{"id":1528,"date":"2013-10-15T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2013-10-15T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T03:00:09","slug":"firefox-status-2013-10-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/1528","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Status: 2013-10-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\">\n<h2 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Friends_of_the_Firefox_team\">Friends of the Firefox team<\/h2>\n<p><i>Give a shoutout\/thanks to people for helping fix and test bugs.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Project_Updates\">Project Updates<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Australis\">Australis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> More performance stuff!\n<ul>\n<li> We&#8217;ve determined that switching to SVG curves and putting the linear-gradient into the active tab stroke image will put Windows XP in the black WRT TART. \\o\/ Patches en route (but partially blocked on shorlander for graphics assets for lw-themes)\n<li> We&#8217;ve determined that the slowdown for OS X 10.6 is caused by the GPU taking longer to composite things when we have the tabs drawn in the titlebar. mconley is going to try to use Xcode&#8217;s OpenGL Profiler to determine what we&#8217;re waiting for.\n<\/ul>\n<li> Improvements to Linux theming.\n<li> Recent tabs\/windows added to the history widgets\n<li> Drag improvements in customize mode\n<li> Improved handling of wide widgets in the menu panel\n<li> Improved panel layouts\n<li> Improved styling of combined buttons\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Downloads_API\">Downloads API<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Reduce maintenance and support surface by locking the Downloads API activation preference in place\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Thumbnailing\">Thumbnailing<\/h3>\n<p><b>Foreground thumbnailing<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> WIP patch awaiting Tim&#8217;s feedback: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=809056\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 809056<\/a> &#8211; reduce thumbnailing impact when there are no thumbnail service consumers\n<li> putting on hold for now, until graphics people are able to work on it: improving canvas.drawWindow() performance\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Background thumbnailing<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> resolving goal as complete: ensure minimal resource usage by background thumbnail service\n<li> profiled I\/O, network usage, results are good: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=899848\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 899848<\/a> &#8211; Ensure minimal disk io caused by background thumbnailing\n<li> looking at remaining e10s-related crashes before finally enabling background thumbnail service on Beta and release channels\n<li> landed: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=924651\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 924651<\/a> &#8211; BackgroundPageThumbs should log crashes as a telemetry completion reason\n<li> landed: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=924665\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 924665<\/a> &#8211; BackgroundPageThumbs captures can finish twice\n<li> trying to reproduce on try server: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=917517\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 917517<\/a> &#8211; Intermittent browser_thumbnails_background_crash.js | dumpID is present and not an empty string\n<li> trying to find reduced test case for strange OS.File behavior: <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=909933\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 909933<\/a> &#8211; Intermittent browser_thumbnails_update.js | thumbnail is still green &#8211; Got 255,0,0, expected 0,255,0\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"SessionStore\">SessionStore<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> A few code cleanups (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=923034\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 923034<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=923854\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 923854<\/a>).\n<li> Fix a rather rare regression for windows quickly opened at startup (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=900910\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 900910<\/a>).\n<li> Fixing lost windows due to ID collisions (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=925771\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 925771<\/a>).\n<li> Ensure write instructions after shutdown will be prevented (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=922785\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 922785<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=922814\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 922814<\/a>)\n<li> Remove synchronous startup code (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=918024\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 918024<\/a>).\n<li> Still working to get rid of saving state right after startup (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=887780\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 887780<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=921581\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 921581<\/a>).\n<li> Marionette tests for startup path are coming along\n<li> Work to collect more data in content scripts to be e10s friendly (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=909048\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 909048<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=910668\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 910668<\/a>, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=919835\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 919835<\/a>).\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Places_API_asyncification\">Places API asyncification<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> dependencies blocking async transaction manager got reviewed, meeting tomorrow to discuss current status of the remaining patches.\n<li> Raymond attached new patch to do async queries in bookmarks backups, reviewing it.\n<li> Backups hash comparison blocked due to a test failure, investigation ongoing.\n<li> Investigated url index replacement through the hashing functions in mfbt, still really early wip.\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Social_API\">Social API<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> hoping to land patch to pref on multiple workers (bug 906839)\n<li> spending a little time on less important but more interesting functionality that will help move a couple more providers\n<li> working on rebranding\n<li> working on documentation\n<li> going on vacation then mozfest, little progress will be made over the next couple weeks\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"e10s\">e10s<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Summit sessions | mini work week\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=897061\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 897061<\/a> Autocomplete\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=919835\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 919835<\/a> Session Restore\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=921935\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 921935<\/a> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=925058\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 925058<\/a> Focus manager\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"UX_Updates\">UX Updates<\/h3>\n<p>It was Madhava&#8217;s birthday last Wednesday and Canadian Thanksgiving this Monday, so obviously we didn&#8217;t get any work done\u00a0\ud83d\ude09\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Stand_ups\">Stand ups<\/h2>\n<p>Suggested format:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> What did you do last week?\n<li> What are working on this week?\n<li> Anything blocking you?\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please keep your update to under 1 minute!\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"gavin\">gavin<\/h3>\n<p>(gavin&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/gavin%40gavinsharp.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"paolo\">paolo<\/h3>\n<p>(paolo&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/pamadini%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"mak\">mak<\/h3>\n<p>(marco&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/mak%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"enn\">enn<\/h3>\n<p>(Neil&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/enndeakin%40gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"felipe\">felipe<\/h3>\n<p>(felipe&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/felipc%40gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"mano\">mano<\/h3>\n<p>(Mano&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/mano%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"ttaubert\">ttaubert<\/h3>\n<p>(Tim&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/ttaubert%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"adw\">adw<\/h3>\n<p>(Drew&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/adw%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"markh\">markh<\/h3>\n<p>(Mark&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/mhammond%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"smacleod\">smacleod<\/h3>\n<p>(Steven&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/smacleod%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"dolske\">dolske<\/h3>\n<p>(dolske&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/dolske%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"mconley\">mconley<\/h3>\n<p>(Mike&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/mconley%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"mikedeboer\">mikedeboer<\/h3>\n<p>(Mike&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/mdeboer%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"gijs\">gijs<\/h3>\n<p>(gijs&#8217; <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/gijs%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Unfocused\">Unfocused<\/h3>\n<p>(Blair&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/bmcbride%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"MattN\">MattN<\/h3>\n<p>(MattN&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/mozilla%40noorenberghe.ca\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"jaws\">jaws<\/h3>\n<p>(jaws&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/jaws%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"mixedpuppy\">mixedpuppy<\/h3>\n<p>(mixedpuppy&#8217;s <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/benjamin.smedbergs.us\/weekly-updates.fcgi\/user\/scaraveo%40mozilla.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Status Board<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Details\">Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Tuesdays &#8211; 10:00am Pacific, 1:00pm Eastern, 17:00 UTC\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/arewemeetingyet.com\/Los%20Angeles\/2013-08-20\/10:00\/w\/Firefox%20development%20meeting\" rel=\"nofollow\">Handy local meeting time link<\/a>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Teleconferencing\" title=\"Teleconferencing\">Dial-in<\/a>: conference# 91337\n<ul>\n<li> US\/International: +1 650 903 0800 x92 Conf# 91337\n<li> US toll free: +1 800 707 2533 (pin 369) Conf# 91337\n<li> Canada: +1 416 848 3114 x92 Conf# 91337\n<li> 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