Firefox/Planning/2013-03-06 - Revision history

Ria: /* User Experience (Design & Research) */

2014-01-23T00:54:46Z

User Experience (Design & Research)

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	* '''[Global UX Research for Firefox Desktop]'''		* '''[Global UX Research for Firefox Desktop]'''
	** Completed market assessment of potential emerging markets. Thanks to Patrick Finch~~, Ria Joy,~~ and Margaret Schroeder from the Market Research team for all their support!		** Completed market assessment of potential emerging markets. Thanks to Patrick Finch and Margaret Schroeder from the Market Research team for all their support!
	** Meetings with Mozilla community members in a potential emerging markets to understand cultural, market, and technology context.		** Meetings with Mozilla community members in a potential emerging markets to understand cultural, market, and technology context.
	** Planning on beginning fieldwork in May–early June.		** Planning on beginning fieldwork in May–early June.

ErinL ancaster: /* Beta ({{BETA_VERSION}}) */

2013-03-06T22:52:29Z

Beta ({{BETA_VERSION}})

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	*We shipped Fx20b2 to Google play: https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/20/Beta/2		*We shipped Fx20b2 to Google play: https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/20/Beta/2
	*Fx20b3 is currently being tested ~~and will include a fix for~~ : https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/20/Beta/3		*Fx20b3 is currently being tested: https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Fennec/20/Beta/3
	*Fx20b4 is set to include this uplift {{Bug\|817828}} - (blacktab) Black area near tabs button after the URL bar is animated		*Fx20b4 is set to include this uplift {{Bug\|817828}} - (blacktab) Black area near tabs button after the URL bar is animated

Jbeatty: /* Questions, Comments, FYI */

2013-03-06T19:18:02Z

Questions, Comments, FYI

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	== Questions, Comments, FYI ==		== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
	* Jeff & Axel (l10n) would like to know who ~~would~~ be involved eliminating the fx old locale betas from the bottom of [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html]? Also, L10n Drivers will be in Mountain View & San Francisco from March 17 - 22 for l10n workweek.		* Jeff & Axel (l10n) would like to know who should be involved in eliminating the fx old locale betas from the bottom of [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html]? Also, L10n Drivers will be in Mountain View & San Francisco from March 17 - 22 for l10n workweek.

	== Actions this week ==		== Actions this week ==

Jbeatty: /* Questions, Comments, FYI */

2013-03-06T19:17:31Z

Questions, Comments, FYI

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	== Questions, Comments, FYI ==		== Questions, Comments, FYI ==
	* Jeff would like to know who would be involved eliminating the fx old locale betas from the bottom of [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html]?		* Jeff & Axel (l10n) would like to know who would be involved eliminating the fx old locale betas from the bottom of [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html]? Also, L10n Drivers will be in Mountain View & San Francisco from March 17 - 22 for l10n workweek.

	== Actions this week ==		== Actions this week ==

Jjensen: /* Google */

2013-03-06T19:12:49Z

Google

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	* Google also [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/02/chrome-26-beta-template-element.html unprefixed the CSS properties for transitions] and now offers support for the [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/02/chrome-26-beta-template-element.html <template> element part of Web Components]. The latter is a feature that has received significant attention from the developer community.		* Google also [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/02/chrome-26-beta-template-element.html unprefixed the CSS properties for transitions] and now offers support for the [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/02/chrome-26-beta-template-element.html <template> element part of Web Components]. The latter is a feature that has received significant attention from the developer community.
	* The company also open-sourced [http://googledevelopers.blogspot.ca/2013/02/compress-data-more-densely-with-zopfli.html Zopfli, a deflate-compatible, compress-only replacement for zlib that offers 3-8% better compression levels]		* The company also open-sourced [http://googledevelopers.blogspot.ca/2013/02/compress-data-more-densely-with-zopfli.html Zopfli, a deflate-compatible, compress-only replacement for zlib that offers 3-8% better compression levels]
	* Chrome Beta for Android now offers support for http://blog.chromium.org/2013/03/data-compression-in-chrome-beta-for.html SPDY-based proxy browsing]. The service compresses traffic, serves it all via SSL, replaces DNS lookups, and transcodes all images to the WebP format. Chrome for Android now also syncs all passwords and form autofill entries between desktop and mobile browser.		* Chrome Beta for Android now offers support for [http://blog.chromium.org/2013/03/data-compression-in-chrome-beta-for.html SPDY-based proxy browsing]. The service compresses traffic, serves it all via SSL, replaces DNS lookups, and transcodes all images to the WebP format. Chrome for Android now also syncs all passwords and form autofill entries between desktop and mobile browser.
	* Chrome Stable now supports the [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bringing-voice-recognition-to-web.html Web Speech API], with a nice Chrome-only [https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html demo].		* Chrome Stable now supports the [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bringing-voice-recognition-to-web.html Web Speech API], with a nice Chrome-only [https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html demo].
	* Chrome has also disabled [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bringing-voice-recognition-to-web.html silent extension installs], [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bettar-spell-chek-in-chrome.html improved their spell checking to support grammar, homonym, and context-sensitive checking], a [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/race-to-win-on-big-and-small-screens.html web game that can be controlled by up to four Chrome for Android devices], and [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/03/faster-browsing-for-your-smaller-screens.html improved their Octane Javascript performance by 25%].		* Chrome has also disabled [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bringing-voice-recognition-to-web.html silent extension installs], [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/bettar-spell-chek-in-chrome.html improved their spell checking to support grammar, homonym, and context-sensitive checking], a [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/race-to-win-on-big-and-small-screens.html web game that can be controlled by up to four Chrome for Android devices], and [http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/03/faster-browsing-for-your-smaller-screens.html improved their Octane Javascript performance by 25%].
	* Chrome OS has [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=183955 increased the priority of tabs which are playing audio], making it less likely that they will be discarded in low memory situations. [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=184183 Tabs which are playing audio will now have a visual indicator displaying the volume], making it a lot easier to determine where these random sounds are coming from.		* Chrome OS has [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=183955 increased the priority of tabs which are playing audio], making it less likely that they will be discarded in low memory situations. [http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=184183 Tabs which are playing audio will now have a visual indicator displaying the volume], making it a lot easier to determine where these random sounds are coming from.

	==== HTML5 ====		==== HTML5 ====
	* A survey by HTML5 tools vendor [http://www.kendoui.com/blogs/teamblog/posts/13-02-26/html5_vs_native_vs_hybrid_global_developer_survey_2013_results_are_in.aspx Kendo UI] found that 50% of developers developed HTML5 apps in 2012, but 90% plan to in 2013, and that only 15% of developers would do "native-only" development.		* A survey by HTML5 tools vendor [http://www.kendoui.com/blogs/teamblog/posts/13-02-26/html5_vs_native_vs_hybrid_global_developer_survey_2013_results_are_in.aspx Kendo UI] found that 50% of developers developed HTML5 apps in 2012, but 90% plan to in 2013, and that only 15% of developers would do "native-only" development.

Lsblakk: /* Current Releases */

2013-03-06T19:08:10Z

Current Releases

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	==== Current Releases ====		==== Current Releases ====
	* {{bug\|848441}} – we're going to build a custom mobile-only 19.0.1 to build a custom ~~Gigabyte~~ release (not pushed to the Play Store) to support a couple of their upcoming handsets and partner requirements		* {{bug\|848441}} – we're going to build a custom mobile-only 19.0.1 to build a custom release (not pushed to the Play Store) to support a couple of their upcoming handsets and partner requirements

	;Blog Shout Out		;Blog Shout Out

Mconnor: /* Services */

2013-03-06T19:07:51Z

Services

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	=== Services ===		=== Services ===

	==== Firefox ~~Sync~~ ====		==== Firefox Health Report ====

			* Now enabled on Aurora for Fx21
			* Android aiming for Fx22, work already landing, dependencies are tracking from {{bug\|828654}}
			* Working on a policy/process for future additions

	==== Product Announcements ====		==== Product Announcements ====

			* No updates, PMM on deck to start using the tool

	=== Add-on SDK ===		=== Add-on SDK ===

Madhava: /* User Experience (Design & Research) */

2013-03-06T19:07:15Z

User Experience (Design & Research)

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	** Posted Sync setup in flyout format: [[http://invis.io/X2BV91JE click-through prototype] \| {{Bug\|836393}} (assigned)]		** Posted Sync setup in flyout format: [[http://invis.io/X2BV91JE click-through prototype] \| {{Bug\|836393}} (assigned)]
	** Reviewed Options flyout tweaks: applied headline style, fixed copywriting, cleaned up [{{Bug\|841686}} (fixed) \| {{Bug\|841511}} (fixed)]		** Reviewed Options flyout tweaks: applied headline style, fixed copywriting, cleaned up [{{Bug\|841686}} (fixed) \| {{Bug\|841511}} (fixed)]
	** Posted import browsing data UI: [{{https://bug839153.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=713040\|mockup] \| {{Bug\|839153}} (assigned)]		** Posted import browsing data UI: [https://bug839153.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=713040\|mockup] \| {{Bug\|839153}} (assigned)]
	** Combined app bar under progress [{{Bug\|846069}} (sketches)]		** Combined app bar under progress [{{Bug\|846069}} (sketches)]
	** An early stage proposal for improving the visibility of FX Metro for work within web only.[[https://www.evernote.com/shard/s153/sh/de9cee4a-3ee9-445b-a261-28ba864f661c/d1820a66ac984b551fbf583f7cb6f0c7 text-only proposal]]		** An early stage proposal for improving the visibility of FX Metro for work within web only.[[https://www.evernote.com/shard/s153/sh/de9cee4a-3ee9-445b-a261-28ba864f661c/d1820a66ac984b551fbf583f7cb6f0c7 text-only proposal]]

Madhava: /* User Experience (Design & Research) */

2013-03-06T19:06:36Z

User Experience (Design & Research)

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	** Worked on webRTC bugs, including notification and styling ([https://people.mozilla.com/~jboriss/temp/webrtc_mockups/ mockups])		** Worked on webRTC bugs, including notification and styling ([https://people.mozilla.com/~jboriss/temp/webrtc_mockups/ mockups])

	* '''[Click-to-play]'''		* '''[Click-to-play]''' (Larissa)
	** We are doing research into redesigning Click-to-Play for non-vulnerable plugins. The results of the user research study done by Mary and Ilana are coming soon!		** We are doing research into redesigning Click-to-Play for non-vulnerable plugins. The results of the user research study done by Mary and Ilana are coming soon!
	** Design ideas (currently being revised): http://people.mozilla.com/~lco/ProjectSPF/CtP/130212%20CtP%20concepts.pdf		** Design ideas (currently being revised): http://people.mozilla.com/~lco/ProjectSPF/CtP/130212%20CtP%20concepts.pdf
	** prototype (courtesy of Shorlander): http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/click-to-play-prototype/clickToPlay-Mockup-03.html		** prototype (courtesy of Shorlander): http://people.mozilla.com/~shorlander/files/click-to-play-prototype/clickToPlay-Mockup-03.html

	* '''[Firefox Health Report]'''		* '''[Firefox Health Report]''' (Larissa, shorlander)
	** We are slowly building out the user-facing dashboard for v1 of FHR		** We are slowly building out the user-facing dashboard for v1 of FHR
	*** Design: {{bug\|832547}}		*** Design: {{bug\|832547}}

Sprior: /* Marketing, Press & Public Reaction */

2013-03-06T19:06:22Z

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

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	*Mobile World Congress: It's now over! As you've heard it was a huge sucess. Top WebRTC question: "When will it be available on Android?"		*Mobile World Congress: It's now over! As you've heard it was a huge sucess. Top WebRTC question: "When will it be available on Android?"
	*Other Desktop Projects: Speaking to SEO vendors, Social API multi-provider planning, ongoing release planning		*Other Desktop Projects: Speaking to SEO vendors, Social API multi-provider planning, ongoing release planning


			*[http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/3433031/how-stop-firefox-from-exposing-your-browser-history-in-new-tabs/ How to stop Firefox from exposing your browser history in new tabs]

			*[http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/browsers-standing-user-privacy-030413 Browsers Standing Up For User Privacy]

			*[http://thedroidguy.com/2013/03/firefox-20-update-adds-new-features-to-per-tab-browsing-and-home-page-functionality/ Firefox 20 update adds new features to per-tab browsing and home page functionality]

	== Questions, Comments, FYI ==		== Questions, Comments, FYI ==

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	** Posted Sync setup in flyout format: [[http://invis.io/X2BV91JE click-through prototype] \| {{Bug\|836393}} (assigned)]		** Posted Sync setup in flyout format: [[http://invis.io/X2BV91JE click-through prototype] \| {{Bug\|836393}} (assigned)]
	** Reviewed Options flyout tweaks: applied headline style, fixed copywriting, cleaned up [{{Bug\|841686}} (fixed) \| {{Bug\|841511}} (fixed)]		** Reviewed Options flyout tweaks: applied headline style, fixed copywriting, cleaned up [{{Bug\|841686}} (fixed) \| {{Bug\|841511}} (fixed)]
	** Posted import browsing data UI: [{{https://bug839153.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=713040\|mockup] \| {{Bug\|839153}} (assigned)]		** Posted import browsing data UI: [https://bug839153.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=713040\|mockup] \| {{Bug\|839153}} (assigned)]
	** Combined app bar under progress [{{Bug\|846069}} (sketches)]		** Combined app bar under progress [{{Bug\|846069}} (sketches)]
	** An early stage proposal for improving the visibility of FX Metro for work within web only.[[https://www.evernote.com/shard/s153/sh/de9cee4a-3ee9-445b-a261-28ba864f661c/d1820a66ac984b551fbf583f7cb6f0c7 text-only proposal]]		** An early stage proposal for improving the visibility of FX Metro for work within web only.[[https://www.evernote.com/shard/s153/sh/de9cee4a-3ee9-445b-a261-28ba864f661c/d1820a66ac984b551fbf583f7cb6f0c7 text-only proposal]]