Hi all,
Sorry for the delay. I stayed a few more days in SF after the summit
and didn't have much free time. This is what I have done so far:
* I have gone thought the first 100 more popular sites in Greece
(according to Alexa
http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/GR) and
found out if they are responsive, if they redirect to a mobile site
for iOS Safari and if they have native mobile apps. The spreadsheet is
at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoI7D12IhDwWdGluQWwyekFEVDRqNnU5eFFiLWlhVFE&usp=sharing
. Another list of popular sites I found is at
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/stats/topsites?c=GR This includes only
sites with the Greek domain (.gr) but I think the ranking is more
representative. We also have a different spreadsheet from
everything.me with a list of popular sites that I have to merge
together. Not sure if I can share this here (fredy?).
* Subscribed to this mailing list and joined the IRC channel
* Created
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Compatibility/Mobile/Greece
* Submitted my first compat bug
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=926218
Don't know how to mark that the bug affects both Firefox for Android
and Firefox OS. Also is the format ok?
I'm testing using Firefox for Android on a real device and the Firefox
OS Simulator.
Some questions:
Some issues I faced during testing is that a few sites don't redirect
from naked domain to the www subdomain. I think this is important,
especially in mobile, where users should type as little as possible.
Do you think this is worth mentioning when contacting the affected
site?
Another issue is with bookmarks. Some sites don't set an icon when
adding to home screen on Firefox OS. Is there any guidance on the best
way to set favicons that will work optimally in Firefox OS as well as
other browsers? Also the title text for the home page IMHO should
start with the site name, so that the bookmark is more recognizable.
Do you think those problems are also worth testing and mentioning to
the affected sites?
For sites that work fine in Firefox OS, is there any sample letter
text that we can contact them with, to persuade them to add openwebapp
manifests or add them to the Marketplace?
Thanks