Mobile/StatusMeetings/04-28-2011

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Agenda

• AIs from last meeting
  
  • Seth/Stuart/Mark/Thomas: define roadmap and actions for delivering language packs in Q2
  • Stuart/John/Thomas: find out how more than one person can push to Android Market - see https://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139626 - meeting on 3/31
    
  • Inform localizers about features and keyboard shortcuts for Desktop build (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+Q to switch orientation, Ctrl+Shift+M to show context menu, etc.) - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Cheat_Codes
  • Aakash: Talk to Web Dev to include fennec on Nightly Page: Bug 540311 and Bug 627075
• New ACTION ITEMS
  
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• Firefox 4 (launched March 29): User Feedback Update
  
  • as of 4/27/2011: 1789227 downloads, 924723 active (51.7%), ratings (5/4/3/2/1) 6138 / 3673 / 3626 / 2885 / 3814 = 3.27 stars average
    
• Firefox 4.0.1, Firefox 5, Firefox 6
  
  • Goals and schedules
  • Project Plan Update and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases
    
  • Updated: Android Device Compatibility Criteria Spreadsheet
• New Feature Documentation
  • Mobile Eng Team: Master Sheet  (<-- this is our single source of truth; request access if you can't view the doc)
  • Cross-project feature and release documentation (derived from our Master Sheet):
    
    • Flight Tracking: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Flight_Tracking#Mobile
      
    • Feature List: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Mobile
      
    • Feature Pages: linked from Feature List
      
    • New Feature Pages for all ideas features that are related to projects outside of mobile: go here
      
  • Roadmaps: Firefox for mobile | Firefox Home

2.0

2.0 planning page

• Proposed schedule

Localization

Filed Bug 634679 to address some potential issues with nightly testing and using lang packs.

Dashboard updates: https://l10n-stage-sj.mozilla.org/dashboard/?tree=fennec_mc

Seth continues to post these notes and the schedule to the l10n community.

Release Engineering

• Fennec4.0.1 handed to QA
• work continues on tegras stability
• finishing up "faster cadence" branch setup

QA

• Signed off on 4.0.1
• All Testcases added to Litmus for Firefox for Mobile 5 thanks to nhirata and AaronMT
• Test Plan for 6 in the works
• Waverley Test Results
• Top crashes last week

Marketing & PR

• In NYC April 28-May 1 (Firefox Gone Mobile Ice Cream Truck)
  
• Mobile Engagement + mobile initiative: https://intranet.mozilla.org/Mobile/EngagementSupport
  
• Mobile Beta channel inclusion on Mozilla.com, Mozilla comms channels (Nightly/Beta goal for Q3: 5k, 30k repsectively (25k/150k EOY))
• Phony/Quit Firefox for mobile featured in newsletter, RYF (48% compatibility)
• Mobile acquisition campaig(s) for Q2/Q3 brainstorming underway

Feedback Summary

• No Input coming in for Nightlies and Aurora builds.

Issue	SUMO	Input	Buglink
No Flash support	New 25 17 60 Dn	16
No copy/paste support	New 2 -	5	585875}}, {{bug|611741}}
How to disable popup blocker	New 10 -
Reformating text on zoom		4
Firefox for iPad/iPhone?	New 57 22 -
Firefox for Symbian?	New 35 Dn
Firefox for Blackberry?	New 15 Dn
Problems with Marketplace	New 55 -
Sync Issues	New

Support

• Mobile SUMO metrics
  • Generic Android device is now the top device (up 400% from 3 weeks ago)

Insights

Summary below, full update here

Skyfire 4.0 was released bringing freemium model for video playing, Twitter, Groupon and Google Reader integration

Opera Mini announced 100 million users, probably after big boost from partnerships as the default browser

Privacy in the mobile space becoming a mainstream topic as Apple and Google respond to government inquiries

iPad 2 to begin sales in the Asia-Pacific region with key mobile markets (Japan, China, S. Korea)

More details on the Microsoft/Nokia partnership; first batch of phones in Q4 2011

More people are allowed to choose their business phone model vs. IT departments, bringing more traction to targeting consumers

• New devices: