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WeeklyUpdates/2012-06-18

2012-06-18T17:57:07Z

Limi: /* Speakers */

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= All-hands Status Meeting Agenda =

Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.

== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
* The [[ContributorEngagement]] team nominates Fabio Magnoni and Ricardo Pontes organizing and leading the efforts in making the Firefox Flicks Viewing Party in PUC Campinas a success!

== Upcoming Events ==

=== This Week ===

=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===

=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===

=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===

=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
*When UX Designers Become Stage Designers
**We'll hear from a research firm that turned their usability lab into a sports bar and living room to get richer data form their participants because they didn't have time for real field research.
**noon PT - tenforward recorded on air.mozilla.org and summarized on the UX blog, blog.mozilla.org/ux

=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===

=== Next Week ===

== Product Status Updates (voice updates) ==

=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
* Week 2 of this train cycle
* Pushed out 13.0.1 last Friday
** Still working with Adobe on their flash fixes
* Social API
* Improvements to debugger (fix breakpoints for Fennec/B2G) and web console (perf!)

=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?field0-0-0=cf_blocking_fennec10;query_format=advanced;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED;bug_status=NEW;bug_status=ASSIGNED;bug_status=REOPENED;type0-0-0=equals;value0-0-0=%2B;list_id=3452955 Four blockers left (3 code)]!
* Market ratings still climbing
* Release RSN!

=== Thunderbird ===
''Speaker Location:''

=== Older Branch Work ===
''Speaker Location:''

=== Webmaker ===
''Speaker Location: OpenMatt in Toronto. + Ben Simon in SF'' 
Introducing Thimble
* Today we publicly launched Mozilla Thimble. [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/06/18/introducing_thimble/ Check out the Mozilla blog post here]
* The goal: webmaking made easy. Write and edit HTML right in your browser. Publish and share pages with one click. Help novice users learn and get started quickly.
* How to file a bug for Thimble:
** [https://github.com/mozilla/webpagemaker/issues File regular bugs here]
** [https://github.com/mozilla/webpagemaker/issues File security bugs here]
** For non-technical issues or questions, tweet [https://twitter.com/#!/mozthimble @MozThimble]
http://openmatt.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mozilla-Summer-Code-Party-meet-make-learn1.png
 Summer Code Party launches this weekend!
*Events all over the world (366 currently scheduled over next 3 months). Featured:
**[http://kidsandtech.eventbrite.com/ Toronto]
**[https://donate.mozilla.org/page/event/detail/popup/w78 NYC with Tumblr]
**[https://hiveberlininfo.eventbrite.com/ Berlin]
**[https://donate.mozilla.org/page/event/detail/hackjam/wzg San Francisco with Noisbridge]
*We need your help!
**Host your own event: https://donate.mozilla.org/page/event/create/
**Volunteer to support others' events: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozparty/Volunteer-opportunities
**Find an event nearby to attend: https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/search/
**More info about Summer Code Party: https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/about/summer_campaign/

=== Identity ===
''Speaker Location:''

=== Services ===
''Speaker Location:''

== Speakers ==

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Title
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
|-
| Junior
| Alex Limi
| I'd like to show those of you that missed last week's brown bag the Junior iPad browser prototype
|
|
|-
|}

== Introducing New Hires ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! New Hire
! Introduced by
! Speaker location
! Will be working on
|-
| ''Who is the new hire?''
| ''Who will be introducing that person?''
| ''From which office will that introduction be transmitted?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-

|-
| ''Mardi Douglass''
| ''Leslie Nakajima''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Internal and Community Communications Manager''
|-
| ''Rick Fant''
| ''Todd Simpson''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''VP, Marketplace''
|-
| ''Bill Selman''
| ''Cori Schauer''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''User Experience Researcher''
|-
| ''Kristin Williams''
| ''James Murdock''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Sr. Contracts Specialist''
|-
| ''Melissa O'Connor''
| ''Matthew Zeier''
| ''Plaistow, NH''
| ''IT/Operations Project Manager''
|
|-
| ''John Karahalis''
| ''Shezmeen Prasad''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Project Manager for MDN''
|-
|}

== Introducing New Interns ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! New Intern
! Introduced by
! Speaker location
! Will be working on
|-
| Vineeth Kashyap
| Dave Herman
| Mountain View
| Research
|-
| Tim Disney
| Shu-Yu Guo
| Mountain View/SFO
| Research
|-
| Liz Noonan
| Shannon Prior
| Mountain View
| PR
|-
| Elliot Slaughter
| Michael Bebenita
| SFO
| Research
|-
| Nick Fitzgerald
| Dave Camp
| Mountain View
| FFX DevTools
|-
| Daniel Thornton
| Justin Lazaro
| Mountain View
| IT/Ops
|-
| Karthik Viswanathan
| Mike Morgan
| Mountain View
| WebDev
|-
| Nick Pellegrino
| Toby Elliott
| Mountain View
| Services
|-
| Bing Han
| Hamilton Ulmer
| SFO
| Metrics
|-
| Stephen Crane
| Michael Bebenita
| SFO
| Research
|-
|}

== Roundtable ==

= <meta> =

Notes and non-voice status updates that aren't part of the live meeting go here.

== Status Updates By Team (*non-voice* updates) ==

=== Firefox ===

=== Platform ===

=== Services ===

=== Messaging ===

=== Mobile ===

=== IT ===

=== Release Engineering ===

=== QA ===

==== Test Execution ====

==== WebQA ====
*Affiliates
** Release last Thursday - Rajeev is on holiday. mbrandt is providing coverage
*AMO
*Marketplace
*Mozillians
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=3400717;classification=Other;query_format=advanced;component=Phonebook;target_milestone=2012-06-13;product=Community%20Tools 2012-06-13 release]
** release currently blocked by [[bug 761263]] - Add search and more information to UserProfile and Groups admin panes
*Socorro
** Stability workweek in Mountain View - [https://intranet.mozilla.org/WorkWeeks/booked/StabilityWorkWeek2012/Agenda agenda]
** No release last week
*SUMO
** Continuous deployment, no updates
* Mozilla.org
** shipped 2.9 milestone
* MDN
** No updates

==== QA Community ====

=== Automation & Tools ===

=== Security ===

=== Engagement ===

==== PR ====
*[http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/how-mozilla-wants-to-help-ignite-the-era-of-high-speed-broadband-internet.php How Mozilla Wants To Help Ignite The Era Of High-Speed Broadband Internet]
*[http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/13/white-house-launches-us-ignite-for-next-gen-broadband-apps-partners-with-mozilla-for-500k-competition/ White House Launches ‘US Ignite’ For Next-Gen Broadband & Apps, Partners With Mozilla For $500k Competition]
*[http://www.webpronews.com/mozilla-and-national-science-foundation-unite-for-mozilla-ignite-2012-06 Mozilla And National Science Foundation Unite For Mozilla Ignite ]

==== Events ====

==== Creative Team ====

==== Community Marketing ====

=== Support ===

=== Metrics ===

=== Evangelism ===

=== Labs ===

=== Apps ===

=== Developer Tools ===

=== Add-ons ===

=== Webdev ===

=== L10n ===

=== People Team ===

=== WebFWD ===

== Foundation Updates ==

Transitioning to Windows

2012-05-01T23:36:28Z

Limi:

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware
* Get a good screenshot utility, you'll need it if you want to capture Aero Glass effects, the built-in screenshot mechanism doesn't. A good, free alternative is [http://shotty.devs-on.net/en/Overview.aspx Shotty].

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing. Reboot after writing them to the registry. Recommended: Map both "Apple" keys to "Left Ctrl", map "Caps Lock" to "Left Windows" (you may need it sometimes).
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app. However, Windows chooses to render fonts very differently than Mac does, [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-respecting-the-pixel-grid.html as explained here].

Firefox/Planning/2012-02-08

2012-02-08T19:11:44Z

Limi: /* UX & User Research */

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'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

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== Actions from Last Week ==
* Cheng to follow up with kev on AVG bustage in FF10

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 10) ====
* We plan to ship 10.0.1 (both mainline and ESR) with the following changeset this Friday (2/10): [https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/18ce5e304e97 18ce5e304e97]

==== Beta (11) ====
* Barring unexpected issues, Firefox 11 Beta 2 will ship this Friday (2/10)

==== Aurora (12) ====
* Aurora 12 desktop was out to testers as of 2/3
* Aurora 12 mobile was out to testers as of 2/7

==== Nightly (13) ====
* Safebrowsing move from SQLite to flat file landed ({{bug|673470}})

* [https://metrics.mozilla.com/data Telemetry dashboard] is now public! See [http://people.mozilla.com/~tglek/fosdem2012/#/step-11 Taras' presentation] for access details.

* If you're seeing long hangs on Aurora 12 or Nightly 13, please comment in {{bug|725110}}

* Safe Mode: Auto detect previous start-up failure and offer to start in safe mode {{bug|294260}}
* [New Tab Page] Set to enabled by default on Nightly {{bug|716538}}

=== Firefox Mobile ===
* No mobile beta this week
** We are holding for performance issues
** Schedule is being reworked
* Hi, Chrome on Android
** We will be adding Chrome to our competitive testing
** Solid beta, but not intimidating

===Firefox Sync===
* Sync now has a Product Marketing Manager. Welcome to Greg Jost!
* Native Sync
** did not go to Beta, along with native fennec
** Please file bugs. Not sure how to file a good android sync bug? http://160.twinql.com/how-to-file-a-good-android-sync-bug
** We have daily bug triage at 4pm
** You can find us on irc, #androidsync
** Old news that bears repeating
*** Data may be lost, reordered, or corrupted. Please do not use your good profiles
*** Migration from XUL to Native may cause your sync account to disappear
*** Please remember behavior is undefined if multiple instance of Native Fennec (nightly, aurora, etc) are on a single device
*** You still cannot create an account from a mobile device
* Work has started on integrating BrowserID into Sync authentication
** The two sync systems will not be backwards compatible or interoperable
* Coming to a release near you
** Firefox 10 has setup UI streamlining, mobile-to-mobile device pairing
** Addons being sync'ed in Firefox 11, XUL/tablet Fennec 11 (aka Beta): [[Services/Sync/Features/Addon_Sync| Addon Sync]]
** Native Sync has been enabled in Nightly & Aurora (but not Beta)

===Add-on Builder===
* release today
* shooting new tutorial today
* all systems are still GO for launch next Wednesday February 15th

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
* Found a nasty and released 1.4.3
** Important for developers using ''simple-prefs'', ''simple-storage'', or ''passwords'' APIs to take a look at:
** [https://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2012/02/06/add-on-sdk-1-4-3-released-2/ Blog post explaining issue and fix]
** We wrote a module to help anyone affected "recover"

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)

* Spun 1.5RC1 yesterday
* Still on track to release Feb 21, 2012

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)

*On track to merge to Stabilization on Feb 21, 2012

Add-on of the week!
* Andrew Sutherland has [http://www.visophyte.org/blog/ written an SDK-based add-on called about:nosy] to show "about:memory with charts, helps you lay blame more easily"

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
=== Mobile ===
*Still updating documentation for NativeUI
SUMO Days update:
*We started SUMO Days on Nov 3rd and we answered 58% of the questions asked that first day.
*We've been working to grow the contributors to our support forum and improve the SUMO web content every two weeks since.
*Last week, we answered 81% of the questions asked and we've made a big improvement in the overall average of questions answered. So, huge congrats to the SUMO contributors for their hard work to optimize the site content and get us on a path to answering every user question every day.

== UX & User Research ==

'''Research'''
* The Mobile Diary project is now in the hands of our users. The project will help us learn more about user attitudes, behaviors, and use cases. If you want to get an in-depth look at user needs, consider attending a participant interview, scheduled in the SF Bay area on Feb 15-16, 18-19, and 21st. Get in touch with Mary Trombley if you're interested.

'''Design'''
* Australis project:
** [[Tab_Strip_Visual_Redesign]]
** [[Features/Desktop/Panel_Menu]]
** [[Toolbar_Customization]]
** [[Arrow_Panel_Redesign]]
* Translation designs in progress
* Metro UI (Win 8) design in progress
* URL Autocomplete landed! Then disabled! Then hopefully enabled again! (might change to only complete for previously typed entries)
* New download manager still awaiting landing
* New tab refinements continuing, enabled by default, give us feedback!
* Home tab in UX branch has launch targets for Bookmarks/History/Downloads, and Apps in the future

== '''Market Insights''' ==
=== Desktop / Platform ===
==== Google ====
* Google released a beta of Chrome for Android, based on a [http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-dev/browse_thread/thread/f255cdaa67ca44c6# fork] of the Chromium code (version 16.0.915.75). A major focus for the development team is to re-merge the trees; some of the work has been done. Because of the Java base of Android, a lot of work using Java Native Interfaces will have to be done, no doubt to improve device support.

* Chrome for Android also has integrated support for a mobile [http://code.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/debugging.html remote debugger], allowing developers to debug or profile their mobile web pages and web apps using a desktop machine. Here's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4zpL4VBbuU screencast demo]. Developers are encouraged to ask questions on stackoverflow.com.

* Google [http://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/02/05/crlsets.html announced] that Chrome would soon stop conducting SSL online revocation checks, using its existing software processes to distribute lists of revoked certificates.

* The German government, in a general list of recommendations for computer security, [https://www.bsi.bund.de/ContentBSI/Themen/Cyber-Sicherheit/Empfehlungen/produktkonfiguration/BSI-E-CS-001.html recommended] the Google Chrome browser, primarily because of its sandbox architecture.

* [http://chromestory.com/2012/02/chromes-settings-page-gets-a-new-fluid-ui Development versions] of Chrome now feature a new Settings UI that is fluid and appears to make use of graphic acceleration; see the video at the link for a demo.

* The Dev version also now has partial support for Web Intents -- here's a [https://plus.google.com/100132233764003563318/posts/D8xCLsmQBRH screenshot].

==== Microsoft ====
* The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be [http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/08/windows-8-consumer-preview/ released] on February 29 at Mobile World Congress.

* The IE team's blog posted a [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/02/css3-3d-transforms-in-ie10.aspx detailed summary] of the upcoming support of CSS3 3D transforms, with some interesting demos.

* In a related [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/07/high-performance-html5-content-in-metro-style-apps.aspx post], the team drew attention to the fact that IE10 embedded in Metro apps will have the same performance, unlike similar apps on iOS, which run more than three times as slow.

* MSIE 10 will offer [http://www.favbrowser.com/windows-phone-8-internet-explorer-10-to-compress-web-pages/ compressed proxy browsing].

==== Opera ====
* The W3C blog posted an [http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/02/interview_opera_on_the_web_of.html interview] with two members of the Opera team. They said among other things that Opera Mini's proxy browsing / compression features make it so popular with users in developing regions that carriers use it in their advertising. There's also an interesting summary of their vision for HTML5 on television sets.

==== Other ====
* RIM has [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2144589/rims-blackberry-native-sdk-source announced] that all the code in their SDK for the upcoming Blackberry 10 platform will be open sourced. Code is available at http://blackberry.github.com and development of the HTML5 SDK is happening in the open there.

* There's a [https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15401 proposal] at the W3C for the next version of HTML to support accessing image metadata in the DOM.

* Strangeloop Networks [http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/blog/free-report-2012-state-of-the-union-on-e-commerce-page-speed-and-website-performance/ released] a "State of the Internet" report that indicates that while the average site is 10% faster than it was a year ago, top-ranked sites are getting bigger and slower, with the average home page containing 98 objects.

=== Mobile ===

This week we are talking about Chrome for Android beta. Summary below, detailed report in your inbox.

* Yesterday Google launched Chrome for Android beta, as a first step towards making Chrome the standard browser for Android version 4 and above. The release supports Ice Cream Sandwich, ARMv7-based devices, which currently make 1% of the Android install base and account for a 3 million addressable base.

* The browser is based on Chrome v16 and V8 v3.8 and has a multi-process architecture similar to the desktop version. It does not have plug-in support, and lack of Flash in particular has been the main negative reaction to its launch among a lot of positive ones. This is also the reason for most of its 1 to 2 star ratings in the Android Market. An Android Central poll asking "Is a lack of Flash support on the mobile browser a deal-breaker?" has 47% of Yes answers and 52% of No.

* Its UA String is: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.2; en-US; Galaxy Nexus Build/ICL53F) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7)

* Speed, simplicity and personal are its main user propositions, while tab management, user data sync, the Omnibox and its multi-process architecture are the main promoted features. For developers, Chrome comes with a remote debugging via USB feature and boasts Web standards compliance, extensive HTML5 support and hardware acceleration.

* Its positioning speaks to speed, personalization and extension of the desktop. Branding is persistent in the product on the New Tab page. Messaging tone is similar to Chrome on the desktop: friendly, light, easy-going, simple and straight to the point. Tagline is "Your Chrome, away from home."

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

=== Desktop ===
* Finishing 3.6 Upgrade Display Ads this week.
* Finalizing plans for next Firefox launch.
* Finishing Up devices page and reworking content silos on mozilla.org/firefox and mozilla properties.

=== Mobile ===
*Re-visiting positioning and marketing plan for Firefox for Android (due to Chrome)
*Preparing for MWC
*Video for Firefox 11 launch

=== Press ===

*[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Mozillas-Firefox-10-Muscles-Up-on-Developer-Tools-477285/ Mozilla's Firefox 10 Muscles Up on Developer Tools] 

 

*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249357/as_firefox_11_hits_beta_work_begins_on_push_notifications_for_the_web.html As Firefox 11 Hits Beta, Work Begins on Push Notifications for the Web] 
*[http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/mozilla-developing-web-push-notification-system-for-firefox.ars Mozilla developing Web push notification system for Firefox] 

 

*[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/coming-to-firefox-flash-player-in-a-sandbox/10232 Coming to Firefox: Flash Player in a sandbox] 
*[http://www.geek.com/articles/news/adobe-mozilla-bring-sandboxed-flash-plug-in-to-firefox-2012027/ Adobe, Mozilla bring sandboxed Flash plug-in to Firefox ] 

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
* Do we have a plan for shipping Firefox 11 on patch Tuesday? If not, when/where will that be figured out? (bhearsum)

== Actions this week ==

Firefox/Planning/2012-02-08

2012-02-08T19:11:19Z

Limi: /* UX & User Research */

<center>[[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} -1 week}}|« previous week]] | [[Firefox/DeliveryMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 week}}|next week »]]</center>

'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

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== Actions from Last Week ==
* Cheng to follow up with kev on AVG bustage in FF10

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 10) ====
* We plan to ship 10.0.1 (both mainline and ESR) with the following changeset this Friday (2/10): [https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/18ce5e304e97 18ce5e304e97]

==== Beta (11) ====
* Barring unexpected issues, Firefox 11 Beta 2 will ship this Friday (2/10)

==== Aurora (12) ====
* Aurora 12 desktop was out to testers as of 2/3
* Aurora 12 mobile was out to testers as of 2/7

==== Nightly (13) ====
* Safebrowsing move from SQLite to flat file landed ({{bug|673470}})

* [https://metrics.mozilla.com/data Telemetry dashboard] is now public! See [http://people.mozilla.com/~tglek/fosdem2012/#/step-11 Taras' presentation] for access details.

* If you're seeing long hangs on Aurora 12 or Nightly 13, please comment in {{bug|725110}}

* Safe Mode: Auto detect previous start-up failure and offer to start in safe mode {{bug|294260}}
* [New Tab Page] Set to enabled by default on Nightly {{bug|716538}}

=== Firefox Mobile ===
* No mobile beta this week
** We are holding for performance issues
** Schedule is being reworked
* Hi, Chrome on Android
** We will be adding Chrome to our competitive testing
** Solid beta, but not intimidating

===Firefox Sync===
* Sync now has a Product Marketing Manager. Welcome to Greg Jost!
* Native Sync
** did not go to Beta, along with native fennec
** Please file bugs. Not sure how to file a good android sync bug? http://160.twinql.com/how-to-file-a-good-android-sync-bug
** We have daily bug triage at 4pm
** You can find us on irc, #androidsync
** Old news that bears repeating
*** Data may be lost, reordered, or corrupted. Please do not use your good profiles
*** Migration from XUL to Native may cause your sync account to disappear
*** Please remember behavior is undefined if multiple instance of Native Fennec (nightly, aurora, etc) are on a single device
*** You still cannot create an account from a mobile device
* Work has started on integrating BrowserID into Sync authentication
** The two sync systems will not be backwards compatible or interoperable
* Coming to a release near you
** Firefox 10 has setup UI streamlining, mobile-to-mobile device pairing
** Addons being sync'ed in Firefox 11, XUL/tablet Fennec 11 (aka Beta): [[Services/Sync/Features/Addon_Sync| Addon Sync]]
** Native Sync has been enabled in Nightly & Aurora (but not Beta)

===Add-on Builder===
* release today
* shooting new tutorial today
* all systems are still GO for launch next Wednesday February 15th

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
* Found a nasty and released 1.4.3
** Important for developers using ''simple-prefs'', ''simple-storage'', or ''passwords'' APIs to take a look at:
** [https://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2012/02/06/add-on-sdk-1-4-3-released-2/ Blog post explaining issue and fix]
** We wrote a module to help anyone affected "recover"

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)

* Spun 1.5RC1 yesterday
* Still on track to release Feb 21, 2012

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)

*On track to merge to Stabilization on Feb 21, 2012

Add-on of the week!
* Andrew Sutherland has [http://www.visophyte.org/blog/ written an SDK-based add-on called about:nosy] to show "about:memory with charts, helps you lay blame more easily"

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
=== Mobile ===
*Still updating documentation for NativeUI
SUMO Days update:
*We started SUMO Days on Nov 3rd and we answered 58% of the questions asked that first day.
*We've been working to grow the contributors to our support forum and improve the SUMO web content every two weeks since.
*Last week, we answered 81% of the questions asked and we've made a big improvement in the overall average of questions answered. So, huge congrats to the SUMO contributors for their hard work to optimize the site content and get us on a path to answering every user question every day.

== UX & User Research ==

'''Research'''
The Mobile Diary project is now in the hands of our users. The project will help us learn more about user attitudes, behaviors, and use cases. If you want to get an in-depth look at user needs, consider attending a participant interview, scheduled in the SF Bay area on Feb 15-16, 18-19, and 21st. Get in touch with Mary Trombley if you're interested.

'''Design'''
* Australis project:
** [[Tab_Strip_Visual_Redesign]]
** [[Features/Desktop/Panel_Menu]]
** [[Toolbar_Customization]]
** [[Arrow_Panel_Redesign]]
* Translation designs in progress
* Metro UI (Win 8) design in progress
* URL Autocomplete landed! Then disabled! Then hopefully enabled again! (might change to only complete for previously typed entries)
* New download manager still awaiting landing
* New tab refinements continuing, enabled by default, give us feedback!
* Home tab in UX branch has launch targets for Bookmarks/History/Downloads, and Apps in the future

== '''Market Insights''' ==
=== Desktop / Platform ===
==== Google ====
* Google released a beta of Chrome for Android, based on a [http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-dev/browse_thread/thread/f255cdaa67ca44c6# fork] of the Chromium code (version 16.0.915.75). A major focus for the development team is to re-merge the trees; some of the work has been done. Because of the Java base of Android, a lot of work using Java Native Interfaces will have to be done, no doubt to improve device support.

* Chrome for Android also has integrated support for a mobile [http://code.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/debugging.html remote debugger], allowing developers to debug or profile their mobile web pages and web apps using a desktop machine. Here's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4zpL4VBbuU screencast demo]. Developers are encouraged to ask questions on stackoverflow.com.

* Google [http://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/02/05/crlsets.html announced] that Chrome would soon stop conducting SSL online revocation checks, using its existing software processes to distribute lists of revoked certificates.

* The German government, in a general list of recommendations for computer security, [https://www.bsi.bund.de/ContentBSI/Themen/Cyber-Sicherheit/Empfehlungen/produktkonfiguration/BSI-E-CS-001.html recommended] the Google Chrome browser, primarily because of its sandbox architecture.

* [http://chromestory.com/2012/02/chromes-settings-page-gets-a-new-fluid-ui Development versions] of Chrome now feature a new Settings UI that is fluid and appears to make use of graphic acceleration; see the video at the link for a demo.

* The Dev version also now has partial support for Web Intents -- here's a [https://plus.google.com/100132233764003563318/posts/D8xCLsmQBRH screenshot].

==== Microsoft ====
* The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be [http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/08/windows-8-consumer-preview/ released] on February 29 at Mobile World Congress.

* The IE team's blog posted a [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/02/css3-3d-transforms-in-ie10.aspx detailed summary] of the upcoming support of CSS3 3D transforms, with some interesting demos.

* In a related [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/07/high-performance-html5-content-in-metro-style-apps.aspx post], the team drew attention to the fact that IE10 embedded in Metro apps will have the same performance, unlike similar apps on iOS, which run more than three times as slow.

* MSIE 10 will offer [http://www.favbrowser.com/windows-phone-8-internet-explorer-10-to-compress-web-pages/ compressed proxy browsing].

==== Opera ====
* The W3C blog posted an [http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/02/interview_opera_on_the_web_of.html interview] with two members of the Opera team. They said among other things that Opera Mini's proxy browsing / compression features make it so popular with users in developing regions that carriers use it in their advertising. There's also an interesting summary of their vision for HTML5 on television sets.

==== Other ====
* RIM has [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2144589/rims-blackberry-native-sdk-source announced] that all the code in their SDK for the upcoming Blackberry 10 platform will be open sourced. Code is available at http://blackberry.github.com and development of the HTML5 SDK is happening in the open there.

* There's a [https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15401 proposal] at the W3C for the next version of HTML to support accessing image metadata in the DOM.

* Strangeloop Networks [http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/blog/free-report-2012-state-of-the-union-on-e-commerce-page-speed-and-website-performance/ released] a "State of the Internet" report that indicates that while the average site is 10% faster than it was a year ago, top-ranked sites are getting bigger and slower, with the average home page containing 98 objects.

=== Mobile ===

This week we are talking about Chrome for Android beta. Summary below, detailed report in your inbox.

* Yesterday Google launched Chrome for Android beta, as a first step towards making Chrome the standard browser for Android version 4 and above. The release supports Ice Cream Sandwich, ARMv7-based devices, which currently make 1% of the Android install base and account for a 3 million addressable base.

* The browser is based on Chrome v16 and V8 v3.8 and has a multi-process architecture similar to the desktop version. It does not have plug-in support, and lack of Flash in particular has been the main negative reaction to its launch among a lot of positive ones. This is also the reason for most of its 1 to 2 star ratings in the Android Market. An Android Central poll asking "Is a lack of Flash support on the mobile browser a deal-breaker?" has 47% of Yes answers and 52% of No.

* Its UA String is: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.2; en-US; Galaxy Nexus Build/ICL53F) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7)

* Speed, simplicity and personal are its main user propositions, while tab management, user data sync, the Omnibox and its multi-process architecture are the main promoted features. For developers, Chrome comes with a remote debugging via USB feature and boasts Web standards compliance, extensive HTML5 support and hardware acceleration.

* Its positioning speaks to speed, personalization and extension of the desktop. Branding is persistent in the product on the New Tab page. Messaging tone is similar to Chrome on the desktop: friendly, light, easy-going, simple and straight to the point. Tagline is "Your Chrome, away from home."

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

=== Desktop ===
* Finishing 3.6 Upgrade Display Ads this week.
* Finalizing plans for next Firefox launch.
* Finishing Up devices page and reworking content silos on mozilla.org/firefox and mozilla properties.

=== Mobile ===
*Re-visiting positioning and marketing plan for Firefox for Android (due to Chrome)
*Preparing for MWC
*Video for Firefox 11 launch

=== Press ===

*[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Mozillas-Firefox-10-Muscles-Up-on-Developer-Tools-477285/ Mozilla's Firefox 10 Muscles Up on Developer Tools] 

 

*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249357/as_firefox_11_hits_beta_work_begins_on_push_notifications_for_the_web.html As Firefox 11 Hits Beta, Work Begins on Push Notifications for the Web] 
*[http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/mozilla-developing-web-push-notification-system-for-firefox.ars Mozilla developing Web push notification system for Firefox] 

 

*[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/coming-to-firefox-flash-player-in-a-sandbox/10232 Coming to Firefox: Flash Player in a sandbox] 
*[http://www.geek.com/articles/news/adobe-mozilla-bring-sandboxed-flash-plug-in-to-firefox-2012027/ Adobe, Mozilla bring sandboxed Flash plug-in to Firefox ] 

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
* Do we have a plan for shipping Firefox 11 on patch Tuesday? If not, when/where will that be figured out? (bhearsum)

== Actions this week ==

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-06T03:30:35Z

Limi: Adding screenshot tool recommendation

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing. Reboot after writing them to the registry. Recommended: Map both "Apple" keys to "Left Ctrl", map "Caps Lock" to "Left Windows" (you may need it sometimes).
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app. However, Windows chooses to render fonts very differently than Mac does, [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-respecting-the-pixel-grid.html as explained here].
* Get a good screenshot utility, you'll need it if you want to capture Aero Glass effects, the built-in screenshot mechanism doesn't. A good, free alternative is [http://shotty.devs-on.net/en/Overview.aspx Shotty].

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-02T19:32:04Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing. Reboot after writing them to the registry. Recommended: Map both "Apple" keys to "Left Ctrl", map "Caps Lock" to "Left Windows" (you may need it sometimes).
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app. However, Windows chooses to render fonts very differently than Mac does, [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-respecting-the-pixel-grid.html as explained here].

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-02T19:29:57Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing. Reboot after writing them to the registry. Recommended: Map both "Apple" keys to "Left Ctrl", map "Caps Lock" to "Left Windows" (you may need it sometimes).
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app.

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-02T00:07:12Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing. Reboot after writing them to the registry. Recommended: Map both "Apple" keys to "Left Ctrl", map "Caps Lock" to "Left Ctrl" or backspace (which is pretty awesome, believe it or not ;).
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. (Ed: I had about 15 of these entries). Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app.

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-02T00:02:20Z

Limi: More SharpKeys updates

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing. Reboot after writing them to the registry. Recommended: Map both "Apple" keys to "Left Ctrl", map "Caps Lock" to "Left Ctrl" or backspace (which is pretty awesome, believe it or not ;).
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app.

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-01T23:56:05Z

Limi: Added link to SharpKeys

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use [http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ SharpKeys] to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing.
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app.

Transitioning to Windows

2012-02-01T23:52:31Z

Limi: Adding better way to inverse the scroll direction

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use SharpKeys to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing.
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, open regedit.exe and search for "FlipFlopWheel". Double-click the property, and set it to "1". Be aware that you may have multiple devices, apply it to all of them to make sure. Then reboot for the changes to have effect.
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app.

Firefox/Planning/2012-02-01

2012-02-01T19:12:00Z

Limi: /* UX & User Research */

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'''Planning Meeting Details'''

*Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
*Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
*Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
*[irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
*(the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''

*650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
*1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
*Vidyo Room: Warp Core
*Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

{{Notes}}

__FORCETOC__

== Actions from Last Week ==

*Lawrence will follow up about add-ons default to compatible on mobile (Dec. 14)
**Add-ons will default to compatible on mobile in Firefox 12 {{bug|719921}}

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

=== Firefox Desktop ===
* The 1/31 merge for 11->Beta and 12->Aurora is now complete

==== Release (3.6, 10) ====
* Firefox 10, Firefox 3.6.26, and ESR 10 all shipped yesterday (1/31)
** See the release notes [http://www-dev.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/ here]

==== Beta (11) ====
* Going to build with FF11 beta 1 today

==== Aurora (12) ====

*Silent update - Windows UAC service in now on Aurora - few patches left to land to complete this work

==== Nightly (13) ====

*Snappy - CC and GC fixes going in this week. More on what's happening in Snappy on [http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2012/01/26/snappy-january-26/ Taras' blog]
* {{Bug|455553}} "New Tab Page feature" landed
* {{Bug|90268}} "move plugins to content - plugins should withstand a reframe of the object frame" is fixed.
* {{Bug|563318}} "switch trunk builds to use Visual C++ 2010" has happened

;Telemetry proposal

*Opt-in rate has been low on Telemetry
*Want to collect more data earlier in the dev cycle
*Proposal to make Telemetry opt-out on Nightly and Aurora channels
**Users will be prompted on first launch in the browser (existing users on first launch after opt-out starts) via a door hangar to inform that Mozilla is collecting data and to provide a link to more information including how to opt-out on these channels
**about: dialogs will be updated to include a statement about data collection as well
*Telemetry will continue to be opt-in on Release and Beta
*Concerns can be added to {{bug|699806}} or posted to dev.planning

=== Firefox Mobile ===
* ICS plugin support landed on trunk last night, it is awesome
* UA string changed
** We are actively filing evangelism bugs now
* Native code and builds moved to Beta, but we are not "ready to ship"
** Expect uplift from Aurora to Beta
* Start UX has improved and will continue to improve
* UI responsiveness has improved and will continue to improve
* AMO has added support for Native Fennec add-ons \o/

===Firefox Sync===
* has nothing new to report (as mobile will probably steal our thunder anyway :) )
* old news that bears repeating
** Native Sync has been enabled in Nightly & Aurora
*** Data may be lost, reordered, or corrupted. Please do not use your good profiles
*** It may consume excess battery
*** Migration from XUL to Native will likely cause your sync account to disappear
*** Please remember behavior is undefined if multiple instance of Native Fennec (nightly, aurora, etc) are on a single device
*** You still cannot create an account from a mobile device
** Firefox 10 has setup UI streamlining, mobile-to-mobile device pairing
** Addons being sync'ed in Firefox 11, XUL/tablet Fennec 11: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync/Features/Addon_Sync

=== Add-on Builder ===
* Release today
* v1.0 release remains on-track for February 15th
* Working with marketing on various v1.0 launch plans

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)

*Made two hotfix releases last week(1.4.1 & 1.4.2). Both related to pushing 1.4 into Builder
**Post-mortem tomorrow to figure out if we could have avoided either of these hotfixes.

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)

*Released 1.5b3 yesterday
*Still on track to release on Feb. 21, 2012

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)

*Still on track to merge to Stabilization on Feb. 21, 2012

== Feedback Summary ==

=== Desktop ===

=== Mobile ===

== UX & User Research ==
* Australis project has feature pages, is getting staffed:
** [[Tab_Strip_Visual_Redesign]]
** [[Features/Desktop/Panel_Menu]]
** [[Toolbar_Customization]]
** [[Arrow_Panel_Redesign]]
* Basic research on Translation feature done, designs coming soon
* Metro UI (Win 8) design work in progress
* URL Autocomplete landed!
* New download manager about to land (and/or has landed), still some known issues
* New tab refinements continuing, landed on Nightly (preffed off)
* Home tab in UX branch has launch targets for Bookmarks/History/Downloads, and Apps in the future

== '''Market Insights''' ==

=== Desktop / Platform ===

==== Opera ====

*Recent [http://my.opera.com/dragonfly/blog/an-update-on-network-and-color-values-in-css updates] in the Dragonfly developer tool include better filtering in the Network Inspector, including both flow and table views of network requests, as well as some minor improvements to the Style Inspector.

*Opera also made some [http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2012/01/27/smarter-address-suggestions improvements] in their address bar. It now weights the last visit, keyword positions, and number of matches when prioritizing possibilities.

==== Microsoft ====

*Perhaps due to their close proximity in the Seattle area, Amazon and Microsoft seem to have good relations. Notably, Amazon just released an [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-delivers-developer-kit-for-linking-amazon-web-services-to-windows-phone/11769 SDK] for their web services for the Windows Phone platform.

*Since the Windows 8 "Metro-style" version of MSIE will not support plugins, Microsoft [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/31/web-sites-and-a-plug-in-free-web.aspx posted some information] about how websites can signal that their website will only work in the legacy/desktop mode by sending a specific HTTP header or meta tag.

*Microsoft also released [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/25/debugging-indexeddb-applications.aspx IDBExplorer], a debugging tool for IndexedDB applications. It provides a tree view of DBs.

==== Google ====

*The Product Manager responsible for the Chromebook [http://news4geeks.net/2012/01/25/google-plays-the-long-game-with-chromeos/ confirmed] that while Google plans to continue to streamline its product offerings, the Chromebook is seen as a long-term play and will continue to receive investment for the foreseeable future.

*The Chromium team released the [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/01/translating-javascript-to-dart.html Javascript to Dart Synonym app], which allows Javascript developers to easily understand how to "translate" their Javascript applications into Dart.

*Google also [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/01/all-about-safe-browsing.html released] more information, targeted at users, about how the newly-improved Safe Browsing feature works. It "now analyses properties of each page you visit to determine the likelihood of it being a phishing page." When the likelihood is higher than a certain level, it sends the URL to Google for further analysis.

*The dev version of Google Chrome now [http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=88030 partially exposes] users' privacy preferences to extension developers.

*As discussed some weeks ago, Chrome [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/01/making-form-filling-faster-easier-and.html now supports] Google's proposed "autocomplete type" attribute for form fields; it allows web developers to unambiguously identify fields as "name", "street-address", etc.

==== Webkit ====

*Interesting presentation: At a recent Javascript conference, Matt Seeley, a senior Netflix developer [http://www.webkitbits.com/post/16771926700/matt-seeley-webkit-in-your-living-room described] how they work with an embedded version of Webkit in their product, which is now available in more than 450 low and high-end devices in more than 40 countries.

*Other recent additions to the WeKit codebase include an [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=119042 extension API] providing information about screen brightness, and a debug page for Omnibox. The WebKit team is also building a performance test [http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/105971 reporting system], using Mozilla's graph server.

==== HTML5/ Video ====

*LongTail Video released their [http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5/ State of HTML5 Video] report, showing that across both desktop and mobile, more than 2/3 of browsers support HTML5, with the remainder largely made up of MSIE 6,7, and 8. The report also summarizes the current level of support for various video tag attributes. Currently only Google Chrome and Opera support all of them. Other areas summarized include accessibility, adaptive playback and fullscreen support.

*A group of HTML5 evangelists have put together [http://html5please.us/ html5please.us], which summarizes the information behind sites like http://caniuse.com to present clear, actionable recommendations on which HTML5 features should be used or avoided, based on the breadth and depth of support across all browsers.

=== Mobile ===

Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.com/2012/02/01/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-5/ here] and in your inbox.

* Android tablet sales reached 10.5 million units in Q4 of 2011 and accounted for 39% of global tablet market

* 5 – 6 million Kindle Fire tablets were sold in Q4 2011, but not generating profits for Amazon

* Apple might have become the top smartphone producer in Q4 2011, in close competition with Samsung

* The European Commission opened a formal investigation into Samsung’s use of its rights to essential 3G wireless patents

* ARM had very good results in Q4 2011, but facing increased competition from Intel

* Open WebOS 1.0 to be released in September

* Nokia celebrated the sale of the 1.5 billionth Series 40 phone

* A bill concerning the installation of monitoring software on mobile phones by carriers and OEMs has been proposed in the US

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

=== Desktop ===
* Continuing to localize improved 3.6 upgrade billboards
* Working on marketing plans for next Firefox
* Putting collateral together for Aurora and Beta later this week.

=== Mobile ===
*Beta Snippets
*Beta FB ads
*Updating collateral on Beta pages

=== Press ===

 

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==

== Actions this week ==

Firefox/Planning/2012-01-25

2012-01-25T19:12:49Z

Limi: /* UX & User Research */

<center>[[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} -1 week}}|« previous week]] | [[Firefox/DeliveryMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 week}}|next week »]]</center>

'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

{{Notes}}

__FORCETOC__

== Actions from Last Week ==

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 9) ====
* 3.6.26 to be released to the beta population tomorrow, subsequently released next Tuesday

==== Beta (10) ====
* Pushing our final beta out tomorrow, and plan to release on Tuesday
* Add-ons default to compatible is in Firefox 10. Add-ons that are compatible with Firefox 4+ will be compatible in Firefox 10.
* Add-on hotfix testing is in Firefox 10 and testing is going well with our beta audience - once the metrics team helps verify our understanding of the data we've gotten back, we can greenlight the use of a hotfix in the place of some chemspills

==== Aurora (11) ====

==== Nightly (12) ====
* {{bug|566489}}: inline autocomplete has landed thanks to efforts from David Dahl and Marco Bonardo. Marco has been fixing followups in an attempt to polish the feature for release, but we may end up disabling it on Aurora to get some extra bake time.
* Snappy ([http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2012/01/20/snappy-january-19-brought-you-by-ironic-js/ last week's summary])
** Smooth scrolling has landed ({{bug|198964}})

=== Firefox Mobile ===
* Working toward Beta
* Current status [http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2012/01/firefox-for-android-after-the-reboot/ blog post]

* Nightly
* Aurora
** not to steal sync's thunder, but we expect sync to be uplifted by the end of the week
** several non-sync patches are dependent on sync landing, so will get unblocked by that
* Beta
** when 11 goes to beta, we'll be doing a split release
*** incompatibility needs to be built into the manifests
*** manifests patches are based on branding, should land soon
*** RelEng and QA are conducting testing with a dummy market product to validate all these moving pieces
* Release

===Firefox Sync===
* Native Sync has been enabled in Nightly
** Data may be lost, reordered, or corrupted. Please do not use your good profiles
** Migration from XUL to Native will likely cause your sync account to disappear
*** mobile is investigating a fix
** Please remember behavior is undefined if multiple instance of Native Fennec (nightly, aurora, etc) are on a single device
* The sync team is planning to migrate our code base to MPL v2.0
** Please holler if there is any reason we should not.
* old news that bears repeating
** Firefox 10 has setup UI streamlining, mobile-to-mobile device pairing
*** You still cannot create an account from a mobile device
** Addons being sync'ed in Firefox 11, XUL/tablet Fennec 11: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync/Features/Addon_Sync

=== Add-on Builder ===
* Release today
* Next week we begin intensive QA rounds in preparation for release
* Marketing/PR is assigning someone to handle our 1.0 launch
* 1st Web Builder code check-in happened this week, hoping to have a working prototype in ~5 weeks

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
* 1.4 Released two weeks ago - no issues

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)
* 1.5b2 Released yesterday
* On track to release on Feb. 21st, 2012

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)
* Have made good progress on Talos testing - [http://k0s.org/mozilla/blog/20120124131058 jhammel blogged about it]
* Still having discussion of localizing html elements in SDK-based addons - [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla-labs-jetpack/ThVPoYxkgX8/discussion please join in]
* On track to merge to Stabilization on Feb. 21st, 2012

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
* Follow up from last week:
** [http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/?q=slow|hang|respond|lag|every|responsive&product=firefox&version=10.0&date_start=&date_end=&sentiment=sad] Slowness in 10 peaked (although not much of one) around the 8th and has been falling (a little) since.

Firefox 9.0.1
* Nothing major new.
* Some complaints around 3.6 > 9 major update (where is reload button, confusion around session restore, extensions)

=== Mobile ===

== UX & User Research ==

'''Research''': The Mobile Diary Project is progressing nicely. We are in the process of recruiting participants to tell us how they use apps and how they use the browser. There will be opportunities for you to meet with these mobile users coming up in mid-February. Email Mary Trombley if you have questions.

'''Design'''
* New ux-review@mozilla.com UI review queue is being beat into submission on a daily basis
** We reduced the number of uiwanted's from 420 to 316 (104 bugs processed) last week, racing towards zero!
* Metro UI design work is starting, and we know what we can (and can't) do wrt. WinRT and Win32 APIs
* Trond & Josh hard at work for Gaia (B2G) UI for Mobile World Congress
* Sync “papercut” fixes are in progress (Yuan and Jinghua)
* Designs on BrowserID, log in to the browser + next-generation sync approach is starting this week (Zhenshuo)
* zpao landed Lion fullscreen mode on the UX branch, is epic
* New tab page has visual improvements (Boriss & ttaubert)
* Design work on translation of content in-browser is starting this week too (Yuan)

== '''Market Insights''' ==

=== Desktop / Platform ===
==== Microsoft ====
* There continue to be persistent rumours that Microsoft is planning to have a unified [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/redhawk-to-be-part-of-microsofts-windows-phone-8-too/11723 platform] from the OS kernel up for Windows 8, "not just in terms of a common design language and interface (Metro), the same HTML5 Internet Explorer browser and integration with Windows Live and Azure — but also in terms of a common core."

* Other rumours indicate that the next release of Windows 8 will be called a [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-8-why-the-coming-beta-is-likely-to-be-labeled-the-consumer-preview/11716 consumer preview], not "beta". [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/whats-it-like-building-apps-for-windows-8-developers-speak-out/11704?tag=content;siu-container Interviews] with developers who have recently built apps on the current Developer Preview said, overall, that it is still rough, with plenty of missing functionality, but that they found it possible to build the apps they wanted.

* Microsoft also released an updated version of [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/20/ie10-compat-inspector.aspx Compat Inspector] that works with the IE10 Preview. This tool allows webmasters to identify changes that are required to better serve IE9 and IE10.

==== Google ====
* An interesting [http://ipullrank.com/googlebot-is-chrome/ blog post] details a claim that the primary reason Google decided to create the Chrome browser was to perfect technologies required to better crawl the web, all in an effort to improve search rankings. By citing patent applications, the author makes the claim that "GoogleBot is a browser".

* Google released some [http://chromestory.com/2012/01/translate-for-google-chrome-video-ad/ advertising videos] promoting the automatic translation capabilities of Chrome.

* [http://peter.sh/2012/01/content-shell-shadow-dom-and-emulating-screen-sizes/ Recent] WebKit / Chrome developments include a screen-size emulation back-end in the Web Inspector tool, which will soon allow for easy emulation of mobile device screens, and the first commits to support the Shadow DOM in Javascript.

* Web RTC is now in Google Chrome's [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/01/real-time-communications-in-chrome.html dev channel].

* Google also [http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/stable-channel-update_23.html awarded] $6133.70 in rewards to teams reporting four security bugs in Chrome; all four are fixed in the latest stable version of the browser.

==== Opera ====
* Opera's Dragonfly editing tool now features [http://my.opera.com/dragonfly/blog/more-dynamic-javascript-value-inspection dynamic Javascript value inspection] -- hitting shift while clicking on an element will show its value in a tooltip.

==== Other ====
* At an upcoming [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223643/Google_ups_ante_for_Chrome_hack_at_revamped_Pwn2Own security conference] in Vancouver, separate teams of hackers will be competing to win $60,000 to take advantage of recently-patched vulnerabilities in Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer.

* An interesting [http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/01/interview_financial_times_expe.html interview] on the W3C blog with the head of the Financial Times' web team on why they decided to abandon their iOS native client application and develop an HTML5 version instead. They describe some of the functionality they miss (notifications) and the workarounds they had to develop to handle additional caching and swiping functionality.

=== Mobile ===

Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.com/2012/01/25/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-4/ here] and in your inbox.

* Dolphin HD will come preloaded with add-ons, reveals new beta release

* Sony Ericsson joins HTC and Motorola with low Q4 2011 results, but will revamp strategy as it becomes Sony

* HTC to integrate IBM business solutions on devices in effort to consolidate on the enterprise market

* Apple on path to 20% smartphone sales marketshare for 2011 after record Q4 2011 results

* Quad-core 1.5 GHz devices on their way, by Samsung

* Mobile payments rushing towards mainstream availability in the US and Europe

* RIM has a new CEO, no strategic changes are planned

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57365503-264/every-moment-counts-in-mozillas-bid-for-mobile-relevance/ Every moment counts in Mozilla's bid for mobile relevance ]

* [http://www.extremetech.com/computing/115207-mozilla-releases-rust-0-1-the-language-that-will-eventually-usurp-firefoxs-c Mozilla releases Rust 0.1, the language that will eventually usurp Firefox’s C++]

* [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/mozilla-crowdsourcing-state-of-the-union-address/67798 Mozilla 'crowdsourcing' State of the Union address]

* [http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/mozillas-anti-sopa-message-reached-40-million-people/ Mozilla’s Anti-SOPA Message Reached 40 Million People]

=== Desktop ===
* 3.6 Upgrade Display Ads in progress, working on updating copy on billboard to improve CTRs.
* Readying materials for the releases next week (Aurora, Beta, GA).
* Working on a devices landing page experiment for Mozilla.org/Firefox

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
* Will johnath close this meeting with an interpretive dance?
*[Michael Verdi] Maybe a better solution to recording the meeting is for the meeting owner to [https://intranet.mozilla.org/Vidyo#How_to_record_a_session.3F use the internal Vidyo recording capability and then make it it available].

== Actions this week ==

Firefox/Planning/2012-01-18

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Firefox/Planning/2012-01-11

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'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

{{Notes}}

__FORCETOC__

== Actions from Last Week ==

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 8) ====

==== Beta (9) ====

==== Aurora (10) ====

==== Nightly (11) ====

=== Firefox Mobile ===

===Firefox Sync===
* BrowserID+sync project in the design phase
** No longer targeting mobile world congress, or the fennec launch
** What it means for user privacy, security, other projects still being worked out
* UI changes in 10 not deemed sufficient, a papercuts project is in design phase
* 2012 roadmap is TBA
** So if there's something your team really wants from Sync, let us know
* Old News that bears repeating:
** the big feature for firefox 10 is the UI overhaul
** the big feature for firefox 11 is the Addon Sync engine
** Native Sync is still in progress, it is not enabled in native fennec yet
*** Nota Bene: because of the intents methodology of android, more than one native sync/fennec install produces undefined sync behavior

===[[AMO/FlightDeck/0.9.7|Add-on Builder]]===

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
* [https://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2012/01/10/announcing-add-on-sdk-1-4/ Released 1.4] (aka the Myk Melez Release) yesterday!
** New Simple Prefs module comes courtesy of community members Hernan Colmeiro and Erik Vold
** Brand new loader - new simplified XPI file structure
** Loads of changes - please read [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Jetpack/Release_Notes/1.4 the release notes]!

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)
* Merge from development branch happened yesterday
* All code switched to MPL 2!
* On track to release 1.5 February 21, 2012

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)
* Jeff Hammel is going to help us get Talos testing up - expect that soon
* On track to merge to Stabilization February 21, 2012

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
* New 9.0 issues:
** [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/906338] Netflix doesn't work. Looks to be only 10.6 mac; may have to do with recent silverlight update.
** tabbrowser.xml not responding [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/909934] and [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/908932] also happened in 8: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/895734]
** Flash not working: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/907423] (may have to do with 64-bit flash?)
** Lots of norton toolbar compatibility questions [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/906975][http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/908665]
** URL not valid complaints: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/908165][http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/908584]
** Possibly more Java breakage: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/906272][http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/906572]
** Some complaints that networks are slower with 9: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/907141][http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/906709]

*Existing known 9.0 issues:
** Yahoo web-based IM
** Bookmark icons

=== Mobile ===
*Android market feedback on v9 continues to confirm that the NativeUI work to improve performance, stability, and add flash support will address a majority of 1 & 2 star reviews.
*SUMO questions about Firefox Mobile are up ~20% in the last couple of weeks, with a handful of Aurora questions starting to appear, mostly about features that are still being re-implemented in the new UI (find in page and sync).
*Input feedback for 9 and 10 beta is positive overall, with Flash support continuing to be a top issue.

== UX & User Research ==
* Yuan is working with Jinghua to address papercuts in the Sync setup process before MWC.
* Draft of Q1 2012 goals have been posted to the main intranet goals page, will be finalized later this week
* Trond is in SF to work on Gaia (B2G) in the time leading up to MWC, say hi!

== '''Market Insights''' ==
=== Desktop / Platform ===
==== Tizen ====
The Tizen initiative made an alpha release of the [http://source.tizen.org/ source code] for the Tizen operating system, along with fairly detailed [https://developer.tizen.org/doc.html documentation] of the Web API layer. Intel has now also officially [http://tizenassociation.org/news-and-events/31-tizen-association-launched-to-drive-industry-engagement-for-tizen-2 joined] as a member of the industry consortium.

In related news, Nokia [http://news4geeks.net/2012/01/09/nokia-gets-another-os/ purchased] feature phone OS vendor Smarterphone this week.

==== Sencha ====
Sencha made an interesting blog [http://www.sencha.com/blog/sencha-the-2012-html5-wishlist/#date:16:00 post] about their 2012 wishes for HTML5. They ranged from better support for media devices, improved audio support, better caching, a contacts API. Their number one wish was for a better mobile browser debugger.

==== Microsoft ====
It's still [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-8-on-arm-the-desktop-remains-or-does-it/11612 not clear] whether or not Microsoft is going to support "legacy" Desktop apps on ARM-based hardware (i.e. tablets). There are conflicting screenshots from demos and Microsoft has not yet made an official announcement on the matter.

Microsoft also made a detailed blog [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/09/css-corner-using-the-whole-font.aspx post] about the upcoming support for additional OpenType features in CSS: options such as kerning, superscript and subscript, ornamental swashes, etc. Firefox had previously been the sole browser to support this since version 4.

==== Opera ====
Opera [http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2012/01/09_2/ launched] the Opera TV Store, an HTML5-based store solution for connected TVs, available for OEMs, developers and content providers. The solution includes an emulator and dedicated developer tools, and can be deployed on any set-top box, Blu-ray player or HD Ready TV.

==== Apple ====
Forrester Research [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223318/Apple_enterprise_sales_of_Macs_iPads_to_jump_58_this_year predicts] that Apple's enterprise sales will increase 58% to $19b this year, and will double that again in 2013.

==== Google Chrome ====
The latest beta [http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/01/speed-and-security.html releases] for Google Chrome have two important new features. Dynamic pre-rendering, based on heuristics and locally-stored data, of pages. When the browser is strongly confident that the user will click a particular link, it will preload and render the page. Another feature is that .exe and .msi downloads will not automatically be scanned for viruses and trojans.

The latest beta channel for Chromebooks also [http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/01/beta-channel-update-for-chromebooks.html offers] support for OpenVPN connections.

=== Mobile ===

Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.posterous.com/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-2 here] and in your inbox.

* Opera launched a HTML5-based app store solution for TVs

* The Dolphin browser was updated to 7.3 on Android and 3.0 on iOS

* Lenovo to launch first Intel-powered Android smartphone, the K800

* Samsung announced good Q4 2011 results, with 35 million smartphones sold

* Sony announced Xperia NXT, first Android smartphones without Ericsson

* HTC has had poor results in Q4 2011 results, selling less devices than Q3

* 1.67 billion phones will be sold this year, with 3G and 4G chipsets on more than half

* 16 out of the top 25 mobile companies by revenue are network operators

* Nokia confirmed North America focus and Lumia 900 device

* Nokia acquired Smarterphone, a producer of feature phone OS

<h2> Marketing, Press & Public Reaction </h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/macbook-air-chrome-16-firefox-9-benchmark,3108.html">Web Browser Grand Prix VIII: Chrome 16, Firefox 9, And Mac OS X</a>
</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/firefox-extended-support-will-mitigate-rapid-release-challenges.ars">Firefox extended support will mitigate rapid release challenges</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/01/mozilla-esr/">Mozilla Gets Down to Business With Slow-Burn Firefox</a>
</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.internetnews.com/itmanagement/mozilla-firefox-set-to-get-more-secure-in-2012.html">Mozilla Firefox Set to Get More Secure in 2012</a>
</li></ul>

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
*(Michael Verdi) What do y'all think about video recording and publishing these meetings for those that can't be at them? I almost always attend this meeting and just realized it's literally three clicks in my screencasting software to make this happen. Think about it. Let me know if you have concerns. Thanks.
* Another potential vidyo room move (johnath)

== Actions this week ==

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'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

{{Notes}}

__FORCETOC__

== Actions from Last Week ==

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 9/9.0.1) ====
* 3.6.26 security triage starting this week, expect FF10 bugs to get poked

* The next checkpoint for unthrottling the Firefox 9.0.1 desktop release will occur at tomorrow's channel meeting (2PM PT)

==== Beta (10) ====
* Beta 3 (build 2) to be built today

* '''[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?type0-1-0=equals&field0-1-0=assigned_to&field0-0-0=cf_tracking_firefox9&type0-0-1=equals&field0-0-1=cf_tracking_firefox10&resolution=---&resolution=DUPLICATE&query_format=advanced&value0-1-0=nobody%40mozilla.org&value0-0-1=%2B&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=%2B&list_id=1992674 Unassigned bugs tracked for the 10 release]''' need to be assigned, or else a justification must be given as to why they no longer need to be tracked
** Appropriate assignees include module owners, engineering managers, engineers, QA contacts, tech evangelism, etc.
** Whoever has the next action on a tracked Beta bug should be the current assignee

* Major features being vetted in 10 still, with the option of disabling prior to release
** Add-ons compatible by default (QA, Product, Release Management, and A-team are all over this starting today.)
** Add-on hotfix

* Firefox 10 will be our first ESR release
** Coordination with RelEng is ongoing, EWG meeting tomorrow at 9AM PT should have more details

==== Aurora (11) ====
* Three "Tilt" (new Web developer feature) [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=,710750,710762,711341 bugs were resolved], hopefully wrapping up Tilt work for 11.

==== Nightly (12) ====
* Quentin Headen implemented [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352037 "Undo 'Add to dictionary'"] (and tests) so you can now say "whoops, didn't mean to click that" and save yourself from bad additions to your spell-checking dictionary. Thanks Quentin!!
* Jared Wein fixed one of our oldest and ugliest secondary UI bugs with his fix for that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419231 crazy floating scrollbar in the Customize Toolbar palette]. Thanks, :jaws!
* Steffen Wilberg fixed the offline error page to actually put you back online when you [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435325 click "try again"]. Papercut fixes like this make users happy :-) Thanks Steffen.

=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
* Some recent stability issues are being addressed
** Fixes land on Nightly first, then move to Aurora
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/2011/12/native-firefox-for-android-test-day-friday-january-6th-2012/ Fennec Aurora Testday] this friday, 1/6! Please join #testday channel

===Firefox Sync===
** [[Services/AndroidSyncFP | Java Porting for Sync]] - in progress.
*** Note to developers: Native Sync behavior is undefined if you have multiple fennecs of any sort on your device.
** [[Services/Sync/Addon_Sync|Addon Sync]] - In firefox 11
*** ""release driver type folk, this may be relevant to your interests""
** Replacing existing auth in Sync with BrowserID
*** desired for Mobile World Congress
*** no wiki page, desire, or spec yet (announced yesterday)

===Add-on Builder===
* Push today @ 2pm
* Goals for 2012 Q1 are finalized and published

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.3 -> Firefox 8, 9)

Stabilization (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
* Released 1.4RC1 last Tuesday
* Have a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714820 couple of blockers] - will release 1.4RC2
* Still on track to release Next Tuesday, January 10th

Development (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)
* We have a [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla-labs-jetpack/ThVPoYxkgX8/discussion new proposal for localizing html content in SDK-based add-ons] - need your input!
* Still on track to merge to Stabilization branch on January 10th

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
=== Mobile ===

== UX & User Research ==
UR is kicking off some research to better understand current mobile browser use cases vs use cases for apps. We will conduct a study of real mobile user behavior over one week in February. If you want to learn more and contribute to the study, email Mary Trombley to get an invite to Friday's kickoff meeting.

UX is working on:
* Australis theme + 80/20/2 UI simplification (shorlander)
** De-duplication of elements in location bar (jaws)
** Tab bar cleanup (fryn)
* Multiuser designs (fang)
* Printing improvements (yuan)
* Find-in-page redesign (fang)
* New customization UI (yuan)
* New tab (ttaubert + Boriss)

== '''Market Insights''' ==

=== Desktop / Platform ===

==== Tizen and Mer ====
* The Tizen Association officially announced its new [http://www.tizenassociation.org website] and governance structure. Intel is not listed on the website as a sponsor, which prompted some speculation that they had pulled out of the organization, but it appears there is some paperwork underway to make them a member. In related news, some former Meego and Maemo developers updated their website for the [http://merproject.org Mer Project], an "open, mobile-optimised, core distribution aimed at device manufacturers; powered by Qt/QML and HTML5" and that is "openly developed, inclusive, and meritocratically governed."

==== Opera ====
* Opera's [http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/64-bit-opera-and-out-of-process-plug-ins/ newest Labs betas] for Windows now offer out-of-process plugins and support for 32-bit plugins running with 64-bit Opera builds. These have been working for some time, but Opera did not want to release them until they were "completely transparent to the user."

==== Microsoft ====
* Microsoft [http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/prototypes/media-capture-api-%28updated%29/media-capture-api-%28updated%29/info updated] their audio implementation of the HTML5 Media Capture specification to include proposed enhancements to include image and video capture.

* The IE team [http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2012/01/03/the-us-says-goodbye-to-ie6.aspx celebrated] the decline of IE6 to less than 1% of total online users in the USA with a party and a cake, noting the success of their "IE6 Countdown" campaign.

* A purported [http://www.favbrowser.com/preliminary-internet-explorer-11-and-internet-explorer-12-release-dates/ leak] says that IE11 will be released in Q2 2013 and that IE12 will be released in Q3-Q4 2014.

==== WebKit ====
* [http://updates.html5rocks.com/2011/12/CSS-Filter-Effects-Landing-in-WebKit Initial support] for CSS filters landed in WebKit builds. Currently supported features include animation, visual overflow, and hardware acceleration. Rendering of CSS Shaders is also possible in recent builds.

* Other recent improvements include pausing, resuming, and cancelling downloads, hardware-based video decoding on ChromeOS only, support for video subtitles via the <<track>> tag, and more Web Audio API improvements were submitted from Intel. A [http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/103223 patch] to address the "Noah's Ark" condition from the HTML5 spec means that WebKit now passes all but one of the html5lib parsing tests.

==== Google Chrome ====
* A new proposal for better form autocompletion [http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Autocompletetype appeared] on the WHATWG wiki, and is supported in Chrome. It proposes an "autocompletetype" attribute for form fields.

* Chrome now also features [http://chromestory.com/2011/12/arrr-something-tried-to-commandeer-your-default-search-setting protection] against changes to the default search engine.

==== Android ====
* The Android project's "forked" changes have been almost completely [http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/472984/aea9e60f36e99dde/ merged back] into the Linux kernel mainline.

=== Mobile ===

Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.posterous.com/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-1 here] and in your inbox.

* There are 700,000 Android devices activated every day

* Inclusion of the Holo theme made a requirement for Android v.4 or later

* Mobile devices moved to the top of the most wanted list this holiday season

* Android devices dominate the top of most searched-for phones in China

* Intel unveiled a prototype for smartphone hardware based of its Medfield chips

* 100 million tablets to be sold worldwide in 2012

* The Nokia Ace, also called the Nokia Lumia 900, rumoured to launch in the US in March

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

*[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/can-firefox-be-a-web-browser-contender-again-firefox-901-review/1837 Can Firefox be a Web browser contender again? Firefox 9.01 Review]

*[http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57351535-12/whats-coming-in-firefox-11/ What's coming in Firefox 11]
*[http://www.zdnetasia.com/firefox-11-without-uac-favors-developers-62303376.htm Firefox 11 without UAC, favors developers ]

*[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-Aurora-for-Android-gets-native-UI-1403381.html Firefox Aurora for Android gets native UI]
*[http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57345392-12/firefox-9-faster-on-pcs-all-new-on-tablets/ Firefox 9: Faster on PCs, all-new on tablets]

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==

== Actions this week ==

Firefox/Planning/2012-01-04

2012-01-04T19:06:32Z

Limi: /* UX & User Research */

<center>[[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} -1 week}}|« previous week]] | [[Firefox/DeliveryMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 week}}|next week »]]</center>

'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

{{Notes}}

__FORCETOC__

== Actions from Last Week ==

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 9/9.0.1) ====
* 3.6.26 security triage starting this week, expect FF10 bugs to get poked

* The next checkpoint for unthrottling the Firefox 9.0.1 desktop release will occur at tomorrow's channel meeting (2PM PT)

==== Beta (10) ====
* Beta 3 (build 2) to be built today

* '''[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?type0-1-0=equals&field0-1-0=assigned_to&field0-0-0=cf_tracking_firefox9&type0-0-1=equals&field0-0-1=cf_tracking_firefox10&resolution=---&resolution=DUPLICATE&query_format=advanced&value0-1-0=nobody%40mozilla.org&value0-0-1=%2B&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=%2B&list_id=1992674 Unassigned bugs tracked for the 10 release]''' need to be assigned, or else a justification must be given as to why they no longer need to be tracked
** Appropriate assignees include module owners, engineering managers, engineers, QA contacts, tech evangelism, etc.
** Whoever has the next action on a tracked Beta bug should be the current assignee

* Major features being vetted in 10 still, with the option of
** Add-ons compatible by default (QA, Product, Release Management, and A-team are all over this starting today.)
** Add-on hotfix

* Firefox 10 will be our first ESR release
** Coordination with RelEng is ongoing, EWG meeting tomorrow at 9AM PT should have more details

==== Aurora (11) ====
* Three "Tilt" (new Web developer feature) [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=,710750,710762,711341 bugs were resolved], hopefully wrapping up Tilt work for 11.

==== Nightly (12) ====
* Quentin Headen implemented [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352037 "Undo 'Add to dictionary'"] (and tests) so you can now say "whoops, didn't mean to click that" and save yourself from bad additions to your spell-checking dictionary. Thanks Quentin!!
* Jared Wein fixed one of our oldest and ugliest secondary UI bugs with his fix for that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419231 crazy floating scrollbar in the Customize Toolbar palette]. Thanks, :jaws!
* Steffen Wilberg fixed the offline error page to actually put you back online when you [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435325 click "try again"]. Papercut fixes like this make users happy :-) Thanks Steffen.

=== Firefox Mobile ===

===Firefox Sync===
** [[Services/AndroidSyncFP | Java Porting for Sync]] - in progress.
*** Note to developers: Native Sync behavior is undefined if you have multiple fennecs of any sort on your device.
** [[Services/Sync/Addon_Sync|Addon Sync]] - In firefox 11
*** ""release driver type folk, this may be relevant to your interests""
** Replacing existing auth in Sync with BrowserID
*** desired for Mobile World Congress
*** no wiki page, desire, or spec yet (announced yesterday)

===Add-on Builder===
* Push today @ 2pm
* Goals for 2012 Q1 are finalized and published

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.3 -> Firefox 8, 9)

Stabilization (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)
* Released 1.4RC1 last Tuesday
* Have a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=714820 couple of blockers] - will release 1.4RC2
* Still on track to release Next Tuesday, January 10th

Development (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)
* We have a [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla-labs-jetpack/ThVPoYxkgX8/discussion new proposal for localizing html content in SDK-based add-ons] - need your input!
* Still on track to merge to Stabilization branch on January 10th

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
=== Mobile ===

== UX & User Research ==
UR is kicking off some research to better understand current mobile browser use cases vs use cases for apps. We will conduct a study of real mobile user behavior over one week in February. If you want to learn more and contribute to the study, email Mary Trombley to get an invite to Friday's kickoff meeting.

UX is working on:
* Australis theme refresh (shorlander)
** De-duplication of elements in location bar (jaws)
** Tab bar cleanup (fryn)
* Multiuser designs (fang)
* Printing improvements (yuan)
* Find-in-page redesign (fang)
* New customization UI (yuan)
* New tab (ttaubert + Boriss)

== '''Market Insights''' ==

=== Desktop / Platform ===

==== Tizen and Mer ====
* The Tizen Association officially announced its new [http://www.tizenassociation.org website] and governance structure. Intel is not listed on the website as a sponsor, which prompted some speculation that they had pulled out of the organization, but it appears there is some paperwork underway to make them a member. In related news, some former Meego and Maemo developers updated their website for the [http://merproject.org Mer Project], an "open, mobile-optimised, core distribution aimed at device manufacturers; powered by Qt/QML and HTML5" and that is "openly developed, inclusive, and meritocratically governed."

==== Opera ====
* Opera's [http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/64-bit-opera-and-out-of-process-plug-ins/ newest Labs betas] for Windows now offer out-of-process plugins and support for 32-bit plugins running with 64-bit Opera builds. These have been working for some time, but Opera did not want to release them until they were "completely transparent to the user."

==== Microsoft ====
* Microsoft [http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/prototypes/media-capture-api-%28updated%29/media-capture-api-%28updated%29/info updated] their audio implementation of the HTML5 Media Capture specification to include proposed enhancements to include image and video capture.

* The IE team [http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2012/01/03/the-us-says-goodbye-to-ie6.aspx celebrated] the decline of IE6 to less than 1% of total online users in the USA with a party and a cake, noting the success of their "IE6 Countdown" campaign.

* A purported [http://www.favbrowser.com/preliminary-internet-explorer-11-and-internet-explorer-12-release-dates/ leak] says that IE11 will be released in Q2 2013 and that IE12 will be released in Q3-Q4 2014.

==== WebKit ====
* [http://updates.html5rocks.com/2011/12/CSS-Filter-Effects-Landing-in-WebKit Initial support] for CSS filters landed in WebKit builds. Currently supported features include animation, visual overflow, and hardware acceleration. Rendering of CSS Shaders is also possible in recent builds.

* Other recent improvements include pausing, resuming, and cancelling downloads, hardware-based video decoding on ChromeOS only, support for video subtitles via the <<track>> tag, and more Web Audio API improvements were submitted from Intel. A [http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/103223 patch] to address the "Noah's Ark" condition from the HTML5 spec means that WebKit now passes all but one of the html5lib parsing tests.

==== Google Chrome ====
* A new proposal for better form autocompletion [http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Autocompletetype appeared] on the WHATWG wiki, and is supported in Chrome. It proposes an "autocompletetype" attribute for form fields.

* Chrome now also features [http://chromestory.com/2011/12/arrr-something-tried-to-commandeer-your-default-search-setting protection] against changes to the default search engine.

==== Android ====
* The Android project's "forked" changes have been almost completely [http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/472984/aea9e60f36e99dde/ merged back] into the Linux kernel mainline.

=== Mobile ===

Summary below, full update [http://irinasandu.posterous.com/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-1 here] and in your inbox.

* There are 700,000 Android devices activated every day

* Inclusion of the Holo theme made a requirement for Android v.4 or later

* Mobile devices moved to the top of the most wanted list this holiday season

* Android devices dominate the top of most searched-for phones in China

* Intel unveiled a prototype for smartphone hardware based of its Medfield chips

* 100 million tablets to be sold worldwide in 2012

* The Nokia Ace, also called the Nokia Lumia 900, rumoured to launch in the US in March

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

*[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/can-firefox-be-a-web-browser-contender-again-firefox-901-review/1837 Can Firefox be a Web browser contender again? Firefox 9.01 Review]

*[http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57351535-12/whats-coming-in-firefox-11/ What's coming in Firefox 11]
*[http://www.zdnetasia.com/firefox-11-without-uac-favors-developers-62303376.htm Firefox 11 without UAC, favors developers ]

*[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-Aurora-for-Android-gets-native-UI-1403381.html Firefox Aurora for Android gets native UI]
*[http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57345392-12/firefox-9-faster-on-pcs-all-new-on-tablets/ Firefox 9: Faster on PCs, all-new on tablets]

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==

== Actions this week ==

Toolbar Customization

2011-12-14T22:00:32Z

Limi:

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Toolbar Customization
|Feature stage=Draft
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlander
|Feature ux lead=Yuan Wang
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=The existing palette-based approach to customization is inflexible, hard to discover, and hard to use — and relies on drag & drop for its operation. We want to replace it with an in-content, full screen interface for doing these changes, and make it possible to customize the interface both via direct manipulation and via other means for people that have problems with doing drag & drop.

We also want the same customization mode as the new panel menu behavior, to ensure that you only need to know a single concept, no matter which of these you want to customize.
|Feature users and use cases=This is a re-thinking of how to customize the menu bar, related to the new panel menu, and also related to an improved selection of Personas for browser customization.
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=Unprioritized
|Feature theme=Experience
|Feature roadmap=User Experience
|Feature secondary roadmap=Firefox Desktop
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}

Features/Desktop/Panel Menu

2011-12-14T22:00:10Z

Limi:

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Panel Menu
|Feature stage=Draft
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlander
|Feature ux lead=Stephen Horlander
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=For Firefox 4, we changed the menu to be a single, unified menu. This project is the next step in this evolution, which unifies the concepts of toolbar customization, adds the ability to customize the menu, and makes the 80/20/2 rule have a natural mapping in the UI.

It also provides a path for mapping the same menu structure to mobile devices like phones and tablets, as well as TVs and projection screens.
|Feature users and use cases=Simplifying the ability for users to find what they're looking for, increase relative discoverability for the important items, have a predictable and consistent approach to interface customization.
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=Unprioritized
|Feature theme=Experience
|Feature roadmap=User Experience
|Feature secondary roadmap=Firefox Desktop
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}

Toolbar Customization

2011-12-14T21:58:43Z

Limi: Created page with "{{FeatureStatus |Feature name=Toolbar Customization |Feature stage=Draft |Feature status=In progress |Feature health=OK }} {{FeatureTeam |Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlande..."

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Toolbar Customization
|Feature stage=Draft
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlander
|Feature ux lead=Yuan Wang
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=The existing palette-based approach to customization is inflexible, hard to discover, and hard to use — and relies on drag & drop for its operation. We want to replace it with an in-content, full screen interface for doing these changes, and make it possible to customize the interface both via direct manipulation and via other means for people that have problems with doing drag & drop.

We also want the same customization mode as the new panel menu behavior, to ensure that you only need to know a single concept, no matter which of these you want to customize.
|Feature users and use cases=This is a re-thinking of how to customize the menu bar, related to the new panel menu, and also related to an improved selection of Personas for browser customization.
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=Unprioritized
|Feature roadmap=User Experience
|Feature secondary roadmap=Firefox Desktop
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}

Features/Desktop/Panel Menu

2011-12-14T21:40:54Z

Limi:

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Panel Menu
|Feature stage=Draft
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlander
|Feature ux lead=Stephen Horlander
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=For Firefox 4, we changed the menu to be a single, unified menu. This project is the next step in this evolution, which unifies the concepts of toolbar customization, adds the ability to customize the menu, and makes the 80/20/2 rule have a natural mapping in the UI.

It also provides a path for mapping the same menu structure to mobile devices like phones and tablets, as well as TVs and projection screens.
|Feature users and use cases=Simplifying the ability for users to find what they're looking for, increase relative discoverability for the important items, have a predictable and consistent approach to interface customization.
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=Unprioritized
|Feature theme=Experience
|Feature roadmap=Firefox Desktop
|Feature secondary roadmap=User Experience
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}

Features/Desktop/Panel Menu

2011-12-14T21:39:16Z

Limi: Created page with "{{FeatureStatus |Feature name=Panel Menu |Feature stage=Draft |Feature status=In progress |Feature health=OK }} {{FeatureTeam |Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlander |Feature ..."

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Panel Menu
|Feature stage=Draft
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature feature manager=Stephen Horlander
|Feature ux lead=Stephen Horlander
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=For Firefox 4, we changed the menu to be a single, unified menu. This project is the next step in this evolution, which unifies the concepts of toolbar customization, adds the ability to customize the menu, and makes the 80/20/2 rule have a natural mapping in the UI.
|Feature users and use cases=Simplifying the ability for users to find what they're looking for, increase relative discoverability for the important items, have a predictable and consistent approach to interface customization.
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=Unprioritized
|Feature theme=Experience
|Feature roadmap=Firefox Desktop
|Feature secondary roadmap=User Experience
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}

CloudServices/Sync/FxSync/FaviconSync

2011-12-01T09:06:53Z

Limi: Adding question about thumbnails

= Bugs =

* Old tracking bug: {{bug|428378}}
* Initial Sync engine implementation: {{bug|675299}}
* Places changes: {{bug|674238}}

= Goals =

* Sync favicons for history and bookmarks
* Don't sync history favicons if only bookmark sync is enabled (viceversa not as problematic)

= Coordination =

Important to sync up with the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Places:Plan Places plan], which involves some schema alterations. mak is keen to reduce space overhead, which will likely see timestamps drop to int32, eliminate or render numeric MIME type values, and store large icons outside of the DB. It would also be nice to unify expiration timestamps and lastModified in the proposed favicon store.

API work should be done in mozIAsyncFavicons, not nsIFaviconService. It's experimental, which means we have more leeway to make changes, and of course it's asynchronous.

= Proposal =

== Firefox (places.sqlite) ==
<pre>
moz_places
id
guid
url
favicon_id -------> foreign key to moz_favicons.id
...

moz_historyvisits
id
place_id ------> foreign key to moz_places.id
visit_date
...

moz_bookmarks
id
guid
type
fk ------> foreign key to moz_places.id
...

moz_favicons
id
url
data
mime_type
expiration
guid (NEW)
lastmodified (NEW? Integrate with expiration?)
</pre>

== Sync ==

<pre>
bookmarks
id (a.k.a. GUID)
bmkUri
...
faviconGUID (NEW)

history
id (a.k.a. GUID)
histUri
title
visits
faviconGUID (NEW)

favicons (NEW)
id (a.k.a. GUID)
url
data
mime_type
expiration?
</pre>

== Implementation ==

*Implement <code>favicons</code> engine with above data schema.
*Add <code>faviconGUID</code> property to bookmarks and history engines, it's synced as follows:

#Find favicon based on <code>faviconGUID</code> a. it exists. Go to 3. b. it doesn't exist. Go to 2.
#Create empty favicon entry with <code>id</code> and <code>guid</code>.
#Refer to favicon id in the <code>moz_places</code> entry.

=== More detailed plan ===

I propose a staged implementation, given dependencies on Places changes. Something a little like this:

# Extend bookmarks and history engines to track faviconURI. We do this instead of GUID as a trivial proof of concept, rather than waiting around.
# Implement favicon engine to sync favicons keyed by URI.
# Implement observers for nsINavHistoryObserver::onPageChanged/nsINavHistoryObserver::ATTRIBUTE_FAVICON to track bookmark/history changes on favicon alteration, and also poke the favicon tracker to ensure that changed favicons get synced up.
# Implement GUIDs for favicons, in line with the Places plan.
# Rejig favicon and other engines to use the GUID instead of the URI. This will, of course, be a breaking change (and we don't want to use URIs in production for privacy reasons), so this will be the first point at which this can be a user-facing feature.
# Reimplement bookmarks and favicons engines using async repository API.
# Switch to using mozIAsyncFavicons instead of nsIFaviconService.

== Questions/Observations ==

*Is a blank entry in moz_favicons (cf. step 2 above) ok?
*How should we model the expiration (if at all)?
*How to access favicon data? Raw SQL r+w? Extend mozIAsyncHistory?
** mozIAsyncFavicons. This API is ours to chop up and extend, with appropriate judgment.
*How can we be notified when a new favicon is added or an existing one is changed?
** Observers. See above.
* How do we tie into or interact with Places' favicon expiration events?
* It would seem to make sense to sync favicons before bookmarks, so as to have favicons present in the DB before they are linked to their bookmark record. We should also take care to keep toolbar/menu icons very much in the working set: synced first, and generally given priority. UX über alles!
** I disagree with that. It would be more useful to see people's bookmark toolbar/menu etc. populated with entries and then add the favicons quickly thereafter... Favicons could probably take considerably more time to sync than bookmarks... But as you say, that's something for UX to decide. --philikon
* Can this scheme easily be extended to work for things like site thumbnails?

WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-28

2011-11-28T08:45:11Z

Limi: /* Introducing New Hires */

[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-21|« previous week]] | [[WeeklyUpdates|index]] | [[WeeklyUpdates/2011-12-|next week »]]

= Video for today's meeting =

= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
''Speaker Location: Mountain View''

= Upcoming Events =
''Speaker Location: Mountain View''

'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 28 Nov'''

'''Tuesday, 29 Nov'''

'''Wednesday, 30 Nov'''

'''Thursday, 01 Dec'''

'''Friday, 02 Dec'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0) ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Mobile Firefox ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Thunderbird ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Older Branch Work ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Drumbeat ==
''Speaker Location: ''

= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
! Location
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| What location will you be transmitting from?
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Apps ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! New Hire
! Introduced by
! Speaker location
! Will be working on
|-
| Sheeri Cabral
| Corey Shields
| MV (though she will work remote from Boston)
| DBA on the IT team
|-
| Yuan Wang
| Alex Limi
| Mountain View
| UX Designer on Firefox (SF)
|-
| Zhenshuo Fang
| Alex Limi
| Mountain View
| UX Designer on Firefox (SF)
|-
|}

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-28

2011-11-28T08:43:45Z

Limi: Removing dummy text

[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-21|« previous week]] | [[WeeklyUpdates|index]] | [[WeeklyUpdates/2011-12-|next week »]]

= Video for today's meeting =

= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
''Speaker Location: Mountain View''

= Upcoming Events =
''Speaker Location: Mountain View''

'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 28 Nov'''

'''Tuesday, 29 Nov'''

'''Wednesday, 30 Nov'''

'''Thursday, 01 Dec'''

'''Friday, 02 Dec'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0) ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Mobile Firefox ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Thunderbird ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Older Branch Work ==
''Speaker Location: ''

== Drumbeat ==
''Speaker Location: ''

= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
! Location
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| What location will you be transmitting from?
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Apps ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! New Hire
! Introduced by
! Speaker location
! Will be working on
|-
| Sheeri Cabral
| Corey Shields
| MV (though she will work remote from Boston)
| DBA on the IT team
|-
| Yuan Wang
| Alex Limi
| San Francisco
| UX Designer on Firefox
|-
| Zhenshuo Fang
| Alex Limi
| San Francisco
| UX Designer on Firefox
|-
|}

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

WeeklyUpdates/2011-11-28

2011-11-28T08:43:06Z

Limi: Adding new hires

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= Video for today's meeting =

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= Upcoming Events =
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= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) ==
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== Older Branch Work ==
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== Drumbeat ==
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= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
! Location
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| What location will you be transmitting from?
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Apps ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! New Hire
! Introduced by
! Speaker location
! Will be working on
|-
| New person's name here
| Who will be introducing that person?
| From which office will that introduction be transmitted?
| What will the new person be working on?
|-
| Sheeri Cabral
| Corey Shields
| MV (though she will work remote from Boston)
| DBA on the IT team
|-
| Yuan Wang
| Alex Limi
| San Francisco
| UX Designer on Firefox
|-
| Zhenshuo Fang
| Alex Limi
| San Francisco
| UX Designer on Firefox
|-
|}

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-28T02:38:08Z

Limi: /* Applications & tools */

=Goal=
If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make that transition a better experience for you.

Want to be on the platform where most of our users are? You can do this without giving up what you're using right now, and with the possibility of making the transition partially or fully to Windows.

Note that if you're a developer, it's going to be a challenge because of the lack of tools and good terminals. It's a bigger topic, and includes stuff that we won't attempt to cover here. If you're in any other role, switching fully or partially shouldn't be (too) painful.

Here are some helpful hints to make your transition smooth and successful.

=Getting started=
* Keep your MacBook. There's really nothing out there right now that has the same build quality, and you're going to be annoyed enough with other Windows differences to add a switch of hardware (keyboards and trackpads are generally awful) on top of that.
* Accept the fact that you'll have to switch back to OS X for certain things, at least for a while.
* Get a license for Windows 7.
* Make sure you have set up Firefox Sync. Print out your sync key since you're going to be in another OS on the same computer when you need it. :)
* Use Mac OS X Lion, it has a much better Boot Camp wizard that doesn't require physical media like a CD/DVD, but instead creates a bootable USB drive from an ISO file for installation.
* Leave enough space on the Windows partition to actually get real work done. I believe Boot Camp defaults to 20GB, which will leave you with too little space to work when everything is set up. Set off at least 40-50GB, ideally more if you can (but I know smaller SSDs are common and a bit cramped these days).

=Applications & tools=

* Switch as many of your tools to online tools as possible. Some common alternatives:
** Google Calendar (or Thunderbird + Lightning) for calendars
** Web-based email, one option is to use Gmail for bugmail — this is also important since Gmail tends to be slower on Firefox and cause memory leaks, excessive GC, etc
*** If you want client-side email, you should really use Thunderbird. :) File bugs and help improve it if you find stuff that's weird or buggy.
** Evernote for cross-platform scrapbooking
** Etherpad!
** [https://irccloud.com/ IRCloud] for IRC
** Mindmeister for mind mapping
** Mockingbird or Balsamiq for mock-ups/wireframes
*** bwinton@mozilla.com has 40-some-odd licenses for Balsamiq for use in designing open source Mozilla products. Feel free to contact him if you would like one.
** Pandora/Rdio or even iTunes Match / Google Music for your music (not available in all countries)
* Use Dropbox to sync your files between Mac and Windows — this can also solve basic file backup in a decent way
* A license for Photoshop on Windows if you're so afflicted :P
* Use [http://www.cygwin.com/ cygwin] if you miss your shell prompt; using mintty instead of the default cygwin terminal is highly recommended (install via cygwin's setup program)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] provides excellent global keyboard shortcuts
* There are several great text editors for Windows
** [http://www.sublimetext.com/ SublimeText] — like TextMate, but for Windows '''and''' Mac. $60.
** [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] is free and open source.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad] freeware

=Fix the annoying things=
Once you're in Windows, there are a couple of things you can do to make the experience better immediately:
* Ensure that you have the Boot Camp drivers and tools installed, and that Windows Aero Glass is enabled (the transparent windows). If they're not, look for someone to help you install the drivers and fix it.
* Make sure your Mac is set up to boot into Windows by default, so you don't end up booting Mac accidentally when you restart.
* Use SharpKeys to remap the Apple keys to Ctrl, so Apple-C/V/X and T do the expected thing.
* Install Firefox, Aurora, Beta and Nightly, with Sync in all profiles.
* Install latest Internet Explorer, Chrome, Chrome Canary, Opera, Opera Next for comparisons.
* If you want the "natural" scroll direction from Lion on Windows, install http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm and choose "Invert mouse wheel scrolling"
* If Windows just looks the wrong "color" to you, here's how you can get things to feel more natural [http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/834252-howto-make-windows-7-use-a-good-mac-color-profile/ Use Your Mac Color Profile on Windows]
* If Windows fonts look wrong to you, tune them. Click on the Start menu, type "cleartype" into the searchbox, and hit enter. That will launch the Windows ClearType tuner app.

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-24T22:55:45Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-24T22:49:48Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-24T22:47:58Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-24T22:44:04Z

Limi: /* Fix the annoying things */

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-24T22:35:12Z

Limi:

Transitioning to Windows

2011-11-24T22:34:06Z

Limi: Created page with "=Goal= If you're currently on Mac OS X, but want to spend some or all of your time in Windows to see what the majority of our user base is using, this document should help make t..."

Platform/2011-11-01

2011-11-01T18:22:48Z

Limi: /* Roundtable */

Platform/2011-11-01

2011-11-01T18:22:08Z

Limi: /* Roundtable */

Platform/2011-11-01

2011-11-01T18:21:13Z

Limi: /* Roundtable */

Platform/2011-11-01

2011-11-01T18:20:44Z

Limi: /* Roundtable */

Contribute

2011-10-18T06:19:15Z

Limi: You know what? Forget it. :P

[[Image:Steward slides.png | 300px | right]]
The Contributor Stewards program is a scalable way to bring in new people to all areas of the Mozilla community by having members of different teams be responsible for driving contributor growth for each project area. There are three parts to the program:

* Select someone on your team to be a steward responsible for helping contributors get involved in your activities.

* Add contributor growth and health targets to your quarterly goals.

* Make time for the steward to work with the [[ContributorEngagement|Contributor Engagement team]] to improve the process for contributing to your project.

Teams that make this investment in contributor recruiting will become more effective at bringing people into their project and will be able to accomplish more as their team grows.

Anyone interested in community building would make a great Steward. We expect that Stewards will spend up to 5 hours a week on activities related to this role. This also doesn't need to be a long-term commitment and it is fine to have different people on a team rotate through this role.

See the [http://htmlpad.org/steward-session/# Steward Program slides] from the September 2011 All Hands for more details.

=Areas=

==Functional Areas==

{| border="1"
! Area !! Steward
|-
| [[Stewards/Accessibility|Accessibility]]
| David Bolter
|-
| [[Stewards/Coding|Coding]]
| Dietrich Ayala, Kyle Huey, Brian Bondy and Josh Matthews
|-
| [[Stewards/Documentation|Developer Documentation]]
| Janet Swisher
|-
| [[Stewards/Engineering_Program_Management|Engineering Program Management]]
| Lawrence Mandel
|-
| [[Stewards/Grants|Grants]]
| Geoffrey MacDougall
|-
| [[Stewards/Graphics|Graphics]]
| Benoit Jacob, Benoit Girard
|-
| [[Stewards/Labs|Labs]]
| Desigan (Dees) Chinniah and Havi Hoffman
|-
| [[Stewards/L10n|Localization]]
| Zbigniew Braniecki (Gandalf)
|-
| [[Stewards/Market_Insights|Market Insights]]
| Margaret Schroeder
|-
| [[Stewards/Mobile|Mobile]]
| Lucas Rocha
|-
| [[Stewards/Privacy|Privacy]]
| Stacy Martin
|-
| [[Stewards/Product Marketing|Product Marketing]]
| Gregory Jost
|-
| [[Stewards/PR|Public Relations]]
| Shannon Prior
|-
| [[Stewards/Research|Research and B2G]]
| Vivien Nicolas
|-
| [[Stewards/Support|Support]]
| Michelle Luna and Michael Verdi
|-
| [[Stewards/IT|Systems Administration]]
| Matthew Zeier and Corey Shields
|-
| [[Stewards/Thunderbird|Thunderbird]]
| Ludovic Hirlimann, Roland Tanglao and Jennifer Zickerman
|-
| [[Stewards/Automation|Tools and Automation]]
| Clint Talbert and Lukas Blakk
|-
| [[Stewards/QA|Quality Assurance]]
| Anthony Hughes, Marcia Knous, Juan Becerra and Naoki Hirata
|-
| [[Stewards/User Engagement|User Engagement]]
| Chelsea Novak and Jessilyn Davis
|-
| [[Stewards/User Research|User Research]]
| Diane Loviglio
|-
| [[Stewards/Webdev|Web Development]]
| Christie Koehler, Andy McKay, Rob Helmer, Dave Dash, Tim Watts, Les Orchard and Luke Crouch
|-
| [[Stewards/WebFWD|WebFWD]]
| Diane Bisgeier
|-
| [[Stewards/UX|UX]]
| Alex Limi
|}

==Geographic Areas==

{| border="1"
! Area !! Steward
|-
| [[Stewards/Berlin|Berlin]]
| William Quiviger and Michelle Thorne
|-
| [[Stewards/Brazil|Brazil]]
| Reuben Morais
|-
| [[Stewards/Minneapolis|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]
| Scott Johnson
|-
| [[Stewards/Netherlands|The Netherlands]]
| Ludovic Hirlimann
|-
| [[Stewards/Portland|Portland]]
| Christie Koehler
|-
| [[Stewards/Toronto|Toronto]]
| Armen Zambrano Gasparnian
|-
| [[Stewards/Vancouver|Vancouver]]
| Karen Esterly and Andy McKay
|-
| [[Stewards/SF|San Francisco]]
| Lukas Blakk
|}

=Activities=

Each team has unique needs that will require creating specific plans for improvement, but there are some general activities that apply to most project areas, such as:

* Assisting with the Contributor Life Cycle Audit

* Helping get contributors signed up to the [[Mozillians|phonebook]]

* Reviewing responses to inquiries from [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Get Involved page]

* Writing up volunteer role descriptions (eg, [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/newsletter-coordinator-opportunity/ Newsletter Coordinator])

* Working with [[ReMo|Mozilla Representatives]] to promote your project

=Resources=

==Contributor Channels==

There are a number of channels you can use to get information out to existing and potential contributors about how to get involved in your project:

* [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Get Involved pages]: over 300,000 visitors a month

* [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Want to help? form]: over 2,000 inquiries a month

* [https://blog.mozilla.com/about_mozilla/ about:mozilla newsletter]: over 6,000 subscribers

* [http://www.youtube.com/user/mozillians Mozillians YouTube channel]: over 20 subscribers (just starting to grow this channel)

If you have any questions about any of these or would you to make use of them, let us know.

==Peer Support==

One of the best ways to learn more about Mozilla and get help is to talk with other people in the community. There are many ways to do this, but the following options are great forums for discussions about helping people get involved in the project.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute#Meetings|Contribute Group]]: a group that meets every other Thursday at 10 pacific to discuss issues related to helping people get involved in Mozilla.

* [[ReMo/Events|Community events]]: there are many Mozilla events run by volunteers all around the world and they can be very energizing experiences if you haven't been to one before. For example, read [http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/2011/05/06/buenos-aires/ Matthew Zeier's post] about an amazing experience he had attending community events in Argentina.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Stories|Contributor Stories]]: reading about how someone got involved or how someone helped bring a new contributor into the community can give you ideas about methods that have worked (or not worked) in the past.

==Documentation==

The following documentation has information and tips for how to build community around your project. There is a mix of Mozilla-specific and general open source community building material.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Best_Practices|Best Practices]] by various Mozillians

* [http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/drafts/Gerv%20How%20to%20work%20in%20a%20Community%20-360p.webm How To Be A Mozillian; How To Work In Community] (video) by Gerv Markham

* [http://www.slideshare.net/david_a_eaves/community-management-presentation Community Management Presentation] by Dave Eaves

* [http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/get/ The Art of Community] by Jono Bacon

==Skill Development==

We are currently looking into what sort of community building skills we could help people develop. Let us know what we could add that would be useful.

==Special Interest Groups==

The Mozilla Reps (ReMo) program aims to empower and support volunteer Mozillians who want to become official representatives of Mozilla. Tapping into this group of people can be a great way to spread the word about contribution opportunities for your project and to get more people involved.

* [[ReMo/SIGs|Mozilla Reps Special Interest Groups]]

==Local Groups==

There may be groups near you that aren't necessarily related to Mozilla, but can be good places to go to meet others interested in community building or who have an interest in Mozilla's mission. If you know of one of these groups, add it to this list.

* [http://www.vancx.com/ Vancouver Community Experience Group]

==Web Tools==

Community building online would not be possible without tools to help with the process. The community is full of a number of tools, but there has been a lack of some key pieces of volunteer management infrastructure that the Contributor Engagement team is now putting in place. Learn more about what's coming:

* [[Mozillians|Phonebook]]
* [[Mozillians/TaskBoard|TaskBoard]]
* [[Mozillians/Events_Manager|Events Manager]]

=Communication=

Instead of going with yet another mailing list for discussions among Stewards, let's try a more social option and see if that works.

* [https://www.yammer.com/contributegroup/ Yammer Contribute Group forum]

If you have thoughts (positive or negative) about going with Yammer, either let us know on that forum or on the Mozillians forum if you just don't want to sign up on Yammer, or can't for some reason.

* http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.mozillians/topics

=To Do=

* Add link to phonebook profiles for each Steward when phonebook goes live.

* Add advice/best-practices in reaching out to local communities and events like this VanCX.

Contribute

2011-10-18T06:18:01Z

Limi: Did I mention how much I hate wikis yet. Well, I do.

[[Image:Steward slides.png | 300px | right]]
The Contributor Stewards program is a scalable way to bring in new people to all areas of the Mozilla community by having members of different teams be responsible for driving contributor growth for each project area. There are three parts to the program:

* Select someone on your team to be a steward responsible for helping contributors get involved in your activities.

* Add contributor growth and health targets to your quarterly goals.

* Make time for the steward to work with the [[ContributorEngagement|Contributor Engagement team]] to improve the process for contributing to your project.

Teams that make this investment in contributor recruiting will become more effective at bringing people into their project and will be able to accomplish more as their team grows.

Anyone interested in community building would make a great Steward. We expect that Stewards will spend up to 5 hours a week on activities related to this role. This also doesn't need to be a long-term commitment and it is fine to have different people on a team rotate through this role.

See the [http://htmlpad.org/steward-session/# Steward Program slides] from the September 2011 All Hands for more details.

=Areas=

==Functional Areas==

{| border="1"
! Area !! Steward
|-
| [[Stewards/Accessibility|Accessibility]]
| David Bolter
|-
| [[Stewards/Coding|Coding]]
| Dietrich Ayala, Kyle Huey, Brian Bondy and Josh Matthews
|-
| [[Stewards/Documentation|Developer Documentation]]
| Janet Swisher
|-
| [[Stewards/Engineering_Program_Management|Engineering Program Management]]
| Lawrence Mandel
|-
| [[Stewards/Grants|Grants]]
| Geoffrey MacDougall
|-
| [[Stewards/Graphics|Graphics]]
| Benoit Jacob, Benoit Girard
|-
| [[Stewards/Labs|Labs]]
| Desigan (Dees) Chinniah and Havi Hoffman
|-
| [[Stewards/L10n|Localization]]
| Zbigniew Braniecki (Gandalf)
|-
| [[Stewards/Market_Insights|Market Insights]]
| Margaret Schroeder
|-
| [[Stewards/Mobile|Mobile]]
| Lucas Rocha
|-
| [[Stewards/Privacy|Privacy]]
| Stacy Martin
|-
| [[Stewards/Product Marketing|Product Marketing]]
| Gregory Jost
|-
| [[Stewards/PR|Public Relations]]
| Shannon Prior
|-
| [[Stewards/Research|Research and B2G]]
| Vivien Nicolas
|-
| [[Stewards/Support|Support]]
| Michelle Luna and Michael Verdi
|-
| [[Stewards/IT|Systems Administration]]
| Matthew Zeier and Corey Shields
|-
| [[Stewards/Thunderbird|Thunderbird]]
| Ludovic Hirlimann, Roland Tanglao and Jennifer Zickerman
|-
| [[Stewards/Automation|Tools and Automation]]
| Clint Talbert and Lukas Blakk
|-
| [[Stewards/QA|Quality Assurance]]
| Anthony Hughes, Marcia Knous, Juan Becerra and Naoki Hirata
|-
| [[Stewards/User Engagement|User Engagement]]
| Chelsea Novak and Jessilyn Davis
|-
| [[Stewards/User Research|User Research]]
| Diane Loviglio
|-
| [[Stewards/Webdev|Web Development]]
| Christie Koehler, Andy McKay, Rob Helmer, Dave Dash, Tim Watts, Les Orchard and Luke Crouch
|-
| [[Stewards/WebFWD|WebFWD]]
| Diane Bisgeier
|-
| [[Stewards/UX|UX]]
| [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/495bae85e8|Alex Limi]
|}

==Geographic Areas==

{| border="1"
! Area !! Steward
|-
| [[Stewards/Berlin|Berlin]]
| William Quiviger and Michelle Thorne
|-
| [[Stewards/Brazil|Brazil]]
| Reuben Morais
|-
| [[Stewards/Minneapolis|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]
| Scott Johnson
|-
| [[Stewards/Netherlands|The Netherlands]]
| Ludovic Hirlimann
|-
| [[Stewards/Portland|Portland]]
| Christie Koehler
|-
| [[Stewards/Toronto|Toronto]]
| Armen Zambrano Gasparnian
|-
| [[Stewards/Vancouver|Vancouver]]
| Karen Esterly and Andy McKay
|-
| [[Stewards/SF|San Francisco]]
| Lukas Blakk
|}

=Activities=

Each team has unique needs that will require creating specific plans for improvement, but there are some general activities that apply to most project areas, such as:

* Assisting with the Contributor Life Cycle Audit

* Helping get contributors signed up to the [[Mozillians|phonebook]]

* Reviewing responses to inquiries from [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Get Involved page]

* Writing up volunteer role descriptions (eg, [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/newsletter-coordinator-opportunity/ Newsletter Coordinator])

* Working with [[ReMo|Mozilla Representatives]] to promote your project

=Resources=

==Contributor Channels==

There are a number of channels you can use to get information out to existing and potential contributors about how to get involved in your project:

* [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Get Involved pages]: over 300,000 visitors a month

* [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Want to help? form]: over 2,000 inquiries a month

* [https://blog.mozilla.com/about_mozilla/ about:mozilla newsletter]: over 6,000 subscribers

* [http://www.youtube.com/user/mozillians Mozillians YouTube channel]: over 20 subscribers (just starting to grow this channel)

If you have any questions about any of these or would you to make use of them, let us know.

==Peer Support==

One of the best ways to learn more about Mozilla and get help is to talk with other people in the community. There are many ways to do this, but the following options are great forums for discussions about helping people get involved in the project.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute#Meetings|Contribute Group]]: a group that meets every other Thursday at 10 pacific to discuss issues related to helping people get involved in Mozilla.

* [[ReMo/Events|Community events]]: there are many Mozilla events run by volunteers all around the world and they can be very energizing experiences if you haven't been to one before. For example, read [http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/2011/05/06/buenos-aires/ Matthew Zeier's post] about an amazing experience he had attending community events in Argentina.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Stories|Contributor Stories]]: reading about how someone got involved or how someone helped bring a new contributor into the community can give you ideas about methods that have worked (or not worked) in the past.

==Documentation==

The following documentation has information and tips for how to build community around your project. There is a mix of Mozilla-specific and general open source community building material.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Best_Practices|Best Practices]] by various Mozillians

* [http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/drafts/Gerv%20How%20to%20work%20in%20a%20Community%20-360p.webm How To Be A Mozillian; How To Work In Community] (video) by Gerv Markham

* [http://www.slideshare.net/david_a_eaves/community-management-presentation Community Management Presentation] by Dave Eaves

* [http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/get/ The Art of Community] by Jono Bacon

==Skill Development==

We are currently looking into what sort of community building skills we could help people develop. Let us know what we could add that would be useful.

==Special Interest Groups==

The Mozilla Reps (ReMo) program aims to empower and support volunteer Mozillians who want to become official representatives of Mozilla. Tapping into this group of people can be a great way to spread the word about contribution opportunities for your project and to get more people involved.

* [[ReMo/SIGs|Mozilla Reps Special Interest Groups]]

==Local Groups==

There may be groups near you that aren't necessarily related to Mozilla, but can be good places to go to meet others interested in community building or who have an interest in Mozilla's mission. If you know of one of these groups, add it to this list.

* [http://www.vancx.com/ Vancouver Community Experience Group]

==Web Tools==

Community building online would not be possible without tools to help with the process. The community is full of a number of tools, but there has been a lack of some key pieces of volunteer management infrastructure that the Contributor Engagement team is now putting in place. Learn more about what's coming:

* [[Mozillians|Phonebook]]
* [[Mozillians/TaskBoard|TaskBoard]]
* [[Mozillians/Events_Manager|Events Manager]]

=Communication=

Instead of going with yet another mailing list for discussions among Stewards, let's try a more social option and see if that works.

* [https://www.yammer.com/contributegroup/ Yammer Contribute Group forum]

If you have thoughts (positive or negative) about going with Yammer, either let us know on that forum or on the Mozillians forum if you just don't want to sign up on Yammer, or can't for some reason.

* http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.mozillians/topics

=To Do=

* Add link to phonebook profiles for each Steward when phonebook goes live.

* Add advice/best-practices in reaching out to local communities and events like this VanCX.

Contribute/UX

2011-10-18T06:17:00Z

Limi: Created page with "=Steward= Alex Limi =Contribution Paths= What are the steps someone can take to get involved in your project and learn enough to be able to start scratching their own itch? 1..."

=Steward=

Alex Limi

=Contribution Paths=

What are the steps someone can take to get involved in your project and learn enough to be able to start scratching their own itch?

1.

2.

3.

4. Scratch your own itch

=Goals=

What goals does your team have for bringing in new contributors to your project area?

=Metrics=

What data is available to measure if we're meeting your goals?

Contribute

2011-10-18T06:16:14Z

Limi: Adding myself as UX contact

[[Image:Steward slides.png | 300px | right]]
The Contributor Stewards program is a scalable way to bring in new people to all areas of the Mozilla community by having members of different teams be responsible for driving contributor growth for each project area. There are three parts to the program:

* Select someone on your team to be a steward responsible for helping contributors get involved in your activities.

* Add contributor growth and health targets to your quarterly goals.

* Make time for the steward to work with the [[ContributorEngagement|Contributor Engagement team]] to improve the process for contributing to your project.

Teams that make this investment in contributor recruiting will become more effective at bringing people into their project and will be able to accomplish more as their team grows.

Anyone interested in community building would make a great Steward. We expect that Stewards will spend up to 5 hours a week on activities related to this role. This also doesn't need to be a long-term commitment and it is fine to have different people on a team rotate through this role.

See the [http://htmlpad.org/steward-session/# Steward Program slides] from the September 2011 All Hands for more details.

=Areas=

==Functional Areas==

{| border="1"
! Area !! Steward
|-
| [[Stewards/Accessibility|Accessibility]]
| David Bolter
|-
| [[Stewards/Coding|Coding]]
| Dietrich Ayala, Kyle Huey, Brian Bondy and Josh Matthews
|-
| [[Stewards/Documentation|Developer Documentation]]
| Janet Swisher
|-
| [[Stewards/Engineering_Program_Management|Engineering Program Management]]
| Lawrence Mandel
|-
| [[Stewards/Grants|Grants]]
| Geoffrey MacDougall
|-
| [[Stewards/Graphics|Graphics]]
| Benoit Jacob, Benoit Girard
|-
| [[Stewards/Labs|Labs]]
| Desigan (Dees) Chinniah and Havi Hoffman
|-
| [[Stewards/L10n|Localization]]
| Zbigniew Braniecki (Gandalf)
|-
| [[Stewards/Market_Insights|Market Insights]]
| Margaret Schroeder
|-
| [[Stewards/Mobile|Mobile]]
| Lucas Rocha
|-
| [[Stewards/Privacy|Privacy]]
| Stacy Martin
|-
| [[Stewards/Product Marketing|Product Marketing]]
| Gregory Jost
|-
| [[Stewards/PR|Public Relations]]
| Shannon Prior
|-
| [[Stewards/Research|Research and B2G]]
| Vivien Nicolas
|-
| [[Stewards/Support|Support]]
| Michelle Luna and Michael Verdi
|-
| [[Stewards/IT|Systems Administration]]
| Matthew Zeier and Corey Shields
|-
| [[Stewards/Thunderbird|Thunderbird]]
| Ludovic Hirlimann, Roland Tanglao and Jennifer Zickerman
|-
| [[Stewards/Automation|Tools and Automation]]
| Clint Talbert and Lukas Blakk
|-
| [[Stewards/QA|Quality Assurance]]
| Anthony Hughes, Marcia Knous, Juan Becerra and Naoki Hirata
|-
| [[Stewards/User Engagement|User Engagement]]
| Chelsea Novak and Jessilyn Davis
|-
| [[Stewards/User Research|User Research]]
| Diane Loviglio
|-
| [[Stewards/Webdev|Web Development]]
| Christie Koehler, Andy McKay, Rob Helmer, Dave Dash, Tim Watts, Les Orchard and Luke Crouch
|-
| [[Stewards/WebFWD|WebFWD]]
| Diane Bisgeier
|-
| [[Stewards/UX|UX]]
| [[https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/495bae85e8|Alex Limi]]
|}

==Geographic Areas==

{| border="1"
! Area !! Steward
|-
| [[Stewards/Berlin|Berlin]]
| William Quiviger and Michelle Thorne
|-
| [[Stewards/Brazil|Brazil]]
| Reuben Morais
|-
| [[Stewards/Minneapolis|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]
| Scott Johnson
|-
| [[Stewards/Netherlands|The Netherlands]]
| Ludovic Hirlimann
|-
| [[Stewards/Portland|Portland]]
| Christie Koehler
|-
| [[Stewards/Toronto|Toronto]]
| Armen Zambrano Gasparnian
|-
| [[Stewards/Vancouver|Vancouver]]
| Karen Esterly and Andy McKay
|-
| [[Stewards/SF|San Francisco]]
| Lukas Blakk
|}

=Activities=

Each team has unique needs that will require creating specific plans for improvement, but there are some general activities that apply to most project areas, such as:

* Assisting with the Contributor Life Cycle Audit

* Helping get contributors signed up to the [[Mozillians|phonebook]]

* Reviewing responses to inquiries from [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Get Involved page]

* Writing up volunteer role descriptions (eg, [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/newsletter-coordinator-opportunity/ Newsletter Coordinator])

* Working with [[ReMo|Mozilla Representatives]] to promote your project

=Resources=

==Contributor Channels==

There are a number of channels you can use to get information out to existing and potential contributors about how to get involved in your project:

* [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Get Involved pages]: over 300,000 visitors a month

* [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Want to help? form]: over 2,000 inquiries a month

* [https://blog.mozilla.com/about_mozilla/ about:mozilla newsletter]: over 6,000 subscribers

* [http://www.youtube.com/user/mozillians Mozillians YouTube channel]: over 20 subscribers (just starting to grow this channel)

If you have any questions about any of these or would you to make use of them, let us know.

==Peer Support==

One of the best ways to learn more about Mozilla and get help is to talk with other people in the community. There are many ways to do this, but the following options are great forums for discussions about helping people get involved in the project.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute#Meetings|Contribute Group]]: a group that meets every other Thursday at 10 pacific to discuss issues related to helping people get involved in Mozilla.

* [[ReMo/Events|Community events]]: there are many Mozilla events run by volunteers all around the world and they can be very energizing experiences if you haven't been to one before. For example, read [http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/2011/05/06/buenos-aires/ Matthew Zeier's post] about an amazing experience he had attending community events in Argentina.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Stories|Contributor Stories]]: reading about how someone got involved or how someone helped bring a new contributor into the community can give you ideas about methods that have worked (or not worked) in the past.

==Documentation==

The following documentation has information and tips for how to build community around your project. There is a mix of Mozilla-specific and general open source community building material.

* [[Mozilla.org/Contribute/Best_Practices|Best Practices]] by various Mozillians

* [http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/drafts/Gerv%20How%20to%20work%20in%20a%20Community%20-360p.webm How To Be A Mozillian; How To Work In Community] (video) by Gerv Markham

* [http://www.slideshare.net/david_a_eaves/community-management-presentation Community Management Presentation] by Dave Eaves

* [http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/get/ The Art of Community] by Jono Bacon

==Skill Development==

We are currently looking into what sort of community building skills we could help people develop. Let us know what we could add that would be useful.

==Special Interest Groups==

The Mozilla Reps (ReMo) program aims to empower and support volunteer Mozillians who want to become official representatives of Mozilla. Tapping into this group of people can be a great way to spread the word about contribution opportunities for your project and to get more people involved.

* [[ReMo/SIGs|Mozilla Reps Special Interest Groups]]

==Local Groups==

There may be groups near you that aren't necessarily related to Mozilla, but can be good places to go to meet others interested in community building or who have an interest in Mozilla's mission. If you know of one of these groups, add it to this list.

* [http://www.vancx.com/ Vancouver Community Experience Group]

==Web Tools==

Community building online would not be possible without tools to help with the process. The community is full of a number of tools, but there has been a lack of some key pieces of volunteer management infrastructure that the Contributor Engagement team is now putting in place. Learn more about what's coming:

* [[Mozillians|Phonebook]]
* [[Mozillians/TaskBoard|TaskBoard]]
* [[Mozillians/Events_Manager|Events Manager]]

=Communication=

Instead of going with yet another mailing list for discussions among Stewards, let's try a more social option and see if that works.

* [https://www.yammer.com/contributegroup/ Yammer Contribute Group forum]

If you have thoughts (positive or negative) about going with Yammer, either let us know on that forum or on the Mozillians forum if you just don't want to sign up on Yammer, or can't for some reason.

* http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.mozillians/topics

=To Do=

* Add link to phonebook profiles for each Steward when phonebook goes live.

* Add advice/best-practices in reaching out to local communities and events like this VanCX.

Firefox/Planning/2011-10-12

2011-10-12T18:21:45Z

Limi: /* UX & User Research */

<center>[[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} -1 week}}|« previous week]] | [[Firefox/DeliveryMeetings|index]] | [[Firefox/Planning/{{#time: Y-m-d | {{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 week}}|next week »]]</center>

'''Planning Meeting Details'''
* Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
* Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
* Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/planning irc.mozilla.org #planning] for backchannel
* (the [[Platform#Meetings|developer meeting]] takes place on Tuesdays)

'''Video/Teleconference Details - NEW'''
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# '''95312''' (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# '''95312''' (US)
* Vidyo Room: Warp Core
* Vidyo [https://v.mozilla.com/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=UK1zyrd7Vhym Guest URL]

{{Notes}}

__FORCETOC__

== Actions from Last Week ==

* Daniel to report back on re-repack of SDK-based addons after version number bustage

== Schedule & Progress on [[Releases|Upcoming Releases]] ==

===Firefox Desktop ===
==== Release (3.6, 7) ====
* Firefox 3.6 → 7.0.1 update has been postponed, still trying to figure out when we are rescheduling. Christian will message at least 1 week before it happens, currently checking with various stakeholders

==== Beta (8) ====
* [[Program_Management/Programs/Silent_Update | Silent update]]
** Landed change for feature [[Firefox/Features/Lessen_App_Update_Displayed_UI | Lesson App Update Displayed UI]], dialog display timeout changed from 12 to 24 hours. Over 90% of users should no longer see this dialog as part of update.
** Landed change for releng that allows for hiding the "what's new" page after update. See feature [[Silent_Update_whatsnew | Silent Update whatsnew]]

==== Aurora (9) ====

==== Nightly (10) ====
* [[Program_Management/Programs/Silent_Update | Silent update]]
** Feature [[Silent_Update_OS_Dialogs | Removal of OS security dialog for Windows]] scheduled for security review tomorrow (Oct. 13)

=== Firefox Mobile ===

Native Android UI is our primary focus
* Mozilla has decided to start working 100% on the native Android UI version of Firefox Mobile
* Firefox Mobile 9 (Aurora) might be the last XUL-based UI
* Many details will be fleshed out at the mobile summit next week.
* Things we are exploring as ways to improve speed and memory usage:
** Dropping e10s
** Reworking history and bookmarking
** Looking into add-ons restructure
** Looking into L10N affects
* See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI
* See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI/Architecture_Overview

'''Customer pain points and plans to fix'''
*Performance: 5% increase in 5-star reviews on android market from v6 to v7 with users noticing the performance improvements. NativeUI is plan to fix most common startup performance issue.
*Flash player: 14% of all reviews for FF7 on the android market request flash player; click-to-play work is in-progress to fix.
*Stability: Users report high memory/resource usage in below-average reviews on android market. NativeUI is plan to fix.

==== Release (7) ====

==== Beta (8) ====

==== Aurora (9) ====
* Might be the last XUL based UI release of Firefox Mobile
** Camera patches for stability
** Back out locale picker. This was mainly in Fx9 for testing so we could add it to Fx10 for realz.
** A few performance and regression fixes will likely land

==== Nightly (10) ====
* Work on the native UI is starting up
** Full team is working on it
** Reviewing [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI/Architecture_Overview architecture]
** Planning tasks
* Some patches still landing on XUL nightly so we can get early testing
** Flash
** Platform crash fixes

===Firefox Sync===
* Firefox 7:
** A postmortem will be held this week on Sync issues. Will report on that next week.
* Firefox 10+:
** [[Services/Sync/Sync_Setup_Improvements_Desktop|Improving Sync Set Up]] - In development
** [[Services/Sync/Push_to_device|Push to Device]] - In development. You can play with an add-on [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-tab-to-device/ here].
** [[Services/Sync/Addon_Sync|Addon Sync]] - In development.

=== Add-on Builder ===
* SDK-based add-ons that were repacked are able to be downloaded and auto-updated again!
* Release today will push: search improvements, repacker changes, foundations for Jinja/Shipyard MVC overhaul
* New repacker process has been solidified, testing will begin this week for SDK 1.2 repacks of Builder-originated add-ons.

=== Add-on SDK ===

Release (1.1 -> Firefox 7)

* No major complaints with the new repack proposal - likely to move ahead with that for the 1.2 release.

Stabilization (1.2 -> Firefox 7, 8)

*Add-on SDK 1.2RC1 was spun up yesterday
*First draft of release notes can be [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Jetpack/Release_Notes/1.2 found here]
*Unless there are any issues, the RC build is the one we'll release next Tuesday, October 18, as Add-on SDK 1.2.

Development (1.3 -> Firefox 8, 9)

*Will Merge the Development branch to Stabilization when 1.2 releases
*Our end-of-year goals are likely to be altered slightly with new mobile UI shift

== Feedback Summary ==
=== Desktop ===
'''7.0.1'''
* More freezes/hangs/not responding: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/763205] and dozens more (probably half of our top issues are some flavor of this).
* Users got hijacked with something (or a common page is starting to use) "text enhance".
* '''Close button binding closing browser rather than tab''' {{bug|685225}}. Not sure why this is getting more attention.
* Exc in ev handl: Error: Bad NPObject as private data! errors are also attributable to VNC plugin.
'''8.0'''
* Higher amount of crashes and hangs after updating Flash (10/3) - [http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/?product=firefox&sentiment=sad&date_end=&date_start=&version=8.0&q=flash]
* Back/Forward buttons are not working for a small amount of users [http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/?q=back+forward&product=firefox&version=8.0&date_start=2011-09-11&date_end=&sentiment=sad]
* Can't drag tabs to bookmarks {{bug|680677}}
** Some complaints that you can't reorder tabs at all.

=== Mobile ===
see Mobile section above^^

== UX & User Research ==
Usability sessions still happening as planned in Toronto during mobile week.

Presentation on Firefox Design Principles this Thursday at 2pm PST in Mountain View.

== '''Market Insights''' ==
=== Desktop ===

Updates taking a break during scope revamp; to be coming back soon. Feedback on topics covered the past weeks welcome.

=== Mobile ===

Summary below, full update [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Insights/2011_Week41 here] and in your inbox.

* The announcement of ICS and Nexus Prime was postponed, but plenty of details leaked: the new device will have top specs, LTE and NFC support, 3 hard-coded buttons

* The Android Market suffered an outage for users in China due to technical issues from Google, now fixed

* Opera Mini 6.5 and Opera Mobile 11.5 were released, with focus on data usage and saving

* Amazon Fire pre-ordered 95 000 times in first day after launch, Silk browser vulnerable to privacy concerns

* LTE emerging fast all over the world

* Singapore and Japan lead browser traffic from connected devices (non-computers), UK and US not far behind

== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction ==

*[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/241661/which_browser_has_your_back_that_would_be_firefox.html Which Browser Has Your Back? That Would Be Firefox]
*[http://www.fastcompany.com/1785669/mozilla-ceo-on-firefox-google-android-apple-iphone-windows-mobile?partner=gnews Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs On The Fate Of Firefox In A Mobile Era] 

*[[techcrunch.com/2011/10/10/mozilla-releases-annual-report-surveys-the-new-era-of-competition/|Mozilla Releases Annual Report, Surveys The New Era Of Competition ]] 
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20117274-264/mozilla-rising-revenue-but-rising-challenges/ Mozilla: Rising revenue, but rising challenges ] 

*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/10/mozilla-plans-to-silently-update-future-firefox-releases/ Mozilla Plans to Silently Update Future Firefox Releases] 
*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/06/firefox_silent_updates/ Future Firefox to slurp updates silently] 

*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20117115-92/mozilla-postpones-firefox-3.6-update-plan/ Mozilla postpones Firefox 3.6 update plan ] 
*[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220617/Update_Mozilla_to_prompt_Firefox_3.6_users_to_ride_rapid_release_train?taxonomyId=11 Update: Mozilla to prompt Firefox 3.6 users to ride rapid-release train ] 

 

== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
* When do we anticipate we'll do the Firefox 3.6.x → 7.0 upgrade message?
** Christian said he is figuring it out, will have at least a week notice
* (bsmedberg) I posted to dev.planning about allowing users to upgrade more slowly (LTS for consumers) but didn't get any response. Does that mean I should assume it was rejected, or just not yet considered?

== Actions this week ==
* Jen to come back with postmortem summary for sync issues in FF7
** Will do this next week since postmortem is this week.

WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-10

2011-10-10T07:32:12Z

Limi: /* Upcoming Events */

[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-03|« previous week]] | [[WeeklyUpdates|index]] | [[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-17|next week »]]

= Video for today's meeting =

<video controls="controls"><source src="http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-10-10.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" /></video>

= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.

= Upcoming Events =
'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 10 October'''

'''Tuesday, 11 October'''

'''Wednesday, 12 October'''

'''Thursday, 13 October'''

* Firefox UX Team will present “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to guide you when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in San Francisco (by Alex Limi) and Mountain View (by Alex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning. Tentatively scheduled for 2pm PST.

'''Friday, 14 October'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==

== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==

== Mobile Firefox ==

== Thunderbird ==

== Older Branch Work ==

== Drumbeat ==

= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =
* Davor Spasovski: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Mike Morgan, located in the Mtn. View Office.

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-10

2011-10-10T07:28:07Z

Limi: /* Upcoming Events */

[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-03|« previous week]] | [[WeeklyUpdates|index]] | [[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-17|next week »]]

= Video for today's meeting =

<video controls="controls"><source src="http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-10-10.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" /></video>

= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.

= Upcoming Events =
'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 10 October'''

'''Tuesday, 11 October'''

'''Wednesday, 12 October'''

'''Thursday, 13 October'''

* Firefox UX Team will present “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to guide you when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in San Francisco (by Alex Limi) and Mountain View (by Alex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning.

'''Friday, 14 October'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==

== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==

== Mobile Firefox ==

== Thunderbird ==

== Older Branch Work ==

== Drumbeat ==

= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =
* Davor Spasovski: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Mike Morgan, located in the Mtn. View Office.

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-10

2011-10-10T07:27:49Z

Limi: /* Upcoming Events */

[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-03|« previous week]] | [[WeeklyUpdates|index]] | [[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-17|next week »]]

= Video for today's meeting =

<video controls="controls"><source src="http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-10-10.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" /></video>

= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.

= Upcoming Events =
'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 10 October'''

'''Tuesday, 11 October'''

'''Wednesday, 12 October'''

'''Thursday, 13 October'''

* Firefox UX Team will present “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to guide you when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in San Francisco (by Alex Limi) and Mountain View (byAlex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning.

'''Friday, 14 October'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==

== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==

== Mobile Firefox ==

== Thunderbird ==

== Older Branch Work ==

== Drumbeat ==

= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =
* Davor Spasovski: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Mike Morgan, located in the Mtn. View Office.

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-10

2011-10-10T07:15:53Z

Limi: /* Upcoming Events */

[[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-03|« previous week]] | [[WeeklyUpdates|index]] | [[WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-17|next week »]]

= Video for today's meeting =

<video controls="controls"><source src="http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-10-10.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" /></video>

= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.

= Upcoming Events =
'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 10 October'''

'''Tuesday, 11 October'''

'''Wednesday, 12 October'''

'''Thursday, 13 October'''

* Firefox UX Team will present “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to keep in mind when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in SF (Alex Limi) and Mountain View (Alex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning.

'''Friday, 14 October'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==

== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==

== Mobile Firefox ==

== Thunderbird ==

== Older Branch Work ==

== Drumbeat ==

= Speakers =

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Presenter
! Topic
! Media
! More Details
|-
| Your Name Here
| What are you going to talk about?
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
|}

= Status Updates By Team =

== Firefox ==

== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

== Mobile ==

== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

;QA Community

;Automation Services

== Automation & Tools ==

== Security ==

== Engagement ==

'''PR'''

'''Events'''

'''Creative Team'''

'''Community Marketing'''

== Support ==

== Metrics ==

== Evangelism ==

== Labs ==

== Developer Tools ==

== Add-ons ==

== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =
* Davor Spasovski: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Mike Morgan, located in the Mtn. View Office.

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

WeeklyUpdates/2011-10-10

2011-10-10T07:15:22Z

Limi: Added UX talk

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= Video for today's meeting =

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= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.

= Upcoming Events =
'''This Week'''

'''Monday, 10 October'''

'''Tuesday, 11 October'''

'''Wednesday, 12 October'''

'''Thursday, 13 October'''

* Firefox UX Team presents: “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to keep in mind when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in SF (Alex Limi) and Mountain View (Alex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning.

'''Friday, 14 October'''

'''Next Week'''

= Product Status Updates =

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== Older Branch Work ==

== Drumbeat ==

= Speakers =

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| Your Name Here
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| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
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== Platform ==

== Messaging ==

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== IT ==

== Release Engineering ==

== QA ==

;Test Execution

;WebQA

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== Automation & Tools ==

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== Support ==

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== Webdev ==

== L10n ==

= Introducing New Hires =
* Davor Spasovski: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Mike Morgan, located in the Mtn. View Office.

= Foundation Updates =

= Roundtable =

Firefox/Features/Plugin keyboard focus

2011-10-07T23:07:12Z

Limi:

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Plugin keyboard focus
|Feature stage=Definition
|Feature health=OK
|Feature status note=Josh is working on bug 637253 in preparation for the real fix.

I believe 637253 is resolved fixed. Can we move into the larger fix here now? I'm also very very interested in whether or not there are any short-term hacks we can deploy to alleviate this problem sooner rather than later.
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature product manager=Asa Dotzler
|Feature feature manager=Alex Limi
|Feature lead engineer=Josh Aas
|Feature qa lead=AndreiD
|Feature ux lead=Alex Limi
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature open issues and risks=* I'd like to make sure that if the developer of the plugin content hasn't explicitly said that they'll override Ctrl/Cmd-qualified shortcuts, they'll be passed through by default.
|Feature overview=When a plugin is focused (typically Flash), it will steal keyboard shortcuts, so you can't do thing like open a new tab or close the tab without unfocusing the plugin container. We should give plugins the ability to pass through shortcuts to the browser.

This feature falls primarily in the '''Experience''' category (from the "Discover, Experience, and Connect" vision statement.)
|Feature ux design=Interaction is described in {{bug|491141}}.
|Feature implementation notes={{Bug|491141}}, {{bug|637253}} — is there any way we could do what's described in {{bug|692973}}
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=P1
|Feature rank=10
|Feature roadmap=User Experience
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature project=Flash
|Feature engineering team=Plugins
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus
|Feature products notes=After talking with Accessibility and UX, it's clear that we need to move this up in priority.
}}

Features/Desktop/multi-Search

2011-10-07T23:02:26Z

Limi:

{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Multi Search
|Feature stage=Development
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature product manager=Asa Dotzler
|Feature feature manager=Alex Limi
|Feature lead engineer=Frank Yan
|Feature ux lead=Alex Limi
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=It should be much easier to use other search services besides the default. It should be much easier to compare search results across the various search services. It should be much easier to use the appropriate search service for the type of search being conducted
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=P1
|Feature rank=6
|Feature theme=Discover
|Feature roadmap=Firefox Desktop
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}

Platform/2011-10-04

2011-10-04T18:33:50Z

Limi: /* Roundtable */