Mozilla QA Community:Firefox 2.0b1 Community Test Day
Welcome to the Firefox 2.0 (it's almost Beta1) Community Test Day!!
We are not quite at beta1, but getting there. In preparation for the beta1 release in early July, we thought it would be fun to flesh out some of the upgrade issues users might face when jumping from earlier versions of Firefox to Firefox 2.0.
Thank you for participating in this test day. The success of Firefox and Thunderbird is heavily dependent on community members like you. We appreciate your support!!
When you are done, please send feedback to [1] or post significant findings to the Mozilla QA blog (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/qa/). We are very interested to hear about how the test day went, any overall thoughts about Firefox 2.0b1, and roll up of issues found and bugs filed.
The official time for the test day is Friday, June 23, 2006, from 7am - 5pm PDT, but anyone can jump on Litmus at any time on any day!
For more information about this release, please check out the . You will find the current schedule, test plan, and specific areas we can use help testing.
FAQ
Where do I start?
- Go to your favorite IRC client:
- Connect to irc.mozilla.org
- Join the #testday channel
Ok, I am in the channel, now what?
- Let the moderators know if you have any questions or encounter any problems. If you are not familiar with our bugzilla bug tracking system, feel free to report your problems to a moderator and they can log any bugs for you.
What build should I test?
We will be testing the Bon Echo nightly candidate builds (currently approaching beta1):
Firefox: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8
What specifically will we be testing?
We will be testing the functionality of upgrading from Firefox 1.5->2.0b1 with a set of extensions that are both compatible/incompatible with 2.0. In preparation for this testing, you should backup or rename your profile and create a fresh profile. Here is some important information - and please make sure to rename or backup your existing profile in order to protect your information.
- Go here for more information about backing up your profile: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup.
- Here is information about launching the profile manager: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_manager
- Go here for more information about Extension Manager in general: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox:2.0_QA_Activities:TestPlan:Extensions_Manager
Testing Instructions
Follow these instructions:
1. Download a Firefox 1.5 build and install a set of extensions that are compatible with Firefox 2.0b1 as well as not compatible.
- Here is a list of some extensions that are known to be currently compatible with the Bon Echo nightly build:
- DownThemAll
- ForecastFox
- StumbleUpon
- FlashGot
- NoScript
Make sure to install a bunch of extensions that aren't compatible as well, to make sure we test the compatability check part of extension manager.
Where do I find Litmus?
- Go to Litmus
- log in and then select run tests
- You can do a smoketest or a Basic Functional Test, it is entirely up to you!
- Talk to a moderator if you need help.
- Please make sure to choose the correct platform when you start your run.
Who will be moderating the #testday channel?
The moderator's nicks are:
- tracy
- bc
- marcia
- jay
- davel
- juanb
How do I file bugs?
First of all, let one of the moderators know so they can check if it is already a known problem. Then they can guide you to either provide more details, update an existing bug or file a new bug. If filing a new bug, please do a quick check to see if the bug already exists. This can easily be done by searching for the error message, window name, or some over identifing feature of the bug.
How do I send feedback?
Please use the [2] to send feedback about how the testday went, any overall thoughts about Firefox 2.0b1, and roll up of issues found and bugs filed. We really appreciate your help today and your feedback is very valuable.