Tag Archives: web-compat

Introducing webcompat.com

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Lawrence Mandel

Web compatibility, that a site serve consistent and functional content to all Web clients, is an issue that affects the Web and with it the many companies that make products of and for the Web. The Web was founded and … Continue reading →

Posted in mozilla | Tagged mobile, mozilla, web-compat | 1 Comment

Building for Mobile Web Compatibility

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Lawrence Mandel

Last Wednesday’s Open Web Open Mic event at the Mozilla Toronto office was really great. 50-60 people from the Mozilla Toronto community gathered to discuss their projects via a science fair and a series of lightening talks. I had a … Continue reading →

Posted in mozilla | Tagged mobile, mozilla, mozilla community, presentation, toronto, web-compat | 2 Comments

Help wanted: Firefox OS UA detection

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Lawrence Mandel

Firefox for Android and Firefox OS, while based on the same Gecko platform, have one key difference with respect to compatibility: their user agent (UA) string. The difference between the UA strings for these two products is the inclusion of … Continue reading →

Posted in mozilla | Tagged firefox os, mobile, mozilla, user agent, web-compat | 22 Comments

Mobile Web Compatibility Nov 9, 2012 – Video update, UA detection tools, Phony for B2G?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

Video update I gave a short update about mobile Web compatibility during the Oct. 22, 2012, Mozilla project meeting. This update should bring you up-to-speed on the problem and the various initiatives that we have underway to tackle it. The … Continue reading →

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Call for Help: Broken Site Deep Dive Investigation

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

Not too long ago we kicked off an analysis to answer the question, Does aliasing a subset of Webkit CSS properties in Gecko improve mobile Web compatibility? The preliminary results of our small study showed little improvement. The next step … Continue reading →

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Come Test the Mobile Web! Tues Oct 23, 2012 – 12pm PT

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

To support our mobile Web compatibility evangelism efforts, we need to understand the top site issues. Come out tomorrow at 12pm PT to test the mobile Web and report issues. No experience necessary. We’ll help you get your test environment … Continue reading →

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Mobile Web Compatibility Oct 19, 2012 – H.264, navigator.platform, Spade, Phony

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

Here’s what’s new in mobile Web compatibility this week. H.264 video playback Maire Reavy (media product manager) provided a list of video sites to test for video playback compatibility. Aaron Train has bucketed them as follows: H.264 video that’s working … Continue reading →

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Mobile Web Compatibility Oct 12, 2012 – Issue Tracking, Brightcove H.264, Firefox OS UA Whitelist

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

Site testing and outreach Firefox mobile evangelism issues are currently tracked in the Firefox for Android -> Evangelism component in Bugzilla. However, there is another notable mobile Firefox platform: Firefox OS. In addition, there exists a Tech Evangelism product in … Continue reading →

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Mobile Web Compatibility Oct 5, 2012 – MozCamp, User Agents, Microsoft.com, Google Images and Maps

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

For various reasons I did not blog about mobile Web compatibility updates in September. Here then, are some highlights of what’s new in mobile Web compatibility this past month. MozCamp Europe 2012, Warsaw Jason Smith and I presented Opening Up … Continue reading →

Posted in mozilla | Tagged css, firefox os, microsoft.com, mobile, mozilla, spade, user agent, web-compat | 3 Comments

Mobile Web Compatibility Aug 31, 2012 – Firefox OS UA, testing article, smoke tests

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

Here’s what’s new in mobile Web compatibility this week. Firefox OS UA reverted The Firefox OS user-agent (UA) has been reverted to include the “Android” token. It is not yet clear whether this is a temporary or permanent change. The … Continue reading →

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