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 == Actions from Last Week ==
 * ally to coordinate with greg jost on sync uptake metrics, and measuring the impact of the FF10 usability changes
-** Rolling this one over for a few weeks
+** See status update below!
 * laura to report on the state of persona/personas discussion
 * cheng to report back on connection reset issues with SSL
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 ===Firefox Desktop ===
 ==== Release (3.6, 10) ====
+* 10.0.1 released (unthrottled) last Friday. Release notes [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0.1/releasenotes/ here]. We did not need a re-spin for 3.6.
+* We've pushed a prompted major update from 3.6.26 to 10.0.1 as of 2/14
+** Updated billboard with stronger copy and fixed some confusing links.
+** Cut 3.6.X ADUs by 30% since beginning of December, and hoping to cut the remaining ADUs by half in the next few months.
 ==== Beta (11) ====
+* Next merge date is 3/13
+* Beta 3 will be released Friday 2/17
 ==== Aurora (12) ====
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 ** Vladan landed a dom storage fix that should reduce the amount of main thread SQL done by content {{bug|714964}}.
 ** Lots of frontend Telemetry probes are landing (see {{bug|671038}}) and already paying off as we caught a tab animation regression in {{bug|724349}}.
+** Bug {{bug|723561}} - Create telemetry stopwatch helper to easily store/retrieve timestamp data
 === Firefox Mobile  ===
+* Trunk
+** Waiting for OGL layers to land, ETA next week
+** Good stuff landing in the mean time
+*** Start up improved to be faster than Chrome
+*** Tab screenshot'ing for thumbnails *much* improved
+*** Tab tray openning/closing improved
+*** Awesomebar opening improved, especially for large profiles (40s -> 1.6s)
+*** Crashes are being killed at an alarming rate (from 115 per 100 ADUs to 5 in 6 weeks)
+* Aurora
+** Trucking along with both Native and XUL builds
+* Beta
+** Going to ship XUL to the market for all devices until Native is ready for prime time
+* Release
+** Going to ship XUL 10 ESR until Native finishes its beta cycle
+Other Notes:
+* current plan is for Native UI to go out to phones in Firefox 13
+* current plan is for Native Tablet UI to go out to tablets in Firefox 14
+* This plans are very much in flux, they are here for informational purposes only
 ===Firefox Sync===
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 **Native Sync has been enabled in Nightly &amp; Aurora (but not Beta)
-===[[AMO/FlightDeck/0.9.7|Add-on Builder]]===
+===Add-on Builder===
+* 1.0 release has been rescheduled for next Wednesday
+* Work week for Builder team is next week
 === Add-on SDK ===
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 Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)
+* Current thinking is that [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=696533 bug 696533] might get us more mobile features faster - can't tell timeframe so not adding to docs yet.
 * On track to merge to Stabilization on Feb 21, 2012
 Bay Area Firefox Add-ons meetup Tuesday, February 21 6:00PM PST at the Mozilla SF Offices [http://www.meetup.com/addons/events/51321652/ RSVP Here] - join us!
+=== Identity ===
+* [[Identity/Features/Sign_into_the_browser|Sign into the browser]] feature page
+* Gone through a couple of rounds of wireframes, progressing nicely (not on the feature page, will get them there soon)
 == Feedback Summary  ==
 === Desktop ===
+* Firefox 10.0.1:
+** Looks like we fixed the cursor thing by fixing Java :)
+** Performance :(
+** AVG seems fixed, Norton is getting better
+** Youtube issues [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/916444][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/911689][https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/912044]
+** Problem with German update?: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/907769]
+** Report from this weekend:
+*** looks like you may have a problem installing Firefox if your admin account isn't Administrator. [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918425] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918425] {{bug|726542}}
+*** windows 7 taskbar icon duplication (we seem to see this with all updates) [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/907559]
+*** A bunch of comments about fonts being too small (sort of started since 8/9 but has been increasing): [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918479] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/916593] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/917407] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918446] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918151]
+*** Radio stations not working?: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918594] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918313] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918590] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918204]
+**** There are also reports of audio not working in general: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918539] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918320]
+*** Performance problems/hangs/slowness: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918589] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918328] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918270] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/917756] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918498] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918431] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918355] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918407] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918359] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918170] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918092] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918493] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918304] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918092] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918183] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918205] (hang on PDFs)
+*** Mac perf problems: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918347] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918201] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918188]
+*** Connectivity problems: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918517] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/913351] (latter caused by ATT "acceleration")
+*** Way too many add-on compatibility checks: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918690] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918622] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918321] {{bug|726543}}
+*** Crashes/failed startup: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918700] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918358] (startup) [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918362] (startup) [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918538] [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/917643] (PDF printing) [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/917875] (PDFs) [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918392] (soon after startup)  [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918098] (startup)
 === Mobile ===
+*No new feedback updates this week, some anecdotal feedback from 10 provided to UX
+*Working on NativeUI documentation
+*Testing Aurora and Nightly and Sync set up
+*SUMO day tomorrow, to support 10.0.1
 == UX & User Research ==
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 * 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.
+* 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. The update itself had to be updated shortly afterwards after it [http://gcn.com/articles/2012/02/15/microsoft-security-patch-flags-google-malicious-site.aspx incorrectly reported] that google.com was infected with the Blackhole Exploitation Kit.
 * 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.
+* 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. (Also, Tantek's interview at [http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-vendor-prefix-predicament-alas-eric-meyer-interviews-tantek-celik/ A List Apart].
 === Mobile ===
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 === Desktop ===
 * New 3.6 Upgrade Billboards went live yesterday (thanks Pascal and L10n!)
+** As discussed above, strengthened copy and upgrade experience, Cut ADUs by 30% since December.
 * Working on website collateral for next releases
 * Display ads continuing for another few weeks
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 === Mobile ===
-=== Press ===
+*MWC demo scripts revisions
+*Finding agency for FF11 launch programs
+=== Press  ===
+*[http://blogs.cio.com/browsers/16816/firefox-2012-whats-store-open-source-browser Firefox in 2012: What's in Store for the Open-Source Browser?]<br>
+*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/14/mozilla_2012_roadmap/ Mozilla throws 'freedom' at Microsoft, Google, Apple tanks]<br>
+*[http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/web-apps/2012/02/14/mozilla-promises-social-privacy-driven-firefox-in-2012-40095036/ Mozilla promises social, privacy-driven Firefox in 2012]<br>
+*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57376349-264/mozillas-plan-for-2012-break-the-ecosystem-lock/#ixzz1mTdIPKKX Mozilla's plan for 2012: Break the ecosystem lock<br>]
+*[http://www.businessinsider.com/firefox-windows-8-2012-2#ixzz1mTeMIc8W Don't Worry, You Won't Be Stuck Using Internet Explorer On Windows 8]<br>
 == Questions, Comments, FYI ==
 == Actions this week ==
+* cheng to dig into connection reset issues with SSL
+* irina to let us know whether dolphin for iOS uses Sync