Monthly Archives: May 2006

YASU 0.0.1.17

Posted on May 24, 2006 by bc

Yet Another Spider Update which fixes a minor permission problem when run using the chrome url but not as a chrome application. See What’s New for the details. This is a minor update and you probably don’t need to update … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! and the evils of Vendor/Version Browser Detection

Posted on May 16, 2006 by bc

Vendor/Version browser detection strikes again! When attempting to view the new Yahoo! home page in the development version of of Firefox 2 (also known as Bon Echo), I was presented with the following lovely page: If Yahoo! had made the … Continue reading →

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MSNBC and the evils of Vendor/Version Browser Detection

Posted on May 11, 2006 by bc

bug 334957 is an example of the evils of Vendor/Version browser detection in action. MSNBC uses a script to implement their pull out menus using DHTML. The menu works fine in IE and Firefox, but fails in Camino, and the … Continue reading →

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YASU 0.0.1.16

Posted on May 8, 2006 by bc

Yet Another Spider Update which fixes a problem in branch and trunk builds where the Spider failed to follow links when run as a remote XUL application. See What’s New for the details. We are now at 0.0.1.16 and counting. … Continue reading →

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Test Automation for Firefox and Thunderbird

Posted on May 6, 2006 by bc

I have started a thread in mozilla.dev.quality (nntp|Google Groups) on an automated testing project for Firefox and Thunderbird. Topics include: Execution Environment Directory Paths | CVS Locations Nightly Build Installation Building Profile Creation and Initialization Test Invocation Result Reporting If … Continue reading →

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