Mobile/Fx15

FN 15.0 target release 8/28

CHANGE HISTORY

• June 11, 2012 / KR / First Draft
• June 28, 2012 / EL / Second Draft

Purpose and Scope of Fx Mobile 15.0

• Reach and grow overall mobile install base:
  • ARMv6
  • Support for Google GCM - was C2DM
  • In-App Feedback
  • Continued Marketplace & WebRT Support
  • Amazon Kindle Support (eng work complete; need BD to reach out to Amazon)
• Make solid incremental progress implementing features that were out-of-scope for 14.0:
  • Tablet support
  • Features and UX improvements such as Readability Mode
  • Achieve incremental progress on Readability 2.0
  • Continue to improve stability
• Continue momentum for ongoing efforts including Basecamp:
  • Continue to improve web compatibility
  • Address k9o blockers
  • Address important bugs reported by Users and Community

Schedule

• String Freeze? Does that have to be by 7/17?
• 07/20: Beta 1
• 07/27: Beta 2
• 08/03: Beta 3
• 08/10: Beta 4
• 08/17: Beta 5
• 08/24: Beta 6
• 08/27: Channel Uplift
• 08/28: GA

Feature Tracking [Mapping to Bugs in Progress]

IMPORTANT: Features Landed in 16, targeted to be uplifted to 15 with status and risk profile https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fx15Uplift

Tablet Support: Fixed in 15 or Milestone Target 15
bug 716095 - [tablet] Add a max width to door hangers
bug 730775 - Grey bar underneath the awesomebar on tablets
bug 739355 - [TABLET] Title Bar
bug 739412 - [TABLET] Overflow menu
bug 760196 - "Find in page" menu item missing in tablets
bug 763851 - Forward button missing in tablet UI
bug 765805 - [tablet] Don't close the tabs sidebar panel when switching or adding tabs
bug 765941 - [tablet] Thumbnail doesn't update after following a links to an HTTP redirect
bug 739407 - [TABLET] Tabs Menu <== Meta

Armv6

• bug 723946 Get ARMv6 Builds Going via RelEng
• bug 766613 QA Evaluation

Web Apps Support

• See this etherpad summary of bugs; update in progress

Flash

• bug 687267Flash Support on Honeycomb

Amazon Kindle Distribution

• bug 713777 - Amazon modifies and re-signs apk after uploading [was "Cannot install Firefox from Amazon appstore if Firefox Beta already exists on device"]

Cloud to Device Messaging

• Feature page is here

Google Play Review Solicitation

• Feature page is here

System Requirements

• Phones
  • TBD
• Tablets
  • TBD
  • TBD

Supported Locales

• EN-US, 13 standard locales, KO, PT-BR

Market Data

• 20% of our current 'mobile' user base are tablet users (data?)
• SUMO reviews (?) call out lack of tablet support

Product Overview and Service Description

Key Selling Points

• Expanded Device Support
  • Tablet support
  • Lower-end phone support (via subset of ARMv6)

Contacts and Stakeholders

• Karen Rudnitski: product management
• Erin Lancaster: project management
• Mark Finkle: Front End Engineering Manager
• Brad Lassey: Platform Engineering Manager
• Kevin Brosnan: Mobile QA Lead
• Ian Barlow: UX Design
• Alex Keybl: Release Manager
• Michelle Luna: SUMO
• • Full Team Responsibility Matrix available here: (coming soon)