Platform/Roadmap

	Firefox Platform 2015 Roadmap
	Owner: Martin Best	Updated: 2014-12-12
	This roadmap outlines the current direction for Firefox Platform development through 2015. This is a living document and all contents are subject to change at anytime.

Related Links:

• Firefox Release Calendar
• 2012 Platform Roadmap

Teams

Accessibility

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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DOM

Current Plans

Previous Plans

Service Workers [Offline] IndexedDB in Workers [Offline] Picture Tag [Web Compatibility, Presto] requestSync (FxOS-only precursor to BackgroundSync) [Offline, Candle] TCP Socket in Workers [Offline] e10s (drag-and-drop, clipboard, leak detection and reporting) ------ Items above planned to be done before or during Gecko 39 (Q1) ------ BackgroundSync [Offline, Candle] Pre-rendering API [Presto] Shadow DOM [Web Compatibility] Custom Elements [Web Compatibility] Web Manifest [Web Compatibility] ------ Items above planned to be done before or during Gecko 42 (Q2) ------ Web Push [Offline, Candle, Web Compatibility] Image Resizing API [Candle, 60fps, MemShrink] Web Share primitive (towards Web Activities standardization) [Web Compatibility] finish remaining WebIDL conversions [CrashKill] JS-implemented plugins [CrashKill, Webify] IndexedDB data change observer events [Web Compatibility, Candle] localStorage + Quota Manager [FxOS feature enabler] FileSystem API [Web Compatibility] Media Control API [FxOS request] Device Orientation Locking (any spec work; others doing implementation) [Web Compatibility] Broadcast channel [Web Compatibility] Message Port [Web Compatibility] Remove appcache [Offline] Directory upload [Web Compatibility] DOM bits of Object.observe [Web Compatibility] Get rid of child array [MemShrink] WebGL in Workers [60fps] Web Audio in Workers [Web Compatibility] ------ Items above planned to be done before or during Gecko 45 (End 2015) ------

e10s

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Graphics

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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JavaScript

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Layout

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Media

Current Plans

Previous Plans

MSE - Media Source Extensions (nightly) EME - Encrypted Media Extensions (nightly) ------ Items above planned to be done before or during Gecko 39 (Q1) ------ MSE (release) EME (release) Daala ------ Items above planned to be done before or during Gecko 42 (Q2) ------ MSE improvements EME continued development Video quality, performance and memory consumption MP4 demuxer written in Rust ------ Items above planned to be done before or during Gecko 45 (End 2015) ------

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Mobile Media

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Mobile Platform

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Networking

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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PKI

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Sandboxing

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Security

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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WebRTC / WebAudio

Current Plans	Previous Plans
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Initatives

• 60fps
  • Focused on producing a smooth, jank free experiences. 60fps goal is dependant on media type.
• BarrierSmash
  • Insure that accessibility features are working throughout our products.
• Candle
  • Program targeted at reducing energy usage.
• CrashKill
  • Improve the overall stability of Gecko and the project that rely on it.
• CritSmash
  • Fix known critical security bugs.
• Electrolysis
  • This is focused on providing multi processor tab support and another name for e10s.
• Offline
  • Offline Support
• Presto
  • Program targeted at improving overall load times and performance. This is resurrecting an older program that was discontinued.
• MemShrink
  • Reduce memory usage (all products)
• Web Compatibility
  • Improve the overall web compatibility of Gecko.
• Webify
  • Reduce the webs dependence on plugins. This includes several content targeted initiatives such as the games program (Unity), Shumway (Flash), MSE/EME (Flash/Netflix), WebRTC (Google Talk, Facebook Video)