Status Updates

Status Update

Milestones

Milestone 1: Open sourceable (December 2017 - February 2018)

• Adblock off the main thread
• Tracking protection off the main thread
• HTTPS Everywhere off the main thread
• Browser action for shields panel, implemented through an extension
• macOS installer
• Windows silent installer
• Basic JS blocking via shields
• URL bar suggestions from Alexa and search suggestions off by default
• Debranding
• WebUI basic framework used by payments, new tab page and welcome page
• Geolocations
• produce build on Linux / Win that changes tab shape
• Signing build / installer on Windows
• Linux debs / rpms
• Upload symbols and bins to GitHub
• Ability to override cc files for less patching to chromium src
• new tab page impl
• welcome page impl
• produce build on macOS that changes tab shape
• Restore last session by default
• Disable search autocomplete and use alexa top 500
• Transifex tooling and app localization
• Extension localization tooling
• Canvas / WebGL Fingerprinting protection

Milestone 2: Builds with updates (March 2018 - May 2018)

• Audio / WebRTC fingerprinting protection
• Third party fingerprinting protection
• Noscript with per origin selections
• Updating DAT files via an extension.
• Removing Chrome extension store support.
• Create whitelist for extension installation.
• Import from Chrome
• Multiple channels support
• Fine tune Chrome default settings
• Automated browser tests framework
• Site hacks
• New tab private search engine selection UI
• Signing on macOS
• Proxy Safe Browsing
• Disable Flash by default per v1 Flash plan
• Disable PDFium and use PDF.js
• Generate brave-extensions for DAT files and themes
• Get proper Debug builds working
• Newtab private search engine UI

Milestone 3: Unadvertised Dev channel builds (June 2018 - July 2018)

• Import from browser-laptop based Brave (Garrett in-progress)
• Widevine
• Jumbo UI on Windows (Pete)
• Linux deb and rpm signing.
• Native-Ledger integration into brave-core
• Rewards hooking up into delegates and observers
• Stats when you click on a number in brave shields panel (Cezar)
• update ping stats
• Crash reporting
• Local welcome page w/ placeholder
• Local welcome page UI impl
• Chromium 68 rebase
• Fix any remaining chromium branding things here. (Jocelyn, in progress)
• CI for builds using buildbot
• Update client and server work to do updates
• Windows stub installer from Omaha server
• Regional ad-block
• brave:// protocol support
• Get automated WebUI tests running on Travis

Milestone 4: Dev channel Releasable builds for 0.55.x (August 2018)

• Chromium 69 rebase
• Autoplay
• Rewards UI integration into brave-core (Nejc)
• UGP (Nejc)
• Cosmetic filter blocking (Snuupy)
• Manage script should not show enforced by extension
• Tor private windows (Taylor Campbell)
• Webtorrent (Jocelyn)
• Referral promo & Dow Jones (emerick)
• Bookmarks star button on the left
• Extensions installable from CWS, updatable
• Dev channel dark theme

Milestone 5: Beta channel Releasable builds for 0.55.x (September 2018)

• Refine tab shape to be better (Waiting on design from Brad's team, Pete to do work for it)
• Uphold widget
• More UI customizations (Pete)
• Get automated C++ tests running on Travis
• Verify no calls are made out to Google (pj)
• Make extensions.brave.com store (Ailin)
• Background tabs not having border
• Hide settings which are not applicable, add Brave specific needed settings.
• Allow a different private search engine to tie into private newtab UI (Simon)
• More permissions
• Restyling bookmarks, history, preferences (Cezar)
• Sync (Alexey in-progress)
• 2-way wallet? (Nejc)

Milestone 6: Beta channel Releasable builds for 0.55.x (October - November 2018)

• Ads

Unlikely stretch goals (Can happen sometimes after November)

• Private tabs
• More UI customizations
• Tab pages
• Tab previews
• Translations (Chrome parity)
• Pinned tab differences
• Clear private data on shutdown
• Session windows (Brian Johnson)