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Feature Content Handling - Download Manager - Test Plan

Covered by Clint Talbert (ctalbert) and Stephen Donner (stephend)

Contents

Overview [edit]

Shave off some of the rough edges in the download manager. Allow for ability to resume downloads from one Fx session to the next

Scope of planned testing [edit]

  • Cleanup of old (2.0 Branch) Download Manager Test cases for Firefox 3
  • 3.0 testcases now live here!
  • Cover of new Features (Anti Virus Support, Resumable Downloads)
  • Testing for Regressions in Firefox 3 Download Manager with 2.0 Testcases
  • Monitoring of new filed Download Manager Bugs to cover regression with tests

Platform and Configurations [edit]

  • ALL OS (Mac, Linux, Windows, Windows Vista)
  • Testing with new Profiles
  • Testing with Profiles with a Big Download History and a lot of files
  • Testing with Extensions (especially Download Helper Extensions)

Major Test Areas [edit]

  • Litmus
    • Review old 2.0 Testcases (BFT) (FFT)for new Download Manager - with Regression Check against 2.0
    • Covering new Features based on Dependency Tree
      • Especially: Implement Download Resume
      • Use of default anti-virus scanner when downloading email and executables
      • Cross Session resumable downloads (resume after quitting firefox)
      • Easier retrieval of files that a user has downloaded in the past
    • Monitoring of new filed Bugs to cover regressions

More Complete Testing [edit]

  • Context Menus
  • Tooltips
    • UI elements
    • Cropped text
  • Helper app icons
  • Default download location
  • Download location changes
  • Disk-space limitations
  • Directory permissions
    • Vista Parental Controls
  • Downloading the same file multiple times (file name keying-off)
  • Cancel
  • Pause
  • Preferences
    • Location prompting
    • Auto-closing
    • Auto-cleanup
  • Active vs. Completed areas
    • Active
      • In-progress downloads
      • Paused downloads
    • Completed
      • Finished/completed
      • Cancelled
  • Search
    • Inline search (searches the download manager's history)
    • Advanced Search button (goes to where? Places, but where _exactly_?)
  • Pop-up area
    • Date
    • Original URI from which the download was started
    • Local folder info
  • Dynamic titlebar
  • Focus / tabbing order?
  • Download Completed alert on Windows (what about Linux? Mac?)
  • Folder permissions
  • Vista (types of accounts)
  • Invoking via right-clicking on pages/content/directories (check FTP!)

Schedule/milestones [edit]

  • M8 will see the landing of the revised DM UI and also the implementation of the cross-session resumable downloads
  • Really ramping up the testcases for Download Manager 1.9a6 /Beta 1, now that the test plan is (mostly) solid

References [edit]

Download Manager Spec Resume Download Design Clint's Summary Page

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