Firefox/Projects

Active Projects

Description	Leader	Participants sdwilsh	Goal	ETA	Target	Status
Firefox WinCE	vlad	dolske, rstrong	finalize	4 Sep 2009	1.9.2	final todo list and roadmap for platform-complete release (both technical and delivery reqs checklist)
Ts Improvements	dietrich	ddahl, rflint, adw	reduce startup IO, find and remove dead code, reduce XPCOM/JS component load time	07/14/09	1.9.2	fixing sw:[ts] bugs: static analysis hunt for dead code, xpt linking on mac, component jarification, component joining
Perception of Performance	faaborg	Mozilla Labs	prioritize brainstorm list, identify best candidates for quick impact	07/08/09	1.9.2
Multitouch Polish	felipe	rstrong	improve gesture implementation and prototype implementation of general gesture UI	07/08/09	1.9.2
404 Error Pages	cbartley	Boriss, johnath	DocShell code review complete (conditional r+), need formal L10N and Places review.	4 Sept 2009	1.9.3
Video Controls	Boriss	limi, mano	Following up work week decisions with implementation & bugs, getting needed workflow sketches & graphics to people doing implementation	18/09/09	1.9.3	Have received feedback on UI controls and iterated, are ready to begin implementation planning and final graphics.
Update Default Theme	shorlander	faaborg, limi	create mockups showing how add-ons will integrate	07/08/09	1.9.3
Doorhanger notifications	MattN	dolske, faaborg	move to Larry & submit WIP patch for review	28/08/09	1.9.3	received mockups. working standalone doorhanger
Personas Uplift Exploration	Dao	myk, shorlander, mart3ll	fix Firefox bugs that prevent proper Personas integration	07/08/09	1.9.3	next steps will be to get UI input on how to integrate UI
Animation priorities (tear-off, find, movement of menu items)	Boriss	shorlander	initial sketches and requirements documentation	14/08/09	future	Have brainstormed animation priorities and have three to propose, next steps will be feedback on those priorities and iteration on them.
System Extension Notification	Mossop		Control over newly installed system extensions	21/08/09	1.9.2
Plugin Update Referrals	Mossop	beltzner, johnath, morgamic, lmesa, alix, blizzard, Unfocused	Firefox checks for outdated plugins and takes you to a page on mozilla.com to get updated plugins.	Firefox 3.6	1.9.2	Mostly spec'ed, about to start implementing
Per Tab Network Prioritization	zpao	limi	Improve perceived startup (particularly for large sessions) by making the selected tab & window have higher prioritization than background tabs & windows.	Unknown	1.9.2?	Investigating where changes will need to be made & how extensive changes will be.
Places Vacuum	mak		Fragmented databases are known to cause performance problems. Try a Places implementation before investigating an app-wide vacuum.	01/09/2009	1.9.2	Identified problems, first implementation.
Eradicating Startup Dialogs	faaborg	mossop (extensions) need more	Remove the need for all existing start up dialogs		1.9.2?	Collecting list of dialogs to target, getting people to own the areas

Inactive Projects

Prioritized

• Understand why we strand users on point releases
• Always have option to Add Search
• Tab Matches In Awesomebar
• Add Search to Awesomebar
• Rebuild Software Update without browser element
• Places UI Overhaul Exploration
• App-wide Database Vacuum
• Unbreak RSS
• about:newtab
• Improve Plugin Find and Install
• Visual Affordance for Tear Off Tabs
• Extension Manager API Updates
• Addons Manager Redesign
• about:support
• Control-Tab
• Update dictionaries
• about:problems
• Automatic Recovery
• about:me (first-pass addon done, uplift approach still open)

Unprioritized

• JetPack Uplift

Additional Projects Ideas (Need more definition)

• Places Schema Redesign
• Areas that need code cleanup or overhaul
• App-wide Database Integrity Check
• Migration Component JS Porting
• Rewrite Places SQL Query Builder
• Create a Places page thumbnail service

Completed Projects / Archive

• Asynchronous Annotation Protocol Handler (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Places Expiration Performance Refactoring (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Bookmark Dialog Focus (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Restore Visible Tabs First (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Privacy Prefpane Refresh (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Clear Recent History by Time Range (COMPLETED WITH NOTES)
• Undo Close Window (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Windows Theme Polish (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Focus Ring Cleanup (LANDED 1.9.1)
• Places DB Creation Scripts (COMPLETED)
• Asynchronous Location Bar (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Form Awesomecomplete (LANDED 1.9.2)
• Focus rewrite (LANDED, NO WIKI PAGE)

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