{"id":880,"date":"2012-04-30T11:35:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/?p=880"},"modified":"2012-04-30T11:35:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T15:35:38","slug":"firefoxgecko-delivery-meeting-minutes-2012-04-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/meeting-notes\/archives\/880","title":{"rendered":"Firefox\/Gecko Delivery Meeting Minutes: 2012-04-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\">Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25<\/h1>\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\/2012-04-18\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-18\">\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\/2012-05-02&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Firefox\/Planning\/2012-05-02 (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: Finch 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<table class=\"toc\" id=\"toc\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Actions_from_Last_Week\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Actions from Last Week<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Schedule_.26_Progress_on_Upcoming_Releases\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Schedule &amp; Progress on Upcoming Releases<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Kilimanjaro\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Kilimanjaro<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Firefox_Desktop\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Firefox Desktop<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Release_.283.6.2C_12.2C_10esr.29\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.2.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Release (3.6, 12, 10esr)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Beta_.2813.29\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.2.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Beta (13)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Aurora_.2814.29\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.2.3<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Aurora (14)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Nightly_.2814.29\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.2.4<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Nightly (14)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Firefox_Mobile\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.3<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Firefox Mobile<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Services\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.4<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Services<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-11\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Apps_In_The_Cloud_Backend\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.4.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Apps In The Cloud Backend<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Firefox_Sync\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.4.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Firefox Sync<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-13\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Add-on_SDK\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.5<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Add-on SDK<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Identity\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.6<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Identity<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Apps\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2.7<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Apps<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-16\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Feedback_Summary\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Feedback Summary<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-17\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Desktop\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Desktop<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-18\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Mobile\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Mobile<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-19\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#UX_.26_User_Research\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">4<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">UX &amp; User Research<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#UX_Design\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">4.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">UX Design<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-21\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Market_Insights\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Market Insights<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-22\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Desktop_.2F_Platform\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Desktop \/ Platform<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-23\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Adobe\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Adobe<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-24\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Apple\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Apple<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-25\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Google\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1.3<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Google<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-26\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Microsoft\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1.4<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Microsoft<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Opera\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1.5<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Opera<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-3 tocsection-28\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Other\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.1.6<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Other<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-29\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Mobile_2\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Mobile<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-30\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Marketing.2C_Press_.26_Public_Reaction\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">6<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Marketing, Press &amp; Public Reaction<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-31\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Marketing\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">6.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Marketing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Press\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">6.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Press<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Questions.2C_Comments.2C_FYI\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">7<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Questions, Comments, FYI<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25#Actions_this_week\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">8<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Actions this week<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/table>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Actions from Last Week <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> kbrosnan\/cheng to follow up on acrobat mac bustage (does it impact FF12? Are we sure it&#8217;s adobe-side? Do they know?)\n<ul>\n<li> It&#8217;s their problem, they know, but may not fix so we&#8217;re probably going to extra-document the workaround.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\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\"> Kilimanjaro <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Firefox Desktop <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Release (3.6, 12, 10esr) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> We released yesterday!\n<li> Our top new 12 crasher is caused by a new version of Ant Video Downloader (<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=640904\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 640904<\/a>), and we&#8217;re discussing blocklisting\n<li> We&#8217;ll be throttling later today to analyze feedback\n<li> Desupport add-on hotfix will go out today or tomorrow for Firefox 10-12 users\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Beta (13) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Go to build still incoming for Beta 1, after planned downtime complete\n<li> As of now we will not delay Beta 1 push (planned for tomorrow)\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Aurora (14) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Still on track for Friday push\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Nightly (14) <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=725408\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 725408<\/a> &#8211; implement webapp runtime (launcher and shell) for desktop\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=742419\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 742419<\/a> &#8211; Implement new identity block design (lighter weight with a generic icon)\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=748027\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 748027<\/a> &#8211; Make the identity box transparent in more cases\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=734373\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 734373<\/a> &#8211; Implement Australis toolbar button design\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=575561\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 575561<\/a> &#8211; External links from within app tabs should always open in new tabs instead of replacing the app tab&#8217;s page\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=711618\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 711618<\/a> &#8211; implement basic click to play permission model\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=732820\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 732820<\/a> &#8211; Cap to the amount of memory used by decoded images\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=746055\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 746055<\/a> &#8211; Increase image.mem.max_decoded_image_kb so as to avoid doing tons of sync-decodes on pages with many small images\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=742776\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 742776<\/a> &#8211; Location bar folds case back to history entry, if there&#8217;s a history entry which is case-insensitively identical to the typed URL\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=743819\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 743819<\/a> &#8211; Spell checking causes performance degradation in Firefox 10+\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=278860\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 278860<\/a> &#8211; confusing &#8220;profile in use&#8221;\/&#8221;already running&#8221; error when profile is missing (not found)\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Mobile  <\/span><\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>Roadmap<\/p>\n<dd>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Aurora build: Friday (4\/27)\n<li> Beta build: Tuesday (5\/8)\n<li> QA Beta Testday: Friday (5\/11)- assuming we can sign off and push to Google Play by thursday.\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Exciting highlists<\/p>\n<dd>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li> Tiled upload\n<li> Retained tiles\n<li> low-res screenshot checkerboarding\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Services <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Apps In The Cloud Backend <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> went into production yesterday.\n<ul>\n<li> props to\u00a0:rfkelly\n<li> If you see Services Ops around MV office (they are having a work week), give them a high five\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Firefox Sync <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> work continues\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Add-on SDK <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>No verbal update today &#8211; please see notes<\/p>\n<p>Release (1.6 -&gt; Firefox 11, 12)\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> All running well\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stabilization (1.7 -&gt; Firefox 12, 13)\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/topic\/mozilla-labs-jetpack\/fJ2ixOScMCY\/discussion\" rel=\"nofollow\">Released 1.7b2 yesterday<\/a> &#8211; Please help test it!\n<li> On track to release 15 May 2012\n<\/ul>\n<p>Development (1.8 -&gt; Firefox 13, 14)\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> On track to merge to Stabilization 15 May 2012\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Identity<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Apps<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Firefox Desktop 14 (Nightly) &#8211; landed\n<ul>\n<li> Native Install\n<li> Chromeless launch of apps\n<\/ul>\n<li> Firefox Desktop 15\n<ul>\n<li> In progress of working through Kilimanjaro requirements\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Firefox Mobile 15  &#8211; in progress\n<ul>\n<li> In progress of working through Kilimanjaro requirements\n<li> Proposed Android solution is to bundle the marketplace with Firefox. &#8211; Final review iterations. See <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=738545\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug 738545<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Apps in the Cloud\n<ul>\n<li> AITC client continues\n<li> AITC Server &#8211; See status above in Services\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Feedback Summary  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Desktop <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> May have broken multiple desktops\n<li> Feedback is low all around since yesterday\n<li> Major thing is norton (I think this is ok now)\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other things worth tracking:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Crashiness may be up? &#8212; a couple people getting system crashes\/blue screens: <a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.org\/en-US\/opinion\/2876682\" rel=\"nofollow\">[1]<\/a><a class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"http:\/\/input.mozilla.org\/en-US\/opinion\/2875246\" rel=\"nofollow\">[2]<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile <\/span><\/h3>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> UX &amp; User Research <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> UX Design <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> gave an overview of all the Firefox UX Design projects at the workweek yesterday; will post a link here &#8211; sorry it&#8217;s not here yet!\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> <b>Market Insights<\/b>  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Desktop \/ Platform <\/span><\/h3>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Adobe <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Adobe launched <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/html.adobe.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/html.adobe.com\/<\/a>, a single portal that aggregates all the company&#8217;s efforts to support HTML5\n<li> The Wall Street Journal <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?gl=ca&amp;pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ned=ca&amp;hl=en&amp;tbm=nws&amp;as_epq=Adobe%20Pivots%20to%20New%20Target&amp;as_occt=any&amp;as_drrb=b&amp;as_mindate=4%2F23%2F12&amp;as_maxdate=4%2F25%2F12&amp;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A4%2F23%2F12%2Ccd_max%3A4%2F25%2F12&amp;as_nsrc=Wall%20Street%20Journal&amp;authuser=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">published<\/a> an interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen that talks about how the company is &#8220;pivoting&#8221; to a subscription business model that targets marketers\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Apple <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Apple <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/12\/04\/18\/apple_seeds_safari_52_update_3_to_devs.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">released<\/a> Safari 5.2 Update 3 to developers. This release features SVG filters, HTML Assets, CSS Filters, the Web Audio API and an improved Web Inspector.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Google <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Google finally released <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/drive.google.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google Drive<\/a>, a cloud file storage system. It now serves as the storage interface for the Google App Suite. A REST-based API now allows web application developers to integrate their products with it, and there is now a special section in the Chrome Web Store for it\n<li> Chrome&#8217;s &#8220;Cloud Print&#8221; functionality now allows you to <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/chrome.blogspot.ca\/2012\/04\/delivering-cloud-printing-to-more.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">print at any FedEx Office location in the U.S.<\/a>, and also allows you to PDF &#8220;print&#8221; documents directly to a Chrome for Android browser.\n<li> &lt;datalist&gt; support just <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/updates.html5rocks.com\/2012\/04\/datalist-landed-in-Chrome-Canary\" rel=\"nofollow\">landed<\/a> on Chrome Canary\n<li> Google also dramatically <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.ca\/2012\/04\/spurring-more-vulnerability-research.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">raised the bounties<\/a> it pays for independent researchers for reporting security bugs, raising the maximum amount to $20,000 from $3,133.70\n<li> The long-anticipated trial for <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/2702-1001_3-1507.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oracle&#8217;s lawsuit against Google<\/a> got underway in San Francisco. At the core of the dispute is the question as to whether APIs, apart from source code, are copyrightable.\n<li> CSS Scoped Styles also <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/2012\/04\/html5-offers-scoped-css-for-precision-styling\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">landed<\/a> in Chrome Canary\n<li> Google&#8217;s Ben Goodger <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/a\/chromium.org\/group\/chromium-dev\/msg\/e74be92e0eb5627a?pli=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted<\/a> a clear description of the difference between Aura, a hardware-accelerated UI framework, and Ash, the new ChromeOS window manager. From the description it&#8217;s clear that some elements of Aura are planned for deployment to other platforms.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Microsoft <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Microsoft <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/BuildWindows8\/status\/194627936115101696\" rel=\"nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> that the Windows 8 Release Preview will be coming out in the first week of June\n<li> Facebook signed an agreement with Microsoft to <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9226471\/Facebook_to_pay_Microsoft_550M_for_AOL_patents\" rel=\"nofollow\">purchase and cross-license<\/a> 550 former AOL patents and patent applications. Analysts mused that Facebook purchased the assets in order to better justify and defend moves into different markets after its upcoming initial public offering.\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Opera <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Opera, on a quest to deploy the &#8220;first true hardware accelerated browser&#8221;, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2012\/04\/20\/update-on-hardware-acceleration-in-opera-12\" rel=\"nofollow\">described how<\/a> current Opera 12 snapshots are showing improved DirectX hardware acceleration, rather than OpenGL, and will be making it opt-in.\n<li> Also in Opera 12, two Add-on platforms will be <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2012\/04\/24\/increased-focus-on-opera-extensions-and-ending-support-for-unite-widgets-voice\" rel=\"nofollow\">removed<\/a>: Opera Unite and Opera Widgets, as well as support for speech recognition, text-to-speech and VoiceXML.\n<li> Opera also <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/opera-11-63-released-for-the-mac-app-store\" rel=\"nofollow\">released a special version<\/a> of 11.63 for the Mac App store.\n<li> There is also a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/12-beta-rc\" rel=\"nofollow\">release candidate<\/a> for Opera 12\n<\/ul>\n<h4> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Other <\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> Majd Taby has posted a <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/jtaby.com\/2012\/04\/23\/modern-web-development-part-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">detailed overview<\/a> of all the features in the WebKit Inspector and how they can be best used in mobile application development.\n<li> Long Tail Video <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longtailvideo.com\/html5\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted a summary<\/a> of HTML5 video support across all the major browsers. Support for key features like tag attributes is nearing ubiquity but support for fullscreen and adaptive streaming is lagging\n<\/ul>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Mobile <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Summary below, full update <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/irinasandu.com\/2012\/04\/25\/android-and-mobile-browsing-insights-week-17\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> and in your inbox (when Zimbra is back online)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Chrome for Android to come out of beta\n<li> Opera to implement WebKit prefixes\n<li> Google \/ Oracle trial on IP in the Android code on-going\n<li> Google started selling hardware in the Play store\n<li> Browser for the S40 series to feature proxy-browsing\n<li> Apple released Q1 sales results\n<li> 760 million forecasted tablet install base for 2016\n<li> Facebook Android app to feature app discovery channels\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing, Press &amp; Public Reaction  <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Marketing<br \/> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Completed release this week, working on final details for Beta and Aurora.\n<ul>\n<li> Seeing some of our 3.6 EOL work get traction, especially the warnings on the 3.6 about:home page.\n<\/ul>\n<li> Putting together PMM &#8216;blockers&#8217; for Kilimanjaro to add to the pile.\n<li> Starting work on materials for next release cycle.\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h3> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Press<br \/> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/business\/news\/2012\/04\/firefox-12-released-with-uac-less-update-system-on-windows.ars?clicked=related_right\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 12 released with UAC-less update system on Windows<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/web\/firefox-12-is-here-silences-annoying-windows-uac-warnings\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 12 is here, silences annoying Windows UAC warnings<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/8301-2007_4-57419590-12\/firefox-12-ushers-in-automatic-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 12 ushers in automatic updates<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.h-online.com\/security\/news\/item\/Firefox-3-6-x-reaches-end-of-life-1558484.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox 3.6.x reaches end of life<\/a>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/firefox-nightly-making-small-changes-to-site-identity-2012-04\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefox Nightly Making Small Changes To Site-Identity <\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Questions, Comments, FYI <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> myk: How does one proactively propose disabling a feature that merged to Aurora due to quality\/completeness issues?\n<ul>\n<li> current process for disabling\/backing out features is mostly reactive\n<li> drivers monitor incoming feedback and bug reports and make decisions in response to them\n<li> here&#8217;s a proactive process:\n<ul>\n<li> file a bug requesting feature disablement\/backout\n<li> explain the reasons for the request in the bug description\n<li> attach a patch that disables\/backs out the feature\n<li> nominate the patch for Aurora via the approval-mozilla-aurora flag\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> <span class=\"mw-headline\"> Actions this week <\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"printfooter\">\nRetrieved from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25\">https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"catlinks catlinks-allhidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox\/Planning\/2012-04-25 &lt; 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