Firefox Mobile Web Compatibility Update (08/2013)

Firefox Mobile Web Compatibility Update

Lawrence Mandel, Mozilla, Aug 19, 2013

We the Web

Image credit: Feronia Project

But the mobile Web is broken

This results in a poor user experience in Firefox products

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Desktop vs mobile content

IMDB

Basic HTML vs HTML5

Google

4 issues

User Agent (UA) detection
Vendor (Webkit) specific CSS
Functional DOM/JS issues
Gecko limitations

Learn more about the issues from my Oct 2012 video update (4:00)

Problem scope

Alexa global 1000 sites that have a mobile version (May 2013)

Our strategy

MoCo core team and Mozilla local communities

Materials and tools

Introductory guide
Standard letters - available in 14 languages
Bugzilla form for simplified problem submission
Community specific langing pages
- Spain
- Poland
- Venezuela and Colombia coming soon

Recent success (since July 1)

Removed 34 UA overrides (145 remain on the list)
Resolved 15 additional evangelism bugs

Notable recent fixes include:

Call to action

We need the help of the global Mozilla community

Start with the guide
Test and report issues
Contact your country specific sites
Talk to us via compatibility@lists.mozilla.org

Need more help getting started? Talk to us on the compatibility@ list or contact Karl Dubost or Lawrence Mandel directly