WeeklyUpdates/2009-06-29

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Development Updates

Branch work: Firefox 3.0.x / Thunderbird 2.0.0.x

• Firefox 3.0.12
  • Code frozen as of Thursday last week
  • Targeting mid/late-July release
• Firefox 3.0.13
  • Proposed schedule on the wiki
  • Feedback? Email ss!

Gecko 1.9.1

• Static Analysis and Rewriting
  • Introducing DXR The most important code navigation tool ever
  • David Humphrey's announcement: http://vocamus.net/dave/?p=557
  • Taras' blog: http://blog.mozilla.com/tglek/2009/06/29/dxr-the-most-impressive-code-navigation-tool-ever/

Firefox 3.5

Firefox Front End Work

Namoroka

QA

Test Execution

Web Dev Testing

Metrics, Accessibility, Localization, Community

Test Development

Marketing/PR

PR

Events

• Renegade Craft Festival, July 18 - 19, 2009, San Francisco - Opportunity to garner awareness for Personas and to get new ones created. Also a great place to expose add-ons.
• Maker Faire Africa August 14 - 16, 2009, Accra, Ghana - Helping to sponsor the event through the Elephant package which gives us exhibitor space, conference passes, email broadcasts, advertisement in conference guide, goodies, etc. Check out the wiki for early details.

General

• New Spread Firefox Affiliates Campaign: Upgrade the Web
  • Dynamic Buttons with browser specific messaging encouraging people to upgrade to Firefox 3.5.
  • Campaign Supported with a Word Press Plug-in and Google Gadget Ads.
    • Read more here: http://livetolaugh85.blogspot.com/2009/06/upgrade-to-firefox-35-shaking-up.html

Evangelism

• Mozilla Developer Center
  • Continuing development of custom plugins for MDC to adjust certain behaviors on the site, and to add features. More details soon.
  • Keeping in touch with MindTouch on their plans for their next release, due mid-summer, to ensure that some of our requests are handled.
  • Working on content clean-up not specific to any given release.

L10n

Firefox 3.5

Web

Tools