Re: [b2g] Browser API reference: how can we keep it up to date?

2015-09-15 Thread Chris Mills
> On 15 Sep 2015, at 17:37, Fabrice Desré wrote: > > On 09/15/2015 09:00 AM, Paul Rouget wrote: > >> Any suggestion? > > I don't see any issue with using what you started on github as a > reference, and adding comments in the implementation to remind people > that they need to update the doc w

Re: [b2g] Browser API reference: how can we keep it up to date?

2015-09-15 Thread Chris Mills
> On 15 Sep 2015, at 09:41, Paul Rouget wrote: > > Until recently, the Browser API had only one consumer (Gaia) and one > implementation (Gecko). > > Now we have a new consumer (browser.html) and a new implementation on > its way (Servo). > > The Browser API has no reference (MDN page is not u

[b2g] Documenting Engineering mode framework - help needed

2015-09-11 Thread Chris Mills
loos like there is a special web activity involved. Could someone explain that to me? 4. Are there any other details I’m missing that are relevant? Thanks, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills

Re: [b2g] Merging dev-gaia and dev-b2g into dev-fxos

2015-09-08 Thread Chris Mills
cool. I’ve updated the community box at the bottom of https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS with the new details. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 8 Sep 2015, at 12:31, Mich

Re: [b2g] Romanian localizations for Firefox OS and addons

2015-08-28 Thread Chris Mills
(both are very helpful.) Best regards, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 28 Aug 2015, at 13:17, Baadur Jobava wrote: > > Hello, if you have an open-source Firefox OS app or add-on you may want t

Re: [b2g] Merging dev-gaia and dev-b2g into dev-fxos

2015-08-27 Thread Chris Mills
> On 27 Aug 2015, at 16:10, Michael Henretty wrote: > > Agreed about merging the IRC channels. > > Gregor brought up a good point about dev-gaia and dev-b2g, that we should > leave them open to allow people to post there so we can push them over to use > dev-fxos. Then we can mark dev-gaia an

Re: [b2g] New B2G Tools Package - b2g_util

2015-08-27 Thread Chris Mills
This is cool. I’ve added it here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Developing_Gaia/Gaia_tools_reference#b2g_util Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 24 Aug 2015, at 16:23, Na

Re: [b2g] FxOS Developer Settings update

2015-08-24 Thread Chris Mills
Perfect, thanks Jan. I’ve updated the descriptions. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 24 Aug 2015, at 15:38, Jan Keromnes wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Thanks for updating that page! > >

[b2g] FxOS Developer Settings update

2015-08-24 Thread Chris Mills
t? Thanks! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g

Re: [b2g] Build Errors with Aries

2015-08-19 Thread Chris Mills
> On 20 Aug 2015, at 00:50, Naoki Hirata wrote: > > Chris, Not sure. I guess knowing this, I will try to implement it in my work > flow whenever I run into build issues. This would be great - thanks Naoki. > > In regards to the Mac build, that’s just one of the issues with building on > th

Re: [b2g] PSA: add-ons changes are coming

2015-08-19 Thread Chris Mills
d asap, so perhaps we could kill two birds with one stone here? If you give me any notes/example you were going to write about the subject, I could use that as a quick pathway to updating the doc. Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g

Re: [b2g] Build Errors with Aries

2015-08-18 Thread Chris Mills
how I generally keep on top of what needs work. Who should I speak to about this area of engineering? thanks, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2

Re: [b2g] The Future of Building and Testing Firefox OS

2015-07-19 Thread Chris Mills
This work sounds really valuable, Gareth. Keep me in the loop, so we can keep all the build/testing docs up to date, e.g. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Automated_testing https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Building_and_installing_Firefox_OS Chris Mills Senior tech

Re: [b2g] Consistent B2G release tagging

2015-07-16 Thread Chris Mills
o add that even if this doesn't help partners, it would be an > invaluable tool for the documentation team, making it enormously easier for > us to ensure that our documentation is accurate about feature availability > across releases and devices. +1 - this would be fabulous, this re

Re: [b2g] New Flame Base Build

2015-07-14 Thread Chris Mills
Published here, BTW: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Phone_guide/Flame/Updating_your_Flame#Up-to-date_%28use_these_unless_you_have_a_good_reason_not_to%29 In case anyone was wondering. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com

Re: [b2g] New Flame Base Build

2015-07-12 Thread Chris Mills
Approved, and published. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 10 Jul 2015, at 20:51, Naoki Hirata wrote: > > Very good point. I placed a checksum, Chris Mills will have to approve it > and i

Re: [b2g] Is navigator.syncManager used at all?

2015-07-01 Thread Chris Mills
/periodicsynmanager stuff? We have minimal docs written on those: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SyncManager https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PeriodicSyncManager Will the SW stuff replace the proprietary B2G stuff eventually? Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer

Re: [b2g] FxOS 2.2; any more recent changes to add to the release notes?

2015-06-18 Thread Chris Mills
. There is a 2.2 version of the nightly available. Best regards, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 18 Jun 2015, at 13:02, Chris Mills wrote: > > This is a very good question; the official listed builds

Re: [b2g] FxOS 2.2; any more recent changes to add to the release notes?

2015-06-18 Thread Chris Mills
This is a very good question; the official listed builds start at 2.0, then jump to 3.0. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 18 Jun 2015, at 12:56, Luna Jernberg wrote: > > Any 2.2 roms to be foun

[b2g] FxOS 2.2; any more recent changes to add to the release notes?

2015-06-11 Thread Chris Mills
Hi all, Since 2.2 is now CC, I wanted to check to see if there were any last minute changes to add to the release notes? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Releases/2.2 The notes were up-to-date as of May 6th. Has anything significant been added since then? Best regards, Chris

Re: [b2g] Add-ons and Developer Mode articles added to MDN

2015-06-09 Thread Chris Mills
Annoying as they are, I’ve added the information back here for now: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons#Enabling.2Fdisabling_add-ons > On 9 Jun 2015, at 18:42, Fabrice Desré wrote: > > On 06/09/2015 10:34 AM, Douglas Sherk wrote: > >> Developer Mode sets the 'network.disable

Re: [b2g] Add-ons and Developer Mode articles added to MDN

2015-06-09 Thread Chris Mills
til we investigate properly. Removed. > > - Hosted add-ons work if you can install privileged hosted apps. But you > very likely want add-ons to work offline so I would not host until we > have hosted packages support. I’ve removed this bit for now, as it sounds a little unsure. >

Re: [b2g] Add-ons and Developer Mode articles added to MDN

2015-06-09 Thread Chris Mills
> On 9 Jun 2015, at 11:22, Benjamin Francis wrote: > > On 8 June 2015 at 08:56, Douglas Sherk wrote: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons > > A question - do addons only apply to apps installed in the app registry? I > ask because the content model we've been discussing

Re: [b2g] Add-ons and Developer Mode articles added to MDN

2015-06-08 Thread Chris Mills
documentation. > > Doug > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Michael Henretty > wrote: > How does one disable Developer Mode? Can we we add this to the doc? > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Chris Mills wrote: > > > On 8 Jun 2015, at 08:56, Douglas Sherk wrote

Re: [b2g] Add-ons and Developer Mode articles added to MDN

2015-06-08 Thread Chris Mills
ou have put these articles is the best place for them, although it certainly makes them findable. They probably fit best into The apps center and the tools zone, respectively. I’ve cc’d my MDN colleague Will, who owns the Tools and Add-ons docs, so we can discuss where would be best to put

Re: [b2g] Updates for the Web Telephony API documentation

2015-06-04 Thread Chris Mills
> On 5 Jun 2015, at 04:50, Szu-Yu Chen wrote: > > > > 1. what does the “alerting” call state relate to/mean? > > > > When a user makes an outgoing call, the call will be in 'dialing' state at > > the very beginning. > > Then, the network will try to find the remote party. If the network > > s

Re: [b2g] Updates for the Web Telephony API documentation

2015-06-04 Thread Chris Mills
Great, thanks. I’ve corrected these values in the docs. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 5 Jun 2015, at 04:25, Szu-Yu Chen wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Chris Mills wrote

Re: [b2g] Updates for the Web Telephony API documentation

2015-06-04 Thread Chris Mills
Ok, all the pages under https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TelephonyCallGroup/ are now all filled in. The one question I still have is - what are the possible state values for TelephonyCallGroup? Best regards, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org

Re: [b2g] Updates for the Web Telephony API documentation

2015-06-04 Thread Chris Mills
Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 4 Jun 2015, at 10:01, Gabriele Svelto wrote: > > On 03/06/2015 20:39, Chris Mills wrote: >> Just a quick heads up: whilst fixing a few dev-doc-needed

Re: [b2g] Updates for the Web Telephony API documentation

2015-06-04 Thread Chris Mills
below. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Chris Mills wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a quick heads up: whilst fixing a few dev-doc-needed bug requests, I > came upon some recent additions to the Web Telephony API that needed adding. > This quickly turned into a huge rabbit hol

[b2g] Updates for the Web Telephony API documentation

2015-06-03 Thread Chris Mills
/conference calls work? thanks, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g

Re: [b2g] B2G Build Variables Reference Sheet

2015-05-26 Thread Chris Mills
Nice work Naoki! I’ve gone through and tidied it up a bit, and added it to the main Firefox OS zone left hand navigation. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 27 May 2015, at 04:42, Naoki Hirata wrote: >

Re: [b2g] A talk on p2p, mozTCPSocket & friends

2015-05-07 Thread Chris Mills
This is really cool - especially NFC cats ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 7 May 2015, at 13:28, Soledad Penadés wrote: > > Hey b2g'ers, > > I recently gave a talk on some of the s

Re: [b2g] Need advice

2015-04-22 Thread Chris Mills
documentation covers all this stuff to a certain degree, but there is such a lot to know that it can still be a bit overwhelming. You should also feel free to keep asking questions on our mailing lists/IRC. Best regards, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi

[b2g] Latest state of Mobile Connection/Mobile Network APIs (was Re: How to get network operator name?)

2015-04-13 Thread Chris Mills
latest specs for the Mobile Connection and Mobile Network APIs? thanks! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 13 Apr 2015, at 03:40, Hsin-Yi Tsai wrote: > > > > Felix E. Klee 於 04/13/2015 07:08 AM

Re: [b2g] How to get network operator name?

2015-04-13 Thread Chris Mills
> On 12 Apr 2015, at 21:41, Felix E. Klee wrote: > > According to the [app permissions documentation on MDN][1], the Mobile > Network API is available to privileged apps. On the [page for that > API][2], however, it says: "This API is available on Firefox OS for > internal applications only." >

Re: [b2g] Updated Firefox OS developer settings on MDN - help needed!

2015-03-31 Thread Chris Mills
Thanks to you too, Nino, for helping me fill in this section. Best regards, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 30 Mar 2015, at 19:29, Nino Vranešič wrote: > > Hello Chris, > Marketplace review

Re: [b2g] Updated Firefox OS developer settings on MDN - help needed!

2015-03-31 Thread Chris Mills
Thanks for the info! I’ve filled this one in now. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 31 Mar 2015, at 04:17, Jamin Liu wrote: > > Hi Chris > > FxOS allows Geolocation API to provide the geogra

[b2g] Updated Firefox OS developer settings on MDN - help needed!

2015-03-30 Thread Chris Mills
GPS locations * Bluetooth HCI Sniffing Logs to SDCard * Use Marketplace reviewer certs thanks for your help, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2g mailing list

Re: [b2g] backup_restore_profile.py - how do I get this to work?

2015-03-24 Thread Chris Mills
Great - this was all the info I needed - thanks Naoki! I’ll file that bug too. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 24 Mar 2015, at 19:50, Naoki Hirata wrote: > > ah oops. 2.7.x should work. > >

Re: [b2g] backup_restore_profile.py - how do I get this to work?

2015-03-24 Thread Chris Mills
I already looked there, but couldn’t find help with the problem I’m getting. It looks like I’m missing a module - do I need a specific version of Python? I’m on 2.7.x Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 24

[b2g] backup_restore_profile.py - how do I get this to work?

2015-03-24 Thread Chris Mills
Any help appreciated - thanks! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills ___ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g

Re: [b2g] What is this icon in the notification bar?

2015-02-18 Thread Chris Mills
> On 18 Feb 2015, at 17:45, Ralph Daub wrote: > > I've been told it's the NFC icon. Is there any central place where I can see > the different icons in the notification bar and their meaning? Does this help? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps/Design/Firefox_OS_icon_font > > Here is a

Re: [b2g] changelog of baseimages and nightlies

2015-02-15 Thread Chris Mills
I’d love to publish this on MDN. Any info available, folks? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 12 Feb 2015, at 08:54, m...@foresightlinux.org wrote: > > Hi there, is there a changelog of the basei

Re: [b2g] flashing falme

2015-02-13 Thread Chris Mills
problems, so we are not linking to that until its fixed.) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 13 Feb 2015, at 06:47, Abhiram Chintangal > wrote: > > Hello, > > I haven't been able to flash

Re: [b2g] Granting Permissions to the Web

2015-02-12 Thread Chris Mills
> On 12 Feb 2015, at 09:58, Benjamin Francis wrote: > > Thanks for this Marcos, it makes a lot of sense, and thanks for the offer of > help. > > On 11 February 2015 at 01:13, wrote: > Thanks for putting these together. I would highly recommend that for any > feature people want to add to the

Re: [b2g] What message handler types are our docs missing?

2015-02-09 Thread Chris Mills
cool, thanks Naoki - this was the perfect way to look up new handler types. I’ll remember this in future. I’ve updated the page now. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 28 Jan 2015, at 16:23, Naoki Hir

Re: [b2g] GCC version to build Firefox OS

2015-01-28 Thread Chris Mills
> On 28 Jan 2015, at 13:07, Gabriele Svelto wrote: > > On 28/01/2015 11:07, Shian-Yow Wu wrote: >> Do we still need gcc 4.6 as Firefox OS build prerequisite? If not, >> probably we should remove this part from MDN. > > Being on Fedora I've been building recent branches using either GCC 4.8 > a

[b2g] What message handler types are our docs missing?

2015-01-28 Thread Chris Mills
hi all, In reference to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator.mozSetMessageHandler Have we added any more handler types recently? In the last year or so? ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills

Re: [b2g] ZTE Open C - Small fonts when manually flashing device

2015-01-23 Thread Chris Mills
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 17:15, an wrote: > > On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 3:36:33 PM UTC+2, Chris Mills wrote: >>> On 22 Jan 2015, at 13:31, an wrote: >>> >>> >>> There are 2 sides to this problem: >>> 1. >>> https://develope

Re: [b2g] ZTE Open C - Small fonts when manually flashing device

2015-01-22 Thread Chris Mills
> On 22 Jan 2015, at 13:31, an wrote: > > > There are 2 sides to this problem: > 1. > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/ZTE_OPEN_C#System_images_from_Mozilla > points to flame-kk builds only and as I experienced it myself the font fix > doesn't help with th

Re: [b2g] Guide for porting to other devices

2015-01-13 Thread Chris Mills
We have this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Firefox_OS/Porting It would be interesting for you guys to have a look through and let me know what you think is missing from here, what could be improved, etc. Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla

Re: [b2g] Invalid Security Level Error

2015-01-13 Thread Chris Mills
%28including_certified_apps.2C_main_process.2C_etc.%29 Let me know if this helps. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 13 Jan 2015, at 02:20, vdelac...@systemacorp.com wrote: > > Good day! I am trying to test an a

Re: [b2g] Matchstick - emulator available?

2015-01-07 Thread Chris Mills
Ok, thanks all for your help! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 7 Jan 2015, at 10:56, Joe Cheng wrote: > > Since Matchstick is a partner product, i'd say the best way to look into it > is f

[b2g] Matchstick - emulator available?

2015-01-06 Thread Chris Mills
Hi all, I’ve had a few developers interested in TV development ask me about Matchstick recently, and whether there’s an emulator available for testing or anything like that? The real dev devices seem a bit thin on the ground now. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla

Re: [b2g] Flame completely dead

2014-12-01 Thread Chris Mills
It also makes a difference when you power directly via a mains adapter, versus a USB cable connected to your computer. So if the latter isn’t giving any joy, try the former. Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com

Re: [b2g] The Times They Are A Changin' (Open Web Remix)

2014-11-29 Thread Chris Mills
This is really cool, and a great thing to watch get me in the mood just before I set off for Mozlandia (bleary-eyed, at 3.30am! ;-) ) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 29 Nov 2014, at 15:22, Ben Fran

Re: [b2g] Updates to "Firefox OS Development" section of MDN

2014-11-27 Thread Chris Mills
> On 27 Nov 2014, at 09:23, Gabriele Svelto wrote: > > On 25/11/2014 12:34, Chris Mills wrote: >> To this end, I’ve done the following: >> [...] >> Does this information look ok? I’d specifically like comment on 1. and 2. >> Does it feel like there’s a lot of t

Re: [b2g] Firefox OS fonts now used in Simulator and other B2G desktop runtimes

2014-11-26 Thread Chris Mills
Nice work! This is one less step that Gaia contributors will have to worry about in their workflow, so it’s a big win. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 25 Nov 2014, at 19:06, Jan Keromnes wrote: >

Re: [b2g] Symphony GoFox F15 page on MDN

2014-11-25 Thread Chris Mills
That’s great - thanks very much! Let me know when you add the rest of the content, and I’ll give that a copy edit too. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 25 Nov 2014, at 13:45, Aniruddha Adhikary wr

[b2g] Symphony GoFox F15 page on MDN

2014-11-25 Thread Chris Mills
make sure it still all makes sense? 2. The first embedded image in the following section looks corrupted: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Symphony_GoFox_F15#Screen_reader_basic_gestures. Can someone provide me with a fresh version? cheers, Chris Mills

[b2g] Fwd: Device Name and Codenames - ZTE Open 2

2014-11-25 Thread Chris Mills
Hi all, Does anyone know what device name should be used when building for the ZTE Open 2/what issues or oddities exist with building for it? thanks! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > Begin forwarded mess

[b2g] Updates to "Firefox OS Development" section of MDN

2014-11-25 Thread Chris Mills
/Platform/Architecture Does this information look ok? I’d specifically like comment on 1. and 2. Does it feel like there’s a lot of things missing? What else would we like to see covered? Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com

[b2g] Data Store API documented

2014-11-18 Thread Chris Mills
Hi all, I’ve finished documenting the Data Store API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Data_Store_API Many thanks to baku for all his help on this. He has already tech reviewed most of this, but let me know if you spot anything that looks wrong. Best regards, Chris Mills

Re: [b2g] Urgent request — info about new platform features in FxOS 2.0

2014-11-06 Thread Chris Mills
> On 6 Nov 2014, at 21:45, L. David Baron wrote: > > On Thursday 2014-11-06 18:50 +0000, Chris Mills wrote: >> I have been working alongside Bhavana to put together a complete set of >> release notes for Firefox OS 2.0, in time for the release next week. I have >> a

[b2g] Urgent request — info about new platform features in FxOS 2.0

2014-11-06 Thread Chris Mills
#Platform_additions_in_detail And I just need to find bug numbers for these additions, along with a few other details that aren’t filled in. What I’d love you to do is have a quick look over and see if you can suggest any that I’ve missed, many thanks! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla

Re: [b2g] Mulet - New desktop runtime

2014-11-06 Thread Chris Mills
pected (albeit not with the behaviour I was moaning about below ;-) ) > > 2014-11-05 16:45 GMT+01:00 Chris Mills : > Ok - I’ve got this to work! Great work guys. > > However, I’ve got one worry about Mulet: one of the main great things about > loading Gaia in Desktop Nightly

Re: [b2g] Mulet - New desktop runtime

2014-11-05 Thread Chris Mills
Mulet each time you want to see your change running, which really isn’t great. Is there a better way to do things than this? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 5 Nov 2014, at 14:38, Alexandre Lissy wr

Re: [b2g] Mulet - New desktop runtime

2014-11-04 Thread Chris Mills
This is my next task, don’t you worry! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 4 Nov 2014, at 16:01, Kumar Rishav wrote: > > Great news :) > It will be very helpful now. > @chris : It w

Re: [b2g] Firefox 2.0 on fresh Flame on MacOS 10.10 Yosemite?

2014-11-04 Thread Chris Mills
> On 29 Oct 2014, at 11:42, Julien Wajsberg wrote: > > Le 27/10/2014 19:11, Patrick a écrit : >> Hi there, >> >> I just got my Flame and want to flash it right away with FFOS 2.0. >> Downloaded Flame_2.0_v180_1.zip and followed the instructions >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_O

[b2g] [Porting] Fwd: Yocto Project and FirefoxOS

2014-11-04 Thread Chris Mills
just help to organize different FxOS ports. There is more information in her mail below. Does anyone think this is worth exploring further, or have I misunderstood this? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > Be

Re: [b2g] Firefox OS support for Cordova File API?

2014-10-20 Thread Chris Mills
Ah, so we do support the File API - that’s good news. Any thoughts on William’s specific problem? William, perhaps you could point us to a code sample so we can see if we can see what’s up with it? Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi

[b2g] A-GPS now supported in Flame nightly builds? (was Re: Please update your Flame...)

2014-10-20 Thread Chris Mills
> On 18 Oct 2014, at 21:54, Mathieu wrote: > > Le jeudi 25 septembre 2014 01:37:23 UTC+2, Asa Dotzler a écrit : > >> Tony has updated the QA docs and I've updated the Flame page at MDN* to >> >> point to the new v180 base image and the new Mozilla FTP directories. >> >> >> https://developer

Re: [b2g] Firefox OS support for Cordova File API?

2014-10-20 Thread Chris Mills
-US/Apps/Tools_and_frameworks/Cordova_support_for_Firefox_OS But this might be out of date now. I’m happy to update the docs if needed, and also to explore this specific problem. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills

Re: [b2g] Samsung S2

2014-10-16 Thread Chris Mills
On 16 Oct 2014, at 06:21, Paul Scott wrote: > > On 15/10/2014 15:55, Chris Mills wrote: >> These are great tips - thanks Paul! I’ve taken the liberty of adding them >> to: >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_build_prerequisites#Follow_Samsu

Re: [b2g] Samsung S2

2014-10-15 Thread Chris Mills
taken the liberty of adding them to: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_build_prerequisites#Follow_Samsung_Galaxy_S2_extra_steps https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_build_prerequisites#Install_heimdall Let me know if they look ok. Best, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Moz

Re: [b2g] CSP in manifest file

2014-10-09 Thread Chris Mills
I agree with you - this is why I asked for some help in the last mail. This definitely needs to be improved on. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 9 Oct 2014, at 09:33, Junichi Hashimoto wrote: > Thanks,

Re: [b2g] CSP in manifest file

2014-10-09 Thread Chris Mills
, that would be great ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 9 Oct 2014, at 06:38, Junichi Hashimoto wrote: > Hi > > Is there any example of specifying CSP in manifest file? > > I added a follo

Re: [b2g] App Performance validation page published on MDN

2014-10-08 Thread Chris Mills
under the relevant sections. This is exactly the kind of update info I need. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Chris Mills wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I’ve taken the rather excellent App performance validation page[1] from >> MozWiki, edited it, neatened it up,

[b2g] App Performance validation page published on MDN

2014-10-08 Thread Chris Mills
://wiki.mozilla.org/FirefoxOS/Performance/App_Performance_Validation [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps/Build/Performance/App_performance_validation Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills

Re: [b2g] Backup user profile for Flame

2014-10-07 Thread Chris Mills
That’s a good point. I’ll test it, and add a note to the article as appropriate, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 7 Oct 2014, at 14:36, Armen Zambrano G. wrote: > Thanks Chris! > > I think it c

Re: [b2g] Backup user profile for Flame

2014-10-07 Thread Chris Mills
I’ve given this script a test and written up a new section on the Flame guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame#Backing_up_and_restoring_your_Flame%27s_data Since this doesn't work on Windows, do we have a Windows solution anywhere? Chris

Re: [b2g] MDN Flame Guide: Base image v180.zip has no flash.bat for Windows

2014-10-01 Thread Chris Mills
Thanks Marek. This has now been added to the Flame MDN guide; thanks to whoever did that. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 1 Oct 2014, at 18:12, Marek Raida wrote: > it was explained previously. Ren

Re: [b2g] Getting B2G crash reports doc on MDN (attn Chris)

2014-09-25 Thread Chris Mills
Cool - that would make it a lot easier! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 25 Sep 2014, at 16:08, Fabrice Desré wrote: > Note that if someone could fix bug 908896 we'll have the equivalent of > ab

Re: [b2g] Getting B2G crash reports doc on MDN (attn Chris)

2014-09-25 Thread Chris Mills
structions right. I say this because when I forced the crash, it bricked my device and I had to recover it ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 25 Sep 2014, at 10:56, Zac Campbell wrote: > Hi Chris/et a

Re: [b2g] Understanding production vs engineering builds

2014-09-25 Thread Chris Mills
-equivalent make options where I know them. Does this look ok? Please suggest or add more details as you deem necessary. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 25 Sep 2014, at 04:26, J. Ryan Stinnett wrote: > Ch

Re: [b2g] After Reboot Responsiveness

2014-09-17 Thread Chris Mills
On 17 Sep 2014, at 20:37, Marek Raida wrote: > Both cases Dave, both, and if it is of some importance, it was 2.0 build > updated daily since begining middle of August, so more than 30+ OTAs passed > without any base image flash, and I had more than 120 apps installed... > These days I'm swith

Re: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root

2014-09-15 Thread Chris Mills
ok, cheers ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 15 Sep 2014, at 19:47, Tony Chung wrote: > Chris, that link looks good to me how it is now. think you should leave it > separate as another article

Re: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root

2014-09-15 Thread Chris Mills
than linking to another place. Some more comments below: Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 15 Sep 2014, at 17:52, Gabriela Montagu wrote: > Tony, many thanks for answering me so quickly!!! > > I

Re: [b2g] LED API?

2014-09-09 Thread Chris Mills
On 9 Sep 2014, at 05:00, Fabrice Desré wrote: > Hi Gary, > > On 09/08/2014 08:41 PM, Gary Chen wrote: >> A quick question. >> Is Camera API privileged now ? >> >> According to MDN page[1], Camera API is still in certified level, should we >> update this MDN? >> Or where can we get latest info

Re: [b2g] Settings API OOP and Privileged App Permissions Landing

2014-08-20 Thread Chris Mills
digitarald already nudged me about this; it’s on my to do list ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 20 Aug 2014, at 13:59, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > On 2014-08-20, 12:56 PM, Kyle Machulis wrote: >> Ye

Re: [b2g] WebIDE Enabled in Nightly

2014-08-18 Thread Chris Mills
It’s a really fine bit of work. I’m giving a live demo of it during my talk at BrazilJS on Thursday ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 18 Aug 2014, at 19:48, Jan Keromnes wrote: > Thanks for all

Re: [b2g] accessing the real SD card via DeviceStorage on newer devices

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Mills
On 11 Aug 2014, at 18:06, Dave Hylands wrote: > Thank you very much Chris. > > From: "Chris Mills" > To: "Dave Hylands" > Cc: "Adrian Custer" , dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 4:54:34 AM > Subject: Re: [b2g] ac

Re: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Mills
It’s already been changed to just that ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 11 Aug 2014, at 18:23, Julien Wajsberg wrote: > Le 07/08/2014 21:43, Chris Mills a écrit : >> Heh - now I feel silly

Re: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Mills
Great, thanks! Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 11 Aug 2014, at 16:51, Jason Weathersby wrote: > Chris > > I tried the windows install on July 31 and it all worked. I do not think the >

Re: [b2g] accessing the real SD card via DeviceStorage on newer devices

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Mills
a, as set by the user in their settings app. Which is it? Has this changed recently? May thanks, Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 10 Aug 2014, at 03:25, Dave Hylands wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > Yeah -

Re: [b2g] Weird monospace font on Flame 2.1

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Mills
On 11 Aug 2014, at 10:05, Frederik Braun wrote: > On 11.08.2014 10:45, Jan Jongboom wrote: >> I've seen this a couple of times, and now I see it also in some issue in bz. >> >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8466079 >> >> What's this weird monospace font? It's somewhere in Geck

Re: [b2g] updating the flame phone

2014-08-11 Thread Chris Mills
On 10 Aug 2014, at 03:26, Abhiram Chintangal wrote: > Hi, > > I have a flame phone running the base image (1.3). Yesterday, I tried > flashing it with a 2.0 production build I found via the mdn-flame page. > While, the procedure was clear, I could not manage to flash it successfully. > It f

Re: [b2g] Release candidates

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Mills
On 8 Aug 2014, at 06:32, Marek Raida wrote: > Thank you for your reply. It is new and interesting fact for me, that Flame > is not to be fully supported for lower than v2.0 OS, so I can stop reporting > bugs on 1.3 and focus on 2.0 instead. Well, once I'll be able to flash it to > my device,

Re: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root

2014-08-07 Thread Chris Mills
- have you tested the most recent Flame nightly update instructions on Windows? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills On 7 Aug 2014, at 20:43, Chris Mills wrote: > Heh - now I feel silly. You are right Ryan, it wa

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