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July 28, 2005
Get on the Firefox Software Update Train!
We are putting the finishing touches on a software update test suite with the hopes of having a community testing day early next week. Stay tuned for more details!
Posted by marcia at 4:47 PM | Comments (16)
Thunderbird Basic Functional Testing
We are working on putting together a Thunderbird Basic Functional testing community day. If all goes well, the tentative plan is to hold it during the middle of next week.
If you are interested, please send email to marcia@mozilla.org. Please indicate if you have access to both POP and IMAP Mail accounts so I can parse out the tests accordingly.
I will update this blog with more details as they become available.
Posted by marcia at 3:44 PM | Comments (2)
July 27, 2005
Help testing new Mozilla 1.7.11 build with both fixes
We have a new 1.7.11 build with fixes and need some final testing to verify that everything works as expected. Here are links to the new builds:
Please post any issues you find to this blog. thanks!
Posted by marcia at 11:14 AM | Comments (16)
July 26, 2005
Mac users - Help us test the IE Profile Migrator
Bug 236304 has been checked in, so now it's time to test the IE Profile Migrator to make sure it works as expected.
Please report any issues in this blog. Thanks for helping us make the Firefox Mac experience better!
Posted by marcia at 8:32 PM | Comments (4)
Requesting Help with Mozilla 1.7.11
We need some community help testing a regression that occurred in Mozilla Mail. Bug 300749 has now been fixed and checked in and we need confirmation things are working as expected. Please download today's build - here are the links by platform:
Please post any issues you find to this blog or directly in the bug.
Bug 301917 will still need to be confirmed, but we are still working on the regression window for that bug.
Posted by marcia at 2:25 PM | Comments (8)
July 22, 2005
Help with Bug 295058
We could use some help determining what the problem might be with this bug - XPInstall dialog does not show when making use of browser.link.open_external:3 (default).
Please post comments in this blog, or if you have a Bugzilla account, directly in the bug.
Posted by marcia at 11:35 AM | Comments (1)
July 19, 2005
Need some help testing - Sidebar extensions and a Bookmarks bug
We could use some helping testing some sidebar extensions to see if this bug is still a problem: Bug 249883
Also, we just landed a fix for this bug. This is a fairly regularly duped bug and it would be great to get some test coverage on this on Mac and Linux.
Please post issues you see on this blog, or preferably, directly in the bug if you have Bugzilla access.
Posted by marcia at 5:20 PM | Comments (4)
Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.6 have been released!
Thanks to all the members of our testing community for all of your hard work in testing. Special thanks to those of you that were on IRC this weekend and helped test all of the builds on Saturday. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Posted by marcia at 5:17 PM | Comments (6)
July 16, 2005
Please help us test 1.0.6 builds
We are getting ready to release Firefox 1.0.6, Thunderbird 1.0.6, and Mozilla Suite 1.7.10 to address some API issues in the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.5 releases and we would like some help from our testing community.
Here are links to all of the builds:
Firefox: Windows, Mac, Linux
Tbird: Windows, Mac, Linux
Suite: Windows, Mac, Linux
Things to look for in these builds:
*Extensions that interact with web content and events - test on a wide variety of content types
*For Thunderbird, please test the Enigmail Extension
*Test extensions that you normally use to make sure that they function properly
Please post any issues that you find to this blog. Thanks!
Posted by marcia at 3:39 PM | Comments (85)
July 13, 2005
Help testing Mozilla 1.7.9 Release
We could use some help testing the Mozilla 1.79 release. Here are the download links on all platforms:
Mozilla 1.7
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Windows
Linux (XPI):
Linux (tarballs):
Mac
Here is a link to the smoketesting document. Please test out top extensions, including Enigmail on the mail side, and give the features you use the most often a good workout.
Please report any issues to this blog. Thanks.
Posted by marcia at 11:27 AM | Comments (8)
July 10, 2005
Deer Park Alpha 2 Release Candidates
We now have a round of builds that are very close to what we will shortly release as Deer Park Alpha 2.
These candidate builds are now available for testing for each of Windows, Mac and Linux--- with l10n builds to follow shortly. Please note that for our alpha releases there are feature and polish issues that have not yet been completely worked out. We release these milestones to get the core code out to our community to test out major gecko and platform changes as soon as possible. If these test out well, we'll be shipping Deer Park Alpha 2 shortly.
This will be second alpha in the Deer Park product development cycle and will include all major and significant features, whether pref'd on or off in order to achieve wider testing and to solicit quality feedback. The quality standard for this release is pre-production and therefore it should be of the quality required to support testing, and for Extension, theme and web application developers to begin compatibility and feature testing in advance of Firefox 1.1. It may break some but not all 1.0+ targeted Extensions. It should not contain any significant and known crashers.
Please download these builds and let us know of any significant issues which should stop this release. In particular, please ensure that these builds work for you to access all major web sites and services that you use regularly, e.g. e-mail, e-commerce, banking, etc.
The new software update engine has been incorporated into these builds but is presently off by default as we put together and coordinate test plans. Details to be posted here shortly.
Also, after a round of successful testing and debugging during the first Deer Park alpha, we're enabling the Fastback feature. With this feature enabled where before the browser needed to re-render each page from a local cache of documents, now you will see a dramatic speed improvement when you click the back and forward buttons to navigate between recently viewed web pages.
Windows: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2005-07-10-07-trunk/
Mac: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2005-07-10-07-trunk/
Linux: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2005-07-10-05-trunk/
If you find issues, please post them here.
Before filing bugs in Bugzilla, try to check to see first if a bug has been filed. (Note: There is a link of the main Bugzilla page called "Hot Bugs" which references the most frequently filed bugs.)
Posted by asa at 3:11 PM | Comments (41)
July 9, 2005
Thunderbird Users - Help us test Software Update (Windows Only)
The new application update service is now available for Thunderbird users on Windows and we could use your testing help!
The instructions are very similar to those Asa outlines in his July 5th post in this blog.
Important Note: It seems, that the zip builds are broken since July 7th. So, the update system only works with the installer builds at the moment.
1) Make sure you are running a nightly Thunderbird trunk build from July 7th or later. Here is a link to the Windows build for July 7th: Windows Build
2) Go to: Tools / Options / Advanced / Config Editor. Filter on app.update. Change app.update.url to:
https://aus-staging.mozilla.org:8711/update2/0/%PRODUCT%/%VERSION%/%BUILD_ID%/
%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/update.xml
3) Now choose "Check for Updates" from the Help menu item and if there is a new nightly build available, we'll download the update and install it.
Note: you'll get the same cert warning dialogs with the testing server that you see when updating Firefox. Please refer to Asa's July 5th post for more about the cert warning dialogs.
Again, this is only for Windows. Please try it out and let us know if you have any issues. In your post, if you can also please state which version of Windows you are using, that would be most helpful.
Posted by marcia at 1:06 PM | Comments (30)
Newer Firefox 1.0.5 Candidate Builds
We took another fix last night, so we have new builds on all platforms. If you have some time and take the build for a test spin, that would be great. Please report any issues as a comment to this post. thanks!
Posted by marcia at 12:57 PM | Comments (21)
July 8, 2005
Mac testers - help us test Safari Profile Migration
Mac users will appreciate the new Safari migration feature in the latest versions of Deer Park. This feature allows users to import their bookmarks, cookies, preferences, and history into Firefox directly from Safari. It would be great if we could give this some more testing, so if you have a mac, please go ahead and give this a try:
1. Download this nightly build.
2. Launch Deer Park and choose File->Import.
3. Select Safari.
4. Select the settings you want to import from Safari.
5. Confirm that everything was imported successfully, that no data is missing, and that everything behaves as expected.
If you have any trouble or comments, post them as a comment to this post.
thanks to zach for writing this up so I could post it!
Posted by marcia at 3:06 PM | Comments (24)
New Firefox 1.0.5 Candidate Builds
Update:
We took one more fix yesterday, so we have a new set of 1.0.5 candidates - please use the 7/8/05 builds.
Here are the links to the candidate builds for testing:
Windows
Linux
Mac
Here are the key areas to test in this build:
* Turn off JavaScript - make sure behavior is expected
* Open lots of large images
* If you use Thunderbird mail, create new accounts and open attachments
* Right clicking on content in general
* Hosting XPIs
* Launch the browser from external applications and make sure it works, including checking your tab settings
Other things to try:
(1) Logging into Yahoo mail, GMail or any web services (online banking sites, etc)
(2) The Adblock extension, as well as other popular extensions that show up on UMO.
(3) Keyboard shortcuts and using the arrow keys for navigation through various menus and dialogs
If you find issues, please post them in this blog. Before filing bugs in Bugzilla, try to check to see first if a bug has been filed. There is a link of the main Bugzilla page called "Hot Bugs" which references the most frequently filed bugs.
Posted by jay at 8:51 AM | Comments (11)
July 7, 2005
some stats
I thought you all might be interested in some Bugzilla statistics.
Bug 300,000 was just filed (and fixed) today.
Bugzilla has 207,661 total accounts, but only 88,716 accounts with any activity.
33,583 of those Bugzilla accounts have some Bugzilla activity in the last year.
23,078 Bugzilla users have reported a bug in the last year.
11,483 Bugzilla users have reported a bug in the last 6 months.
1,877 Bugzilla users have reported a bug in the last month.
Posted by asa at 4:18 PM | Comments (18)
July 6, 2005
Firefox 1.0.5 builds - All Platforms are ready for testing
Update
I have updated the links for testing - please use the 7/7/05 builds.
Here are the links to the candidate builds for testing:
Here are the key areas to test in this build:
* Turn off JavaScript - make sure behavior is expected
* Open lots of large images
* If you use Thunderbird mail, create new accounts and open attachments
* Right clicking on content in general
* Hosting XPIs
* Launch the browser from external applications and make sure it works, including checking your tab settings
Other things to try:
(1) Logging into Yahoo mail, GMail or any web services (online banking sites, etc)
(2) The Adblock extension, as well as other popular extensions that show up on UMO.
If you find issues, please post them in this blog. Before filing bugs in Bugzilla, try to check to see first if a bug has been filed. There is a link of the main Bugzilla page called "Hot Bugs" which references the most frequently filed bugs.
Posted by marcia at 2:51 PM | Comments (33)
Firefox 1.0.5 test builds
You want This Post
As soon as the Thunderbird builds have passed smoketests, I'll link them here as well. Thanks for all your help.
update: Oops, I spoke too soon. We're taking one more fix. I will update later with the new testing builds.
Posted by asa at 9:29 AM | Comments (20)
July 5, 2005
deer park nightly build update system testing
We're looking for some brave souls ;-) to help us test the new update mechanism. This is a key feature for 1.1 and we're trying to get the basics working for Deer Park Alpha 2. Right now the testing is fairly simple. You'll need a recent nighly build and the system will update you to the latest nightly build. Here's how it works.
First, you'll need a build that's newer than 2005-07-02 on Windows or Linux (Mac isn't quite there yet). Next, you'll need to go into about:config and change the app.update.url to this string https://aus-staging.mozilla.org:8711/update2/0/%PRODUCT%/%VERSION%/%BUILD_ID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/update.xml After making this change and when a newer trunk nightly builds is available, click the Check for Updates item in the Help menu. This should launch the Update system and guide you through the application update.
We know about the certificate issue -- that's just a result of the testing server we're using and won't be there when we move over to the final service. We also know that it will offer updates even when none exist. Oh, and this isn't "incremental update" yet, it's downloading all the Deer Park files and replacing your current install. Incremental, or patched updates, are coming next.
If you've got feedback on this new feature, please restrict it to the basic testing I've outlined above. Discussion about binary/incrimental/patching updates or the notification system should wait until we've got those working and we're ready to test 'em.
If you download yesterday's build, you can update to today's with this system. If you have today's already, then tomorrow morning (sometime after about 8 AM PST) you should be able to update to the latest build
Thanks for your help!
update: Linux users will need to get a tinderbox build from this afternoon since earlier builds were broken. If you get one of these tinderbox builds, you should be able to test update tomorrow morning.
update 2: If there aren't updates available (as mentioned in the known problems paragraph) you will encounter problems. Right now that problem is a 404 error in the Update wizard. We're workin' on it (though the 404 is a step up from the hang we were having.)
Posted by asa at 4:57 PM | Comments (89)
July 2, 2005
regression hunting
Looking over the Reporter data today, I see that american express.com seems to have regressed. We could use some help in determining if this is a Firefox regression or something that's changed at the website so if you've got some time and can test some older builds to compare with the current trunk, that would be extremely helpful.
Posted by asa at 10:00 PM | Comments (8)
July 1, 2005
Thanks for all of your testing efforts!
Thanks to all of you that logged into the #bft channel on Tuesday and participated in testing. We had 23 Windows testers, 7 Linux testers, and 2 Mac testers that participated. We had several individuals that completed more than 80 test cases, and they included tomcat, jayfromtaiwan, and grantaw.
On Thursday we discussed ways we could improve the next event we have, and we are currently working on revamping that process. The plan for the next event is to use an email template to report testing results. As these details get firmed up, we will post the new procedures in this blog, so stay tuned.
I will be contacting individuals that participated via email and will work out the details of getting you your rewards. Again, thank to everyone for participating - you are helping to make Firefox that much better!
Posted by marcia at 12:41 PM | Comments (12)