Litmus:Extension

Goals

• Make it easier for new testers to get started
• Allow testers to view tests and submit results from a separate window inside the app
• Make testers feel valued and encourage them to keep testing
• Help integrate testers into the community
• Encourage participation in special events (testdays, pre-release testing, etc...)

Feature Areas

• Initial setup
  • Helps users get setup with an account if they don't already have a Litmus account. Provides an introduction to Mozilla QA.
• Running tests
  • Select a testing area. Mozilla QA can push recommended areas to users to test around new code/features.
  • Run a test, select a result, next test is shown
  • Positive feedback to users: you've run this many tests, top testers of the week, etc...
• Community aspects
  • Joga-style notification of special testing events, linking directly to the relevant set of tests and IRC

Other ideas

• Direct link into IRC to bring testers into #qa/#testday
• David Hamp, a student at Seneca, was working on some kind of Litmus extension but didn't have much time to devote to the project. Zach has an email into him to determine what he's done and whether he's interested in working more on this.

Naming

• QMO Extension? Somehow integrate the QMO branding
• Tie this in with the Mozilla beta program concept somehow?

Questions

• Extension presents a separate interface to Litmus different than that of the website. Is this a problem?
• Just Firefox, or allow Thunderbird/calendar/etc... testing through the extension?