QA/Snappy/Chrome Leak Testing

Known Leaks

See bug 728407 - installing an add-on - bookmarks sidebar open/close - moving thumbnail on new tab grid - set background desktop image - printing - quick find - open/close window - about dialog

Generic Test

1. Start Firefox with a new profile
2. Install the CC Analyzer extension (bug 726346) and restart Firefox
3. Perform one of the tests from the suggested focus areas below
4. Open about:cc
5. Click Run cycle collector
6. Click Find Documents and review the log
7. If "no possibly-leaked nsDocument objects" then there are no leaked documents
8. If there are leaked documents, repeat step 5 and 6
9. If there are still leaked documents, file a bug providing:

• steps to reproduce
• document that leaked
• attach a copy of the log
• add :ashughes, :smaug, and :mccr8 to the CC list
• mark the bug blocking bug 728407

Suggested Focus Areas

Tier 1

Test Areas

• New Tab page
  • Tab pinning
  • Reorder tabs
  • Remove tabs
  • Show/Hide page
  • Open/close context menu
• Awesomebar
  • Click go/stop/reload button
  • Click bookmark star
  • Click down-arrow to open/close
  • Open/close context menu
  • History/Tabs/Bookmarks search results
• Search bar
  • Click search button
  • Change search provider
  • Focus and unfocus
  • Open/close context menu
  • Suggestions on/off
• Toolbar buttons
  • Back/forward one page
  • Back/forward multiple pages
  • Click the home button
  • Drag to change homepage
  • Reorder toolbar buttons
• Scroll bar
  • Drag to scroll
  • Click up/down arrow
  • Click empty space to scroll

Results

• [DONE] MacOS X 10.6.8 - VladG
• [DONE] Windows 7 x86 - Mihaela
• [DONE] Ubuntu 11.10 x86 - Virgil
• Bugs: bug 728426, bug 728663

Tier-2

• Doorhangers
• Menu bar
• Library

Tier-3

• Add-ons
• Apps
• Panorama

User Research

Website: https://intranet.mozilla.org/UserResearch

Contacts: Cori@ GreggLind@ Jono@

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