User:Moe/Firefox & Vista Test Results
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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
