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== '''Market Insights'''  ==
== '''Market Insights'''  ==
=== Desktop / Platform ===
==== Google ====
* Google announced that [http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/03/android-apps-break-50mb-barrier.html Android apps could now pass 50MB in size]. Individual APKs still have this limit, but can have up to two additional "expansion files" of up to 2GB in size.
* Extensions for Google Chrome are now [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/02/more-secure-extensions-by-default.html required to support] the browser's Content-Security-Policy. External research from UC Berkeley indicates that these three steps would prevent 96% of core extension vulnerabilities. Extensions will no longer be able to :
# use inline scripts ("<script> ... </script>") and will have to load scripts from within their package
# use eval()
# plugins will only be able to loaded from within their package or from a whitelist of (Google-trusted) HTTPS hosts
* The BlitzTech Gaming engine and the Havok Physics Engine [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/03/game-on.html announced support for the NativeClient platform].
* At the same time, apps in the Chrome Web Store now have access to [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/03/game-on.html an improved In-App Payments solution]
* Google announced that the US State Department had [http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/03/secretary-clinton-announces-state.html adopted Chrome] as its default browser. Within two weeks 60% of the organization's 58,000 desktops had been switched to the browser.
* Chrome's Canary builds now support [http://updates.html5rocks.com/2012/03/A-New-Experimental-Feature-style-scoped scoped stylesheets].
* The latest Chrome [http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/chrome-stable-update.html stable release] includes 20 security fixes for which Google awarded $47,500 in bonuses to security researchers.
==== Microsoft ====
* An MSIE developer posted [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2012/03/01/ie10-beta-consumer-preview-minor-changes-changelist.aspx a long list of the minor changes] in MSIE10 that were released in the Consumer Preview. Most notable is that Ctrl-U now opens the View Source window.
* The IE team released a [http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2012/03/05/new-internet-explorer-tv-commercial-featuring-alex-clare.aspx TV commercial] that celebrates the beauty of the web as experienced with MSIE.


== Marketing, Press &amp; Public Reaction  ==
== Marketing, Press &amp; Public Reaction  ==

Revision as of 00:03, 7 March 2012

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Planning Meeting Details

  • Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
  • Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
  • Toronto Offices: Finch 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

  • Asa to follow up with Comms on announcing end of win2K support. For consumers, it's time to upgrade your OS or move to Opera. For managed deployments, the ESR supports win2K for another 10 months or so.
  • Kev to follow up with McAfee on error from Desktop Feedback


Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases

Firefox Desktop

Release (3.6, 10, 10esr)

Beta (11)

Aurora (12)

Nightly (13)

Firefox Mobile

Firefox Sync

Add-on Builder

Add-on SDK

Release (1.4 -> Firefox 9, 10)

Stabilization (1.5 -> Firefox 10, 11)

Development (1.6 -> Firefox 11, 12)

Identity

Feedback Summary

Desktop

Mobile

UX & User Research

Market Insights

Desktop / Platform

Google

  • Google announced that Android apps could now pass 50MB in size. Individual APKs still have this limit, but can have up to two additional "expansion files" of up to 2GB in size.
  • Extensions for Google Chrome are now required to support the browser's Content-Security-Policy. External research from UC Berkeley indicates that these three steps would prevent 96% of core extension vulnerabilities. Extensions will no longer be able to :
  1. use inline scripts ("<script> ... </script>") and will have to load scripts from within their package
  2. use eval()
  3. plugins will only be able to loaded from within their package or from a whitelist of (Google-trusted) HTTPS hosts

Microsoft

  • An MSIE developer posted a long list of the minor changes in MSIE10 that were released in the Consumer Preview. Most notable is that Ctrl-U now opens the View Source window.
  • The IE team released a TV commercial that celebrates the beauty of the web as experienced with MSIE.

Marketing, Press & Public Reaction

Questions, Comments, FYI

Actions this week

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