This is the second in a weekly series of blog posts outlining the changes in the Feature Lists. It should be the third post, of course, but I missed last week (sorry!). If you have any questions or notice any problems or errors, please leave a note here or contact Deb.
Desktop
Added
- New Tab Page (P1)
- Simplify Panorama UI (P1)
- Eliminate redundant title text (P1)
- Convert remaining window-modal dialogs to tab-modal (P1)
- Opt-in activation for plugins (P1)
- Improved missing plugin experience (P1)
- Improve display of location bar results (P1)
- Global App Tabs (P1)
- Lessen the display of App Update UI (P1)
Completed
Started (“In progress”)
- Inline URL autocomplete (P1)
- Panorama groups should always persist (P1)
- HTML Tree Editor (?)
- In-content UI Visual Unification (?)
New Feature Pages
- Add plugincheck functionality to Add-on Manager (P2)
- Blocklist UX enhancements (P2)
- Improved plugin installation and management experience (P2)
Removed
- 20 high priority polish bugs (P2)
- Expose prefs for tabs-on-demand, DNT, always restore tabs (P2)
- Opt-in activation for plugins that are unknown/slow (P2)
- Find-in-page behavior and UI improvements (P2)
- Full set of HTML 5 form controls (P3)
- Download file type cursors (P3)
- Continued menu cleanup (OS X, context, tab menu) (P3)
- Caps lock indicator in password field (P3)
- File upload indicators on HTTP Post (P3)
- Better new tab and tab sibling/parent behavior (P3)
- Reusable Panorama grouping API for e.g VerticalTabs (P3)
Moved
- Progress Element – moved to Platform List
- Input type “number” – moved to Platform list
- Plugins should not steal keyboard focus – moved to Platform list
Mobile
Started
Platform
Added
- Progress Element – moved from Desktop List
- Input type “number” – moved from Desktop list
- Plugins should not steal keyboard focus – moved from Desktop list
- Show PDF inline (P2)
- Improved Mac installer (P2)
- Import settings from Sync (P2)
- mozCipherAddressbookAPI (P3)
- OpenGLLayersX11 (P3)
Started (“In Progress”)
Services
No changes.