QA/Firefox3/TestPlan/Mac Integration

Version 1.0 created 07-06-07

Scope of planned testing

The primary goal of this QA test plan is Mac testing of the Firefox 3 release. With the impending release of Leopard in October, some of the testing focus will concentrate on the new OS integration pieces that could possibly be problematic. Primary emphasis will be on the following:

• Form controls
• Focus issues
• Fonts
• Context menu
• Cocoa widgets
• Drag and drop

For Leopard

• Default Browser
• Default Download Location
• Full Keyboard Access
• Other OS Integration Pieces

1. Will Test

• Installing and Uninstalling Firefox on Mac
  • Installing in the Default Directory
  • Installing on the Desktop in a folder
  • Uninstalling Firefox
  • Installing Firefox with Multiple Users

• Setting Firefox as the Default Application
  • Resetting Safari as the default, then setting Firefox as the default
  • Setting FF as the default from the install
  • Setting FF as the default after a software update
  • Setting FF as the default before a software update

• Software Update
  • Updating as a Admin user
  • Updating as a Standard User
  • Confiming Major/Minor Update functionality

• Support of RSS Feed Reader Client Side Applications

• Native Form Controls
  • We will use smokey's Camino list as a starting point to formulate some Litmus test cases for this area.

• Downloading
  • Honoring whatever is set as the default download location

• Fonts
  • Explore fonts in text areas

• Context Menus
  • Full exploration of context menus

• GROWL Integration
  • Registering GROWL

• Full Keyboard Access
  • Perform Tests with FKA enabled as well as disabled

• Plugins
  • Support of New Plugin model
  • JEP
  • Flash
  • Shockwave
  • Quicktime
  • Windows Media Player (Flip for Mac)
  • PDFs
  • RealPlayer
  • Viewpoint

• Add-ons
• Installing
• Uninstalling
• Enabling and Disabling
• Finding Updates
• Add-ons Compatibility checks

(What do you plan to test? What is covered by Developer testing? What is not practical to test?)

• Testing will cover the areas below. Exceptions are noted under the "Will not test" section

Platform and Configurations

We will be testing Mac OS X 10.4.x on PPC/Intel, as well as Mac OS X 10.5 on PPC/Intel.

Major Test Areas

(describe major test areas of the feature and major test cases. Once the plan is done, these major test cases can be fleshed out into litmus or automated test cases) [edit]

Schedule/milestones

( Provide some breakdown of the major areas of the feature, how long it will take to develop or run the tests, and an approximate time this will be done. [edit]

References

(List useful links to the bug containing design info, feature meeting notes, wiki info, standards info, litmus group or subgroup, etc)