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==For Firefox== | ==For Firefox== | ||
* installation, new profile, migration | * installation, new profile, migration | ||
* default homepage to Google | * default homepage to Google start page for new profiles | ||
* search bar: Google | * search bar: Google and Yahoo (unless otherwise approved by Marketing) must be listed 1st and 2nd, respectively | ||
* About | * About dialog: date, version | ||
* Help window | * Help window should appear, although not necessarily localized | ||
* Themes / Extensions dlg (just ensure they appear, with Themes listing the default) | * Themes / Extensions dlg (just ensure they appear, with Themes listing the default) | ||
* Bookmarks: NO crew picks! | * Bookmarks: NO "crew picks"! But other locale-specific ones are acceptable | ||
* sidebar: history / bookmarks | * sidebar: history / bookmarks | ||
* go to another webpage | * go to another webpage | ||
* Preferences/Options window | * Preferences/Options window | ||
* view source | * view source | ||
* quickly | * quickly go through menu items and/or couple of context menus | ||
* find toolbar | * find toolbar | ||
* check about:config for app.update.url string: it should point to <locale>.rdf, not en-US.rdf | * check about:config for '''app.update.url''' string: it should point to <locale>.rdf, not en-US.rdf | ||
* check for Talkback | * check for Talkback, located under '''<install_location>/components/talkback/''' | ||
==For Thunderbird== | ==For Thunderbird== | ||
Revision as of 01:23, 22 March 2005
For further information on localization, please visit the L10n wiki. For further information on MoFo QA, please visit our QA wiki.
Below are quick checklists when certifying localized builds for release. It's important to note that such certification does not include the following, due to limited resources:
- quality of translation
- coverage of every string throughout the UI
- behavior/functionality of everything
For Firefox
- installation, new profile, migration
- default homepage to Google start page for new profiles
- search bar: Google and Yahoo (unless otherwise approved by Marketing) must be listed 1st and 2nd, respectively
- About dialog: date, version
- Help window should appear, although not necessarily localized
- Themes / Extensions dlg (just ensure they appear, with Themes listing the default)
- Bookmarks: NO "crew picks"! But other locale-specific ones are acceptable
- sidebar: history / bookmarks
- go to another webpage
- Preferences/Options window
- view source
- quickly go through menu items and/or couple of context menus
- find toolbar
- check about:config for app.update.url string: it should point to <locale>.rdf, not en-US.rdf
- check for Talkback, located under <install_location>/components/talkback/
For Thunderbird
- installation, new profile, migration
- all basic windows:
- main 3pane
- mail compose
- mail standalone
- view source
- address book; also check AB card dialog
- About dlg: date, version
- Help window
- Themes / Extensions dlg (just ensure they appear, with Themes listing the default)
- Mail Account Settings dialog
- Preferences/Options window
- quickly view menu items and/or couple of context menus
- check for Talkback
1.0 Releases
For reference, this section lists the locales released under v1.0.
Firefox 1.0 locales
- ast-ES
- ca-AD
- cs-CZ
- da-DK
- de-DE
- el-GR
- en-GB
- en-US
- es-AR
- es-ES
- fi-FI
- fr-FR
- he-IL
- hu-HU
- it-IT
- ja-JP (ja-JPM for Mac)
- ko-KR
- nb-NO
- nl-NL
- pl-PL
- pt-BR
- ro-RO
- ru-RU
- sl-SI
- sv-SE
- tr-TR
- zh-CN
- zh-TW
Thunderbird 1.0 locales
- ca-AD
- cs-CZ
- de-DE
- en-US
- es-AR
- es-ES
- fi-FI
- fr-FR
- hu-HU
- it-IT
- ja-JP (shouldn't there be ja-JPM for Mac?)
- ko-KR
- nb-NO
- nl-NL
- pl-PL
- pt-BR
- ru-RU
- sv-SE
- tr-TR
1.0.1 Releases
The following are additional locales released for the v1.0.1 products. Note that the locales released under v1.0 would also be included here.
Reminder: there was no Thunderbird 1.0.1 release.
Firefox 1.0.1 additional locales
- af-ZA
- ga-IE
- pt-PT
1.0.2 Releases
Additional locales releasing during v1.0.2 are currently TBA. However, there are tracking bugs which announce sign-off for specified locales:
Important: Please note that as of this release, v1.0.2, the localization teams are now responsible for QA'ing including the checklists for Firefox and Thunderbird mentioned above. This per n.p.m.l10n postings from Asa on 17 March 2005 and 21 March 2005.