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Firefox 4 Testplan

Firefox 4, no code name yet, will be the next major release of Firefox scheduled to be released, tentatively, sometime before the end of the year. The scope for this release is in flux, but Mike Beltzner has presented the vision for Firefox 4 to the community through the Mozilla blog.

Milestone Test Results

Mozilla Developer Preview releases are built off of the 3.7 trunk, which is why their designation is 3.7AlphaX. The first beta built off of this will bear the Firefox 4 designation.

Firefox 4 Feature Highlights

List the major features for Firefox 4 such as:

• HTML5
• WebM
• New Theme
• Faster JS engine
• Panorama
• Too many to list!

Requirements and QA Planning

Most of the work for Firefox 4 is being done in the form of sprints/projects. You will find links to the features documentation and landing targets here:

• Firefox 4 Beta Meta Page
• Projects Wiki
• Firefox UI Team Project Page

We will hold test plan brainstorming and review sessions with the developers in charge of the features. Ideally, the developer will explain the feature to a small group of QA people, and we'll have a chance to brainstorm test cases with them. If you own a feature, make sure to schedule a session with the developer; make it public to engage community members who might be interested in participating.

• Feature Test Plan Review Sessions

Feature Test Plans and Status

Feature test plans and their status is being tracked in the following spreadsheet which is a super set of the features listed i the sections below. Firefox 4 feature tracking spreadsheet. If your feature is not listed below, please add it in the appropriate section.

Note: All feature test plans should use the following Feature Test Plan Template

Platform Components:

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Firefox Features

Existing Feature and Performance Improvements

We'll track these feature improvements here. Features which require some UI revision will be tracked here.

Accessibility

Individual features will have sections to track accessibility, and we'll keep track of issues raised during milestones' testing, but we'll track the overall state of accessibility for the release through continuous testing. Ping Marco for details.

l10n

Any new locales, in beta, official? Any fewer locales? String changes tested? We will be in touch with Axel to keep track of milestone release changes.

Add-Ons / Plugins Compatibility

We are going to test common plugins and add-ons.

Websites Content For Firefox 4

The plan for new content for websites related to Firefox 4 will be found in the Firefox 4 website plan. Examples of these are new landing pages, what's new, and all other pages related to project.

Web Compatibility Testing

We'll monitor web compatibility issues through bug triage and information gathered through our feedback channels. As we approach the last couple of beta versions and RC's we will hold at least one testday where we will focus on common user functionality in different site categories, like social networks, games, and video sites to check for problems.

Hardware Compatibility Testing

We have partnered with an outsource vendor http://www.ibeta.com/ to perform hardware compatibility testing. iBeta is able to create a number of PC hardware systems and run limited set of automated tests on these systems. The test plan for hardware compatibility testing is located at: Firefox 4 Hardware Compatibility Test Plan

Crashers and User Feedback Monitoring

Weekly monitoring of user feedback and crash data.

• Crash-Stats (Socorro)
• Hendrix Feedback
• Support Newsgrup

Reference and TODOs

• Feature Test Plan Template
• Feature Test Plan Review Sessions
• Keep track of top sites testing, compatibility, crashers, etc...
• Bug Verifications:
• Bug Lists: