QA/Firefox 3.next/Test Plan:AddonsManagerRedesign

« Firefox 3.next TestPlan

Add-ons Manager Redesign

This redesign will substantially improve the basic functionality of the a add-ons manager, such as installation and configuration of add-ons, as well as incorporate additional features and functionality, such as use of Personas and Jetpacks. The design will also remove parts of the manager that interrupt and distract user tasks.

Discovery Pane

As a part of this redesign project the Discovery Pane has its own testplan.

Team Members

Team	Status
QA Henrik Skupin (QA lead) Raymond Etornam (Discovery Pane) Marco Zehe (Accessibility)	Current status: Testplan creation / Testing Testplan creation Testing Waiting

Bug Queries

Tracking Bugs: Redesign Addons Manager UI | Extension Manager API Rewrite Discovery Pane | Accessibility

Triage: all | open | uiwanted | unconfirmed | assigned | fixed | verified | P1 blocker

Blockers: alpha5 | beta1 | final

Tests: missing flags | in-testsuite? | in-testsuite+ | in-litmus? | in-litmus+

Top Issues

• bug 553455: No notification of addons being installed
• bug 553493: Make sure UI works as expected for installing restart-less addons
• bug 562622: Implementation of the automatic vs. manual update design mockups
• bug 562902: Implementation of the Detail View design mockups
• bug 562760: Language packs cannot be installed
• bug 565610: Can not overlay about: urls
• bug 520124: Personas on top of other custom themes

Things We Will Work On

The complete test plan can be found on Google Spreadsheets.

Additional Work

• Creating and Updating existent Litmus tests (coverage spreadsheet)
• Revising Mozmill tests for Add-ons Manager

Things We Don't Test

We do not test any area which is already covered by automated tests.

Reference

• Firefox project pages
  • Extension Manager API rewrite
  • Add-ons Manager Redesign (Current Design)
  • Discovery Pane
  • Add-ons Compatibility Reporter (Spec)
  • Pull more AMO Data into the Add-ons Manager

• Test days:
  • Testday on April 30th

• Blog posts:
  • 10/05/27 - Dave: Support for dropping XPI files into the extension install locations might be going away
  • 10/05/10 - Blair: Frontend Updates
  • 10/04/29 - Dave: The new Add-ons Manager is here
  • 10/04/27 - Blair: Frontend Updates
  • 10/04/13 - Blair: Frontend Updates
  • 10/04/01 - Boriss: Add-ons Manager Redesign Update
  • 10/03/24 - Justin: A New Front Door
  • 10/03/22 - Blair: Frontend Updates
  • 10/03/19 - Dave: How we’re breaking some extensions in the near future
  • 10/03/14 - Dave: Look Ma, no restarts!
  • 10/03/12 - Dave: Simplifying
  • 10/01/07 - Dave: Do we need extension dependencies?
  • 09/12/03 - Boriss: Relocating Firefox’s Add-ons Manager
  • 09/11/23 - Boriss: Redesigning Firefox’s Addons Manager

Discussion / Meetings

• Meeting notes
• 20100304 - AMO meeting
• 20100303 - First come together

• Dropping support of placing XPI files into the extension folder