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 = Focus and Testing =
-Using [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly build dated 11/14], test these features as follows:
+'''Gloda''' (global database) is an indexer and database, the backend to major improvements to come in search capability, data aggregation and visualization, and productivity. Gloda works in the background, and is a layer on top of (not a replacement for) the existing folder-centric message storage mechanism.  '''Non-RDF folder pane''' provides backend improvements for future improvements to the folder pane, and also allows extensions to access and modify the folder pane more easily.  The testday goals for Gloda and non-RDF are to check for regressions. '''Threaded cross-folder views''' provides a long awaited capability to do grouping and threading in saved search views that span multiple folders.
-* Gloda (Global Database)
+Using [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly build dated 11/14], test as follows:
-*# Turn gloda on by [[Thunderbird:Using Gloda]] and keep it turned on so that it indexes during normal operations. <small>(ignore any menu UI or context that mentions "Index xxx" and "Gloda index" - it is in the process of being ripped out)</small>
-*# Gloda works in the background and there are currently no UI features in trunk builds to test it. Just let us know if something feels awfully wrong
+* Gloda (global database)
+<!-- ** Ignore any menu UI or context menus that mention "Index xxx" and "Gloda index" - these are in the process of being ripped out. -->
+*# Turn on gloda using instructions at [[Thunderbird:Using Gloda]]. (Gloda is off by default)
+*# Gloda indexing works in the background**. Keep it turned on so that it indexes during your normal usage of Thunderbird. Test the following while indexing is in progress:
+*#* Compose with spell check turned on
+*#* Search
+*#* Compact
+*#* Switching mail folders, and newsgroups
+*#* Scrolling messages, thread and folder panes
+*#* Navigating through messages in a folder
+*# Please let us know if something looks or feels awfully wrong, primarily in terms of your computer's performance during indexing. There are currently no new UI features which you can test or report about.
 <!-- *# BUT you can use the "experimental toolbar", [[Thunderbird:Using ExpToolbar]]. -->
+ ** Gloda indexing make take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the size
+    of your message store, machine speed, and the amount of activity on your
+    computer. It is OK to shut down thunderbird or your computer while indexing
+    is in progress - gloda will resume indexing where the shutdown ended.
 * Non-RDF folder pane ({{Bug|414038}})
-** The folder pane backend in now implemented in js (no longer RDF), which will help enable future function and extensbility.
+** Please report any stability issues, and problems in context menu and '''File''' menu functions. In particular, that adding/modifying/deleting folders properly updates the pane.
-** Please report any stability issues and problems in context menu and '''File''' menu functions. In particular, that adding/modifying/deleting folders properly updates the pane.
+** Note: The new pane is not finished, so what you see may not exactly match the older pane. For example column information may no exist and on first startup accounts may be collapsed. Also toolbar folder picker and mail.showFolderPaneColumns will no longer work.
-** Note: The new pane is not finished, so you may see the pane does not exactly match the older folder pane. For example column information may be affected.
 * Threaded cross-folder views (enabled by {{bug|379806}})
-** Previously, certain functions worked only when just one folder folder was selected.
+*# Create various search views that use multiple folders, from '''search messages > save as search folder'''.
-*# Create various search views that use multiple folders, from '''search messages > save as search folder'''
+*# Test various combinations of sorting, threading and grouping.
-*# Test various combinations of sorting, threading and grouping
 *# Test actions (mark, delete, read, unread) involving single and multiple messages to ensure they work within the view, and also that the changes are correctly reflected in the proper base folders.
-*# Set new bugs reported to block {{bug|379806}}
+*# Set new bugs reported to block {{bug|379806}}.
 = How to provide feedback =
-Both negative and positive feedback will be helpful. Choices:
+Both negative and positive feedback will be helpful. Please be clear, complete and specific in your descriptions. Choices:
 * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Thunderbird File a new bug]
 * #thunderbird channel on [irc://irc.mozilla.org mozilla irc]