Decision Made! Firefox OS User Agent String
Update: There was a typo with the Firefox OS UA in the original post. The last version number in the UA has been corrected to 14.0. A decision has been reached on the Firefox OS user agent (UA) string....
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Aug 3, 2012 – Bing, IMDB, JQuery Mobile, Firefox OS
Here’s what’s new in mobile Web compatibility this week. Site testing and outreach The Bing team over at Microsoft recently updated the search engine’s mobile site to recognize Firefox for Android. The...
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Aug 10, 2012 – Google, YouTube, User Agents
Here’s what’s new in mobile Web compatibility this week. Site testing and outreach Google updated a number of their mobile sites this week to recognize Firefox for Android. First off, thanks to Google...
View ArticleMy Submission for the Firefox OS Wallpaper Contest
The Firefox OS wallpaper contest recently closed. From the photoset on Flickr, I see that there were 2,557 submissions. Here’s my submission of Firefox Leaves. Tagged: contest, firefox os, wallpaper
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Aug 31, 2012 – Firefox OS UA, testing article, smoke...
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...
View ArticleUser Agent Discussions
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...
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Oct 5, 2012 – MozCamp, User Agents, Microsoft.com,...
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,...
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Oct 12, 2012 – Issue Tracking, Brightcove H.264,...
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...
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Oct 19, 2012 – H.264, navigator.platform, Spade, Phony
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...
View ArticleCome Test the Mobile Web! Tues Oct 23, 2012 – 12pm PT
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....
View ArticleMobile Web Compatibility Nov 9, 2012 – Video update, UA detection tools,...
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...
View ArticleHelp wanted: Firefox OS UA detection
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...
View ArticleTelemetry – Reboot, Firefox OS, Probe Expiration
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...
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