Gecko 1.9 Feature List
This page is intended to collect the set of features that either have gone in to Gecko 1.9 since Gecko 1.8 was branched, features that people are working on, or features that people intend to work on for Gecko 1.9. It will eventually be migrated into the Gecko 1.9 Requirements document.
The content from Gecko_1.9_Alpha_Planning has been merged into this list.
Please use this template when adding entries to this list:
| Feature name
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P?
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owner(s)
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| Status notes: completed, development in progress, spec finished (but no implementation started yet), spec in progress, not started.
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GFX/Widget
| Cairo Graphics
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P1
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vlad, stuart
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| In progress; 90% on windows, 75% on linux, 25% on mac
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| Linking Content/Chrome Frame Trees
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P1
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roc
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| Unknown
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| View Removal
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P2
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roc
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| Unknown
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| Widget Removal
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P2
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roc
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| Requires plugin hoisting.
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| nsTextFrame migration to Thebes
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P1
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blackh/roc
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| Performance is a P1, but it's not clear whether this is the best performance-gaining task to be focusing on. Also i18n support.
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Layout
XUL
| XUL Transform Support
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P3
|
vlad?
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| Unknown; depends on Gran Paradiso front-end requirements
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Core/XML
JavaScript
| JavaScript 2
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P2
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brendan
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| Unknown
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DOM
SVG
| SVG images
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P3
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unowned
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| Unknown
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Networking
| Cross-domain XMLHttpRequest
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P1
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darin
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Platform
| Graydon's Cycle Collector
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P2
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graydon
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| In Progress
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| Offline Operation
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P3
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unowned
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| Unknown
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Accessibility
| Mac OS X Accessibility support
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P3
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hwaara
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| In progress, just started on the foundation.
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