Blair’s Brain And Other Unfocused Things

Status update

Eep, I forgot about this on Friday. Better late than never!

Plugin Update Awareness

Status

• Implemented in-page notification
• Implemented startup check and opening on webpage
• Wrote unit tests
• Submitted patch for review

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• Fix stuff that comes out of review, if any

Target for next week

• Close project

Taskfox

Status

• Passed the reins to Labs for more Labsy iteration

Reflections

• Spaghetti tastes good, but spaghetti code doesn't

Status update

Plugin Update Awareness

Status

• Filed bug 514327
• Strings landed for toolkit string-freeze today
• Backend done
• Integrated with extension manager
• Integrated with update checker (Help -> Check for updates)
• Started integration with in-page notification

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• Update the wiki page
• Finish in-page notification
• Implement startup check and opening of webpage
• Tests
• Catch up with how webdev is progressing

Target for next week

• Finish everything and get review

Taskfox

No change.

Reflections

• Not all assumptions are temporally stable
• Working at the beach makes for a very relaxing hacking session

Status update

I'm taking some time off next week to recover from jetlag and such, so I'm not expecting a lot to be accomplished next week. Other than sleep, that is.

Plugin Update Awareness

Status

• Met with people in MV
• Implementation started

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• Ensure everything in the plugin host, extension manager, and blocklist manager is updated as needed
• Work on adding UI notifications

Target for next week

• Finish backend work

Taskfox

Status

• Met with people in MV
• Working on getting more people involved with the code

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• Bug fixes

Jetpack

Status

• Jonathan met with Aza about Jetpack (I was absent due to illness)
• Determined that its best to revisit in a month

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• None - to be revisited in a month

Reflections

• There are some types of work that get done best when working face-to-face (eg, at work weeks!)
• Flat earth and personal teleporters would make it SO much easier to be productive when traveling

Status update

Plugin Update Awareness

Status

• Spec'ed changes to blocklist.xml
• Spec'ed changes to blocklist code
• Spec'ed UI interactions

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• Get UX input
• Implementation

Target for next week

• Get UX input
• Start implementing

Taskfox

Status

• Finished string localization
• Misc bug fixes
• Building the UI for the Translate verb

Loose ends

• None

Next steps

• Theme work
• Continue bringing UI into line with Limi's designs

Target for next week

• Nothing specific - busy with Firefox team work week

Jetpack Uplift Exploration

Status

• Meeting postponed due to scheduling issues
• No progress

Loose ends

• Meeting needs rescheduled

Next steps

• Reschedule meeting

Target for next week

• Face-to-face discussions with Jetpack team in MV

Content Scripts

Status

• Declared technically feasible
• Merged back into Jetpack sprint for further evaluation

Reflections

• Unit tests that uncover unrelated bugs can be confusing, but ultimately are a huge win
• Short bursts of playing WoW are actually good for my RSI

Status update

Here's another weekly status update. This week seemed to go by really quickly, and I didn't get as much done as I was originally aiming for. Still, progress is progress.

In addition to a regular status update, I'm going to try to list some general thoughts and reflections from the week. See the end of the post, under "Reflections" (cleverly named, eh?).

Taskfox

Status

• Miscellaneous bug fixes
• Moving hard-coded strings into localization files

Loose ends

• Reviewer needed

Next steps

• Finish localization work
• Ensure all theme work is in relevant CSS files
• More unit tests

Next week's targets

• Finish localization work
• Finish CSS theme work

Content Scripts

Status

• Content sniffer is now a binary component - much faster
• Internal protocol handler component is almost done

Loose ends

• New extension manager

Next steps

• Schedule meetings
• Finish protocol handler
• Implement persistence of installed scripts
• Spec requirements for what API to provide to scripts
• Potentially implement GreaseMonkey compatibility APIs

Next week's targets

• Finish protocol handler
• Finish saving of installed scripts
• Have meeting setup with Labs

Jetpack uplift exploration

Status

• No progress

Next week's targets

• Have meeting setup with Labs

Reflections

• Sometimes the proper solution isn't the best solution
• Mossop's XPCOM Ref is fantastically awesome

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