downloaded as well as upgraded my Firefox two to this Beta Release as well as cause got been testing it since then. Here I must acknowledge that this unloosen seems to last lot faster (in price of speed of performance) than its predecessor; cheers to the apparently improved architectural design. On the usability front, Beta 1 enables users to resume a download later the browser is restarted. The tab functionality inward this unloosen is improved amongst a novel tab-scrolling characteristic as well as the mightiness to relieve tabs when closing the browser.
My experience amongst the Beta 1 browser had been pretty expert until today! Today, I was surfing through the blogosphere as well as of a abrupt all my opened upward instances of Mozilla Firefox 3.0b1 were closed as well as I was displayed amongst the Mozilla Crash Reporter amongst the typical Crash!Bang!Boom! concealment (click for a screenshot of the crash message)! I cause got submitted the crash to Mozilla amongst my electronic mail id to intimate me when the occupation is fixed. Here are the details of the crash report!
[BuildID: 2007110904
CrashTime: 1196180506
Email: debasis_pradhan123[AT]yahoo[DOT]co[DOT]in
InstallTime: 1195841518
Name:
ProductName: Firefox
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 662
URL: http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/
UserID: 2e4e1718-9a38-418d-be09-891e176a371c
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 3.0b1
This study also contains information close the country of the application when it crashed.]
Pros as well as Cons of this Crash Report:
Pros – The crash study passes on functional (in telling the user that an unexpected occupation has occurred as well as the Brower needs to closed down) grounds. The usability of the study is also quite acceptable. It is fairly capable of reporting the crash as well as goes ahead to enjoin that the Browser would endeavor to restore the tabs as well as windows when it restarts. It allows the reporter to see the study earlier sending, gives a choice to study it to the developers at Mozilla as well as also to attach an electronic mail id to last reported dorsum 1 time the occupation is sorted out. These are few qualities of a expert mistake report, inward my opinion.
Cons – On the negative side, the mistake study does non include much technical details inward the crash report. Although it contains about details to put the crash, it does non present whatsoever crash dump or whatsoever such information that could cause got given about clue close the possible drive of the crash! It only contains about basic details similar the BuildID, CrashTime, InstallTime, ProductName, SecondsSinceLastCrash, URL, UserID, Vendor as well as Version. But it leaves the tester without much information close the crash every bit such. Something similar a fourth dimension stamped listing of actions or a stack dump could cause got been much to a greater extent than useful inward giving the tester to a greater extent than information regarding the crash.
Recoverability of the Application later the crash: I had chosen the “Restart Firefox” push on the crash study as well as it indeed was able to restore my previous tabs as well as windows amongst the final opened URLs. This is a expert affair to run into the Browser beingness able to recover on its ain later the crash.
Reproducibility: In this case, however, reproducing the crash was non every bit hard every bit it seemed at the commencement glance! Looking into the crash study gave me the URL where I had got Mozilla Firefox iii Beta 1 to crash. I tried opening the same URL 1 time once again as well as bang; it crashed 1 time again amongst the same mistake message [notice the “SecondsSinceLastCrash: 662” inward the crash report]. However, this crash is non ever reproducible. I was able to larn this crash vi out of 10 times spell retesting. I cause got reported the crash at the Bugzilla at Mozilla likewise as well as waiting their response. I volition buy the farm along you lot updated 1 time I larn whatsoever farther communication from the Mozilla Developer team.
In the hateful while, experience gratis to retest this inward your ain organisation as well as allow me know (by commenting) if you lot are able to reproduce the to a higher house crash!
Happy Testing…