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== UX & User Research ==
== UX & User Research ==


== '''Market Insights'''  ==
==== Google ====
* The Chromium team [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/02/expanding-chromium-security-rewards.html expanded] the Chromium Security Rewards Program, by increasing its scope to cover the Chromium OS.
* The new Chrome Beta release [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/02/gpu-accelerating-2d-canvas-and-enabling.html enables] GPU-accelerated rendering of 2D canvas content, and also enables WebGL acceleration for people with older GPUs using Swiftshader, a software rasterizer that Google licensed from TransGaming. This should make for significant performance improvements on systems like Windows XP.
* Chrome's [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/02/future-of-javascript-take-peek-today.html dev channel] features an updated V8 Javascript engine that offers initial support for lexical scoping, collections, weak maps, and proxies.
* Google also released a [http://www.html5rocks.com/webappfieldguide/toc/index/ Field Guide to Web Applications] that offer a high-level, architectural overview of how to design web applications. Their [http://html5rocks.com/ HTML5Rocks] site was updated, and features an excellent detailed [http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/internals/howbrowserswork/ overview] of the architecture of the Chrome and Mozilla browsers.
* Chrome 17 stable was [http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/stable-channel-update.html released]. 20 security bugs were fixed -- 1 critical, 8 high, 5 medium, and 6 low. A significant number were detected with [http://code.google.com/p/address-sanitizer/wiki/AddressSanitizer AddressSanitizer], a fast memory error detector.
* Chrome's Dev Channel [http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/dev-channel-update_10.html release] has a few interesting new features, including using Google's servers to conduct spellchecking for entered and pasted text.
* The Sencha team conducted an initial [http://www.sencha.com/blog/html5-scorecard-chrome-mobile-beta/#date:12:00 review] of Google Chrome for Android, giving it high marks. It notes that SunSpider performance is little different than other browsers and suggests that it is now time to shelve that particular benchmark test.
==== Opera ====
* The latest [http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/internals/howbrowserswork/ snapshot] of Opera 12 offers support for Do Not Track and a substantial number of SSL performance optimizations.
==== Microsoft ====
* Microsoft released a Critical [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-010 update] for MSIE 6, 7, 8, and 9. The vulnerability would allow remote code execution from a specially constructed web page.
* MSIE 10 will [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/02/09/cors-for-xhr-in-ie10.aspx allow] full support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing for XMLHttpRequests.
* In a 9,000 word [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx blog post], Microsoft's Windows president Steven Sinofsky divulged a slew of details on Windows on ARM. Microsoft plans to have ARM PCs available when other Windows 8 computers are available, and the company will also include desktop versions of optimized Office 15 applications. Windows 8 ARM PCs will also never turn off, instead going into a standby mode that should last for weeks.
==== WebOS ====
* HP [http://developer.palm.com/blog/2012/02/sams-blog-february-releases-for-open-webos released] the source code to [http://isis-project.org/ Isis], the WebOS browser, which apparently offers "unrivaled speed and standards compliance".
==== W3C ====
* Webmonkey has a good [http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/02/web-developers-sound-off-on-webkit-prefixes/ summary article] describing the issues and positions in the debate as to whether other browsers should support -webkit-prefixed CSS properties.


== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction  ==
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction  ==

Revision as of 00:51, 15 February 2012

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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.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
  • (the 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 Guest URL
REMEMBER
These notes are read by people who weren't able to attend the meeting. Please make sure to include links and context so they can be understood.


Actions from Last Week

Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

Firefox Desktop

Release (3.6, 10)

Beta (11)

Aurora (12)

Nightly (13)

Firefox Mobile

Firefox Sync

  • Firefox 10 Results
    • Uptick in traffic to sumo, but no down trend in forums
      • Where can I find the code to add a device to Firefox Sync? 3x (from ui)
      • How do I sync Firefox between my desktop and mobile device? 1.5x (from ui)
      • Increases in 'What's Firefox Sync?' & 'How do I manage my Firefox Sync'
    • Waiting on metrics for more quantitative info
  • Organizational Changes
    • Sync's Dev Ops and Developers have been combined into one team
    • Sync's UX/UI is now owned by Madhava, all other services UX is owned by Bryan Clark. Congrats to both of them
  • The next Sync Rapid Release meeting is coming up.
    • If there is something you would like the sync team to work on or a new idea to consider, pitch it there
    • 2pm pst, Feb 28th, vidyo room 'services' please email ally if you would like to be added to the zimbra invite.
  • BrowserID+Sync Authentication
    • Warning: The two sync systems will not be backwards compatible or interoperable
  • Native Sync
    • 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, #androidsync
    • Old news that bears repeating:
      • Data may be lost, reordered, or corrupted. Please do not use your good profiles
      • 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
        • Though some of our contributors may change that!
  • Upcoming Releases
    • Addons being sync'ed in Firefox 11, XUL/tablet Fennec 11 (aka Beta): Addon Sync
    • Native Sync has been enabled in Nightly & Aurora (but not Beta)

Add-on Builder

Add-on SDK

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)

Feedback Summary

Desktop

Mobile

UX & User Research

Google

  • The Chromium team expanded the Chromium Security Rewards Program, by increasing its scope to cover the Chromium OS.
  • The new Chrome Beta release enables GPU-accelerated rendering of 2D canvas content, and also enables WebGL acceleration for people with older GPUs using Swiftshader, a software rasterizer that Google licensed from TransGaming. This should make for significant performance improvements on systems like Windows XP.
  • Chrome's dev channel features an updated V8 Javascript engine that offers initial support for lexical scoping, collections, weak maps, and proxies.
  • Google also released a Field Guide to Web Applications that offer a high-level, architectural overview of how to design web applications. Their HTML5Rocks site was updated, and features an excellent detailed overview of the architecture of the Chrome and Mozilla browsers.
  • Chrome 17 stable was released. 20 security bugs were fixed -- 1 critical, 8 high, 5 medium, and 6 low. A significant number were detected with AddressSanitizer, a fast memory error detector.
  • Chrome's Dev Channel release has a few interesting new features, including using Google's servers to conduct spellchecking for entered and pasted text.
  • The Sencha team conducted an initial review of Google Chrome for Android, giving it high marks. It notes that SunSpider performance is little different than other browsers and suggests that it is now time to shelve that particular benchmark test.

Opera

  • The latest snapshot of Opera 12 offers support for Do Not Track and a substantial number of SSL performance optimizations.

Microsoft

  • Microsoft released a Critical update for MSIE 6, 7, 8, and 9. The vulnerability would allow remote code execution from a specially constructed web page.
  • MSIE 10 will allow full support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing for XMLHttpRequests.
  • In a 9,000 word blog post, Microsoft's Windows president Steven Sinofsky divulged a slew of details on Windows on ARM. Microsoft plans to have ARM PCs available when other Windows 8 computers are available, and the company will also include desktop versions of optimized Office 15 applications. Windows 8 ARM PCs will also never turn off, instead going into a standby mode that should last for weeks.

WebOS

  • HP released the source code to Isis, the WebOS browser, which apparently offers "unrivaled speed and standards compliance".

W3C

  • Webmonkey has a good summary article describing the issues and positions in the debate as to whether other browsers should support -webkit-prefixed CSS properties.

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

Questions, Comments, FYI

Actions this week

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