QA/Execution/Web Testing/PluginCheck

Overview

• Project homepage: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Plugins:PluginCheck/CrossBrowserRelease (slightly outdated, but still useful)

Found a Bug?

• Help us, please! File in the "websites" component, product: plugins.mozilla.org, and in the whiteboard field, enter "0.6.0" (without the quotes).

Thanks!

QA/Dev Process

• Raymond, please fill me in

Supported Browsers

• Internet Explorer 8, 9 (when it comes out from beta)
• Chrome on Windows, Mac (latest version)
• Opera on Windows, Mac (latest version)
• Firefox 3.0, 3.5, 3.6+
• Safari 5 on Mac, Windows

Supported Plugins

• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Reader Plugin
• Microsoft Silverlight
• Divx Web Player
• Java Embedding Plugin
• Acrobat Reader
• MoveNetworks Quantum Media Player (used for videos on ESPN360.com and other major video streaming websites)
• Quicktime
• BrowserPlus Plugin

Positive Test Cases

1. Load https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/plugincheck with any of the above supported browsers, using the most recent version of each supported plugin
2. Verify that those plugins are recognized as being up-to-date (green button)

1. Load https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/plugincheck with the supported browsers, but with an outdated version of the plugin (oldversion.com is a great resource for Win32.)
2. Verify that we detect the plugin as out-of-date, and link the user, via a red button, to the plugin vendor's homepage

1. Load https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/plugincheck with the supported browsers, but with a vulnerable version of the plugin (oldversion.com is a great resource for Win32.)
2. Verify that we detect the plugins as vulnerable, and link the user, via an orange "! Update Now" button, to the plugin vendor's homepage

Staging Server

• https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com

Fixed Bugs to Verify

• fixed bugs

Links to Useful Resources

• Oldversion.com to download old versions of Windows plug-ins
• Adobe's archived Flash versions page
• Austin's perfidies debug page