David, This is a valid point. If merging Video with Gallery is your plan, let's do it, we just discussed this in meeting and there is an agreement to move forward with that.
--- David Scravaglieri Mozilla - Firefox OS On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:39 PM, David Flanagan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm concerned that the Video app is number 3 on this list. This is the > app that we've been talking about dropping for some time now, with the idea > that users can just use the Gallery app to view videos. > > The video app we have now is only good for playing videos that are stored > locally on a device. It does not do streaming video and it does not have > any kind of connection to an iTunes or google play type service where users > can buy or rent videos. And it does not have any provisions for EME or > other types of DRM. > > If the thought is that connected devices aneed medwill a streaming > functionality, then that obviously should be a high priority, but the Video > app we have currently will be pretty much useless for that and should not > be listed as priority #3. > > David > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> As a follow up from the recent announcements, I’d like to provide an >> update about May’16 release. >> >> >> >> May’16 release is still part of our plan of record and that Smart TVs and >> Smartphones will be still part of the scope of this release. >> >> >> >> The overall goals for May’16 release will remain valid especially with >> regards to quality, foxfooding growth and limited feature content. >> >> >> >> In addition there is an on-going activity to ensure that all the >> initiatives that are part of the content of this release will be still >> relevant to achieve the high level goals mentioned above. This will also >> mean that some of the initiatives will need to be re-adjusted/adapted in >> order to better fit into the future broader context of connected devices. >> >> >> >> As a follow up from Wednesday's meeting, I would also like to propose the >> following applications priority. Proposal is based on applications >> relevance towards connected devices hence the reason why settings and >> system apps represent a high priority for 2.6 release: >> >> >> 1. *Settings* >> 2. *System Apps* >> 3. Video >> 4. Music >> 5. Gallery >> 6. Camera >> 7. Contacts >> 8. Email >> 9. SMS >> 10. Dialer >> 11. Marketplace (if core OS changes are needed) >> 12. Calendar >> 13. Clock >> >> >> >> It is increasingly important that May’16 release remains in our plan of >> record in order to support the transition towards connected devices. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andrea >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-fxos mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > >
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