Need some Graphics Help
Are you waiting for a chance to prove your design skills to the world? Do you want a quick venue to get a design before 10,000 people and earn the Mozilla Automation Team’s eternal gratitude? Well,...
View ArticleMozmill 1.5.2 Released
I’m happy to announce that we have finally released Mozmill 1.5.2. Thanks to everyone that worked on it, tested it, and helped out. It’s a good release, and it has proven stable over the last few...
View ArticleMozmill 1.5.3 Released
I’ve been very heads down on a number of projects recently, as you can no doubt tell from the number of updates I’ve made on this blog. The last post was Mozmill 1.5.2′s release announcement, and now...
View ArticlePandaboard Status
We’re looking at updating our Android support with these PandaBoard cards. We already run with Tegras in our automation, but the Tegra 250′s are discontinued, and we can’t update to newer versions of...
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How I Started at Mozilla
In response to David Boswell’s post on getting involved at Mozilla, I thought I’d relate my own story. I worked at a company called SimDesk that decided to reuse the Thunderbird and Sunbird code bases...
View ArticleMeetings, meetings, meetings
If you work someplace, you have meetings. It’s impossible not to. Because the Automation and Tools team works on many different projects simultaneously, it was natural for us to have one big meeting...
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Cross Browser Startup Automation
One of the longest running performance measurements we have is how long it takes Firefox to start. We do it very simply just to get a raw number (and yes, there have been many improvements made but...
View ArticleBoot2Gecko Work Week Automation Wrap Up
This week the A*Team came together as part of the larger Boot2Gecko work week in SF. We worked with a bunch of people across various teams and got a bunch of stuff landed. TBPL We’ve been working...
View ArticleQuality and Automation
For a long time, I’ve led the automation team at Mozilla. This past fall, I took on the job of leading the QA team as well. I don’t really like the term “QA.” Technically, it means “Quality Assurance.”...
View ArticleFuture’s so Bright, I gotta Wear Shades
Last week, the Mozilla Quality Assurance team came together for the first time in years to plot out a new direction for themselves and for Quality at Mozilla. We have dedicated ourselves to making a...
View ArticleThe Odyssey of Per-Push, On-Phone Firefox OS Automation
When we started automating tests for Firefox OS, we knew that we could do a lot with automated testing on phone emulators–we could run in a very similar environment to the phone, using the same low...
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Getting Ready for Fall
As leaves begin to turn in some places, the Bay area gets a nice blast of heat in September. It’s like a week of summer that forgot to happen back when we were socked in with fog in July. But, that...
View ArticleQuality and Automation Community Call Tomorrow!
One of the many different things we are trying this year with Quality at Mozilla is exposing opportunities for people to get involved in our projects in more significant, meaningful ways. We’ve always...
View ArticleLooking Ahead
About two months ago, when many of you were probably at Whistler, Amazon appeared to have an outage. The eastern region seemed to go completely dark, and about half the internet (or half the internet I...
View ArticleQuality and Automation
For a long time, I’ve led the automation team at Mozilla. This past fall, I took on the job of leading the QA team as well. I don’t really like the term “QA.” Technically, it means “Quality Assurance.”...
View ArticleFuture’s so Bright, I gotta Wear Shades
Last week, the Mozilla Quality Assurance team came together for the first time in years to plot out a new direction for themselves and for Quality at Mozilla. We have dedicated ourselves to making a...
View ArticleThe Odyssey of Per-Push, On-Phone Firefox OS Automation
When we started automating tests for Firefox OS, we knew that we could do a lot with automated testing on phone emulators–we could run in a very similar environment to the phone, using the same low...
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Getting Ready for Fall
As leaves begin to turn in some places, the Bay area gets a nice blast of heat in September. It’s like a week of summer that forgot to happen back when we were socked in with fog in July. But, that...
View ArticleQuality and Automation Community Call Tomorrow!
One of the many different things we are trying this year with Quality at Mozilla is exposing opportunities for people to get involved in our projects in more significant, meaningful ways. We’ve always...
View ArticleLooking Ahead
About two months ago, when many of you were probably at Whistler, Amazon appeared to have an outage. The eastern region seemed to go completely dark, and about half the internet (or half the internet I...
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