Support/Firefox3.6

Support plan for Firefox 3.6

Roadmap

• Track changes for 3.6 - 2009-10-30 - Done
• Identify which articles will need to be changed - 2009-11-06 - Done
• Document entire plan - 2009-11-08 - Done
• Identify which changes can be done via script - 2009-11-08 - Done
• Tell all locale leaders about plan for updating - 2009-11-09 - Done
• List any new articles that need to be created - 2009-11-13 - Done
• Get new articles created - 2009-11-20 - Done
• Track en-US update progress - 2009-11-27 - Done
• Engage with locale leaders on what changes need to updated - 2009-11-27 - Done
• Track l10n progress - 2009-12-04

Backend and Admin

• Because 3.6 is going to be pushed as a minor update to 3.5 users, we are not creating a separate SHOWFOR tag and category. We are simply renaming the SHOWFOR tag. bug 521109 - Done
• Rename 3.5 category to 3.5/3.6 - Done

Content update

Changes in Firefox

See Support/Firefox3.6:Changes

Articles that need to be updated

See Support/Firefox3.6:Articles_to_update

What we should update via script (all updates will be manual)

• Main options panel is now General options panel.
  • Replace "{PATH()}Main{PATH} panel" and "{MENU()}Main{MENU} panel" with "{MENU()}General{MENU} panel ({MENU()}Main{MENU} panel in Firefox 3.5)"
• Using about:support to direct users to profile folder.
  • We will create a content block for about:support
  • We will need to standardize the instructions for going to your profile folder, so they all get changed by the script.
• Replace "Go to your Firefox profile folder - see ((Profiles|#How to find your profile|How to find your profile))" with don't know what yet.

New articles

• Rename Options window - Main panel to "Options window - General panel" and create redirect. bug 528097 - Done
• Troubleshooting Information article to describe about:Support bug 528112 - Done
• (added last minute) Some plugins used by this page are out of date. bug 540782 - Done
• Upgrading to 3.6 bug 540208 - Done

Screenshots and Screencasts

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 and later can be used for screenshots and screencasts.

• Screenshots of options window will need to be updated.