=fixed1.9.1+verified1.9.1&resolution=---&priority=P1&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.9.1%2B&field0-0-1=flagtypes.name&type0-0-1=equals&value0-0-1=blocking-firefox3.5%2B unresolved P1 blockers] | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&keywords_type=nowords&keywords=fixed1.9.1+verified1.9.1&priority=P1&query_based_on=3.5b4-blocking&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=blocking1.9.1%2B&field0-0-1=flagtypes.name&type0-0-1=equals&value0-0-1=blocking-firefox3.5%2B&field0-1-0=resolution&type0-1-0=nowordssubstr&value0-1-0=INVALID+WONTFIX+WORKSFORME+INCOMPLETE+MOVED+EXPIRED+DUPLICATE need to land on 1.9.1]
* '''QA Start''': Friday, April 17th, morning PDT / afternoon UTC
* '''Release''': April 22-24

== Release Tracking & Schedule ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''step'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''status'''
|-
| tree closed / frozen for slushy freeze
| April 23rd, 11am PDT
| done
|-
| tag mozilla-1.9.1 for build changeset: [http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/5b61f163f2fd 5b61f163f2fd]
| April 23rd, 6:44pm PDT
| done
|-
| build1: linux & mac builds generated available [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.5b4-candidates/build1/ here]
| April 23rd, 9:03pm PDT
| done
|-
| build1: signed win32 builds generated available [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.5b4-candidates/build1/ here]
| April 24th, 4:45pm PDT
| done
|-
| QA tests
[[QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/Beta4#TestResults|results]]
|
| in progress
|-
| release notes, first run pages on www-trunk.stage.m.c
|
| 
|-
| all-beta download page on www-trunk.stage.m.c
|
| 
|-
| QA tests website changes on trunk
|
| 
|-
| all web changes on authstage.m.c
|
| 
|-
| colspan=3 style="background:#efefef" | '''release & announce phase'''
|-
| release notes & first run pages pushed live
|
| 
|-
| builds pushed to mirrors
|
| 
|-
| QA tests bouncer links on www.stage
|
| 
|-
| QA verifies updates on releasetest channel (really a bouncer test), and web pages
|
| 
|-
| all-beta download page pushed live
|
| 
|-
| QA verifies bouncer links
|
| 
|-
| build enables updates on beta channel
|
| 
|-
| QA verifies updates on beta channel
|
| 
|-
| release announced
|
| 
|-
|}

[[Category:Shiretoko beta|4]]

Releases

2009-01-29T15:22:49Z

Bdcomp: /* Upcoming Releases */

This is a page for tracking in-progress releases. For maintenance releases, we use a [[Releases/Checklist|general checklist]] to ensure we don't miss anything.

* perhaps you'd like to see who [[Releases/Drivers|release drivers for various releases]] are?
* or perhaps you'd like to learn more about [[Releases/Priority_Ranking|the priority rankings]] we assign to releases?

== Upcoming Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Scheduled Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3 | Firefox 3.1b3]]
| February 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
| February 3, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake06|Funnelcake06]]
| February 17, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7|Firefox 3.0.7]]
| March 3, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.7/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21|Thunderbird 2.0.0.21]]
| March 2009
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.21/Test Plan | QA]]
|}

== Previous Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Funnelcake05|Funnelcake05]]
| January 13, 2009
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 MU]]
| January 08, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19|Thunderbird 2.0.0.19]]
| December 30, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20|Firefox 2.0.0.20]]
| December 18, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.20:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5|Firefox 3.0.5]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.5:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19|Firefox 2.0.0.19]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Funnelcake Funnelcake04]
| December 15, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b1 | Thunderbird 3.0b1]]
| December 9th, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b1:BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2 | Firefox 3.1b2]]
| December 8th, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU | Firefox 2.0.0.18->3.0.4 MU]]
| December 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate/Results:20018_fx3.0.4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18|Thunderbird 2.0.0.18]]
| November 19, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [https://intranet.mozilla.org/FunnelcakeNov08 Firefox Funnelcake03]
| November 18, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.4|Firefox 3.0.4]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.4:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.4:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18|Firefox 2.0.0.18]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.18:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1|Firefox 3.1b1]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3|Thunderbird 3.0a3]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.3|Firefox 3.0.3]]
| September 26
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.3:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.3:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.17|Thunderbird 2.0.0.17]]
| September 25
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.17|Firefox 2.0.0.17]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.17:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2|Firefox 3.0.2]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.2:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2|Firefox 3.1a2]]
| September 5
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.16->3.0.1 MU]]
| August 25
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16-3.0.1 MU:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2|Thunderbird 3.0a2]]
| August 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1|Firefox 3.1a1]]
| July 28
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16|Thunderbird 2.0.0.16]]
| July 23
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1|Firefox 3.0.1]]
| July 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.1:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16|Firefox 2.0.0.16]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.15|Firefox 2.0.0.15]]
| July 1
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.15:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15|Thunderbird 2.0.0.15]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on June 27</s>
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], QA</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0|Firefox 3.0]]
| June 17
| [[Firefox_3.0:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Final|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc3|Firefox 3.0 RC3]]
| June 11
| [[Firefox_3.0rc3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU|Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU]]
| June 9
| [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc2|Firefox 3.0 RC2]]
| June 4
| [[Firefox_3.0rc2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC2|QA]]
|-
|[[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc1|Firefox 3.0 RC1]]
| May 16
| [[Firefox_3.0rc1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a1|Thunderbird 3.0a1]]
| May 13, 2008
| [[Thunderbird3.0a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.14|Thunderbird 2.0.0.14]]
| May 1, 2008
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.14|Firefox 2.0.0.14]]
| April 16
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.13|Thunderbird 2.0.0.13]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on April 14.</s>
| <s>[[Thunderbird_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b5|Firefox 3.0b5]]
| April 2
| [[Firefox_3.0b5:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta5|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.13|Firefox 2.0.0.13]]
| March 25
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b4|Firefox 3.0b4]]
| March 10
| [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.12|Thunderbird 2.0.0.12]]
| February 26
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.12:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b3|Firefox 3.0b3]]
| February 12
| [[Firefox_3.0b3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/M11|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.12|Firefox 2.0.0.12]]
| February 7
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.12:Test Plan|QA]]
|-
| Experimental Fx2 -> Fx3 MU
| Feedback needed before beta3 (pre-Jan 22)
| [[Build:Releases:Firefox:2-3_MajorUpdateTest|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate|QA]]
|-
| Thunderbird 1.5.0.14
| Dec 19, 2007
| Build, [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|}

Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-14

2009-01-14T17:45:38Z

Bdcomp: /* Partners */

[[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-07|« previous week]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-21|next week »]]

'''Firefox Product Delivery Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
* Mozilla Building S
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
* irc.mozilla.org #shiretoko for backchannel

'''NOTE: See [[Platform#Meeting_Notes]] for development meeting notes'''

__TOC__

== Firefox 2.0.0.x / 3.0.x ==
* [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.20_MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 Major Update]]
** Shipped January 8 (six days ago)
** Uptake isn't very good yet, but still monitoring
* [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
** Code frozen (minus one bug, which we may or may not take)
** QA is currently testing
** If all goes well, will start builds Monday, January 19
** Aiming for final release date in early February
* Firefox 3.0.7 (no wiki link yet!)
** Targeting one month after 3.0.6
** Look for a post to dev-planning about final schedule by Friday
** Planning to re-open the tree shortly after builds start for 3.0.6

== Firefox 3.1 Development ==
'''Development Update'''
* large outstanding set of P1 blockers (lion's share in TraceMonkey/JS Engine)
* moving code freeze for Beta 3 to Jan 25th to contain
* goal will be to get to 0 P1s in all components ASAP and then cut into P2s until freeze; this should prevent significant delay to final release date for Firefox 3.1

(see [[Platform/2009-01-13|development meeting notes]] for more details)

'''Daily users'''
* ~ 250k users on the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
* ~ 11k users on Shiretoko nightlies
* ~ 5k users on Minefield nightlies

'''[[Releases/Firefox_3.1b2|Beta 3]]'''
New proposed schedule based on code slip:
* '''String freeze''' will maintain in place
* '''Code freeze''' is January 25th, 11:59pm PDT
* '''QA Start''' is January 27th, 9:00am PDT
* '''Release''' is targeted at Feb 2nd, noon PDT

== Support ==

== Localization ==

== QA ==

== Release Engineering ==

== Add-Ons ==
* Add-Ons are now 54% compatible with Firefox 3.1 (exactly like a week ago).
* Add-Ons review queue is beyond 600 nominated and updated Add-Ons. Details at [http://www.cesaroliveira.net/tea/archives/51 Cesar Oliveira's post].

== Partners ==

* Yahoo! pushing fix for {{bug|471816}} on 2-Feb-2009, and will work with us on QA beforehand.

== Evangelism ==

== Marketing/PR ==

== Roundtable ==

Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-14

2009-01-14T16:14:58Z

Bdcomp: /* Firefox 3.1 Development */

[[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-07|« previous week]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-21|next week »]]

'''Firefox Product Delivery Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
* Mozilla Building S
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
* irc.mozilla.org #shiretoko for backchannel

'''NOTE: See [[Platform#Meeting_Notes]] for development meeting notes'''

__TOC__

== Firefox 2.0.0.x / 3.0.x ==
* [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.20_MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 Major Update]]
** Shipped January 8 (six days ago)
** Uptake isn't very good yet, but still monitoring
* [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
** Code frozen (minus one bug, which we may or may not take)
** QA is currently testing
** If all goes well, will start builds Monday, January 19
** Aiming for final release date in early February
* Firefox 3.0.7 (no wiki link yet!)
** Targeting one month after 3.0.6
** Look for a post to dev-planning about final schedule by Friday
** Planning to re-open the tree shortly after builds start for 3.0.6

== Firefox 3.1 Development ==
(see [[Platform/2009-01-13#Firefox_3.1_Update|development meeting notes]])

'''Daily users'''
* users on the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
* users on Shiretoko nightlies
* users on Minefield nightlies

'''[[Releases/Firefox_3.1b2|Beta 3]]'''
* '''String freeze''' has been declared
* '''Code freeze''' is January 25th, 11:59pm PDT
* '''QA Start''' is January 27th, 9:00am PDT
* '''Release''' is targeted at Feb 2nd, noon PDT

== Support ==

== Localization ==

== QA ==

== Release Engineering ==

== Add-Ons ==
* Add-Ons are now 54% compatible with Firefox 3.1 (exactly like a week ago).
* Add-Ons review queue is beyond 600 nominated and updated Add-Ons. Details at [http://www.cesaroliveira.net/tea/archives/51 Cesar Oliveira's post].

== Evangelism ==

== Marketing/PR ==

== Roundtable ==

Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-14

2009-01-14T16:06:58Z

Bdcomp: /* Add-Ons */

[[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-07|« previous week]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-21|next week »]]

'''Firefox Product Delivery Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
* Mozilla Building S
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
* irc.mozilla.org #shiretoko for backchannel

'''NOTE: See [[Platform#Meeting_Notes]] for development meeting notes'''

__TOC__

== Firefox 2.0.0.x / 3.0.x ==
* [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.20_MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 Major Update]]
** Shipped January 8 (six days ago)
** Uptake isn't very good yet, but still monitoring
* [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
** Code frozen (minus one bug, which we may or may not take)
** QA is currently testing
** If all goes well, will start builds Monday, January 19
** Aiming for final release date in early February
* Firefox 3.0.7 (no wiki link yet!)
** Targeting one month after 3.0.6
** Look for a post to dev-planning about final schedule by Friday
** Planning to re-open the tree shortly after builds start for 3.0.6

== Firefox 3.1 Development ==
(see [[Platform/2009-01-13#Firefox_3.1_Update|development meeting notes]])

'''Daily users'''
* users on the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
* users on Shiretoko nightlies
* users on Minefield nightlies

'''[[Releases/Firefox_3.1b2|Beta 3]]'''
* '''String freeze''' has been declared
* '''Code freeze''' is January 13th, 11:59pm PDT
* '''QA Start''' is January 15th, 9:00am PDT
* '''Release''' is targeted at January 26th

== Support ==

== Localization ==

== QA ==

== Release Engineering ==

== Add-Ons ==
* Add-Ons are now 54% compatible with Firefox 3.1 (exactly like a week ago).
* Add-Ons review queue is beyond 600 nominated and updated Add-Ons. Details at [http://www.cesaroliveira.net/tea/archives/51 Cesar Oliveira's post].

== Evangelism ==

== Marketing/PR ==

== Roundtable ==

Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-14

2009-01-14T16:00:54Z

Bdcomp: /* Add-Ons */

[[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-07|« previous week]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox3.1/StatusMeetings/2009-01-21|next week »]]

'''Firefox Product Delivery Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - Firefox 3 - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
* Mozilla Building S
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
* irc.mozilla.org #shiretoko for backchannel

'''NOTE: See [[Platform#Meeting_Notes]] for development meeting notes'''

__TOC__

== Firefox 2.0.0.x / 3.0.x ==
* [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.20_MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 Major Update]]
** Shipped January 8 (six days ago)
** Uptake isn't very good yet, but still monitoring
* [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
** Code frozen (minus one bug, which we may or may not take)
** QA is currently testing
** If all goes well, will start builds Monday, January 19
** Aiming for final release date in early February
* Firefox 3.0.7 (no wiki link yet!)
** Targeting one month after 3.0.6
** Look for a post to dev-planning about final schedule by Friday
** Planning to re-open the tree shortly after builds start for 3.0.6

== Firefox 3.1 Development ==
(see [[Platform/2009-01-13#Firefox_3.1_Update|development meeting notes]])

'''Daily users'''
* users on the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
* users on Shiretoko nightlies
* users on Minefield nightlies

'''[[Releases/Firefox_3.1b2|Beta 3]]'''
* '''String freeze''' has been declared
* '''Code freeze''' is January 13th, 11:59pm PDT
* '''QA Start''' is January 15th, 9:00am PDT
* '''Release''' is targeted at January 26th

== Support ==

== Localization ==

== QA ==

== Release Engineering ==

== Add-Ons ==
* Add-Ons are now 54% compatible with Firefox 3.1 (exactly like a week ago).

== Evangelism ==

== Marketing/PR ==

== Roundtable ==

Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20

2008-12-18T11:14:50Z

Bdcomp: New page: « Release Schedule 2.0.0.20 is a quick release of Firefox to fix a single issue. == Pages == * QA Test Plan * [[Release...

[[Releases|« Release Schedule]]

2.0.0.20 is a quick release of Firefox to fix a single issue.

== Pages ==
* [[Firefox:2.0.0.20:Test_Plan | QA Test Plan]]
* [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20/BuildNotes | Build Notes]]

Releases

2008-12-18T11:06:50Z

Bdcomp: /* Upcoming Releases */

This is a page for tracking in-progress releases. For maintenance releases, we use a [[Releases/Checklist|general checklist]] to ensure we don't miss anything.

* perhaps you'd like to see who [[Releases/Drivers|release drivers for various releases]] are?
* or perhaps you'd like to learn more about [[Releases/Priority_Ranking|the priority rankings]] we assign to releases?

== Upcoming Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Scheduled Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20|Firefox 2.0.0.20]]
| mid-late December
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.20:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19|Thunderbird 2.0.0.19]]
| As late as January 6
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 MU]]
| early-mid January
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3 | Firefox 3.1b3]]
| January 26, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
| February 3, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/Test Plan | QA]]
|}

== Previous Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5|Firefox 3.0.5]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.5:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19|Firefox 2.0.0.19]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Funnelcake Funnelcake04]
| December 15, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b1 | Thunderbird 3.0b1]]
| December 9th, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b1:BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2 | Firefox 3.1b2]]
| December 8th, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU | Firefox 2.0.0.18->3.0.4 MU]]
| December 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate/Results:20018_fx3.0.4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18|Thunderbird 2.0.0.18]]
| November 19, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [https://intranet.mozilla.org/FunnelcakeNov08 Firefox Funnelcake03]
| November 18, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.4|Firefox 3.0.4]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.4:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.4:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18|Firefox 2.0.0.18]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.18:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1|Firefox 3.1b1]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3|Thunderbird 3.0a3]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.3|Firefox 3.0.3]]
| September 26
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.3:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.3:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.17|Thunderbird 2.0.0.17]]
| September 25
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.17|Firefox 2.0.0.17]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.17:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2|Firefox 3.0.2]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.2:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2|Firefox 3.1a2]]
| September 5
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.16->3.0.1 MU]]
| August 25
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16-3.0.1 MU:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2|Thunderbird 3.0a2]]
| August 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1|Firefox 3.1a1]]
| July 28
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16|Thunderbird 2.0.0.16]]
| July 23
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1|Firefox 3.0.1]]
| July 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.1:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16|Firefox 2.0.0.16]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.15|Firefox 2.0.0.15]]
| July 1
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.15:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15|Thunderbird 2.0.0.15]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on June 27</s>
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], QA</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0|Firefox 3.0]]
| June 17
| [[Firefox_3.0:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Final|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc3|Firefox 3.0 RC3]]
| June 11
| [[Firefox_3.0rc3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU|Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU]]
| June 9
| [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc2|Firefox 3.0 RC2]]
| June 4
| [[Firefox_3.0rc2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC2|QA]]
|-
|[[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc1|Firefox 3.0 RC1]]
| May 16
| [[Firefox_3.0rc1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a1|Thunderbird 3.0a1]]
| May 13, 2008
| [[Thunderbird3.0a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.14|Thunderbird 2.0.0.14]]
| May 1, 2008
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.14|Firefox 2.0.0.14]]
| April 16
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.13|Thunderbird 2.0.0.13]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on April 14.</s>
| <s>[[Thunderbird_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b5|Firefox 3.0b5]]
| April 2
| [[Firefox_3.0b5:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta5|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.13|Firefox 2.0.0.13]]
| March 25
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b4|Firefox 3.0b4]]
| March 10
| [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.12|Thunderbird 2.0.0.12]]
| February 26
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.12:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b3|Firefox 3.0b3]]
| February 12
| [[Firefox_3.0b3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/M11|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.12|Firefox 2.0.0.12]]
| February 7
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.12:Test Plan|QA]]
|-
| Experimental Fx2 -> Fx3 MU
| Feedback needed before beta3 (pre-Jan 22)
| [[Build:Releases:Firefox:2-3_MajorUpdateTest|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate|QA]]
|-
| Thunderbird 1.5.0.14
| Dec 19, 2007
| Build, [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|}

Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU

2008-12-18T11:00:30Z

Bdcomp: New page: « Release Schedule Firefox 2.0.0.20->3.0.5 MU is a major update to Firefox 2.0.0.x, bringing users to 3.0.5. == Who == * Overall lead: ss * Security/Dev...

[[Releases|« Release Schedule]]

Firefox 2.0.0.20->3.0.5 MU is a major update to Firefox 2.0.0.x, bringing users to 3.0.5.

== Who ==
* Overall lead: ss
* Security/Dev lead: dveditz
* Build lead: ??
* QA lead: abillings

== Pages ==
* [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Checklist | Release Checklist]]
* [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Test Plan | QA Test Plan]]
* [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/BuildNotes | Build Notes]]
* [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/RRRT |Release Rapid Response]]

== Schedule ==
* QA starts: week of December 15
* Beta release: January 7
* Release: January 12

Releases

2008-12-18T10:59:16Z

Bdcomp: /* Upcoming Releases */

This is a page for tracking in-progress releases. For maintenance releases, we use a [[Releases/Checklist|general checklist]] to ensure we don't miss anything.

* perhaps you'd like to see who [[Releases/Drivers|release drivers for various releases]] are?
* or perhaps you'd like to learn more about [[Releases/Priority_Ranking|the priority rankings]] we assign to releases?

== Upcoming Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Scheduled Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20|Firefox 2.0.0.20]]
| mid-late December
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.20:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19|Thunderbird 2.0.0.19]]
| As late as January 6
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 MU]]
| early-mid January
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.20 MU/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6|Firefox 3.0.6]]
| February 3, 2009
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.6/Test Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3 | Firefox 3.1b3]]
| ''early Feb, 2009 (estimated)''
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b3/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta3 | QA]]
|}

== Previous Releases ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Name'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Release Date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''Links'''
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5|Firefox 3.0.5]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.5/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.5:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19|Firefox 2.0.0.19]]
| December 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.19/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.19:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Funnelcake Funnelcake04]
| December 15, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0b1 | Thunderbird 3.0b1]]
| December 9th, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_3.0b1:BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Beta1 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2 | Firefox 3.1b2]]
| December 8th, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2 | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU | Firefox 2.0.0.18->3.0.4 MU]]
| December 4
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18 MU/BuildNotes | Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate/Results:20018_fx3.0.4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18|Thunderbird 2.0.0.18]]
| November 19, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.18/BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [https://intranet.mozilla.org/FunnelcakeNov08 Firefox Funnelcake03]
| November 18, 2008
|
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.4|Firefox 3.0.4]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.4:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.4:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.18|Firefox 2.0.0.18]]
| November 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.18:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.18:Test_Plan | QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1|Firefox 3.1b1]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3|Thunderbird 3.0a3]]
| October 14
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.3|Firefox 3.0.3]]
| September 26
| [[Releases/Firefox_3.0.3:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.3:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.17|Thunderbird 2.0.0.17]]
| September 25
| [[Releases/Thunderbird_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.17|Firefox 2.0.0.17]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.17:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.17:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2|Firefox 3.0.2]]
| September 23
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.2:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2|Firefox 3.1a2]]
| September 5
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16 MU|Firefox 2.0.0.16->3.0.1 MU]]
| August 25
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16-3.0.1 MU:BuildNotes|Build]], QA
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2|Thunderbird 3.0a2]]
| August 12, 2008
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha2|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1|Firefox 3.1a1]]
| July 28
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.1a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16|Thunderbird 2.0.0.16]]
| July 23
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1|Firefox 3.0.1]]
| July 16
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0.1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:3.0.1:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16|Firefox 2.0.0.16]]
| July 15
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.16:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.16:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.15|Firefox 2.0.0.15]]
| July 1
| [[Releases/Firefox_2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.15:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15|Thunderbird 2.0.0.15]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on June 27</s>
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.15:BuildNotes|Build]], QA</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0|Firefox 3.0]]
| June 17
| [[Firefox_3.0:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Final|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc3|Firefox 3.0 RC3]]
| June 11
| [[Firefox_3.0rc3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC3|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU|Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 MU]]
| June 9
| [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:BuildNotes | Build]], [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14_2.0.0.14:Major_Update:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc2|Firefox 3.0 RC2]]
| June 4
| [[Firefox_3.0rc2:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC2|QA]]
|-
|[[Releases/Firefox 3.0rc1|Firefox 3.0 RC1]]
| May 16
| [[Firefox_3.0rc1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/RC1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 3.0a1|Thunderbird 3.0a1]]
| May 13, 2008
| [[Thunderbird3.0a1:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Thunderbird3/TestResults/Alpha1|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.14|Thunderbird 2.0.0.14]]
| May 1, 2008
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.14|Firefox 2.0.0.14]]
| April 16
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.14:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| <s>[[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.13|Thunderbird 2.0.0.13]]</s>
| <s>Officially abandoned on April 14.</s>
| <s>[[Thunderbird_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]</s>
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b5|Firefox 3.0b5]]
| April 2
| [[Firefox_3.0b5:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta5|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.13|Firefox 2.0.0.13]]
| March 25
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.13:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.13:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b4|Firefox 3.0b4]]
| March 10
| [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Thunderbird 2.0.0.12|Thunderbird 2.0.0.12]]
| February 26
| [[Thunderbird_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Thunderbird:2.0.0.12:Test_Plan|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 3.0b3|Firefox 3.0b3]]
| February 12
| [[Firefox_3.0b3:BuildNotes|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/M11|QA]]
|-
| [[Releases/Firefox 2.0.0.12|Firefox 2.0.0.12]]
| February 7
| [[Firefox_2.0.0.12:BuildNotes|Build]], [[Firefox:2.0.0.12:Test Plan|QA]]
|-
| Experimental Fx2 -> Fx3 MU
| Feedback needed before beta3 (pre-Jan 22)
| [[Build:Releases:Firefox:2-3_MajorUpdateTest|Build]], [[QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/MajorUpdate|QA]]
|-
| Thunderbird 1.5.0.14
| Dec 19, 2007
| Build, [[Thunderbird:1.5.0.14:Test_Plan|QA]]
|}

Releases/Firefox 3.1b2

2008-11-05T12:20:11Z

Bdcomp:

[[Releases|« Release Schedule]]

Tracking document for the release of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2. See also:
* [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/BuildNotes|Build Activities]]
* [[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2|QA Activities]]
* [[Releases/Firefox 3.1b2/RRRT|Release Rapid Response]]

== Who ==
* Overall lead: beltzner
* Dev lead: beltzner
* Build lead: ??
* QA lead: tchung
* Web lead: beltzner

== Development Work Remaining ==
* Nov 5 - 6: finish checkins, spot regressions & polish for beta
* Nov 7 - 10: l10n completion for beta

== Release Tracking & Schedule ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
| style="background:#efefef" | '''step'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''date'''
| style="background:#efefef" | '''status'''
|-
| tree closed / frozen
| November 4th 11:59pm PDT
| 
|-
| tag for build
| ''est. November 10''
| 
|-
| en-US builds generated
| '''est. November 10''
| 
|-
| l10n builds generated (using [http://hg.mozilla.org/build/buildbot-configs/file/FIREFOX_3_1b2_RELEASE/mozilla2/l10n-changesets these changesets])
| ''est. November 11''
| 
|-
| QA tests
[[QA/Firefox3.1/TestPlan/Beta2#TestResults|results]]
| ''est. November 20''
| 
|-
| release notes, first run pages on www-trunk.stage.m.c
| ''est. November 19''
| 
|-
| all-beta download page on www-trunk.stage.m.c
| ''est. November 19''
| 
|-
| QA tests website changes on trunk
| ''est. November 20''
| 
|-
| colspan=3 style="background:#efefef" | '''release & announce phase'''
|-
| website changes pushed to www.stage.m.c
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
| release notes & first run pages pushed live
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
| builds pushed to mirrors
| ''est. November 21''
|
|-
| QA tests bouncer links on www.stage
| ''est. November 21''
|
|-
| QA verifies updates on releasetest channel (really a bouncer test), and web pages
| ''est. November 21''
|
|-
| all-beta download page pushed live
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
| QA verifies bouncer links
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
| build enables updates on beta channel
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
| QA verifies updates on beta channel
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
| release announced
| ''est. November 21''
| 
|-
|}

Mozilla.com/2008 Redesign/Test Plan

2008-03-06T07:15:15Z

Bdcomp: /* Test Results (Matrix) */

== Description of Release ==

See [http://www.intothefuzz.com/2007/12/17/creating-a-new-look-for-mozillacom/ John's blog post] for more background; Mozilla.com is being redesigned to coincide with and promote the launch of Firefox 3, and to reflect the organic nature of Mozilla.

== Schedule (dates omitted for the time being) ==

Batch #1
* Homepage
* Firefox download page
* Firefox/security - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/security/ production]
* About Mozilla - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/ production]
* About/Get Involved - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/community/ production]

Batch #2
* Firefox First Run - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.12/firstrun/ production]
* Firefox Getting Started
* Firefox Update
* Phishing - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ production]
** "It's a trap" - [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/its-a-trap.html production]
* Firefox/Customization - ?
* Firefox/100% Organic - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/organic/ production]
* Firefox/Downloading - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.12&os=osx&lang=en-US production]
* Firefox/Release notes - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.12/releasenotes/ production]
* Firefox/Other systems & languages - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html production]
* Community (aka Many Faces) - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/manyfaces/ production]

Batch #3
* Firefox/features
* Firefox/tips & tricks
* About/Careers - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/careers production]
* About/Press Center - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/ production]
* About/Press Center/Releases - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/news.html production]
* About/Press Center/Image Library - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/images.html production]
* About/Press Center/Awards - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/awards.html production]
* About/Press Center/Testimonials - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/testimonials.html production]
* About/Contact - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/contact.html production]
* About/Partnerships - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/partnerships.html production]
* About/Licensing - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/licensing.html production]
* Privacy Policy - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/privacy-policy.html production]

Batch #4
* Site outage page - [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8345192@N03/640665390/sizes/o/ production]
* 404 error page - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/s production]
* Mozilla Blog - [http://blog.mozilla.com production]

== Implementation Bug / Bugs Fixed ==

== General Test Plan ==

# Header navigation
# Currently viewed page reflected in nav highlight
## Breadcrumb
# Search/keyword functionality
# Download button
## JavaScript-disabled functionality
## Release Notes
## Other Systems and Languages
# Hover effects (button images/tooltips)
# DHTML flyout menus
# JavaScript-disabled rendering
# Footer
## Other Languages

=== General Markup Testing ===

# W3C Markup Validation Service [http://validator.w3.org/ online test]
## (Does CSS/XHTML, etc.)
# Broken link checker [http://validator.w3.org/checklink online test]

=== Accessibility Testing ===
# Cynthia [http://www.cynthiasays.com/ online test]
# Watchfire WebXACT [http://webxact.watchfire.com/ online test]
# TAW [http://www.tawdis.net/taw3/cms/en online test]

== Browser Testing Matrix ==

{| class="fullwidth-table"
!
! Windows XP SP2
! Windows Vista
! Mac
! Linux
|-
| Firefox 3
| P1

| P1

| P1
| P1
|-
| Firefox 2.0.0.12
| P1

| P1

| P1
| P1
|-
|-
| Internet Explorer 7
| P1
| P1
| '''N/A'''
| '''N/A'''
|-
| Internet Explorer 6
| P1

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''
|-
| Opera 9.25
| P2
| P2
| P2
| P2
|-

| Safari 2.0.4 / 3.0.4
| P1
| P1
| P1
| '''N/A'''
|-
| Flock '''1.1'''
| P2
| P2
| P2
| P2
|}

== Test Results (Matrix) ==

{| class="fullwidth-table"
!
! Windows XP SP2
! Windows Vista
! Mac
! Linux
|-
| Firefox 3
| '''.'''

| '''.'''

| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-
| Firefox 2.0.0.12
| '''.'''

| '''.'''

| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-
|-
| Internet Explorer 7
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''N/A'''
| '''N/A'''
|-
| Internet Explorer 6
| '''.'''

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''
|-
| Opera 9.25
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-

| Safari 2.0.4 / 3.0.4
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-
| Flock '''1.1'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|}

== Detailed Test Results ==

Mozilla.com/2008 Redesign/Test Plan

2008-03-06T07:14:47Z

Bdcomp: /* Browser Testing Matrix */

== Description of Release ==

See [http://www.intothefuzz.com/2007/12/17/creating-a-new-look-for-mozillacom/ John's blog post] for more background; Mozilla.com is being redesigned to coincide with and promote the launch of Firefox 3, and to reflect the organic nature of Mozilla.

== Schedule (dates omitted for the time being) ==

Batch #1
* Homepage
* Firefox download page
* Firefox/security - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/security/ production]
* About Mozilla - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/ production]
* About/Get Involved - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/community/ production]

Batch #2
* Firefox First Run - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.12/firstrun/ production]
* Firefox Getting Started
* Firefox Update
* Phishing - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/ production]
** "It's a trap" - [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/its-a-trap.html production]
* Firefox/Customization - ?
* Firefox/100% Organic - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/organic/ production]
* Firefox/Downloading - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.12&os=osx&lang=en-US production]
* Firefox/Release notes - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.12/releasenotes/ production]
* Firefox/Other systems & languages - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html production]
* Community (aka Many Faces) - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/manyfaces/ production]

Batch #3
* Firefox/features
* Firefox/tips & tricks
* About/Careers - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/careers production]
* About/Press Center - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/ production]
* About/Press Center/Releases - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/news.html production]
* About/Press Center/Image Library - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/images.html production]
* About/Press Center/Awards - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/awards.html production]
* About/Press Center/Testimonials - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/testimonials.html production]
* About/Contact - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/contact.html production]
* About/Partnerships - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/partnerships.html production]
* About/Licensing - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/licensing.html production]
* Privacy Policy - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/privacy-policy.html production]

Batch #4
* Site outage page - [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8345192@N03/640665390/sizes/o/ production]
* 404 error page - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/s production]
* Mozilla Blog - [http://blog.mozilla.com production]

== Implementation Bug / Bugs Fixed ==

== General Test Plan ==

# Header navigation
# Currently viewed page reflected in nav highlight
## Breadcrumb
# Search/keyword functionality
# Download button
## JavaScript-disabled functionality
## Release Notes
## Other Systems and Languages
# Hover effects (button images/tooltips)
# DHTML flyout menus
# JavaScript-disabled rendering
# Footer
## Other Languages

=== General Markup Testing ===

# W3C Markup Validation Service [http://validator.w3.org/ online test]
## (Does CSS/XHTML, etc.)
# Broken link checker [http://validator.w3.org/checklink online test]

=== Accessibility Testing ===
# Cynthia [http://www.cynthiasays.com/ online test]
# Watchfire WebXACT [http://webxact.watchfire.com/ online test]
# TAW [http://www.tawdis.net/taw3/cms/en online test]

== Browser Testing Matrix ==

{| class="fullwidth-table"
!
! Windows XP SP2
! Windows Vista
! Mac
! Linux
|-
| Firefox 3
| P1

| P1

| P1
| P1
|-
| Firefox 2.0.0.12
| P1

| P1

| P1
| P1
|-
|-
| Internet Explorer 7
| P1
| P1
| '''N/A'''
| '''N/A'''
|-
| Internet Explorer 6
| P1

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''
|-
| Opera 9.25
| P2
| P2
| P2
| P2
|-

| Safari 2.0.4 / 3.0.4
| P1
| P1
| P1
| '''N/A'''
|-
| Flock '''1.1'''
| P2
| P2
| P2
| P2
|}

== Test Results (Matrix) ==

{| class="fullwidth-table"
!
! Windows XP SP2
! Windows Vista
! Mac
! Linux
|-
| Firefox 3
| '''.'''

| '''.'''

| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-
| Firefox 2.0.0.12
| '''.'''

| '''.'''

| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-
|-
| Internet Explorer 7
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''N/A'''
| '''N/A'''
|-
| Internet Explorer 6
| '''.'''

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''

| '''N/A'''
|-
| Opera 9.25
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-

| Safari 2.0.4 / 3.0.4
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|-
| Flock 1.09
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
| '''.'''
|}

== Detailed Test Results ==

Releases/Firefox 3.0b4

2008-03-01T20:24:51Z

Bdcomp:

[[Releases|« Release Schedule]]

Tracking document for the release of Firefox 3 Beta 4. See also:
* [[Firefox_3.0b4:BuildNotes|Build Activities]]
* [[QA/Firefox3/TestResults/Beta4|QA Activities]]

== Who ==
* Overall lead: beltzner
* Dev lead: damons
* Build lead:
* QA lead: tchung
* Release Notes / Web lead: beltzner

== Proposed Schedule ==
The following proposed schedule assumes no re-spin and is based on estimate of time needed for QA and build assuming a February 26 tree closure.

* en-US string freeze: February 21
* Tree closure: February 26
* Build starts: March 3
* QA/Testing starts: March 4
* Final release: 1.5 weeks later (or so)

Update:Remora UI Review/Mockups/Home Page/

2007-07-02T20:02:36Z

Bdcomp: /* Add-On Details Page */

AMO User-Experience Mockups

== User-Experience Improvement Areas ==
Short term priorities in '''bold''':

* '''add-on details page design'''
* '''AMO front page design'''
* improving the experience of browsing
** '''layout of category add-ons list pages'''
** revising the categorization
** (improved navigability will be a combination of these two)
*improving the search process
** '''layout of search results page'''
** improving search results (I can suggest, but this more out of my hands)
* public/sandbox distinction
* [clouserw] flow of uploading a new add-on (specifically, where to enter the process)
* [clouserw] how to make language packs more accessible

== Add-On Details Page ==
* [[Update:Remora_UI_Review/Mockups/Home_Page/mockups_2007-06-18/|mockups 2007-06-18]]
** [[Update:Remora_UI_Review/Mockups/Home_Page/mockups_2007-06-18/comments_2007-06-20|comments as of 2007-06-20 with responses]]
** a CC-licensed image viewer: [http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/ Lightbox2]
** Slimbox, the ultimate lightweight Lightbox clone: [http://www.digitalia.be/software/slimbox Slimbox]

== Searching ==
* [[Update:Remora_UI_Review/Mockups/Home_Page/search_results_2007-06-25/|Search Results mockup 2007-06-25]]

== Browsing ==
* [[Update:Remora_UI_Review/Mockups/Home_Page/category_page_2007-06-25/|Category Add-Ons listing mockup 2007-06-25]]
* Revised categorization scheme - to come