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Feature Addons Test Plan

Overview

This Testplan will focus on the new components of Addons that will be included with Firefox 3.

Priority 1 items include:

• New Addons Manager UI (bug 404024)
• Unify add-ons management system and add plugin management system (bug 339056)
• Support shipping of localized user-facing Add-on text

priority 2 items include:

• Add-ons can be installed in fewer mouse clicks
• Ensure user understands the risks about installing extensions
• Clarify XPi install dialogs and user interactions
• Allow Add-on configuration UI to be accessed from main application configuration UI
• Improve discoverability of Add-on configuration UI
• Add visual indication to browser UI when Add-on updates are available
• Add permanent button for restarting Firefox (bug 369075)
• Simplify language and unify terminology related to Add-ons
• Support displaying information about the update in the updater
• Support add-on conflict resolution
• Promote the existence of Add-ons that could help the user accomplish their current task
• Help documents should link to related Add-on categories on addons.mozilla.org

The following items are At Risk for this milestone.

• Remove extension installation whitelist (Help wanted)
• Install Add-on without requiring a browser restart

Scope of planned testing

(What do you plan to test? What is covered by Developer testing? What is not practical to test?)

Coverage includes:

• Priority one feature test cases.

Platform and Configurations

( Describe any particular OS platform, environmental configurations or FireFox configuration considerations)

• Testing will occur on Mac 10.4, 10.5, Windows XP, Vista, and Linux ubuntu.

Major Test Areas

Extensions & themes

• New Addons Manager UI
• Get addons functionality from AMO pane
  • recommendation list
  • searching for addons
  • displaying addons by star weighting
  • clearing search
  • installing/uninstalling
  • thumbnail previews, descriptions
  • error handling

Plugins

• Blocklisting
• Sorting of the plugins, including eliminating duplicate entries
• Selection/focus
  • Enabling/Disabling
• Find Updates button
• Vendor homepage link
• "Make compatible" functionality
• Edge cases, such as:
  • Disabling a plugin while it's running
    • Clicking refresh while in this state
  • Re-enabling, then refreshing
  • Ensuring that plugins stay enabled/disabled on restart
  • Any interaction with about:plugins
• Making sure to get broad coverage of plugins

Schedule/milestones

Completion time of testing around the Beta releases.

References

(Litmus testcases)