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Revision as of 00:19, 9 December 2006
Contents
- 1 Firefox & Vista Test Results
- 1.1 Test Hardware & Environment Information
- 1.2 Installing Firefox
- 1.3 Internet Explorer History and Bookmark Import Wizard
- 1.4 Default Browser Behavior testing
- 1.5 Vista Themes and Firefox
- 1.6 Firefox Behavior at different DPI levels
- 1.7 Firefox & Helper applications
- 1.8 Firefox & Plugins
- 1.9 Firefox & Printing
- 1.10 Firefox & Saving files
Firefox & Vista Test Results
Test Hardware & Environment Information
Hardware
A 15' MacBookPro.
Operating system
Windows Vista Ultimate. Build 6000. Running via Parallels in OS X.
User Account Information
Tested using an Administrator account as well as a Standard user account. Screen resolution of 1440 x 900 and 1024x780. The default font DPI used was 96.
Installing Firefox
The Firefox build used was downloaded from [1].
Steps followed during installation
- Chose the option to perform a custom installation.
- Installed the DOM Inspector.
- Installed Firefox in the default directory "C:\Program Files\Bon Echo".
- Selected the options to create Firefo shortcuts on *Desktop *Programs folder and *Quick Lunch Bar.
- Programs folder name in the Program Files folder is "Bon Echo - Asta La' Vista Edition".
Internet Explorer History and Bookmark Import Wizard
For this experiment I added a few bookmarks using Internet Explorer 7 and visited a few pages in order to build up a history list.
Internet Explorer Favorites Organizer
Internet Explorer History
The bookmarks and browser history were both imported correctly into Firefox.
Bookmarks pane in Firefox
Firefox History
Default Browser Behavior testing
- Made Firefox the default browser when it prompted me with the option on its first run.
- Opened a link from the Windows Explorer window and it opened Firefox as it should.
- Clicked on the "Get new programs online at Windows Marketplace" link on the Programs and Features and it also opened the web page in Firefox.
Start menu with Firefox as the default browser
Firefox listed under Installed Applications
Windows Explorer
