589892 - Create Firefox.com/m/alpha page for mobile

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect, P1)

Description

[Caitlin Looney]

Hi Alex,

Similar to what we have for Firefox.com/m/beta, Stuart would like this page for alpha. (Firefox.com/m/alpha). This alpha release will only be available in en-us. 

Unlike the beta page, this page will have the same elements but will should be branded "Fennec" with the Fennec logo.

The header can be: Try the most customizable mobile Web browser.
Instead of the link "See our supported platforms and devices" please replace with "Release Notes" and "Android System Requirements" links.

Rel Notes: https://www.mozilla.com/mobile/2.0a1/releasenotes/
System Requirements:https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#System_Requirements

Please let me know if you have questions.

Comment 1

[Caitlin Looney]

Hey Alex, 
Just wanted to get a status update on this page or any questions you may have. We're aiming to release alpha tomorrow, Aug 25. Thanks!

Comment 2

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #0)
 
> Unlike the beta page, this page will have the same elements but will should be
> branded "Fennec" with the Fennec logo.

Could you point me to that image?

 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Hey Alex, 
> Just wanted to get a status update on this page or any questions you may have.
> We're aiming to release alpha tomorrow, Aug 25. Thanks!

Just need the logo, bug 586667, and the actual list of locales the alpha will support.


BTW, I'd really appreciate more than 2 days heads up on projects.  My todo list is always at least 1 week long.

Comment 3

[Caitlin Looney]

Apologies, the link is Firefox.com/m/beta. (template for /m/alpha)

I know your crazy schedule. Please know that I do everything I can to give you ha heads up at the earliest possible moment. This is a request from Stuart that I received at noon yesterday. I'll be sure to keep communicating your schedule to the team.

Comment 4

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Apologies, the link is Firefox.com/m/beta. (template for /m/alpha)

Err, I meant the Fennec logo I need to use.  Where do I find that?

Comment 5

[Stuart Parmenter]

What size image do you need?

Comment 6

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> What size image do you need?

Here's the logo you're replacing, so something this size (218 x 70)
http://www.mozilla.com/img/mobile/m/logo-welcome.png

Comment 7

[Caitlin Looney]

Thanks Alex. Let me know if you'd like me to take a look. We're going to try and ship as soon as possible tomorrow. Thanks again.

Comment 8

[Caitlin Looney]

Attachment: Fennec logos

Comment 9

[Caitlin Looney]

Please change header copy to: Try Fennec Alpha for Android phones (2.0 and above) and the Nokia N900

Comment 10

[Caitlin Looney]

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=Firefox-Mobile-2.0a1&os=maemo&lang=en-US
for maemo

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=Firefox-Mobile-2.0a1&os=android&lang=en-US for android

Comment 11

[Caitlin Looney]

Alex Buchanan reported to me a couple of hours ago that this page needs to be checked in and QA'd. Can I get a status update?

Comment 12

[Caitlin Looney]

Can we delete the second release notes and just have Privacy Policy on bottom, left corner?

Comment 13

[Stuart Parmenter]

I'm getting "Your device is not supported" in both Fennec and Microb on N900 on this page

Comment 14

[Stuart Parmenter]

And on Android

Comment 15

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #12)
> Can we delete the second release notes and just have Privacy Policy on bottom,
> left corner?

done

(In reply to comment #13)
> I'm getting "Your device is not supported" in both Fennec and Microb on N900 on
> this page
(In reply to comment #14)
> And on Android

ya, there is an error on stage that I can't reproduce in my dev. setup, that's causing this.  Trying to get hold of IT to help debug

Comment 16

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

ok, worked that error out, i think it's working correctly now.  please test.

Comment 17

[Caitlin Looney]

Doesn't work on Droid or N1. Sorry

Comment 18

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

it isn't for me.

using www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha on a nexus one.

it says "Your device is not supported"

UA:

Mozilla/5 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-us; Nexus One Build/FRF91) AppleWebkit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4 Mobile Safari/533.1

Comment 19

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #18)
> it isn't for me.
> 
> using www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha on a nexus one.
> 
> it says "Your device is not supported"
> 
> UA:
> 
> Mozilla/5 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-us; Nexus One Build/FRF91)
> AppleWebkit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4 Mobile Safari/533.1

Thanks, UA string is very helpful.

Found the problem.  I was trying to match OS version (for > 2.0), but the library doing the detection isn't spitting out the right version.

e.g. the UA above is clearly android 2.2, but the library shows 0.5

I'm debugging now, to see if the library has a field that is more accurate.

Plan B: I could remove the OS version detection

Comment 20

[Stuart Parmenter]

Still does not work with latest Fennec nightly on N900

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux armv7l; rv:2.0b5pre) Gecko/20100825 Namoroka/4.0b5pre
Fennec/2.0b1pre

Comment 21

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

or I suppose another option would be to update the detection data file to include UAs that aren't working.

Comment 22

[Stuart Parmenter]

broken in Fennec nightly on Android, same UA as above except Android instead of X11

Given this is now the only blocker for release, it might be worth disabling detection for now.

Comment 23

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #20)
> Still does not work with latest Fennec nightly on N900
> 
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux armv7l; rv:2.0b5pre) Gecko/20100825 Namoroka/4.0b5pre
> Fennec/2.0b1pre

ah, that one is a different issue.  the detection data just doesn't recognize that as Fennec.

Comment 24

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #22)
> broken in Fennec nightly on Android, same UA as above except Android instead of
> X11
> 
> Given this is now the only blocker for release, it might be worth disabling
> detection for now.

ok, that's a good idea.  i'll do that, and can work on updating the data file with missing user agents.

Comment 25

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

also, i'll add these UAs to an automated test case.  If you want to post the UAs of the devices you're testing with, that would be helpful.

Comment 26

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

ok, detection disabled

Comment 27

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

i see the huge download button now.  However, the link it points me at is maemo -- not android.

download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-mobile-2.0a1&os=maemo&lang=multi

Comment 28

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #27)
> i see the huge download button now.  However, the link it points me at is maemo
> -- not android.
> 
> download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-mobile-2.0a1&os=maemo&lang=multi

on which device?

Comment 29

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

n1 (same device used when I reported in comment 18)

Comment 30

[Caitlin Looney]

Not sure what Rel Notes and System Requirements link was removed from this page -- I suspected that it had something to do with device detection troubles. That said, now that the page is working and pushed live, we really need to get those links back on the page.

Comment 31

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

(In reply to comment #30)
> Not sure what Rel Notes and System Requirements link was removed from this page
> -- I suspected that it had something to do with device detection troubles. That
> said, now that the page is working and pushed live, we really need to get those
> links back on the page.

1. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha/ isn't live; am I missing something?
2. I don't have an Android phone, but when I hit http://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha with the user-agent mentioned in comment 18 (via general.useragent.override in Firefox with the UA as type |string|), I get: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-mobile-2.0a1&os=android&lang=en-US as a link.

Comment 32

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

(In reply to comment #31)
 
> 1. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha/ isn't live; am I missing something?

trailing slash doesn't work :(

try this,
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha

Comment 33

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Looks like it's good live, with the exception of comment 30's requested changes.  I'll re-QA when those are in.

BTW, Caitlin, if the Mobile team could work with Chris Howse or Madhava on getting interaction designs for upcoming (and existing) Mobile pages (with a compiled list of supported/unsupported user-agents and their expected associated behaviors), that would help us tremendously, and reduce the amount of churn and time-to-QA; thanks.

We're at the stage now where we're both writing automated tests for Mobile, as well as preparing for the Mozilla.com redesign, and I'd like to have a clearer test strategy going forward -- having the above would make that much easier.

Comment 34

[Alex Buchanan [:abuchanan]]

Page is live.  It will soon be redirected to m/beta for 4.0b1.  Comment 30 will be handled in bug 593112

Comment 35

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

It redirects now on prod from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/alpha -> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/beta.

Verified FIXED.