Firefox/Planning/2013-07-10
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Planning Meeting Details
- Wednesdays - 11:00am PT, 18:00 UTC
- Mountain View Offices: Warp Core Conference Room
- Toronto Offices: Finch Conference Room
- irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
- (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)
Video/Teleconference Details - NEW
- 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 99696 (US/INTL)
- 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 99696 (US)
- Vidyo Room: ProductCoordination
- Vidyo Guest URL
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Actions from Last Week
Schedule & Progress on Upcoming Releases
Firefox Desktop
Current Releases
Beta (128)
Aurora (54)
Nightly (129)
Firefox Metro
- Iteration #10 finishes this Friday on July 12.
- Good possibility of development completion date not shifting from December 6 this iteration.
- QA has 8 stories left to review for Iteration #9 regression testing.
- Draft Metro Q3 goals will be reviewed with Product today.
39 Total; 0 Open (0%); 18 Resolved (46.15%); 21 Verified (53.85%);
Firefox Mobile
Current Releases
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Roadmap
Beta (128)
- Beta Reviews are looking good, a couple of positives around x86 support
- Dynamic URL Bar is good to go from security and privacy standpoint but we do need to converge on some final blockers which include: bug 853986, bug 890006, bug 877602, bug 886576
- FHR: We are good to go from a privacy standpoint upon the fixing of about:healthreport's bug 890104 which Laura has jumped on, thanks. We are also needing bug 888440 to be fixed prior to 08/06 GA
Aurora (54)
- Uplifting (yay) bug 872806 - Distribution support for add-ons
- Getting sec reviews lined up for: NFC Bump for tab sharing, Geolocation services, WebRTC
- en-GB, sv-SE and ca-ES are on track
Nightly (129)
Developer Tools
Feedback Summary
Desktop
Mobile
UX & User Research
Market Insights from the Product Marketing Strategy Team
Mobile
- Google is preparing for the launch of the first Motorola device designed by the company. The OEM logo has been revised and added the tagline "a Google company". A teaser ad for the phone has been put out that reveals that the user value proposition revolves around having been produced in the US and allowing greater customization on the part of the user. Tagline: "Designed by you. Assembled in the USA."
- Google continues its strategy to deconstruct the operating system by allowing more of its parts to be changed and downloaded individually from the Google Play Store.
- Android version distribution numbers for July show Jelly Bean with 37.9% has passed Gingerbread (34.1%) as the most used platform. They are followed by Ice Cream Sandwich with 23.3. All of the other Android version have less than 4%. Important because it shows a slow down of Android fragmentation, also facilitated by the lack of a Key Limi Pie launch at Google I/O this spring.
- The French competition authorities confirmed that they are reviewing the app stores of Apple, Google and Amazon for possible antitrust violations. The agency is worried about the user's (in)ability to switch once they purchase apps / content from the platform native app stores. A French newspaper also reported concerns around pricing rules that make economic feasibility difficult for developers.
- India has moved up to become the world's 3rd largest smartphone market, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. It is only preceded by China and the US. India is growing four times faster than the global average, with 165% year-over-year growth, compared with the global average of 38%. An important factor for the growth is improved distribution. Besides Apple and Samsung, there are a set of local brands that act in the country, such as Micromax, Karbonn and Spice, all Android OEMs.
Marketing, Press & Public Reaction
PR:
- Tom's Hardware: Chrome 27, Firefox 22, IE10, And Opera Next, Benchmarked
- International Business Times: Firefox Vs. Chrome: Mozilla Takes Top Honors In Latest Web Browser Grand Prix
- A look at Firefox’s new Network Monitor
- Mozilla plans design overhaul for Firefox by October
- Congratulations Firefox Users, You're Paying Less for Car Insurance
- The 2013 Award for the Best Browser Goes to…
- Advertisers can pay AdBlock Plus to look the other way
Product Marketing:
- Windows 8 test program launching today -- goal is to acquire 2,500 Windows 8 users on our Nightly build
- Reenabling JavaScript by Default: Working on communication plan to let users who have disabled this know what we're doing. (Bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=873709)
- Consumer Value Proposition Discovery: Research vendor has been selected
- Search Engine Optimization: Vendor selected, kickoff once paperwork is in order (new vendor, sigh)
- Australis: Currently creating Beta campaign strategy for Engagement team
- Indonesia Community Campaign: Viking finalizing campaign plan and goals - Johnath let's chat about this ; )
- Emerging Markets Paid Search Test: Launching a test to find this ad channels CADI (our new nifty acronym for "cost per ADI") in Brazil and Indo