Firefox3/Documentation Plan
This page provides information on the plans for documenting Firefox 3, including listing topics that need to be covered, specific articles that need to be written, and the names of people that have expressed an interest in covering them. All topics are expected to include examples; note their status as well.
In addition, rough (very rough) estimates of how long various tasks should take are included.
See Firefox 3 for developers and Gecko 1.9 Changes affecting websites for additional details, including links to bugs and specifications.
If you're working on one of these documents, please indicate in the "ETA" column the amount of time (in hours) you expect the work to take to complete.
Note that the estimated work hours is just that: an estimate.
We will soon be creating landing pages for web and extension developers to learn how to update their content for Firefox 3. These will be targeted to ramp up well in advance of the expected beta release of Firefox 3 in July October (?).
Some items to document that may not be on this page are tracked in bugzilla:
- dev-doc-needed bugs (these need to be documented; 33 bugs as of 2007-10-16)
- dev-doc-complete bugs (documentation for these has been created; 60 bugs as of 2007-10-16)
| Category | Topic | Lead Writer | Status | Notes | ETA |
| Content Handling | Web-based content handlers | sheppy | done | Notes | 6 |
| Web Apps 1.0 | <a ping>
|
sheppy | done | bug 319368, specification | 2 |
| Web Apps 1.0 | WHATWG online/offline devents | jresig | done | ||
| Offline resources | Offline resources | done | bug 367447, bug 372969, bug 372970, bug 373231, and specification | ? | |
| Web Apps 1.0 | API for alternative style sheets | sheppy | done | bug 200930, specification | 100 |
| Web Apps 1.0 | getElementsByClassName()
|
jresig | done | ||
| Web Apps 1.0 | Canvas transform() and setTransform()
|
mfinkle | done enough | bug 357450, specification | 4 |
| Web Apps 1.0 | contentEditable support
|
mfinkle | done | specification | 4 |
| CSS | display property's inline-block and inline-table values are now implemented
|
sheppy | done | 0 | |
| CSS | font-size-adjust works on all platforms
|
sheppy | done | 0 | |
| CSS | rgba() and hsla() color value support
|
sheppy | done | See bug 147017. | 8 |
| CSS | :default pseudo-class support
|
sheppy | done; someone confirm the sample is valid though please | Need to read bug bug 302186. | 2 |
| CSS | -moz-intrinsic, -moz-min-intrinsic, -moz-shrink-wrap, and -moz-fill values have been added to width, min-width, and max-width (bug 311415). | sheppy | done | bug 311415 | 4 |
| DOM | clientTop and clientLeft extensions support
|
done | 0 | ||
| DOM | getClientRects and getBoundingClientRect extensions support
|
sheppy | done | 2 | |
| FUEL | The FUEL library has reference docs but needs how-to guides | mfinkle | ? | ||
| JavaScript | JavaScript 1.8 | jresig | The stuff that's already implemented is documented. | bug 380236 | ? |
| XSLT/XPath | Support for EXSLT. | sheppy | done | bug 193678, specification | 8 |
| SVG | foreignObject
|
mfinkle | done | bug 326966, specification, see also | 4 |
| SVG | pattern element
|
sheppy | done | specification | 1 |
| SVG | mask element
|
sheppy | done | specification | 1 |
| SVG | SVG filters: filter, feBlend, feComponentTransfer, feFuncR, feFuncG, feFuncB, feFuncA, feComposite, feFlood, feGaussianBlur, feMerge, feMergeNode, feMorphology, feOffset, feTurbulence | sheppy | done | specification | 24 |
| SVG | <a> element became nsSVGAElement instead of XML binding
|
sheppy | done | This just needed to be mentioned as a bug fix in the Fx3 for developers page. | |
| SVG | Various DOM functions for text have been implemented | sheppy | done | We don't actually have on-MDC docs for SVG specifics, but the Fx3 for developers page now lists the newly-implemented methods. | |
| XUL | <scale>
|
mfinkle | done | 1 | |
| XUL | number boxes
|
mfinkle | done | 1 | |
| XUL | <dropmarker> element
|
mfinkle | done | bug 348614 | 4 |
| XUL | <spinbuttons> element
|
mfinkle | done | bug 155053 | 4 |
| XUL | <datepicker> element
|
mfinkle | done | specification | 4 |
| XUL | <timepicker> element
|
mfinkle | done | specification | 4 |
| XUL | Tree improvements | sheppy | done | bug 212789, bug 296040 (done), bug 201499 (done), XUL:Tree | 8 |
| XUL | Menu improvements | various | done | bug 333023, bug 372552, bug 70798 (done) | 8 |
| XUL | Textbox improvements | sheppy | done | bug 346787, bug 312867, bug 253481 | 4 |
| XUL | Buttons may be made repeatable | mfinkle | done | bug 331055 | 2 |
| XUL | buttondisabledaccept may now be used on <dialog> elements to have the OK button initially disabled
|
sheppy | done | bug 247849 | 2 |
| XUL | Title bars now have an allowevents attribute
|
? | none needed; just a bug fix | bug 361425 | 1 |
| XUL | Splitters now have a "both" option for collapse | ? | done | bug 337955 | 1 |
| XUL | Rich list boxes now support multiple selection | sheppy | done | Set seltype to multiple to allow it
|
4 |
| Templates | Templates have been improved in several ways | mfinkle | ? | bug 285631, more info | |
| Idle service | The new nsIIdleService
|
sheppy | Needs to be twiddled into our preferred format for interface docs, but content is done | ? | |
| Assorted | Assorted bugs have been fixed; see Firefox 3 for developers for details | ? | done | ||
| Places | Needs documenting in full | various | done | Places, Schema | 160 |
| Login Manager | Rewritten; API changes; formerly Password Manager | sheppy | done | this blog post. | 8 |
| Cycle Collector | New and needs docs. | sheppy | done? | See mdc:Interfacing with the XPCOM cycle collector. bug 333078 | ? |
| Download Manager | Several changes to document. | sheppy | done | See bug 380250, bug 289540, blog post. | ? |
