Community Testday: Download Manager for Firefox 3, Friday, April 25th, 2008
Hey Everyone!
It's time to revisit the Download Manager in Firefox 3! Join us Friday, April 25th, 2008 in #testday on IRC from 7am - 5pm PDT. Here is how you can help us:
1. Install either the latest nightly build from ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ (preferable), or install Firefox 3 beta 5.
2. We'd appreciate your running through the testcases in https://litmus.mozilla.org/show_test.cgi?searchType=by_category&product_... if you'd prefer testing on your own, that's fine too!
3. Due to recent changes, you should now see multiple selection--both contiguous and non-contiguous--as well as the return of the often-missed "Clear List" button! Help us make sure these work by filing bugs--but please ask or search if you're unfamiliar with the pre-existing bugs.
4. Provide us with your feedback and any testing updates by leaving a comment on this event post! It's the easiest way to collect information about this Test Day, so don't be afraid to say hello and tell us how your day went.
We are on the road to RC1, so there is plenty to test! If you want to help us test Download Manager, great! But if you really want to be adventurous, go grab a few new ones and try them out!
How to prepare for Test Day:
* Save your profile data! You should either back up your profile or use the profile manager to create a new profile for testing.
* Get the new Mozilla QA Companion! It's the easiest way to run test cases, search for bugs, and get connected on IRC... so it's the perfect tool for Test Days!
Getting started on Test Day:
First join us in #testday on irc.mozilla.org so you can chat with the Mozilla QA team and community. There are always people in the channel to meet, work with, and get help from.
Then choose one or more of the following things to do:
* Run various test cases on Litmus! Ask for help in the
#testday channel if you're not familiar with Litmus. If a testcase is
terribly unclear, mark it as such. When you have questions about using
Litmus, please ask the moderators in the testday channel or see the Litmus tutorial .
* When you have time and interest in writing testcases, please ping Marcia and/or Tomcat in the #testday channel. We have also a short documentation on how to write testcases for litmus.
For more general information about Test Days, visit http://quality.mozilla.org/events/test-days
Other Stuff
* If you want to help us test various pre-releases early and often (alphas, betas, release candidates), join our betatesters mailing list!
* If you are interesting in specific Testing on Mac (10.4 and also Leopard) and Vista please see http://quality.mozilla.org/node/287 and if you want to be more involved in Mozilla in general, please see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/university/
Hope to see you on Friday 4/25 for our Download Manager Test Day!
Thanks,
Stephen Donner (stephend) and the Mozilla QA Team
