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Now Using JSON.parse in Session Restore

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:53:47 -0400

Now Using JSON.parse in Session Restore:

In case this blog gets added to Planet Firefox before I fix the other blog, I’m posting this link since it is relevant to your interests!

May 14 + May 21, 2010

Mon, 24 May 2010 13:39:00 -0400

I forgot to update last week so here’s a two-for-one deal.

Done:

Finished Private Browsing JEP (bug)
Made more progress on the Request JEP (bug)
Finished Copying location of a “switch to” action copies moz-action (bug)
Finished Session Restore using JSON.* - a couple things came up during review (bug)
Hunted down a XPConnect assertion in a sessionstore test - needs review (bug)
Final review of async master password dialogs for Dolske (bug)
Made TabCandy work on trunk (This brings the total to 3 add-ons I’ve fixed with the same method… I should blog about it if Dao hasn’t already)
Fixed a Jetpack XHR bug (bug)

Switch to tab should close “empty” tabs (bug)
Finish Session Restore using JSON.* review comments (bug)
Added additional methods to Jetpack test framework - still need a couple more changes (bug)
Finish Request JEP

Soon:

Figure the Planet Mozilla / Firefox situation for status reports

May 7, 2010

Fri, 07 May 2010 19:59:00 -0400

This week I’m introducing the “Soon” section, for things that I’m tracking but that I’m failing to actually complete in a given week.

Done:

Fixed some Jetpack documentation (bug)
Finished Private Browsing JEP - under review (bug)
Started Request JEP, made some progress (bug)
Finished Session Restore using JSON.* - a couple things came up during review (bug)

Address anything that comes up for Private Browsing JEP
Fix issues from Session Restore JSON review
Hopefully finish Request JEP

Soon:

Copying location of a “switch to” action copies moz-action (bug)
Switch to tab should close “empty” tabs (bug)
Figure the Planet Mozilla / Firefox situation for status reports

April 30, 2010

Mon, 03 May 2010 12:38:31 -0400

Done:

Rewrote Form Manager in JS with Dolske. No API changes, just converted some C++ to JS. (bug)
Another round of Private Browsing for Jetpack (bug)

Finish Private Browsing JEP (needs some more tests & another review)
Finish Session Restore using JSON.*
Actually finish a couple bugs that I started around “switch to tab” (and had planned on finishing this past week).
- Bug 556061 - Copying location of a “switch to” action copies moz-action
- Bug 555767 - Switch to tab should close “empty” tabs

April 23, 2010

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:17:22 -0400

I’ve been a slacker and not written one of these in a while…

Done:

Reviews - 1 Weave, 1 Password Manager (single Master Password prompt when filling forms!)
First round of Private Browsing for Jetpack (bug)
Started removing evalInSandbox from Session Restore and using JSON.* (should fix a recent COW regression as well as a bit of a speed improvement) (bug)
Ranted - which I know most of you have read.

Finish Private Browsing JEP (follow through on Drew’s review, get review from Myk/Atul)
Finish Session Restore using JSON.*
Actually finish a couple bugs that I started around “switch to tab”
- Bug 556061 - Copying location of a “switch to” action copies moz-action
- Bug 555767 - Switch to tab should close “empty” tabs

March 19, 2010

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:13:59 -0400

Done:

(Finished &) Landed a bunch of Session Restore patches:
- Bug 553104 - Use Services.jsm in sessionstore
- Bug 537289 - Only save form data for fields that aren’t the default value
- Bug 551505 - Fix context of RestoreDocument_proxy
- Bug 551285 - Drop backwards compatibility for Firefox 2/3
(Finished &) landed a few Weave patches:
- Bug 548939 - Use SessionStore in tab engine
- Bug 552532 - Sync form data to mobile
- Bug 539591 - Not localized string
Talked with Dolske about Weave + Form History and figured out what changes we’ll need to make to Satchel - filed bug 552710 for those changes.
Turned 24

Letterpress class, so I’m out Monday
Finalize all the Weave goal stuff to make sure we’re where we should be:
- Update wiki pages
- Followup with other auditors to know where we are with platform use (and file bugs as appropriate)

March 12, 2010

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:36:00 -0500

Done: (some overflow from last week)

Started profiling session restore during startup (tracking on bug 550967).

That led to experimenting with loading a limited number of tabs at a time. Results will end up in the bug above, but the short of it is: loading less tabs results in load time being lower for each individual tab, but longer for all tabs to load.

This also led to filing and fixing a couple session restore bugs (551285 and 551505).
Chatted with Connor about Weave, Firefox, and where that’s heading. Still need to get it the rest of the way out of our heads onto wikis (which I plan on doing over the weekend).
Devised a strategy for improving Weave’s tab sync (bug 542315).

Update wikis with appropriate Weave-Firefox changes (milestones, goals, etc.).
More session restore profiling.
Land the session restore bugs from above.
Start implementing the improved tab sync.
Turn 24.

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Now Using JSON.parse in Session Restore

May 14 + May 21, 2010

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May 7, 2010

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April 30, 2010

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April 23, 2010

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March 19, 2010

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March 12, 2010

Done: (some overflow from last week)

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