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Ioana Budnar
Last Friday we had a Firefox 17 Aurora testday. Together we tested the most recent Firefox features, Improve Display of Location Bar Results and HTML Tree Editor. We ran tests, investigated existing issues, and filed new ones. More details are available in … Continue reading
Jason Smith
Hi Everyone, We need your help testing out the new Stub Installer for Mozilla Firefox on Nightly! The stub installer is a new installer for Firefox that aims to streamline the installation process for our end-users by allowing them download … Continue reading
satdav
We have had 2 more staff meetings since the first one we recorded them. Please see below the link to the latest call video: Wednesday 19th Meeeting Part 1 http://vreplay.mozilla.com/replay/showRecordingExternal.html?key=7TwouZbzQZI1VEs Wednesday 19th Meeting part 2 http://vreplay.mozilla.com/replay/showRecordingExternal.html?key=ircSHEai8pBD9wj … Continue reading
Syndicator
This entire series of articles assumes you are already using Firefox Sync in some capacity. If not, please check out our support team’s excellent introduction to Firefox Sync and give Sync a go. So you’re using Firefox Sync and decided … Continue reading → Continue reading
Aaron Train
Here at Mozilla, we’re always looking and investing in different ways
that our mobile related testing efforts and strategies can evolve and
expand into new avenues as Firefox for Android mature as a product.
We’re always engaged in seeking out different yet worthwhile services
and tools that can integrate into our regular QA process.
Whilst we continue to operate as a small team (Mobile QA for Firefox on
Android is about two-full time employees); we’re seeking all the help we
can get whether it be from community or from those who have created
services and utilities to assist mobile QA efforts.
We react in seeking solutions by continuing to identify and respond to
problems. In identifying our areas of contention, we still see Android
device fragmentation and access on-demand to Android devices as
major paint-points of Android testing. To administer any type of soluton
would involve boasting and utilizing the services and assistance from
others. Currently we use DeviceAnywhere for one-off direct device
testing; but we desired a service that targets automation.
A couple months ago we stumbled upon AppThwack, a service that
manages mobile application and fragmentation issues by deploying
uploaded Android Package (APK) files and deploying (installation) on
realAndroid based phones and tablets. The devices are hosted and
interfaced through web front-end that makes it easy to view and extract
results ran from automated tests (currently self-written and
provided MonkeyRunner tests are available, and on-track towards
deploying Robotium and possibly in the near future Mozilla based
Robocop tests). Alongside, screen-shots are provided from multiple
device orientations which make it usful for identifying any
user-interface issues. A test-run takes a couple minutes and any data
collected may be bundled and downloaded together to deploy towards any
new Bugzilla bug for track-keeping.
Currently, we are utilizing their service for testing Firefox for
Android builds during our rapid release Beta cycle and are looking
at different strategies of integration for the other channels within our
cycle.
If you would like to see what a test-run looks like click here.
marcia
Please join us this week for the QA weekly team meeting. The agenda has been posted and you can find the Vidyo and dial in information here. If you are not able to join us, the meeting will be recorded … Continue reading