Testday dedicated to the new multi-page about:home in Firefox for Android

Hi Mozillians from all over the world!

I am really glad to announce that on Friday, September 20th will take place a testday dedicated to the new multi-page about:home!  Hopefully all of you will join us through the day!

As usual, you can join us on our IRC testday channel and you can see the details in the test plan. We’ll be pleased to help you up with testing Firefox Aurora and to hear your feedback about the web experience you encounter.

• for the latest aurora build go to: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/aurora/

• NEW multi-page about:home:
  
  • http://lucasr.org/2013/08/21/revamped-ui-in-firefox-for-android/
  • Project meta tracking bug: http://bugzil.la/new-about-home
  • File newly found bugs using the following this link.

• WebRTC platform support – include suite in the Testday run
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Projects/WebRTC_platform_support
  • http://www.morbo.org/2013/04/webrtc-support-on-android.html
  • Specs http://www.webrtc.org/
• Performance improvements – Including WebGL, texture streaming, async canvas updates
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Roadmap/Tracking_Fx22#Performance_improvements
• ARMv6 processor support for lower-end Android based devices
  • Minimum Requirements: Android 2.2, 800MHz, 512MB of RAM
  • Check if your phone meets this requirements by visiting http://www.gsmarena.com
• Site compatibility testing
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_for_Android/Compatibility_Testing
• Sharing: NFC bump for tab sharing and Quickshare
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Projects/NFC_bump
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Projects/Quickshare
• X86 Support added

This event is open to all those interested: newcomers, experienced testers, developers, and anyone interested in testing and using Firefox on Android.

Your contribution will mean a lot to us. Thanks in advance for your help and hope to see you on IRC!

Ioana Chiorean