Features/Firefox/Windows Plugin Hang UI/TestPlan
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Windows Plugin Hang UI
| Feature | Status | Dev Lead | QA Lead | Status |
| Windows Plugin Hang UI | In Planning | Manuela Muntean |
Summary
- An UI presenting which plugin is unresponsive and allowing to kill it will be shown after each crash.
- Afterwards, plugins will be killed automatically after a longer timeout, between 45 and 60 seconds.
- This feature is available starting Firefox 19 Beta
Reference
Use Cases to Test
- Basic Functional Testing
- Steps to verify:
- Install and launch Firefox
- Install one or more plugins (i.e. Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Silverlight)
- Go to a website that uses the installed plugins (i.e. YouTube, Vimeo) and play one or more videos in different tabs
- After a while, the one or more plugins stop responding
- Install and launch Firefox
- Expected result:
- After a short amount of time (5 seconds) the normal browser UI will be overlayed with a dialog showing which plugin is not responding and allowing the user to kill that plugin
- After a short amount of time (5 seconds) the normal browser UI will be overlayed with a dialog showing which plugin is not responding and allowing the user to kill that plugin
- Edge Cases
- Also, the UI should occur with no problem after a few seconds if:
- Multiple browser windows are available
- Heavy user profile is loaded (large history, multiple bookmarks, user settings, tabs, add-ons)
- Private browsing is on
- Multiple browser windows are available