== Test Hardware & Environment Information =====Hardware===A 15' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#January.2FMay.2FOctober_2006 MacBookPro]. ===Operating system===Windows Vista Ultimate.Build 1000+2000+3000.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 [http://steelgryphon.com/firefox2/firefoxForVistaTest-Oct2.exe].===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.<gallery>Image:IEFav.JPG|Internet Explorer Favorites OrganizerImage:HistoryinIE.JPG|Internet Explorer History</gallery>The bookmarks and browser history were both imported correctly into Firefox.<gallery>Image:FFbooks.JPG|Bookmarks pane in FirefoxImage:FFhist.JPG|Firefox History</gallery> == 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.::http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/?WT.mc_id=0806_272<gallery>Image:bon echo browser options work in startmenu.png|Start menu with Firefox as the default browserImage:Firefoxinuninstallprograms.JPG|Firefox listed under Installed ApplicationsImage:Open from explorer link.png|Windows Explorer</gallery> == Vista Themes and Firefox ==I was unable to test Firefox with the Glass Aero theme. However Firefox looked fine with both the classic and the new Vista theme.<gallery>Image:Vistatheme-noaero.JPG|Firefox running under the default non-aero Vista theme.Image:windowsclassic.JPG|Firefox running under the Windows Classic theme.</gallery> == Firefox Behavior at different DPI levels ==For this test case I used the 120 DPI preset.All the main drop down menus were checked for rendering issues.Firefox options window was checked for rendering issues.Add-ons, Downloads and Bookmark organizer were also checked.<gallery>Image:DPI Font change.JPG|DPI scaling in Windows Vista.Image:120dpi font.JPG|Firefox & 120 DPI.</gallery> == Firefox & Helper applications ==The helper applications used for this test case were::*Skype:*mIRC:*Windows Mail [ I also had Outlook installed but had set Windows Mail as my default mail client ]I created a HTML document with the following source code:<pre><a href="irc://irc.mozilla.org">irc://irc.mozilla.org</a><br><a href="skype://abcd">skype://abcd</a><br><a href="callto://abcd">callto://abcd</a><br><a href="callto:abcd">callto:abcd</a><a href="callto:abcd">mailto:abcd@abcd.com</a></pre>Skype and Windows Mail opened just fine. mIRC however did not launch.<gallery>Image:irc.JPG|Firefox was unable to launch mIRC.Image:skype1.JPG|skype:// Skype opened.Image:skype2.JPG|callto:// Skype opened.Image:skype3.JPG|callto: Skype opened.Image:clickonmailto.JPG|mailto: Windows Mail opened.</gallery> == Firefox & Plugins =='''Testing Adobe Flash'''#Checked a youtube video in order to see whether or not Flash is already installed.#Visited ESPN.com#Was prompted to install Flash in order to view some of the elements in the page.#The ''Plugin Finder Service'' found the plugin i needed.#The plugin was installed successfully and I was able to view the Flash elements.<gallery>Image:noflash.JPG|Flash plugin not installed.Image:needflash.JPG|Prompted to install Flash.Image:installingflash.JPG|Adobe Agreement thing.Image:flashinstalled.JPG|Flash is successfully installed. Image:flash works.JPG|The Flash player works!</gallery>#Attempted to play a streaming video on CNN.com.#Windows media player was not detected even though it was installed.<gallery>Image:windowsmediaplayercnnpipelineihad11.JPG|Windows Media Player not detected. Even though it is installed.</gallery> == Firefox & Printing ==For this exercise I attempted to print CNN.com's main page. Since I didn't want to actually print the document on paper I printed the webpage to a MS Office XPS document.  <gallery>Image:printing screwed FINE.JPG|How the page looks like.Image:printing screwed BAD.JPG|How the page looks after it's printed.</gallery> == Firefox & Saving files ==The same file "mirc.exe622.exe" was saved to the following two directories:*C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc:*C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Credentials With an Administrator account no problems were encountered while saving this file to the two directories.Things changed when I used a Standard user account:<gallery>Image:ssfilesave.JPG|C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc</gallery><gallery>Image:ssfilesave2.JPG|C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Credentials</gallery> == Rendering Issues ==While testing Firefox with Windows Vista Test Results =i came upon the following rendering issues.<gallery>Image:Printing dialog render issue.JPG|Printing... dialogue window.Image:didnotrender.JPG|Options window. Notice the bottom border for 'Warning Messages'' is missing.</gallery>