Switch To Tab (aka Tab Matches in Awesomebar)

• Development Status: - [DONE] (04/13/2010)
• Feature Testing: - [DONE] (04/13/2010)
• Team: unfocused (dev), ashughes (qa)
• Tracking Bugs: bug 480350, bug 455650

Feature Description

The goal of this project is to enable users to switch to an open tab, instead of duplicating it, when an Awesomebar result matches the URL of an already open tab.

Feature Release Readiness Assessment

The table below provides a top level go/no go assessment of whether the feature is release ready for the given milestone.

Milestone	Assessment
#Beta1	GO
#Beta2	N/A
#Beta3	N/A

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Feature Documentation

Item	Description	Status
#Project_Wiki	Wiki Links to all feature related entries	wiki
#Developer_Links (blogs)	Developer links to feature related sites	[DONE]
#Other_Docs	Web links to feature related sites	[DONE]
#Developer_QA_Review	Details from developer and qa discussions regarding feature test strategies and issues.	[DONE]

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Feature Bug Management

Item	Description	Status
#Bug_Tracking	Top level bugs tracking feature	bug 480350, bug 455650
#Bug_Verification	Feature bugs that need verification	pending-feedback
#Bug_Triage	Links triage bug tasks	pending-feedback

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Feature Test Items

The table below provides a breakdown of all feature items that should be covered and how they will be tested. Not all items will be covered by internal QA team members.

Test Item	Description	Covered By	Status
Search Results	Which results are returned based on variations of input and open tabs	Developer Tests, Beta tester exposure, QA release-cycle testing	[DONE]
Preferences	Controlling default behaviour via prefs and prefs UI	Developer Tests, Beta tester exposure, QA release-cycle testing	[DONE]
Basic Functionality	Switching to tab under various conditions	Developer Tests, Beta tester exposure, QA release-cycle testing	[DONE]
Advanced Functionality	Switching to tab with Session Store, Private Browsing, and Clear Recent History	Developer Tests, Beta tester exposure, QA release-cycle testing	[DONE]
#Localization	Feature localization	QA tests, Beta tester exposure	need to write an RTL test
#Accessibility	Feature accessibility	Developer tests, Accessibility tests	[DONE]
#Plugins	Plugins compatibility	N/A	N/A
#Addons	Addons compatibility	N/A	N/A
#Topsites	Top internet sites compatibilities	N/A	N/A

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Feature Tests

Automated Tests

Item	Description	Status
#Developer_Tests	Links to automated developer tests	pending-feedback
#Mozmill_Tests	Links to automated mozmill feature test cases	none

Manual Tests

Item	Description	Status
#Smoke_Tests	link to smoke tests	[DONE]
#Regression_Tests	link to BFT and/or regression tests	[DONE]
#Functional_Tests	link to FFT and/or complete functional tests	[DONE]

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Community Test Events

Item	Description	Status
#Testdays	Links to test day event results for feature	April 9th, 2010
#Bugdays	Links to bug day event results for feature	none
#Meetups	Links to Meetup events for feature	none

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Feature Documentation Details

Project Wiki

• Project page

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Developer Links

• Most recent status update (April 13th, 2010)

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Other Docs

• Mockups
  • Madhava and Aza
  • Alex Faaborg
  • Limi

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Developer QA Review

• Do we have automated tests for the feature?
  • Yes
• What do they cover?
  • Search results
  • Opening/closing tabs
  • Changing URLs of tabs
  • Opening/closing windows
  • Entering/exiting private browsing mode
  • Code coverage
• What do they not cover?
  • Clear Recent History behaviour
  • Forget This Site while site is open
  • "Switch to tab:" label
  • Session Store behaviour
• How well do they cover the feature?
  • Need coverage from both automation and manual testing
• What are the important areas we should focus on?
  • UI
  • Basic functionality (switch to tab, window)
  • Advanced functionality (session store, private browsing)
• What are the dependencies?
  • n/a
• What is our comfort level with this feature in its current state?
  • Beta-ready
  • On-going bug fixes and testing
• What feedback would you like from QA?
  • Triage bugs, verify bugs, release-cycle level testing

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Feature Release Readiness Assessment Details

Beta1

• [DONE] - Ready for Beta
  • Development complete; focusing on residual bug fixes
  • QA Sprint testing complete; focusing on bug triage, verification
  • Should run through FFTs once during Beta1 cycle

Beta2

Beta3

Feature Bug Management Details

Bug Tracking

Query Name	Description
bug 480350	Top-level tracking bug
Dependencies	Tree of bugs blocking sign off
Bugs filed pre-testday	Bugs which were filed prior to the test day
Tab Matches Testday	Bugs which were filed during the test day

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Bug Verification

• Feature bugs that need verification

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Bug Triage

• Bug triage information

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Feature Test Items Details

Search Results

• Contain open tabs with matching URLs
• Display open tab results as two adjacent results
  • Switch to Tab on top
  • Open on bottom
• Open Tab search results do not affect ranking
• Open Tab search results are ranked above plain URLs
• Don't show the URL for an open tab

Preferences

• Add a Tabs option to the Location Bar prefs
• Disabled by default
• Test enabled/disabled behaviour

Basic Function

• Navigate results using arrow keys
• If a full URL is entered open the URL, do not switch an open tab
• If a search result URL is clicked while holding CTRL/OPT, open it in a new tab
• Switch to tab
• Switch to tab in another window

Advanced Function

• Switch to Tab still works after restoring a saved session
  • After restarting Firefox manually
  • After restarting Firefox from add-on install
  • After restarting Firefox from plugin install
• Switch to Tab still works after a crash
• Switch to tab still works for saved session after OS restart
• Switch to tab still works after Clear Recent History
• Switch to tab only switches to PB-tabs while in Private Browsing
• Switch to tab only switches to non-PB-tabs when back in normal mode

Localization

• Considerations for RTL languages

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Accessibility

• Existing tests for Awesomebar should cover this sufficiently

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Plugins

• Not relevant to this feature

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Addons

• May affect add-ons which modify the Awesomebar autocomplete dropdown
• API changes are additive, will not affect any add-ons

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Topsites

• Not relevant to this feature

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Feature Tests Details

Automated Tests Details

Developer Tests

• browser-chrome test
• autocomplete test
• test for bug 555767
• test for bug 556061

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Mozmill Tests

• No Mozmill tests at this moment
• All Litmus tests can/should be automated

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Manual Tests Details

• Litmus test cases

Smoke_Tests

• See above link

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Regression_Tests

• See above link

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Functional_Tests

• See above link

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Community Test Events Details

Testdays

• April 9th, 2010

Bugdays

• No bugdays planned

Meetups

• No meetups planned