Welcome Firefox Mobile testers!
Our goal is to provide you with mobile news and guidance towards how and where you as a tester can help out!
This Week’s Headlines!
- Reintroduced ‘Quit’ located in the menu
- Nightly builds now support Flash (on Android 2.3 and Android 2.2)
- Note: you will need to download and have installed the latest version of the Flash Player from the Android Market
- Features to look at now: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI/NightlyFeatures
What’s New in Fennec Native UI this week?
- Draft of addons manager
- Panning and Zooming Improvement Updates
- Reintroduced ‘Quit’ located in the menu
- Draft of scrollbar indicators
In Other News:
- Ts automation on various browsers on various devices can be seen : http://brasstacks.mozilla.com/testperf_dashboard/#/xbrowserstartup
- Mobile Test Drivers Program (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Testdrivers_Program)
- To start, please fill out this form (http://mzl.la/udDG1b) by November 28th
What’s coming soon to Fennec on Android?
- Further enhancements to panning and zooming experience (gestures included)
- Double tap Zoom
- Improved Add-ons Manager
- On-going performance improvements
- Improved home screen
- And more!
How to download the latest Fennec Native UI build:
- Enable ‘Unknown sources’ in Settings | Application Settings on your Android device
- Go to: http://nightly.mozilla.org
- Click and download the Android installer under the mobile section
Testing Areas, Tips and Tricks:
- Head to your favorite flash sites and file bugs on sites that do not work or don’t meet your expectations
- Download the Zippity Addon: http://people.mozilla.com/~mfinkle/fennec/addons/testharness-mobile.xpi and go to about:testharness to perform various tests
- Explore away with testing these features https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI/NightlyFeatures
We want to hear from you!
If you discover a bug, please file it in Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org) under the product: “Fennec Native”, or just follow this link: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fennec%20Native. If you need assistance, feel free to message this mailing list: https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platforms-mobile
Any feedback on the newsletter can go to: Naoki at nhirata@mozilla.com
Til next time,
The Mobile QA Team