Evangelism/StatusMeetings/2009-04-09
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Firefox.next
- Beta 4 release date is probably around April 20th or so. Code freeze is the 15th.
- Starting to put together messaging around final release - we have a large part to play.
- Completing the Firefox 3.5 performance items and web developer items
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Evangelism/Firefox3.5
- Sheppy to help with web dev features
- Blizzard on performance
- Asa to come up with overall number
Developer Items and Standards
- Current items: Developer Feedback
- Anything for the Roadmap: Developer Roadmap
- Vlad's stirring the pot:
- http://blog.vlad1.com/2009/04/06/html5-web-storage-and-sql/
- a few comments have been posted in response
- follow up discussion in w3.org public-webapps mailing list
- Should promote more discussion - can we direct people from other app authors to that discussion?
- Should discuss outcome
- XHTML2 and HTML5 re-unification?
- http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/04/08/HTML-Reunification
- Mozilla generally agrees that XHTML2 should probably be ended
- Some disagreement outside of Mozilla - IBM, Google, others
- Will have to see it play out - we're adding our own experience and voice to that discussion
- How to make your own Gecko reflow video
- http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/04/09/how-to-make-your-own-gecko-reflow-video/
- Provided instructions on how to make a video from pngs. Also patches and code to make it work.
Documentation
- Sheppy's back!
- Continuing work on organization stuff.
- New templates for tagging methods that are noscript, or for specific versions of Gecko or Firefox.
- Continuing preparation for the Deki Lyons upgrade.
- Working on scripts to help automatically migrate articles to new homes in the documentation hierarchy.
XUL + XULRunner
Communications and PR
- Asa to keynote Mozillagumi 10 year anniversary event (May 30, Tokyo)
Global Community Development
- Update on Malaysia (BarCamp KL and related meetings; blog post to come asap)
Roundtable
- table, it is round