One of the longest running performance measurements we have is how long it takes Firefox to start. We do it very simply just to get a raw number (and yes, there have been many improvements made but this is the gist of the automation): Start Firefox with a URL ending …
Today started at 4:30AM. I’m not crazy, I had a plan. You see, this entire Thanksgiving weekend, we’ve had a great westerly swell up and down the CA coast. I’ve seen overhead and double-overhead waves all over the place (6-12 feet for you non-surfers). I’ve seen lots of surfers get …
If you work someplace, you have meetings. It’s impossible not to. Because the Automation and Tools team works on many different projects simultaneously, it was natural for us to have one big meeting a week to discuss the status of these projects, raise concerns, make announcements etc. This is also …
In response to David Boswell’s post on getting involved at Mozilla, I thought I’d relate my own story. I worked at a company called SimDesk that decided to reuse the Thunderbird and Sunbird code bases and make a great email application–this was long before the Lightning extension came into being. …
We’re looking at updating our Android support with these PandaBoard cards. We already run with Tegras in our automation, but the Tegra 250’s are discontinued, and we can’t update to newer versions of Android with them, so introducing Pandaboards. Well, PandaBoards come with nothing, not even a power supply. They …
“Eighty percent of success is just showing up” — Woody Allen There is a ton of truth in that. But you also have to be ready to be effective when you show up. Here’s a real life example from my life today as a case study in what not to …
Jumping into the icy Pacific immerses you in pain. An invisible fist squeezes your lungs, wringing the air out of you. Your head is packed in a blue fog, freezing your brain from the outside in. If you’re a guy, your you-know-whats feel like they were kicked by a bull. …
So, I love to run. If you didn’t know that about me, you should. But I really hate running on concrete. I do it, because when I want to run, I usually don’t want to drive some place first. And I do it because I no longer live next door …
I’ve been very heads down on a number of projects recently, as you can no doubt tell from the number of updates I’ve made on this blog. The last post was Mozmill 1.5.2’s release announcement, and now I’m here to announce Mozmill 1.5.3. This is a small bug-fix-only release to …
I’m happy to announce that we have finally released Mozmill 1.5.2. Thanks to everyone that worked on it, tested it, and helped out. It’s a good release, and it has proven stable over the last few weeks of testing. We’re not resting on our laurels though, we’re working hard on …