In the last weeks we discovered a couple of changes in the upcoming 1.9.2 code base which forced us to branch our mozmill-test repository. At first we weren’t sure if we should create separate repositories for the 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 branches or handle everything through multiple heads in the same repository. We made the decision [...]
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Yesterday Bugzilla 3.4 has been released. Given the blog post from Max Kanat-Alexander who is one of the developers on this project, it’s the best version ever. A couple of new stunning features found their way into the new release. I’m really looking forward to see bugzilla.mozilla.org updated so all those will be available for [...]
Huh, I’m still a bit late in blogging this but I don’t wanna miss it because it’s really important… With a bit more then a year development Firefox 3.5 has been officially released 2 days ago. It contains tons of new stunning features like native video support, a private browsing mode, a jitted JavaScript engine, [...]
Due to the delay of Firefox 3.5 RC1 and a further planned testday on it we decided to move the Website Testing testday. It will happen on June 19th now. That will give us some time to add more companies. If you cannot find your bank in the list, please send me an request for [...]
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Since I’ve been started to work for Mozilla in January this year I lead and helped out in various projects. One of those projects where I have a leadership I was able to select on my own opinions based on which would be helpful for Mozilla and our great community. As the solution the Website [...]
Meanwhile I was getting tagged 3 times by good fellows aka Pascal, Simon, and Abdulkadir. Thanks too you all! Normally I don’t follow such chain letters but lets make it an exception… The Rules: Link back to your original tagger and list the rules in your post. Share seven facts about yourself. Tag 7 1 [...]
Apple seems to have some problems with the calculation of the cpu load for processes which really stress the cpu. Just open up several tabs with videos on YouTube and you will see how your cpu load will raise over 100%. Out of curiosity: Does Apple already has a patent in software-overclocking? Update: The activity [...]
Actually this post should have been already written last Monday, but there were too many things going on. But lets start, now! It was an unbelievable Monday. And definitely the best one ever in my life. After 8 years of active contribution to the Mozilla project, I was getting hired by Mozilla. Means, from now [...]
As what a couple of you have probably already noticed, the official “Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin” does only work with one of your installed Firefox instances. If you have installed multiple versions in parallel or running nightly builds, it wont work. Before you are able to watch embedded wmv content, the installed library file [...]
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If you are using a beta version of Firefox or even a nightly build, to help in testing brand-new features and verifying fixed bugs, it’s sometimes necessary to identify a regression. Normally you will start in narrowing down the regression range by dividing the possible time frame in smaller chunks. It will take some time [...]
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