Mobile/Notes/26-Oct-2011

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Details

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Schedule

Major Topics for This Week

• Change the format of this meeting. See the post from blassey.

Application

Native Front-end

• Native UI Update
  • Summit last week
    • Fennec Native component in bugzilla
    • we have a task list. Working on P1s and P2s
    • If you want to get involved, look at the P3s and P4s.
    • http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-birch-android/
  • Why are we doing all of this?!
    • from 75mb RSS and 35mb RSS child (some shared) –> 65mb RSS
    • startup from 6s to 200ms (awesome bar)
• Birch tree management
  • Landing m-c –> twice a week.
  • see blassey or dougt if you have questions
  • Seek reviews

Android Platform

• We now have desktop parity random orange
  • All unstarred mobile oranges should should be treated the same as desktop
  • To get here we had to disable two test suite subsets (J1 and R2)
  • see [1]
• bug 694499 landed on mozilla-central which allows for android builds on OSX

Stand ups

Suggested format:

• What did you do last week?
• What are working on this week?
• Anything blocking you?

Snorp

Kats

• Last week: implemented the save-as-pdf and visited-link-coloring features
• This week: window behavior on keyboard appearing, fixing about:crashes
• Blocking: nothing so far (the blocked bookmarks bug was stolen from me)

GBrown

Last week: startup cache (bugs 696095, 695145)

Next week: continue startup cache work; discuss enabling disk cache on mobile with Necko team

Issues: looking for a way to delete/update/install a file in the profile, how to copy a file from the APK, and how to detect recent installation? (first run)

AlexP

Last week:

• Implemented a first version of download notifications, helped Margaret to take that task over
• Reviewed IME bugs to select those applicable to the native UI: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/IME_Bugs

This week:

• Work on IME bugs

Chris Lord

GCP

• Last week: DoorHanger plumbing and mockup UI
• This week: Fixing the bugs, Popup blocking
• Blocking: Doorhangers UX feedback for finishing UI? JavaScript plumbing soon I’m sure 🙂

Brian N

Sriram

Last Week:

• Worked on basic implementation of tabs
• Worked on newer Event management at Java side

This Week:

• Worked on Add/Remove bookmarks
• Fixed few bugs relating to favicons

Blockers:

• Waiting on visual assets and designs for the browser toolbar and the tabs-tray

WesJ

• Last week: Prompt Service
• This week:
  • Select elements – have single and multiple select working. Working on optgroups. Need to split the patch up so we can land this stuff if we want.
  • Context menus – WIP in the bug
  • Find something near your finger for clicks
• Blocking: Nothing

LucasR

• Last week: initial implementation of AwesomeBar with frecency/bookmarks/history
• Next week: work on follow up patches for AwesomeBar to implement missing bits (favicons, proper focus/keyboard behaviour, tab layout, etc)
• Blocking: nothing so far

mbrubeck

• Last week: command-line handler fixes for birch; meta viewport support for birch; wrapping up regression fixes for Fx9 and Fx10; interviewing.
• Next week: meta viewport support for birch; tracking one remaining blocker for Fx10 (bug 694795); interviewing.
• Blocking: enabling meta viewport support on birch will be blocked on viewport scaling/panning.
• See also http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/weekly-updates.fcgi/user/mbrubeck/posts

BLassey

• Last week: reimplement quit to shut down nicely (backed out), API for addons to add menu items, planning, clear history
• This week: who knows

DougT

• This week: App Updates, and sync last screen and last uri preference.
• next week: working with patrick on landing on birch.
• blocked: nope.

MFinkle

Fabrice

• last week : started on add-on support
• this week : finishing add-on support, open web apps API, JS menu and doohanger API

Madhava

• Last week: primary UI layout, primary layout again with ICS
• This week: working out add-ons install/management flow, to hand off to Patryk for detailed design
• Blocked on: decision on how we can simplify sync

Ian Barlow

• Last week:
  • Discussed overall design direction with UX
  • Adjusted UI decisions based on things we learned about ICS
• This week:
  • Primary UI – http://www.flickr.com/photos/61892693@N03/6280342051/in/photostream
  • Tabs – http://www.flickr.com/photos/61892693@N03/6280970438/in/photostream
  • Menu – http://www.flickr.com/photos/61892693@N03/6280463749/in/photostream
  • AwesomeScreen – http://www.flickr.com/photos/61892693@N03/6281225584/in/photostream
  • WIP on more polished headers – http://cl.ly/0w0i3a1C3P0u3K2w3W3C
  • Will start sending out more detailed specs / visual assets asap
• Blocked on
  • None

Patryk

• Last week: n/a
• This week: doorhanger detailed designs
• Blocked on: madhava for add-ons flow

Round Table

• startup times directions
  • Droid Pro
  • Galaxy S II
• handful of p1 and p2 bugs without owners (QA)
• What are the plans around l10n and Fennec Native bug 695565 bug 697384 (QA)
• Tracking flags were not created for the Fennec Native product do we want them? Create a bug for this and set to block bug 695027? (QA)
• Concern about bug 696732 Rotation can cause a blank screen fx9 affected
• Triage of non-priority set bugs – usual thursday thing?