{"id":640,"date":"2011-08-31T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/640"},"modified":"2011-08-31T23:00:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:00:11","slug":"firefoxgecko-delivery-meeting-minutes-2011-08-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/640","title":{"rendered":"Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Minutes: 2011-08-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-menu\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Firefox\/Planning\/2011-08-31<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div><span class=\"subpages\">&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\" title=\"Firefox\">Firefox<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\">Planning<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2011-08-24\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-08-24\">\u00ab previous week<\/a> | <a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/DeliveryMeetings\" title=\"Firefox\/DeliveryMeetings\">index<\/a> | <a class=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/index.php?title=Firefox\/Planning\/2011-09-07&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2011-09-07 (page does not exist)\">next week \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Planning Meeting Details<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Wednesdays &#8211; 11:00am PDT, 18:00 UTC\n<li> Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room\n<li> Toronto Offices: Fin du Monde Conference Room\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"irc:\/\/irc.mozilla.org\/planning\" rel=\"nofollow\">irc.mozilla.org #planning<\/a> for backchannel\n<li> (the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Platform#Meetings\" title=\"Platform\">developer meeting<\/a> takes place on Tuesdays)\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Video\/Teleconference Details &#8211; NEW<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# <b>95312<\/b> (US\/INTL)\n<li> 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# <b>95312<\/b> (US)\n<li> Vidyo Room: Warp Core\n<li> Vidyo <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/v.mozilla.com\/flex.html?roomdirect.html&amp;key=UK1zyrd7Vhym\" rel=\"nofollow\">Guest URL<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin: 1em 0px;padding: 1em;background-color: orange;text-align: center\"><b>REMEMBER<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: x-small\">These notes are read by people who weren&#8217;t able to attend the meeting. Please make sure to include links and context so they can be understood.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&lt;script&gt;if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &#8220;show&#8221;; var tocHideText = &#8220;hide&#8221;; showTocToggle(); } &lt;\/script&gt;<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Actions from Last Week <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Schedule &amp; Progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Releases\" title=\"Releases\">Upcoming Releases<\/a> <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox Desktop <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Release (3.6, 6) | Beta (7) | Aurora (8) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Had to do a chemspill release for an issue with DigiNotar.\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2011\/08\/29\/fraudulent-google-com-certificate\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">blog post<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Nightly (9) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Style inspector! <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=582596\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=582596<\/a>\n<li> History deleting much faster in previously horribly slow cases <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=681420\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=681420<\/a>\n<li> Temporal URLs for audio and video! <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=648595\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=648595<\/a>\n<li> Further Lion-izing of Firefox on Mac 10.7 <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=679708\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=679708<\/a>\n<li> Type Inference has landed!\n<ul>\n<li> This is Brian Hackett&#8217;s work + some help from contributor Jan de Mooij\n<li> 30% improvement on V8-v6 benchmark\n<li> Even more on Kraken, fast on lots of other stuff too\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Mobile  <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> m-c Nightly (9)  <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Tablet UI\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/ianbarlow.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/30\/firefox-for-tablets\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">New blog post on tablet UI! <\/a>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/61892693@N03\/sets\/72157627325688069\/detail\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ongoing updates to tablet mocks <\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox Sync<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Beta (7) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Features\/Instant_Sync\" title=\"Firefox\/Features\/Instant Sync\">Instant Sync<\/a>\n<li> Firefox 9+:\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Services\/Sync\/Sync_Setup_Improvements_Desktop\" title=\"Services\/Sync\/Sync Setup Improvements Desktop\">Improving Sync Set Up<\/a> &#8211; In progress. Thanks to Firefox team making Home Tab a P1 for FF9.\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Services\/Sync\/Push_to_device\" title=\"Services\/Sync\/Push to device\">Push to Device<\/a> &#8211; In development.\n<li> *NEW* <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Services\/Sync\/Addon_Sync\" title=\"Services\/Sync\/Addon Sync\">Addon Sync<\/a> &#8211; Technical design is in progress.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.7\" title=\"AMO\/FlightDeck\/0.9.7\">Add-on Builder<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Add-on SDK <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Release (1.0 -&gt; Firefox 5 &amp; 6)\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> per last week: 1.0 is <b>not<\/b> fully compatible with Firefox 7, so we <b>will<\/b> be repacking 1.0-based addons with 1.1\n<li> mossop, dbuc, myk, and clouserw met this morning, crafted a plan to test the repacking process before initiating it for reals, and are starting to execute on it today (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla-labs-jetpack\/browse_frm\/thread\/2d84bf67cc634271\" rel=\"nofollow\">test plan<\/a>)\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stabilization (1.1 -&gt; Firefox 7)\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> first candidate build, 1.1rc1, spun and distributed yesterday, Tuesday, August 30 (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla-labs-jetpack\/browse_frm\/thread\/3605180902e33c2e\" rel=\"nofollow\">release announcement<\/a>)\n<li> testing so far has identified one potential blocker (regression <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=679554\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 679554<\/a>)\n<li> final release remains on schedule for Tuesday, September 13 (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Labs\/Jetpack\/Release_Notes\/1.1\" rel=\"nofollow\">draft of release notes<\/a>)\n<\/ul>\n<p>Development (1.2 -&gt; Firefox 8)\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> development continues apace\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/4.3\" title=\"Firefox\/Input\/Releases\/4.3\">Input 4.3<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Grouperfish stood up and integrated with Input by the end of September; To do list and documentation can be found on their <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/grouperfish.readthedocs.org\/en\/latest\/todo.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the Docs home<\/a>\n<li> Tell Us More slated for end of September, beginning of October\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Feedback Summary  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Desktop <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Firefox 6.0.1<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Some reports that Flash is &#8220;marked incompatible&#8221; in 6.0.1 and that some flash video isn&#8217;t working.\n<ul>\n<li> Actually &#8220;Adobe Flash Plugin 11.3.7.0&#8221; is a malware extension&#8230; *shrug*.\n<\/ul>\n<li> Some dutch comments with &#8220;ID cards&#8221; not working but my Dutch is rusty.\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Firefox 6.0<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> New: Users are not sure where the Unsorted Bookmarks in the bookmarks menu comes from. (caused by <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=625325\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 625325<\/a>)\n<li> Everything else much the same as before\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Firefox 7.0<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> New: We may have broken session restore from about:home in a recent beta but menu still works.\n<li> Loss of http is sad-making\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>SUMO<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>32 new questions last week\n<li>12879 views on mobile support home page, up from 11557 last week.\n<li>929 &#8216;I have this problem too&#8217; votes, up from 700 last week\n<li>No flash and new device support continue to be most voted problems on SUMO\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Android Market<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>FF6 comments (78); all languages:<\/p>\n<p>Dissatisfiers FF6; 1 star &amp; 2 star ratings (35), week of August 22-28:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>slow and unstable=25\n<li>no flash=7\n<li>UI=6 (zoom, copy\/paste)\n<li>hogs resources=6\n<li>update broke it=2 (DroidX)\n<\/ul>\n<p>FF7 comments (58); all languages:<\/p>\n<p>Dissatisfiers FF7; 1 star and 2 star ratings (23), week of August 16-22:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>slow=12\n<li>UI=9 (text entry issues)\n<li>no flash=11\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Input<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FF6:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Praise: 331\n<li>Issue:   96 (25 no flash, 6 slow performance, and UI: history\/zoom\/text reflow; are the clustered issues)\n<\/ul>\n<p>FF7:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Praise: 116\n<li>Issue:   99 (20 no flash, 6 slow performance, and UI: history\/zoom\/complexity; are the clustered issues)\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> UX &amp; User Research <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <b>Market Insights<\/b>  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Desktop <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Chrome Dev builds now sync a users &#8220;Omnibox history&#8221; (i.e. all search and navigation requests and history) and Chromium builds show an option to sync &#8220;Foreign sessions&#8221; (i.e. tabs on other machines).\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Chrome Canary Builds show an option to &#8220;Enable automatic sign in for Google sites&#8221;, although in testing, this isn&#8217;t fully functional.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Google released an <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/ejidjjhkpiempkbhmpbfngldlkglhimk\" rel=\"nofollow\">offline Gmail app<\/a> &#8211; Chrome lost Gmail offline capability at the start of the summer after dropping support for Gears.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mutetab.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">MuteTab<\/a> was released &#8211; an extension that allows you to quieten a specific Chrome tab.\u00a0\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Google is placing increasing emphasis on gaming for the Chrome platform beyond casual gaming.\u00a0Google is the Premium Sponsor of <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newgameconf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Game<\/a> conference, and has been copromoting a number of games in the Chrome app store, and there have been discussions in the Chromium project about integrating the Joystick API.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastsoft.com\/home\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fastsoft<\/a>, a &#8220;world leader web acceleration&#8221;, announced it will integrate mod_pagespeed, a web server module to take advantage of the SPDY protocol.\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> A Beta of Windows 8 is expected at the BUILD conference, starting September 12th; it&#8217;s likely that an IE10 beta will be released, at the very minimum, product features (beyond platform support) can be expected announced.\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Summary below, full update <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Mobile\/Insights\/2011_Week35\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> and in your inbox.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Opera reported record results, with most revenues coming from mobile operator deals\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Mobotap launched an iPhone version of the Dolphin browser with a similar look and feel, as well as key features\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Samsung presented 3 new Bada handsets and is preparing new Android device announcements tomorrow\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> The first, 7-inch, Amazon tablet is rumoured to be shipping in October, followed by a 10-inch version early 2012\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing, Press &amp; Public Reaction  <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5836060\/mozilla-brings-the-best-of-honeycomb-to-firefox-for-tablets\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Brings the Best of Honeycomb to Firefox for Tablets<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/8301-2007_4-20099572-12\/firefox-to-talk-pretty-to-tablets-one-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox to talk pretty to tablets, one day<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/firefox-for-tablets-2011-8\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mozilla Unveils Slick &#8220;Firefox For Tablets&#8221; Web Browser<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conceivablytech.com\/9177\/products\/why-firefox-could-own-browser-based-gaming\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Firefox Could Own Browser-Based Gaming<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/howto.cnet.com\/8301-11310_39-20096318-285\/5-awesome-mozilla-firefox-secrets\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">5 awesome Mozilla Firefox secrets<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/08\/29\/fraudulent_google_ssl_certificate\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fraudulent Google credential found in the wild<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2392063,00.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fake Google Certificate Puts Gmail at Risk <\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-27080_3-20098894-245\/fraudulent-google-certificate-points-to-internet-attack\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fraudulent Google Certificate Points To Internet Attack<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Questions, Comments, FYI <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> myk: Where&#8217;s the template for these notes? 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