Firefox/Aurora/2011-08-02

Stability Update

• Looks good so far
• Look to be elevated "oopsies" / plugin crashes on 6/7/8 (look to be one signature from Flash, bug 618683--landed)
• Startup crash due to malware: bug 670542
• Mobile doesn't really have an aurora audience, can't make assessment

Mobile

• We don't intend to put mobile Aurora in the Android market (yet), but it was added to the website

Add-on Compatibility

• AMO automated compat happened late last week

l10n Font issues

• Appear to be multiple font issues that affect Firefox 6 and 7
  • bug 674335, Arabic: 100% reproducible on sites like BBC
  • bug 672955, Thai (OSX only)

Billboard offer to grow the aurora audience

• Decided we'll do a full update
  • bug 672162 migrating mozilla-2.0 nightly users --> m-c
  • bug 666046 migrating 4.0*pre beta users to aurora channel
  • note: users still on these old releases have been typically slow to accept any updates; please set expectations accordingly.

Action Items

• Christian will coordinate with RelEng for the Phase #1 update offer
• Christian to fill out current behavior for user survey