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= Welcome to the Firefox 1.5.0.1 RC1 Community Test Day!! =

Thank you for participating in this test day.  The success of Firefox is heavily dependent on community members like you.  We appreciate your support!!

When you are done, please send feedback to [mailto:testday@mozilla.org].  We are very interested to hear about how the test day went, any overall thoughts about Firefox 1.5.0.1 RC1, and roll up of issues found and bugs filed.

== FAQ == 

=== Where do I start? ===
* Go to your favorite IRC client 
** [http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/platforms-windows.html Windows clients]
** [http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/platforms-macos.html MacOS clients]
** [http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/platforms-unix.html Linux clients] 
* Connect to irc.mozilla.org
* join the #testday channel

=== Ok, I am in the channel, now what? ===

# Let the moderators know if you have any questions or encounter any problems.  If you are not familiar with our [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/index.cgi bugzilla bug tracking system], feel free to report your problems to a moderator and they can log any bugs for you.

=== What build should I test? ===

We will be testing the Firefox 1.5.0.1 RC1 build, which was released 1/13/06.  Here are links to the various platforms:

[http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-1.5.0.1rc1&os=win&lang=en-US Windows] 
[http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-1.5.0.1rc1&os=osx&lang=en-US Mac]
[http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-1.5.0.1rc1&os=linux&lang=en-US Linux]

=== Where do I find Litmus? ===

* Go to [http://litmus.mozilla.org/ Litmus]
* You can do a smoketest or a Basic Functional Test, it is entirely up to you!
* Talk to a moderator if you need help.
* Please make sure to choose the correct platform when you start your run.

=== Who will be moderating the #testday channel? ===
The moderator's nicks are:
* tracy
* coop
* bc
* timr
* marcia
* jay
* davel

=== How do I file bugs? ===
First of all, let one of the [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla_QA_Community:Firefox_1.5_RC3_Community_Test_Day#Who_will_be_moderating_the_.23testday_channel.3F moderators] know so they can check if it is already a known problem.  Then they can guide you to either provide more details, [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/index.cgi update an existing bug] or file a new bug.  If filing a new bug, please do a quick check to see if the bug already exists.  This can easily be done by searching for the error message, window name, or some over identifing feature of the bug.

=== How do I send feedback? ===
Please use the [mailto:testday@mozilla.org] to send feedback about how the testday went, any overall thoughts about Firefox 1.5.0.1 RC1, and roll up of issues found and bugs filed.  We really appreciate your help today and your feedback is very valuable.