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Goals

Develop initial multi-screen capabilities within Firefox, where video content from one device (ie: phone or tablet) can be "projected" in a lightweight (possibly chromeless) browser window (or app?) on a second device.

Status

CES 2014

Panasonic & Mozilla's intention to work together

CES 2015

Product based on FxOS 
- intended experience (seamless experience sharing content from phone to TV... 'what could be possible'; ecosystem intention)

CES 2016

Partner with Panasonic
- Seamless experience
- Marketplace/Content

MVP feature set

Roku player app

Firefox on Roku - final app name TBD

• The ability to download app from Roku "Channel Store"
• Initial interface on TV
  • Introduction page allowing users to discover and learn how to use the feature
  • Recent history list
    • Need to figure how which pre-defined Roku screen type to use
    • Also which title to use (video title, page title, URL?)
  • Loading screen with title: "streaming XXX" on TV
  • Indication of pausing on TV app (overlay a pause indicator on the TV so there is some visual indication that the screen is paused, not just frozen) - pause can be initiated from either mobile device or the Roku remote control
  • Go back to Firefox on Roku after finished streaming
    • ie: to the "recent history" list so the user has something to actually to back to (or another screen)
  • Show general error messages
    • Failed to download
    • Failed to play

Android UI

• Fix current bugs
  • bug 921924, bug 921948
• Visual polishing
  • visual, micro-copy, icon, size, etc.
• Be able to initiate screencasting from mobile (currently: long-press on video element & item in context menu)
• Be able to pause / play from mobile

Technical specifications

• Client app support (first-screen app: Firefox)
  • Discover player-ready devices on local network
  • Start a new session using video in web content
  • Discover an in-progress player session (?)
  • Present UI to control player session (play/pause/volume)
• Player app support (second-screen app)
  • Launch video from a specified starting position (timeline)
  • Play video
  • Pause video
  • Change volume (Roku does not support this, but other systems do)
  • Close player
• Targets
  • Roku channel

UX design

Justification

• Proof of concept to demonstrate that we have the technologies in place to make this possible.

Quality criteria

• No user-perceptible performance degradation
• All goals are met
• All user stories are implemented & tested
• All relevant telemetry probes are implemented