QA/Desktop Firefox/SocialAPI

Firefox 21

Mixi

• Manually adding a manifest to about:config adds a disabled item to Addons Manager :: Services
• Enabling the provider adds it to the drop down list from the toolbar
• Branding of the toolbar button(s)

Issues

• No branding on toolbar button (takes image of previously active provider)

MSN Now

Tests

• Provider-agnostic
  • Resizing the sidebar does not present any glitches
  • Memory use is not unreasonable while using sidebar
  • Is not active while in Private Browsing mode
  • Manually adding a manifest to about:config adds a disabled item to Addons Manager :: Services
  • Enabling the provider adds it to the drop down list from the toolbar
  • Branding of the toolbar button(s)
  • Previous state is restored following a crash or browser restart
• Provider-specific
  • Click a story opens it in a new tab
  • Drag a story to a window opens the story in the current tab
  • Switch between story topics loads the story items
  • Open a story from Biggest Movers section
  • Clicking the More link opens more stories in the sidebar
  • Open story in new tab via context menu
  • Open story in new window via context menu
  • Open story in new private window via context menu
  • Copy link location from context menu
  • Save link as from context menu

Issues

• No branding on toolbar button (takes image of previously active provider)
• Reload in story context menu appears to do nothing
• Can open the sidebar content in the main content area via More link context menu > Open link in new tab
• Clicking not logged in link in provider menu opens to now.msn.com instead of login.live.com
• MSN Now does not appear to have a logged in state in the Firefox UI
• More link in Add-ons Manager reports "undefined"
• Switching to MSN Now provider reports error in Error Console:

Timestamp: 3/14/2013 11:42:42 AM
Error: Detected UTF-16-encoded Basic Latin-only text without a byte order mark and without a transfer protocol-level declaration. Encoding this content in UTF-16 is inefficient and the character encoding should have been declared in any case.
Source File: http://now.msn.com/js/firefoxworker
Line: 0

Multiprovider

• Able to switch active providers through the toolbar button
• Enable/disabling multiple various providers

Issues

• Enabling all providers, provider button gives me the option to activate just one provider