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=== Firefox Mobile === | === Firefox Mobile === | ||
'''Top customer issues and plans to fix''' | |||
Top three '''FF7''' issues and plans for resolution: | |||
*'''Performance''': 22% of & 2 star reviews on Android market this week report that FF7 is too slow. Startup shrink and memshrink projects continue work to resolve, see also https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes/05-Oct-2011#Performance. | |||
*'''Flash player support''': 22% of 1&2 star reviews on the Android Market this week report that they need Flash player; flash player is the top complaint (other than device wish list) on SUMO with 98 votes this week, Flash is the most common issue reported against FF7 on input.mozilla.com. 17% of email sent to 'the developer' from Android Market this week were also requests for Flash support. Flash support did not make FF9, but there is a prototype in progress. | |||
*'''Stability''': 11% of 1 & 2 star reviews on the Android Market this week report that the browser is unstable: freezes phone is most common, followed by crashes, and lastly it is resource heavy. | |||
Top three '''FF8''' issues and plans for resolution: | |||
*'''Permissions''': 24% of 1 & 2 star reviews on the Android Market this week report that the browser has unacceptable permissions (phone identity), see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691054 for the fix | |||
*'''Support for flash''' is second most common below-average review comment. | |||
*'''Performance''' (slow & unstable) is third. | |||
FYI: 55 people on SUMO reported receiving a fraudulent SMS message about a Mozilla Firefox phone number drawing in the UK requesting an email reply. | |||
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/881358 | |||
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Revision as of 17:44, 5 October 2011
Planning Meeting Details
- Wednesdays - 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC
- Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
- Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde 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
- Kev to come back with a summary of the current state of the ESR discussions
Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases
Firefox Desktop
Release (3.6, 7)
- 3.6 → 7.0.1 advertised update is scheduled for tomorrow
- Working on 3.6.24, will ship with Firefox 8
Beta (8)
Aurora (9)
- Add-on compatibility bump is scheduled for next week
Nightly (10)
- Seeing bad user sniffing due to two digit version (we knew this would happen)
- bug 690287 - Tracking bug
- bug 690391 - Be proactive in impact assessment
- We are discussing some potential mitigation, nothing to share yet
Firefox Mobile
Top customer issues and plans to fix
Top three FF7 issues and plans for resolution:
- Performance: 22% of & 2 star reviews on Android market this week report that FF7 is too slow. Startup shrink and memshrink projects continue work to resolve, see also https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes/05-Oct-2011#Performance.
- Flash player support: 22% of 1&2 star reviews on the Android Market this week report that they need Flash player; flash player is the top complaint (other than device wish list) on SUMO with 98 votes this week, Flash is the most common issue reported against FF7 on input.mozilla.com. 17% of email sent to 'the developer' from Android Market this week were also requests for Flash support. Flash support did not make FF9, but there is a prototype in progress.
- Stability: 11% of 1 & 2 star reviews on the Android Market this week report that the browser is unstable: freezes phone is most common, followed by crashes, and lastly it is resource heavy.
Top three FF8 issues and plans for resolution:
- Permissions: 24% of 1 & 2 star reviews on the Android Market this week report that the browser has unacceptable permissions (phone identity), see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691054 for the fix
- Support for flash is second most common below-average review comment.
- Performance (slow & unstable) is third.
FYI: 55 people on SUMO reported receiving a fraudulent SMS message about a Mozilla Firefox phone number drawing in the UK requesting an email reply. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/881358
7
8
9
Tablet UI Awesomeness
Firefox Sync
Add-on Builder
- upload to AMO launched last week, will be updated today to fix a couple of small issues.
- 1.0 final public release remains targeted for early to mid-Q1 2012
- I will be engaging with marketing as that time horizon draws near
- Q4 2011 goals are on the goals wiki under the AMO section
- This quarter is about shaping and hardening the existing feature set for the upcoming final release
- KPI stats update:
- There are currently over 8,500 registered users on the Builder - an increase of almost 400% Q/Q
- The Builder is currently home to some 15,700 add-ons and libraries, ~2,000 of which have seen significant development - an increase of more than 400% Q/Q
Add-on SDK
Release (1.1 -> Firefox 7)
- Did a post-mortem on repacks process
- posted a proposal for repacks (short term and long term) on dev.planning, addons blog, and jetpack forum (Proposal)
Stabilization (1.2 -> Firefox 7, 8)
- Third test build 1.2b3 spun yesterday
- Are moving release up one week to Oct. 18th (discussion)
Development (1.3 -> Firefox 8, 9)
- Merge to stabilization will also be moved up one week to reflect new schedule
Feedback Summary
Desktop
Mobile
UX & User Research
Still looking for developers who want to watch usability sessions in Toronto during mobile week. Will take about 1 hour of your time from the 17th-19th. Contact Mary Trombley to get started.
Market Insights
Mobile
Summary below, full update here and in your inbox.
- Android approaching 1 million activations/day as it launches a new version next week and conquers even lower price points ($35 in India)
- Opera extended its partnership with Safaricom, Kenya's leading network operator
- The iPhone 4s was announced, featuring an updated CPU and camera and iCloud integration
- PhoneGap was acquired by Adobe, who also launched a new suite of mobile applications
- UC Web, a Chinese mobile browser, prepares to target the US market
- Amazon is rumoured to be interested in acquiring WebOS
- 3G turns 10 years old. Japan, its pioneer, has a 96% penetration rate
Marketing, Press & Public Reaction
- Firefox 8 beta brings Twitter search, tab controls
- Mozilla Announces Firefox 8 Beta with Enhanced UI, Twitter Search
- Beta Update: Firefox 8 Offers Smarter Tab Restore
- Firefox Aurora for Android likes big buttons and cannot lie
- Firefox Aurora for Android sees interface upgrades
- Mozilla aims to add silent updating to Firefox 10
- Mozilla Talks Silent Updates, Plans Firefox Service
Mobile
- Continuing to iterate on product positioning
- Researching approaches to focus on tablet users
- Putting together marketing plan for Firefox 9 release