Firefox2/StatusMeetings/2006-02-21: Difference between revisions

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= In Attendance =
= In Attendance =
autonome, axel, beltzner, ben, brettw, darin, gavin, markp, mconnor, schrep
autonome, axel, beltzner, ben, brettw, bsmedberg, darin, gavin, markp, mconnor, schrep


= Agenda =
= Agenda =
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*** schrep: doesn't seem to if what we're saying is that the UI will change dramatically.
*** schrep: doesn't seem to if what we're saying is that the UI will change dramatically.


* Undo Close Tab
* ''Undo Close Tab''
* Tab Overflow
* ''Tab Overflow''
* Extension Blacklisting
* ''Extension Blacklisting''
* Extension Dependencies
** ready
* Search Plugin Format Changeover (with sherlock import)
* ''Extension Dependencies''
* Spell-As-You-Type (english only)
** ready
* Instrumentation Infrastructure
* ''Search Plugin Format Changeover (with sherlock import)''
* RSS parser
** needs review from ben/mconnor, but ready otherwise
* RSS content detection (?)
* ''Spell-As-You-Type (english only)''
** not ready; been bogged down with Places work
* ''Instrumentation Infrastructure''
* ''RSS parser''
* ''RSS content detection (?)''


== Blockers ==
== Blockers ==
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== Tabbed Browsing ==
== Tabbed Browsing ==
''mconnor will update shortly''


== Extension Manager Enhancements ==
== Extension Manager Enhancements ==
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** bsmedberg: why does it matter?
** bsmedberg: why does it matter?
** axel: it matters because searchplugins will tend to make errors one way or another; the question is how strict we do the parsing. I don't think we shouldn't be mixing namespaces for no good reason.
** axel: it matters because searchplugins will tend to make errors one way or another; the question is how strict we do the parsing. I don't think we shouldn't be mixing namespaces for no good reason.
** bsmedberg: any reason this can't be brought up privately w/gavin?
** bsmedberg: any reason this can't be brought up offline w/gavin as a bug or discussion on the wiki? this doesn't seem like an issue for this larger group.


== Visual Refresh ==
== Visual Refresh ==
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== Platform Uplift ==
== Platform Uplift ==
* SVG <code>textPath</code> has a patch for the branch in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327539].  Need to figure out what the test plan looks like, but it looks like we're in good shape here.
* SVG <code>textPath</code> has a patch for the branch in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327539].  Need to figure out what the test plan looks like, but it looks like we're in good shape here.


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== Inline Spell Check ==
== Inline Spell Check ==
* licensing issues still open:
** english is being shipped with thunderbird, so it should be fine
** l10n are GPL or LGPL, so we can't ship without extra work
** axel: gerv is thinking about the topic as well


== Instrumentation / Exit Surveys ==
== Instrumentation / Exit Surveys ==
* Decided on XML data format with bzip2 compression for uploading user event logs
* Decided on XML data format with bzip2 compression for uploading user event logs
* Client and server work ongoing
* Client and server work ongoing
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== Session Saver ==
== Session Saver ==
* Using a modified JS XPCOM service from the CrashRestore extension, working on getting it hooked up to bon echo.
* Using a modified JS XPCOM service from the CrashRestore extension, working on getting it hooked up to bon echo.


== Branding & Update Systems ==
== Branding & Update Systems ==
no update


== RSS ==
== RSS ==
no update


== Offline mode / better use of cache ==
== Offline mode / better use of cache ==
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== Anti-Phishing ==
== Anti-Phishing ==
* darin: fritz only has three weeks left so we're looking to move on this sooner rather than later
** beltzner: we should make sure cbeard gets in touch with you before we decide what goes in the product, as we're looking at a variety of solutions and priorities
** darin: sure, but there's no point in not landing this on trunk now
** bsmedberg: absolutely, that's the right way to go
** beltzner: I didn't mean to say that it wasn't, just that I felt that you should know that cbeard has issues around this and you should talk to him
** darin: OK, well, get him to get in touch with us sooner rather than later, since I don't see why we can't do this in parallel
** ''action:'' cbeard to get in touch with darin


== EULA ==
== EULA ==
no update


== Performance ==
== Performance ==
no update


= Other Business =
= Other Business =
* darin: there is some work being done for CCK issues by jshin (Junshik Shin) that might be available for Alpha 2
* darin: there is some work being done for CCK issues by jshin (Junshik Shin) that might be available for Alpha 2
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