User:Moe/Firefox & Vista Test Results

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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.

Default Browser Behavior testing

Vista Themes and Firefox

Firefox Behavior at different DPI levels

Firefox & Helper applications

Firefox & Plugins

Firefox & Printing

Firefox & Saving files