Mobile/StatusMeetings/06-30-2011
Dial-in
- 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
- 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
- IRC channel #mobile
- Vidyo: Room Warp Core
Agenda
- AIs from last meeting
- Check Feature Spreadsheet vs. Wiki - see below 'Mobile Feature Documentation' (Stuart, Thomas) - see below
- Check Feature Spreadsheet vs. Wiki - see below 'Mobile Feature Documentation' (Stuart, Thomas) - see below
- New ACTION ITEMS
Firefox 5 (launched June 21): User Feedback Update
- as of 6/27/2011: 2620753 downloads, 1072133 active (40.91%), ratings (5/4/3/2/1) 9698 / 5556 / 5010 / 3773 / 4803= 3.41 stars average
- Firefox constantly in AppBrain's top ten (http://www.appbrain.com/app/firefox/org.mozilla.firefox)
Firefox 6 goes to BETA on July 5
Firefox 7 goes from NIGHTLY into AURORA on July 5
- Project Plan Update and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases
- Updated: Android Device Compatibility Criteria Spreadsheet
- Go-to-build for Betas every Friday - but that doesn't mean we ship every new Beta
Rapid Release Cycle Survey (take it here) - spend two minutes to tell us what worked well, what needs improvement for future releases
- What is our single source of truth? - Spreadsheet vs. Wiki (see Action Item above)
- Mobile Test Pilot - HELP TEST!
- Mobile Feature Documentation
- Mobile Eng Team: Master Sheet (<-- this is our single source of truth; request access if you can't view the doc)
- Cross-project feature and release documentation (derived from our Master Sheet):
- Flight Tracking: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Flight_Tracking#Mobile
- Feature List: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Mobile
- Feature Pages: linked from Feature List
- New Feature Pages for all ideas features that are related to projects outside of mobile: go here
- Flight Tracking: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Flight_Tracking#Mobile
- Roadmaps: Firefox for mobile | [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Home/Roadmap Firefox Home
Localization
- Status quo for the multi-locale dashboard (live link): 12 green, 7 signed off, one more pending (ja)
- chofman: populations and status of the marketing list of top tier mobile languages/countries: https://intranet.mozilla.org/L10n/Mobile
Release Engineering
- very cool that both Firefox5.0 (desktop) and Fennec5.0 (mobile) are built from the *same* changeset
- status w/Fennec5.0 in ovi store?
- localised Marketplace promo text still an issue? bug 663984
- question from tchung: when change from buildbot0.7 automation to buildbot0.8 automation?
QA
- testplan for Firefox 6 features is complete
- working on cleanup and organization of feature pages
- QA/Fennec/Milestones/6.0
- started tracking Firefox 7 features and creating test plans for those features
- 06-30-2011 untested device survey summary report (~573 completed, ~1265 partial)
- Moz Japan talking to Softbank Mobile carrier for testing Fennec, all the help appreciated testing foreign devices
- Mozilla.com Q3 project to reconfigure and introduce a scalable listing of supported devices bug 653459
Marketing & PR
- Welcome Jaclyn!
- Firefox (6) for Android Beta blog post -one post being drafted for 7/5
- Firefox Gone Mobile - SF & London - great success! Report from Wilson/Dan coming soon
- Media Buy starting mid-July
- Touch Events Dev Derby - August (Wilson)
Feedback Summary
Feature Feedback
| Feature Name | Release Channel | Feedback |
| Do Not Track | Beta | |
| Better First Run Discoverability | Aurora |
|
| IndexedDB Local Storage | Aurora |
|
| Better Form Assistant Integration with Android | Aurora |
|
| Visual Refresh for Gingerbread | Aurora |
General Insights
- About +20% differential increase in praise for 5.0 since the release
| Clustered Praise Found | Release Channel |
|
Beta |
| Clustered Issues Found | Release Channel | Bug Id |
|
All | {{bug|630007}} |
|
Beta | {{bug|656901}} |
|
Beta | {{bug|659670}} |
|
Beta | {{bug|582244}} |
|
Beta | {{bug|666600}} |
Support
- Mobile SUMO metrics
- Michelle Luna, our new Mobile support coordinator, starts July 5th.
UX and User Research
Design
- ongoing work on tablet UI; Brian planning to have a draft spec by late next week
- ongoing work on android widget, webapp creation (some detail in a feature page)
- see Matt's in progress specs for readability options in Design section of Fennec/Features/readability
- Ian back on Monday, July 4th
Research
Users in the House! I'd love to set up a dedicated time every week (maybe Wed from 2-4pm) where we can invite consumers and developers to chat with us one on one.
We can use any of the following research techniques - in-depth interviews, diary studies, think-aloud usability tests or designing with the help of the user (also called participatory design).
Insights
Summary below, full update here
In competitor news, Dolphin released the beta of Dolphin HD 6.0 and Microsoft launched a mobile demos website.
The next Nexus device, featuring Ice Cream Sandwhich, expected this fall with an up to 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU and 1 GB RAM.
Nokia has announced the Nokia N9, its MeeGo device, days before a video of Stephen Elop presenting its Q4 upcoming WP7 device was leaked.
SE Asia continues to grow in the mobile area and it is expected to maintain long-term high growth patterns
RIM is facing loses in marketshare and sales, while HP is releasing the Touch Pad tablet, welcomed with reserved reviews
Other
- How do we reduce the number of meetings?
- How many people find these updates useful ? Is the wiki enough, or does it help to have a voice?