Mobile/Firefox for iOS-Pre-Release Program

Overview

This may not be pretty, but this should give our (currently Mozilla-only) testers a view of what's been included in previous builds, links to corresponding surveys, and the areas we're asking participants to focus on for the current build.

General Notes

• Communications are sent out to the ios-mobile-testers group. If you're a (Mozilla-only) participant, make sure you're included in that group to get the latest & greatest information in real-time. If you haven't received your invite, let Karen (kar), Mark (mfinkle) or Jenn (jchaulk) know and we can add you.
• Details on how to download the test build are included in the group's welcome message. You need to ensure your LDAP credentials have been included since you'll need them to download the client.

Feedback

We expect feedback, feedback and more feedback. And it couldn't be easier to provide it.

• File a bug
• Send an email from your desktop, mobile or tablet to ios-feedback@mozilla.com
• Send a note to ios-mobile-testers for some extra fun to banter about opinions from your fellow participants
• Take a screenshot (within the client) and a pre-populated email will pop up. Type in a few descriptive words to send off the pic!
  • The email is sent to ios-feedback
  • If you haven't already configured an email address with your i-device, you will be prompted to do so the first time you use this handy-dandy feature

Catch Up with your Surveys

• Build #5 Survey
• Build #4 Survey
• Build #3 Survey
• Pre-Release Test Program Participant Survey

Focus Areas for Each Build

Note that 'sync' isn't yet enabled in our builds. We'll let you know as soon as it is!

Build 5

• To make sending feedback EVEN EASIER, if you take a screen shot (whilst within the Firefox for iOS app, of course!), this will automatically be attached to an email and add ios-feedback@mozilla.com as the recipient. Put in a few more lines of text as to why that screenshot was noteworthy and hit ‘send’. Easy!! Use it for web compat issues, describing why something in the UI looks a little funky, or to better report a problem. Try it – it’s totally awesome. TOTALLY.
• Fair bit of work has gone into Reader View (like page titles, opening in full screen and some other UX updates). Please continue playing around with this feature – it’s an important one for us.
• We have added the ‘Top Sites’ home panel, so browse and see how it fills out for you.
• More search settings stuff have landed: see that you can keep changing to any provider in that list, that search suggestions are working as expected, you’re prompted to turn on search suggestions upon start-up, and the concept behind ‘quick search’ is allowing you to search more… quickly.
• Layout of the Location Bar has been tweaked – is it still behaving as expected? Looking for regressions, etc.

Build 4

• Known issues that caused crashes on the iPhone 6 plus have been resolved - let us know if you're still crash-ey
• Open and read PDF files from a webpage
• Change your search provider options in Settings
• Home Panels are now your start page - what do you think?
• History Home Panel now is split into handy sections (today, last week, last 2 weeks, ....) - easier to find what you're looking for?
• Text Selection is working for URLs
• Tapping a Search Suggestion that is a domain address will open up as a URL

Build 3

• Does basic browser navigation work (back/forward/reload/stop)?
• Does Tabbed Browsing feel intuitive and instinctual (adding new tabs, navigating between tabs)?
• Is Search behaving as expected? Do search suggestions appear?
• Can you share URLs to other apps? (We don't have full functionality here yet, but partial)
• How does Reader View feel to you? Easy to get to? Easy on the eyes?
• Is your History and Bookmarks working? (NB - sync is not yet functional, therefore this is limited to this local client instance only)
• Any general Web Compat issues? (Grab a screenshot if you can: hold down the ON/OFF button then press the Home button)