Tag Archives: firefox

Telemetry – Reboot, Firefox OS, Probe Expiration

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Lawrence Mandel

Telemetry has seen a resurgence of development of late due in large part to the reboot of the server side component. A group of us gathered in Portland last week to hack on Telemetry concepts (and code). I would like … Continue reading →

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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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User Agent Discussions

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

There are several discussions currently taking place about various facets of the user agent (UA) in Firefox, Firefox for Android, and B2G. In case you missed them, here are links to the current discussions: Adding hardware tokens to the UA … Continue reading →

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MozCamp EU 2012: Firefox Desktop and Mobile

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

MozCamp EU 2012 is almost upon us. As your Firefox Desktop and Mobile track chairs, Paul Rouget and I have been working hard to put together a great program for you. I want to thank everyone who submitted a proposal. … Continue reading →

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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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Mobile Web Compatibility Aug. 24, 2012 – H.264, site fixes, Spade

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Lawrence Mandel

Due to various reasons (vacation, infant needing a visit to the hospital), I skipped posting last week’s mobile Web compatibility summary. Here, then, is what’s new in mobile Web compatibility the past two weeks. H.264/AAC/MP3 decoding support H.264/AAC/MP3 audio and … Continue reading →

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