Connected Devices/Projects/Project Tablet - Revision history

Porfitron: Inserted experiment ended message

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Nyee: status update

2016-09-19T23:04:53Z

status update

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Kskarthik: /* Project Status */ project has ended

2016-08-12T09:28:53Z

Project Status: project has ended

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	* The concept resonates with users in the target segments		* The concept resonates with users in the target segments
	* Consumers would consider choosing the product over competitors		* Consumers would consider choosing the product over competitors

			'''Project has Ended:'''

			Results of the user study were presented to the Product Innovation Board https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K5yBzp7fCji_1Nkdmod8hmhDJ8ACcq4XgW5lDZZzBr4/edit?usp=sharing The board '''decided to discontinue''' work on Project Tablet. The reason given was that we have limited resources in Connected Devices and there are still major concerns around:

			* Apps
			* A lack of support from the platform team
			* WhatsApp

	== Design ==		== Design ==

Kskarthik: /* Project Status */ add tablet survey

2016-07-15T18:45:43Z

Project Status: add tablet survey

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	* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6cpRldwbJZifxxrB65iBzHihrcMcteAyFIuu5x_8b0/edit?usp=sharing User study] to test a prototype and validate the hypothesis.		* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s6cpRldwbJZifxxrB65iBzHihrcMcteAyFIuu5x_8b0/edit?usp=sharing User study] to test a prototype and validate the hypothesis.
			* [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/help-needed-tablet-survey/9581 Conducting a survey] as a part of user study.
	'''Success criteria:'''		'''Success criteria:'''

Benfrancis: Architecture overview

2016-06-15T10:32:49Z

Architecture overview

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	* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N3CJPJysHtkLrCHwQH9CU_h2PiJ4769_TizzgqqfohE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 Early UI Mockups]		* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N3CJPJysHtkLrCHwQH9CU_h2PiJ4769_TizzgqqfohE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 Early UI Mockups]
	* See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewvg_neKz4k video] of early prototype in action		* See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewvg_neKz4k video] of early prototype in action

			== Architecture ==
			The prototype for Project Tablet uses the build system and Gonk widget layer from [https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G B2G] but has a much simpler architecture than B2G for smartphones. Simply put, it's Firefox browser chrome running directly on the lower levels of Android without an app runtime in the way.

			[[File:Project Tablet Architecture.png\|600px]]

			Compared with B2G there is no packaged app runtime or permissions model (mozApps) and no built-in packaged apps (Gaia). The system apps are replaced with system chrome and everything else is standard web content. Our intention is to remove legacy device APIs from Gecko which are never going to become web standards and replace the ones we still need with web services running on a local Node server on the device, which talk to the Android hardware abstraction layer on the back end. The Android Linux kernel and HAL should remain as close to upstream AOSP as possible.

	== Meetings ==		== Meetings ==

Benfrancis: Added device build instructions

2016-06-15T10:12:12Z

Added device build instructions

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 The source code for an early prototype of the tablet UI can be found in an [https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet experimental branch of Gecko on GitHub].
-=== Building the Prototype ===
+=== Building for Desktop ===
 You can run and debug the prototype tablet chrome on a desktop PC using [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mulet Mulet] as a development environment. Building Mulet is much the same as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Firefox_build building Firefox] so you'll need to make sure you have all the Firefox build pre-requisites installed.
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   $ ./mach run -profile profile -chrome chrome://b2g/content/shell.html
 == Contacts ==

Benfrancis: Added screenshot of development environment

2016-06-02T16:43:55Z

Added screenshot of development environment

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	* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N3CJPJysHtkLrCHwQH9CU_h2PiJ4769_TizzgqqfohE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 Early UI Mockups]		* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N3CJPJysHtkLrCHwQH9CU_h2PiJ4769_TizzgqqfohE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 Early UI Mockups]
	* See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewvg_neKz4k video] of early prototype in action		* See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewvg_neKz4k video] of early prototype in action

			== Meetings ==
			Meeting notes will be recorded on an [https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/tablet Etherpad]. Meeting times TBD.

			== Discussions ==
			* '''IRC:''' #tablet on irc.mozilla.org
			* '''Forum:''' [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/connected-devices/project-tablet Discourse topic]

	== Development ==		== Development ==
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	$ ./mach run -profile profile		$ ./mach run -profile profile

			Then you should see something like this:

			[[File:Project-tablet-development.png\|800px]]

	You can also run the tablet chrome directly without the developer tools:		You can also run the tablet chrome directly without the developer tools:

	$ ./mach run -profile profile -chrome chrome://b2g/content/shell.html		$ ./mach run -profile profile -chrome chrome://b2g/content/shell.html

	~~== Meetings ==~~
	~~Meeting notes will be recorded on an [https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/tablet Etherpad]. Meeting times TBD.~~

	~~== Discussions ==~~
	* '''IRC:''' #tablet on irc.mozilla.org
	* '''Forum:''' [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/connected-devices/project-tablet Discourse topic]

	== Contacts ==		== Contacts ==

Benfrancis: Updated instructions to get source code

2016-06-02T15:32:39Z

Updated instructions to get source code

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	=== Building the Prototype ===		=== Building the Prototype ===
	~~Building~~ the prototype ~~for~~ a desktop PC is ~~like~~ [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Firefox_build building Firefox], so make sure you have all the Firefox build pre-requisites installed~~. The prototype uses B2G's [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mulet Mulet] development environment to run and debug the tablet chrome~~.		You can run and debug the prototype tablet chrome on a desktop PC using [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mulet Mulet] as a development environment. Building Mulet is much the same as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Firefox_build building Firefox] so you'll need to make sure you have all the Firefox build pre-requisites installed.

	First clone the GitHub repository (this is a ~~fork~~ of mozilla-central on GitHub, it's best to create your own fork of ~~this~~ repository to checkout if you want to submit pull requests):		First clone the [https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet/ GitHub repository] (this is a clone of [https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev mozilla-central] on GitHub, it's best to create your own [https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/ fork] of the [https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet/ gecko-tablet] repository to checkout if you want to submit pull requests):

	$ git clone https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet.git		$ git clone https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet.git

Benfrancis: Updated links to new GitHub repository

2016-06-02T15:22:46Z

Updated links to new GitHub repository

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	== Development ==		== Development ==
	* The source code for an early prototype of the tablet UI ~~is on GitHub~~ [https://github.com/~~benfrancis~~/gecko-~~dev/tree/master/b2g/chrome here].~~		The source code for an early prototype of the tablet UI can be found in an [https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet experimental branch of Gecko on GitHub].
	* This is an experimental branch of Gecko ~~which includes the prototype tablet chrome~~.

	=== Building the Prototype ===		=== Building the Prototype ===
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	First clone the GitHub repository (this is a fork of mozilla-central on GitHub, it's best to create your own fork of this repository to checkout if you want to submit pull requests):		First clone the GitHub repository (this is a fork of mozilla-central on GitHub, it's best to create your own fork of this repository to checkout if you want to submit pull requests):

	$ git clone https://github.com/~~benfrancis~~/gecko-~~dev~~.git		$ git clone https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gecko-tablet.git

	~~Checkout the tablet branch:~~

	~~$ git checkout b2g-tablet~~

	Create a file in the source code directory called "mozconfig" and add the following line to the file:		Create a file in the source code directory called "mozconfig" and add the following line to the file:

Benfrancis: Build instructions

2016-06-01T15:00:19Z

Build instructions

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 == Development ==
 * The source code for an early prototype of the tablet UI is on GitHub [https://github.com/benfrancis/gecko-dev/tree/master/b2g/chrome here].
-* This is an experimental branch of gecko which includes the prototype tablet chrome. To try out and hack on the prototype on a desktop PC you can build it in the same way you build [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mulet Mulet], the B2G development environment.
+* This is an experimental branch of Gecko which includes the prototype tablet chrome.
 == Meetings ==