| Feature | Status | ETA | Owner |
| PluginCrashComments | We have a bugged logged. We have a design. We need prioritization and the project resourced. | Not scheduled yet | Sheila Mooney |
Summary
Today, if a plugin crashes, the user is prompted to submit a crash report. However, they are not provided with an interface for entering a comment alongside the crash report as they can with other types of crashes. Although comments are optional and we rely on the users ability to give us informed information about what they are doing at the time of the crash, they are another piece of data that can assist us in diagnosing a problem. Plugin crashes are particularly difficult to analyze so any additional data is helpful.
A recent security study showed a pretty high percentage of users liked the idea of providing comments and crash reports to help improve Firefox. In more than one case during the course of Firefox 4 development, reading the users' comments has lead to the resolution of a serious top crash in the product. For this reason we think this is a pretty important enhancement to get in.
Another side benefit of getting this implemented is Electrolysis. We will want to enable users to submit comments when the content process crashes.
Team
- Feature Manager: Sheila Mooney
- Lead Developer:
- Product Manager:
- QA: Vlad Ghetiu (irc: vladg)
- UX: Jennifer Boriss
- Accessibility:
- Security:
- Privacy:
Release Requirements
Next Steps & Open Issues
Need to get this feature prioritized and an owner for the implementation.
Related Bugs & Dependencies
We are currently tracking this feature in Bug 648675.
Risks
Use Cases
Designs
Design details and mockups can be found in Bug 648675.
Test Plans
Goals
Non-Goals
Other Stuff
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| Healthy: feature is progressing as expected. | |
| Blocked: feature is currently blocked. | |
| At Risk: feature is at risk of missing its targeted release. | |
| ETA | Estimated date for completion of the current feature task. Overall ETA for the feature is the product release date. |
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