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==Firefox Weekly Development Meeting==
==About Firefox==
The Firefox development team gets together weekly to discuss development status, see the [[Firefox/Meeting]] page for more information.  
How people use the internet has evolved since Firefox was born, and we need to keep up. People deserve an independent agent that gives them control over their identity online and keeps them safe, and we can’t do that with just a browser alone anymore. Over the next three years, we will expand the reach of Firefox.  


==Firefox Active Projects==
Firefox will be a browser, but it will also be a set of services and mobile apps. We will continue to improve our core experience, but we will introduce new ideas that would not happen without us. People will choose Firefox because it imbues them with super powers that they can’t get anywhere else. It will always work better than they expect. It will make being online better. We are at our best when the world follows our lead.  
Current major feature work is available via the [[Features]] page.


==Firefox Release Roadmap==
We are bad at following others. We will create the future and accelerate it. We are going to matter.
* [[Firefox/Roadmap]]
* earlier [[ReleaseRoadmap|Release Roadmap]] of Firefox releases up to Firefox 3.5
* [[Releases]] and [[Releases/Old]] which include other products and point releases


==Firefox Release Tracking==
== Teams & Products ==
* [[Features/Release Tracking|Release Tracking]] (Firefox 5 and beyond)


* All future releases are subject to change.
* Firefox Desktop
* Click the version for the Planning Center and other docs for that release.
* Firefox for Android
* The [[Platform]] version roughly corresponds to the "rv:1.''9.1''" string in the browser user agent and in Help > About Firefox.
* Firefox for iOS
* [[CloudServices|Cloud Services]]
* Developer Services
* Developer Tools
* [[Firefox/Onboarding|Firefox Onboarding]]
* [[Add-ons]]
* [[Firefox Core Engineering]]


{| class="wikitable fullwidth-table"
== Download Firefox ==
! Firefox version !! Firefox codename !! Platform version !! Ship date !! Other docs
 
|-
==Active Releases and Roadmaps==
| [[Firefox/4|4.0]] || [http://www.mozilla.org/parks/tumucumaque/ Tumucumaque] || 2.0 || 2011-03-22 || [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/4.0/releasenotes/ rel. notes], [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_4_for_developers dev. notes]
 
|-
===Firefox Desktop and Android===
| [[Firefox3.6|3.6]] || [http://www.mozilla.org/parks/namoroka/ Namoroka] || 1.9.2 || 2010-01-21 || [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6/releasenotes/ rel. notes], [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_3.6_for_developers dev. notes]
 
|-
In Firefox Desktop, the first half of the year will bring [https://wiki.mozilla.org/E10s multi-process] to the general release for the very first time. Test Pilot will be relaunched as a way for release channel users to opt into experimental features for rapid iteration and feedback. One of these features will be the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream Activity Stream] (placeholder name) which is a searchable, more powerful view of user history.
| [[Firefox3.5|3.5]] || [http://www.discovershiretoko.org/en/ Shiretoko] || 1.9.1 || 2009-06-30 || [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/ rel. notes], [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_3.5_for_developers dev. notes]
 
|-
In Firefox for Android, the first half of the year will focus on providing users with a quality browsing experience that incorporates interactions more in line with their expectations, while bringing relevant Web content to the user in a proactive and digestible way. This includes a revamp of our [https://people.mozilla.org/~dhenein/labs/mobile-panels/ Top Sites, Bookmarks and other home panels], notifying users when a blog has been updated with new content, or reminding users of recently-saved bookmarks.
| [[Firefox3|3]] || Gran Paradiso || 1.9.0 || 2008-06-17 || [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0/releasenotes/ rel. notes], [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_3_for_developers dev. notes]
 
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 85%;" cellpadding="20"
| [[Firefox2|2]] || Bon Echo || 1.8.1 || 2006-10-24 ||  [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/ rel. notes], [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_2_for_developers dev. notes]
|- style="font-weight: bold; background-color: #ff9500;"
|-
|Release Version || Target Ship Date ||Roadmap || Release Highlights and Themes
| [[Firefox:1.5_Product_Team|1.5]] || Deerpark || 1.8.0 || 2005-11-29 || [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/releases/1.5.html rel. notes], [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_1.5_for_developers dev. notes]
|-
|-
|46 || April 26, 2016 || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/8b57b27ec784c27c666f603ace54727a?page=4 Desktop 46] <br>[https://mozilla.aha.io/published/2ffea87573bd3a2908a31fc602027b89?page=4 Android 46] || [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/46.0/releasenotes/ Desktop Release Notes] <br> [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/46.0/releasenotes/ Android Release Notes]
| 1.0 || Phoenix || 1.7 || 2004-11-09 || [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/releases/1.0.html rel. notes]
|-
|47 || June 7, 2016 || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/8b57b27ec784c27c666f603ace54727a?page=5 Desktop 47] <br>[https://mozilla.aha.io/published/2ffea87573bd3a2908a31fc602027b89?page=6 Android 47]|| [https://www-dev.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/47.0a2/releasenotes/ Desktop Release Notes] <br> [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/47.0a2/auroranotes/ Android Release Notes]
|-
|48 || Aug 2, 2016 || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/8b57b27ec784c27c666f603ace54727a?page=6 Desktop 48] <br> [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/2ffea87573bd3a2908a31fc602027b89?page=6 Android 48]|| [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/48.0/releasenotes/ Desktop Release Notes] <br> [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/android/48.0/releasenotes/ Android Release Notes]
|-
|49 || Sept 20, 2016 || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/8b57b27ec784c27c666f603ace54727a?page=7 Desktop 49] <br>[https://mozilla.aha.io/published/2ffea87573bd3a2908a31fc602027b89?page=7 Android 49]|| [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/49.0/releasenotes/ Desktop Release Notes] <br> [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/android/49.0/releasenotes/ Android Release Notes]
|-
|50 || Nov 8, 2016 || || Firefox 50 will see the release of our first Windows e10s sandbox and increase the e10s eligible population by supporting more add-ons. It will also feature new UI for insecure password submission.  
|}
|}


See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox History of Mozilla Firefox] on Wikipedia.
===Firefox for iOS===
In Firefox for iOS, the first half of the year is about incorporating direct user feedback since its launch in November. This includes beefing up bookmarks management, refining how users navigate around the app, as well as integrating more iOS functionality.


<!--
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 85%;" cellpadding="20"
= Firefox 3.0 (Gran Paradiso) Plan =
|- style="font-weight: bold; background-color: #ff9500;"
Old Links and Comments:
|Release Version || Target Ship Date ||Roadmap || Release Highlights and Themes
* [[Firefox:3.0_QA_Activities]]
|-
* [[Firefox:3.0 PRD]]
| v3.0 || Mar 30th, 2016 || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/9f17c73abd40fb1d9e52a60a67588bc2?page=4 iOS 3.0] ||
* [[Firefox:Password Manager]]
This release augments the Firefox for iOS app with several usability and security improvements. New users benefit from an updated list of popular web sites available on the home screen, which are easily removable. We provided autocompletion for most-popular web addresses so the user can quickly find the websites they are looking for with less typing. The browser now handles all links to Apple Maps and many third-party applications like Twitter. To keep users' passwords safer, the option to access logins through Passcode/TouchID has been introduced.
* [[Firefox:Configurable Keybindings]]
For more information, please check [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/whats-new-firefox-ios-20?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=whats-new-firefox-ios What's New in Firefox for iOS 3.0].
* [[Firefox:3.0 Tabbed Browsing]]
|-
* [[Firefox:Safer Extension Installation]]
| v4.0 || May 11th, 2016 || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/9f17c73abd40fb1d9e52a60a67588bc2?page=5 iOS 4.0] ||
* [[Firefox:Download Manager]]
This release introduces more usability improvements and iOS integration features. Users can now quickly get to their bookmarks through the awesome bar search results. We are handling certificate errors by allow the user to view the certificate or temporarily ignore the error. When you add Firefox to your Today widget, you can open new tabs quickly, or open links that you have copied to your clipboard. We are also improving our sync process, by performing a background sync on exiting the app.  
* [[Firefox:3.0 Unified XPInstall Download Back End]]
For more information, please check [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/whats-new-firefox-ios-version-40 What's New in Firefox for iOS 4.0].
* [[Firefox:Info Window]]
|-
* [[Firefox:3.0 Options Dialog reorg]]
| v5.0 || ? || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/9f17c73abd40fb1d9e52a60a67588bc2?page=5 iOS 5.0] ||
* [[Firefox:3.0 Accessibility]]
|}
* [[Firefox:3.0 Customizable Toolbars]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Bookmarks]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Places]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 User Information Management and Privacy]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Miscellany]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Form Controls]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Default Browser/Mail/Shell]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Migrators]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Window Modality]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac D&D Images]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Sheets]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Mac Performance]]
* [[Firefox:3.0 Bug Charts]]


= Firefox 2.0 (Bon Echo) Plan =
===Focus for iOS===
Old Links and Comments:
* [[Firefox:2.0 Accessibility]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 Institutional Deployment]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 Customizable Toolbars]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 Multi-locale Installers]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 Download Manager]]
* [[Firefox:Info Window]]
* [[Firefox:Extension Manager UI]]
* [[Places]]
* [[Browser History]]
* [[Search Service]]
* [[Feed Handling]]
* [[Firefox Development Integration]]
* [[Download Size]]
* [[Location Bar]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 QA Activities]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 L10n]]
* [[Firefox:2.0 Release Checklist | Release Checklist]]


= Firefox 1.5 (Deer Park) Plan =
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 85%;" cellpadding="20"
Old Links and Comments:
|- style="font-weight: bold; background-color: #ff9500;"
* [[Firefox:1.5 Mac Migrators]]
|Release Version || Target Ship Date ||Roadmap || Release Highlights and Themes
* [[Firefox:1.5 Mac Shell Service]]
|-
* [[Firefox:1.5 Preferences Reorg]]
| v1.1 || TBD || [https://mozilla.aha.io/published/cf532f01d0e6c8be5b1be8bc903e2885?page=2 Focus 1.1]|| The next release of Focus for iOS will allow users to disable content blocking, or "whitelist" a specific site. Users may wish to disable Focus on a site because parts of the site don't work with Focus disabled. Focus 1.1 will also allow users to report breakage for a site to Mozilla. Mozilla will investigate all breakage reports for technical and policy merits.
* [[Firefox:1.5 Extension Manager Upgrades]]
|}
* [[Firefox:1.5 Software Update Upgrades]]
 
* [[Firefox:1.5 General Bugfixing]]
== Communications ==
* [[Firefox:1.5 Localization]]
=== Meetings & Notes ===
* [[Firefox:1.5 Multiplatform installer using xulrunner]]
* Firefox Cross Functional Delivery [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CrossFunctional Meeting]]  
* [[Feed Handling]] - cut (mostly)
* Tues/Thurs Channel [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Channels/Meetings Meeting]]
* [[Firefox:1.5 Extension and Plugin Blacklisting]]
* Mobile Engineering Meeting [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes Notes]]  
* [[Gecko:Chrome Registration]]
* Mobile Product Meeting [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/ProductPlanning Notes]]
* [[Firefox:1.5 Party]] - Planning
* Desktop Development [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Meeting Meeting]]
* [[Link Targeting]] (tabs vs. windows UI)
=== Mailing Lists ===
* [[Firefox:Options Window]]
* [https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/fx-onboarding fx-onboarding]
* [[Firefox:Info Window]]
=== Historical ===
* [[Software Update]]
Before 2020 year there were <s><code>#planning</code></s> and <s><code>#onboarding</code></s> on [[Mozilla IRC Server]].
* [[Firefox:Printing and Page Setup]]
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* [[Browser Window]]
<!--
* [[File Handling]]
== Getting Involved ==
* [[Download Manager]]
=== Metrics and Experiments ===
* [[Profile]]
=== User Experience Prototypes ===
* [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming|Feature Brainstorming]]
[https://mozilla.invisionapp.com/share/GA5RW90CW#/screens Activity Stream]
* [[Firefox:Branch Landing]]
* [[Web Site Updates]] Product Pages, Release Notes, etc
-->
-->


IRC Channel: #planning
==Historical Links & Info==


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Latest revision as of 23:41, 31 January 2024

Please do not edit these pages unless you're on the Firefox team. Your feedback and comments are welcomed on the discussion page.


About Firefox

How people use the internet has evolved since Firefox was born, and we need to keep up. People deserve an independent agent that gives them control over their identity online and keeps them safe, and we can’t do that with just a browser alone anymore. Over the next three years, we will expand the reach of Firefox.

Firefox will be a browser, but it will also be a set of services and mobile apps. We will continue to improve our core experience, but we will introduce new ideas that would not happen without us. People will choose Firefox because it imbues them with super powers that they can’t get anywhere else. It will always work better than they expect. It will make being online better. We are at our best when the world follows our lead.

We are bad at following others. We will create the future and accelerate it. We are going to matter.

Teams & Products

Download Firefox

Active Releases and Roadmaps

Firefox Desktop and Android

In Firefox Desktop, the first half of the year will bring multi-process to the general release for the very first time. Test Pilot will be relaunched as a way for release channel users to opt into experimental features for rapid iteration and feedback. One of these features will be the Activity Stream (placeholder name) which is a searchable, more powerful view of user history.

In Firefox for Android, the first half of the year will focus on providing users with a quality browsing experience that incorporates interactions more in line with their expectations, while bringing relevant Web content to the user in a proactive and digestible way. This includes a revamp of our Top Sites, Bookmarks and other home panels, notifying users when a blog has been updated with new content, or reminding users of recently-saved bookmarks.

Release Version Target Ship Date Roadmap Release Highlights and Themes
46 April 26, 2016 Desktop 46
Android 46
Desktop Release Notes
Android Release Notes
47 June 7, 2016 Desktop 47
Android 47
Desktop Release Notes
Android Release Notes
48 Aug 2, 2016 Desktop 48
Android 48
Desktop Release Notes
Android Release Notes
49 Sept 20, 2016 Desktop 49
Android 49
Desktop Release Notes
Android Release Notes
50 Nov 8, 2016 Firefox 50 will see the release of our first Windows e10s sandbox and increase the e10s eligible population by supporting more add-ons. It will also feature new UI for insecure password submission.

Firefox for iOS

In Firefox for iOS, the first half of the year is about incorporating direct user feedback since its launch in November. This includes beefing up bookmarks management, refining how users navigate around the app, as well as integrating more iOS functionality.

Release Version Target Ship Date Roadmap Release Highlights and Themes
v3.0 Mar 30th, 2016 iOS 3.0

This release augments the Firefox for iOS app with several usability and security improvements. New users benefit from an updated list of popular web sites available on the home screen, which are easily removable. We provided autocompletion for most-popular web addresses so the user can quickly find the websites they are looking for with less typing. The browser now handles all links to Apple Maps and many third-party applications like Twitter. To keep users' passwords safer, the option to access logins through Passcode/TouchID has been introduced. For more information, please check What's New in Firefox for iOS 3.0.

v4.0 May 11th, 2016 iOS 4.0

This release introduces more usability improvements and iOS integration features. Users can now quickly get to their bookmarks through the awesome bar search results. We are handling certificate errors by allow the user to view the certificate or temporarily ignore the error. When you add Firefox to your Today widget, you can open new tabs quickly, or open links that you have copied to your clipboard. We are also improving our sync process, by performing a background sync on exiting the app. For more information, please check What's New in Firefox for iOS 4.0.

v5.0 ? iOS 5.0

Focus for iOS

Release Version Target Ship Date Roadmap Release Highlights and Themes
v1.1 TBD Focus 1.1 The next release of Focus for iOS will allow users to disable content blocking, or "whitelist" a specific site. Users may wish to disable Focus on a site because parts of the site don't work with Focus disabled. Focus 1.1 will also allow users to report breakage for a site to Mozilla. Mozilla will investigate all breakage reports for technical and policy merits.

Communications

Meetings & Notes

  • Firefox Cross Functional Delivery [Meeting]
  • Tues/Thurs Channel [Meeting]
  • Mobile Engineering Meeting [Notes]
  • Mobile Product Meeting [Notes]
  • Desktop Development [Meeting]

Mailing Lists

Historical

Before 2020 year there were #planning and #onboarding on Mozilla IRC Server.

Historical Links & Info