Firefox.next

• Beta 4 release date is probably around April 20th or so. Code freeze is the 15th.
• Starting to put together messaging around final release - we have a large part to play.
  • Completing the Firefox 3.5 performance items and web developer items
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Evangelism/Firefox3.5
  • Sheppy to help with web dev features
  • Blizzard on performance
  • Asa to come up with overall number

Developer Items and Standards

• Current items: Developer Feedback
• Anything for the Roadmap: Developer Roadmap

• Vlad's stirring the pot:
  • http://blog.vlad1.com/2009/04/06/html5-web-storage-and-sql/
  • a few comments have been posted in response
  • follow up discussion in w3.org public-webapps mailing list
  • Should promote more discussion - can we direct people from other app authors to that discussion?
  • Should discuss outcome

• XHTML2 and HTML5 re-unification?
  • http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/04/08/HTML-Reunification
  • Mozilla generally agrees that XHTML2 should probably be ended
  • Some disagreement outside of Mozilla - IBM, Google, others
  • Will have to see it play out - we're adding our own experience and voice to that discussion

• How to make your own Gecko reflow video
  • http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/04/09/how-to-make-your-own-gecko-reflow-video/
  • Provided instructions on how to make a video from pngs. Also patches and code to make it work.
  • Would be good to get this integrated like MozAfterPaint and get it into the tree for a better debugger tool.

Documentation

• Sheppy's back!
• Continuing work on organization stuff.
  • New templates for tagging methods that are noscript, or for specific versions of Gecko or Firefox.
  • Continuing preparation for the Deki Lyons upgrade.
  • Working on scripts to help automatically migrate articles to new homes in the documentation hierarchy.

XUL + XULRunner

Communications and PR

• Asa to keynote Mozillagumi 10 year anniversary event (May 30, Tokyo)

Global Community Development

• Update on Malaysia (BarCamp KL and related meetings; blog post to come asap)
  • http://people.mozilla.org/~gen/presentations/barcampkl09/Mozilla-in-Malaysia.pdf

• Tomcat - Mozilla Meetups
  • Starting in Germany
  • People who are interested in Mozilla
  • Wants to generate more good community development
  • Hopes that other people will start these around the world
  • Wants to expand to open source as well - ex. city of Munich
  • Trying to get a website set up
  • right now it's a wiki page
  • Spreadfirefox project as well
  • Setting up twitter + facebook as well

• Paul
  • Mobile event at the end of Q2
  • Event in the Netherlands talking about HTML5 and others
  • Another workshop at the end of June in Italy

Roundtable

• table, it is round