QA/Firefox3.5/TestPlan/Beta3/Plugins

Top Plugins Testing

Query the top plugins supported for the web, and verify they are compatible with Firefox 3.1. See AMO list for recommended plugins.

Testcases

• On a clean environment, install plugins
• Test updating of old plugins
• Disable plugins in Addons Manager, verify plugins stop working
• Uninstall plugins, verify websites request a plugin to download
• Verify websites with popular plugins:
  • silverlight site
    • bug 432371 – Silverlight not working on MLB site.
  • java site
    • bug 419928 – Add "InstallerLocation" for Java in PFS -- Windows only. Status: awaiting manual install option
  • flash site
  • shockwave site
  • quicktime site
  • Move Networks plugin on ABC.com. (click free episodes and prompt for download)
    • On Linux, use vlc plugin. A test clip is available.
  • WMV site
  • RealVideo site
    • RealPlayer 10 crashes under Firefox 3 - Bug 421381
    • BBC iPlayer
      • Known issue: bug 418052 – Firefox 3.0b4pre hangs starting BBC iplayer
    • On Linux, use vlc plugin for WMV. Browser detection will often block it though.
  • Adobe PDF site
  • Viewpoint Media Player plugin
    • Linux - N/A (not supported)
    • Mac OS X:
      • Filed bug 421026 on the Viewpoint plugin for Mac, and requested blocking for Firefox 3
    • Windows:
      • Filed bug 421030 for an nsIView::GetView crasher when reloading a demo page using Viewpoint
  • Ipix - 360 degrees tour
  • Others like divx, virtual tour, online ads, etc..

Additional Plugin litmus cases can be found here.

Detailed Results

Win XP [Aakash]

• Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090304 Firefox/3.1b3
  • 20090304233338
  • Status: Partial

• Abode Reader: saw one crash after installation
• Adobe Flash: PASS
• Java: PASS
• Quicktime: PASS, but no interaction with firefox on install/uninstall
• RealPlayer: PASS
• Shockwave: PASS
• WMP: PASS, but issues with player cropping occurs while testing, known issue
• Silverlight: PASS
• VMP: NOT SUPPORTED ON 3.x, PASS
• iPIX: FAIL
  • investigation ongoing: multiple sites do not respond to iPIX viewer enable/disable, but do respond to Java enable/disable. One other pushes a Java console error exception
  • Used Plugins from http://www.ipix.com/download/alt_plugin.html and http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows-all.html#iPIX
• Divx: PASS

• Overall: PARTIAL