Cloud Testing Blog » cloudtesting http://www.cloudtesting.com/blog Automated Functional, Cross Browser and Load Testing for Websites Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:41:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now available for download http://www.cloudtesting.com/blog/2009/10/31/firefox-3-6-beta-1-is-now-available-for-download/ http://www.cloudtesting.com/blog/2009/10/31/firefox-3-6-beta-1-is-now-available-for-download/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:41:50 +0000 cloudtesting http://blog.cloudtesting.com/?p=874 icon_lg_browser_ff

The following posting on the Mozilla developer news (https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2009/10/30/firefox-3-6-beta-1-is-now-available-for-download/) announces 3.6 beta 1 of Firefox:

The Mozilla community is proud to release Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 for download. This beta version of the next version of Firefox is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users. The Mozilla community appreciates your feedback and assistance in testing this preview of the next version of Firefox. Your beta software will update itself periodically, and eventually will be updated to the final release itself.

This first revision of the Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features:

  • Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
  • Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
  • Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
  • Support for the WOFF font format.
  • Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
  • Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

Web developers and Add-on developers should read more detail about the many new features in Firefox 3.6 for developers on the Mozilla Developer Center. For the full list of changes since the alpha release, see this list (it’s big).

Please use the following links to download Firefox 3.6 Beta, or visit the beta download page:

At this time most Add-ons have not yet been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6 Beta. If you wish to help test your Add-ons, please also download and install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter – your favorite Add-on author will appreciate it!

The release can be downloaded from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Cloud Testing has added support for 3.6 Beta to it’s Functional and Cross Browser testing service, which allows users to upload and run their Selenium IDE scripts, capturing screen-shots, HTML, components and timings. Tests can be initiated via an API or via the web portal.

 

See the Cloud Testing website at http://www.cloudtesting.com/ for more details.

 

Subscribers can access the service at http://portal.cloudtesting.com/

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You can of course also follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/cloudtesting, or subscribe to the RSS feed of our Blog at blog.cloudtesting.com.

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The Service will allow subscribers to capture a regular ‘snapshot’ of their website pages, which will then be stored in the secure ‘Cloud Testing Archive’.

For more information, or if you would like to participate in the private beta phase, please contact the sales department at Cloud Testing.

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Scripts can be easily recorded using SeleniumIDE, before being imported for use. The Scripts can then be used to perform Cross-Browser, regular Scheduled tests, or full Regression tests – the choice is yours.

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Cloud Testing helps Website Developers, Website Owners and E-Commerce Managers functionally test websites using repeatable user journeys in multiple browsers.

For more information see the Cloud Testing Website (www.cloudtesting.com).

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The announcement says…

Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important.

Users of the Cloud Testing “Functional Pro”  Testing Service, can compare their websites in IE8, IE7, IE6, Firefox 2 and 3.

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The new features in it will be “TraceMonkey, <video> tag and player support, improvements to user controls over data privacy, significant improvements in the web layout and rendering platform, and much more”.

The release, which is currently versioned as 3.1b3 is expected to be finally released in a few months.

The word “Shiretoko” is an Ainu word meaning “end of the earth” – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiretoko_National_Park.

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