Mobile/StatusMeetings/06-23-2011

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Dial-in

  • 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
  • 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
  • IRC channel #mobile
  • Vidyo: Room Warp Core


Agenda

  • AIs from last meeting
    • get our nightlhy builds published on nightly.mozilla.org : Bug 540311 and Bug 627075 (Caitlin)
    • Share Market Stats (Stuart keeps updating)
    • Check Feature Spreadsheet vs. Wiki - see below 'Mobile Feature Documentation' (Stuart, Thomas) - see below
    • All: ==> Take the Mobile Rapid Release Survey
    • Publish Fx5 in the Ovi Store (Thomas)
    • Share results of Rapid Release Survey (Thomas - next Thu meeting)
  • New ACTION ITEMS
    • Make difference between final and Beta clear for users

Firefox 5 (launched June 21): User Feedback Update

Firefox 6 goes to BETA on July 5

Firefox 7 goes from NIGHTLY into AURORA on July 5

Rapid Release Cycle Survey (take it here) - spend two minutes to tell us what worked well, what needs improvement for future releases

  • What is our single source of truth?

Localization

Release Engineering

Priorities page

QA

Marketing & PR

  • Firefox (6) for Android Beta blog post - bring drafted
  • Firefox Gone Mobile, June 25,  SF
  • Firfox Gone Mobile, June 27-29, London
  • Media Buy starting July 11
  • Last day: July 1 - Mayumi + Jaclyn taking on mobile

Feedback Summary

Feature Feedback

Feature Name Release Channel Feedback
Do Not Track Beta
Better First Run Discoverability Aurora
  • None
IndexedDB Local Storage Aurora
  • None
Better Form Assistant Integration with Android Aurora
  • None
Visual Refresh for Gingerbread Aurora



General Insights

Clustered Praise Found Release Channel Feedback Channel
  • Speed Improved!
  • Input: 7
Beta Android Marketplace


Clustered Issues Found Release Channel Bug Id
  • Acer500 crashiness
  • Input: 1
Aurora
  • No Flash
  • Input: 47
  • SUMO: New 81 Dn
All {{bug|630007}}
  • Clear History
  • Input: 6
Beta {{bug|656901}}
  • Exit button
  • Input: 2
  • SUMO: New 10 -
Beta {{bug|607051}}
  • No Private Browsing
  • Input: 3
Beta {{bug|582244}}
  • Need link to apk
  • SUMO: New 12 -
Beta

Support

UX and User Research

Design

  • see dev meeting notes for detailed breakdown
  • new interesting work on some Firefox android widget concepts (partly with apps team)
  • mbrubeck drafting readability spec so we can talk to platform
  • madhava gave talk on mobile design to Moz-related group in the Philippines this morning

Research

Firefox Home Talking to a few iphone users to understand why they browse and when they browse and what they want to do better to see if it aligns with our future plan for Fx Home.


Sidebar Study Blog Post Will be posted next week as part of the User research blog launch!

Insights

Summary below, full update here


In competitor news, Dolphin released the beta of Dolphin HD 6.0 and Microsoft launched a mobile demos website.

The next Nexus device, featuring Ice Cream Sandwhich, expected this fall with an up to 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU and 1 GB RAM.

Nokia has announced the Nokia N9, its MeeGo device, days before a video of Stephen Elop presenting its Q4 upcoming WP7 device was leaked.

SE Asia continues to grow in the mobile area and it is expected to maintain long-term high growth patterns

RIM is facing loses in marketshare and sales, while HP is releasing the Touch Pad tablet, welcomed with reserved reviews

Other


  • How do we reduce the number of meetings?
    • How many people find these updates useful ? Is the wiki enough, or does it help to have a voice?