Public Roadmap for 2024
Our comprehensive plan for 2024 outlines the future direction and goals of the Blisk browser. It focuses on improving user experience, enhancing performance, and expanding compatibility with various web technologies. The roadmap includes updates to the browser's core functionality and features, as well as the integration of new tools and technologies to keep up with the ever-evolving web development landscape. Moreover, the roadmap prioritizes addressing user feedback and suggestions to continuously refine and optimize the browser for maximum efficiency and productivity.
(Q1) January - March 2024
Merge the latest Chromium
- Implement the latest rendering engine
- Implement the latest features from Blink
- Implement the latest features for Developer tools
- Use improvements from Chromium community
Environment: Application
Security improvements
Conduct the bug bounty program for a product and fix the high-priority issues
- Diagnose desktop application for possible security breaches
- Diagnose web application for possible security breaches
- Implement the latest security patches
- Fix bug bounty reports
Environment: Application Web
Implement Manifest v.3
Rework and refactor the Application, and upgrade internal plugins to start using Manifest v.3.
- Update to Manifest v.3
- Migrate to a service worker
- Refactor APIs
- Update API calls
- Refactor devices rendering engine
- Replace blocking web request listeners
- Improve security
Environment: Application
New Landing web application
Implement the new Landing web application (https://blisk.io) with the latest hybrid web rendering mode, support for new technologies, and improved performance.
- Implement a new hybrid web rendering mode
- Refactor and optimize web application to meet the latest standards
- Improve performance of web application
- Improve the security of web application
Environment: Web
Invoice list for customers
Provide the ability for the Paddle customers to access their invoices easily from the Billing page (https://app.blisk.io/account/billing).
- Implement an additional integration with Paddle
- Implement web interface
Environment: Web
(Q2) April - June 2024
Improve crashes analysis
Improve customer support and reduce the time gap in delivering the fixes of crashes by integrating Blisk with BugSplat for fast crash categorization and analysis.
- Improve crash categorization on desktop
- Improve crash analysis on the web
Environment: Application Web
Improve application update
Optimize the update mechanism for our desktop application, enhance the update user experience on macOS, and implement Silent updates for macOS users.
- Implement the new update mechanism
- Implement Silent update on macOS
Environment: Application Web
Feature: Add custom device
Enable the users to incorporate a personalized device into the system, complete with unique additional configurations such as screen resolution, pixel ratio, user agent, touch capabilities, orientation, and more.
Environment: Application
Merge the latest Chromium
- Implement the latest rendering engine
- Implement the latest features from Blink
- Implement the latest features for Developer tools
- Use improvements from Chromium community
Environment: Application
Security improvements
Conduct the bug bounty program for a product and fix the high-priority issues
- Diagnose desktop application for possible security breaches
- Diagnose web application for possible security breaches
- Implement the latest security patches
- Fix bug bounty reports
Environment: Application Web
Add new devices
Implement the latest devices by Google: Google Pixel 8 / Google Pixel 8 Pro.
- Implement Google Pixel 8
- Implement Google Pixel 8 Pro
Environment: Application Web
Developer mode improvements
Finish refactoring of Developer mode UI, and provide the users with a new optimized more stable Developer mode.
Environment: Application
Screen recorder audio
- Implement the audio recording feature for the built-in screen recorder
- Implement the audio playback feature for saved videos in the web application
Environment: Application Web
(Q3) July - September 2024
Merge the latest Chromium
- Implement the latest rendering engine
- Implement the latest features from Blink
- Implement the latest features for Developer tools
- Use improvements from Chromium community
Environment: Application
Security improvements
Conduct the bug bounty program for a product and fix the high-priority issues
- Diagnose desktop application for possible security breaches
- Diagnose web application for possible security breaches
- Implement the latest security patches
- Fix bug bounty reports
Environment: Application Web
Add new devices
Implement the latest mobiles and desktop devices by Apple.
- Implement iPhone 16
- Implement iPhone 16 Plus
- Implement iPhone 16 Pro
- Implement iPhone 16 Pro Max
- Implement the latest laptops and desktops from Apple
Environment: Application Web
Implement SSO integration
Implement web-based, cross-domain single sign-on for corporate customers to simplify user experience with seamless Single sign-on integration.
- Implement SAML2.0 authorization
- Implement SSO authorization from the desktop application
Environment: Application Web
Improve web API endpoints' performance and availability
Address new more strict non-functional requirements that appeared after the external product assessment
- Improve multi-regional deployment approach
- Improve global HTTP load balancing
Environment: Web
(Q4) October - December 2024
CSS style injection
Implement an easy way for the users to inject CSS styles into opened web pages to simplify the way of implementing new features or fixing UI issues.
Environment: Application
Improve team collaboration
Implement the shared data across the team: Shared bookmarks, corporate branding, SSO, and comments on screenshots.
- Implement shared bookmarks to the application
- Authorize team members with SSO
- Implement company branding and shared resources to the application
- Implement storage for resources in the web application
- Implement comments for screenshots in the web application
Environment: Application Web
Implement new PWA mode
Implement the new PWA mode (progressive web app) for previewing web pages on devices. This mode enables users to simulate the progressive web application environment on mobile or desktop devices.
Environment: Application Web
Implement new Presentation mode
Implement the new Presentation mode: This mode removes GUI elements, alerts, and notifications to create a seamless user experience when presenting web applications to the audience.
Environment: Application Web
Merge the latest Chromium
- Implement the latest rendering engine
- Implement the latest features from Blink
- Implement the latest features for Developer tools
- Use improvements from Chromium community
Environment: Application
Security improvements
Conduct the bug bounty program for a product and fix the high-priority issues
- Diagnose desktop application for possible security breaches
- Diagnose web application for possible security breaches
- Implement the latest security patches
- Fix bug bounty reports
Environment: Application Web