Firefox moves fast and treats your data with care - no ad tracking and no slowdown.
- Firefox OS which was originally called the 'Boot to Gecko' project came into existence in early 2013. Mozilla's Firefox OS for smartphones is no more For several months, Mozilla has been working on a new strategy for their Android products and they've revealed their new Firefox browser for the platform.
- Firefox Preview is up to 2x faster than previous versions of Firefox for Android. Mozilla revamps Firefox for Android On Friday, users reported an issue with Firefox that prevented existing and new add-ons from running or being installed.
- A web browser takes you anywhere on the internet. It retrieves information from other parts of the web and displays it on your desktop or mobile device. The information is transferred using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which defines how text, images and video are transmitted on the web.
- Mozilla Firefox is arguably the best browser available that combines strong privacy protection features, good security, active development, and regular updates. In this guide we will explain the different modifications and add-ons to achieve maximum privacy and security with Firefox.
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So what is the story behind the fox?
The early Firebird and Phoenix releases of Firefox were considered to have had reasonable visual designs, but were not up to the same standard as many professionally released software packages. |
In October 2003, professional interface designer, Steven Garrity, wrote an article covering everything he considered to be wrong with Mozilla's visual identity. The page received a great deal of attention (it was slashdotted). The majority of the criticisms levelled at the article were along the lines of 'where's the patch?'. Shortly afterwards, Garrity was invited by the Mozilla Foundation to head up the new visual identity team. The release of Firefox 0.8 in February 2004 saw the introduction of the new branding efforts, including new icons designed by silverorange, a group of web developers with a long-standing relationship with Mozilla, with final renderings by Jon Hicks, who had previously worked on Camino. The logo was revised and updated later, fixing some flaws found when the logo was enlarged. The animal shown in the logo is a stylized fox, although 'firefox' is considered to be a common name for the Red Panda. The panda, according to Hicks, 'didn't really conjure up the right imagery', besides not being widely known. The logo was chosen for the purpose of making an impression, while not shouting out with overdone artwork. The logo had to stand out in the user's mind, be easy for others to remember and stand out while not causing too much distraction when among other icons. It was expected to be the final logo for the product. The Firefox icon is a trademark used to designate the official Mozilla build of the Firefox software, and builds of official distribution partners. Although the core software is open source, the artwork (along with the quality feedback agent and parts of the installer) is not freely licensed without official permission from the developers. For this reason, Debian and other software distributors who distribute patched or modified versions of Firefox do not use the icon. |
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Marionette is an automation driver for Mozilla’s Gecko engine.It can remotely control either the UI or the internal JavaScript ofa Gecko platform, such as Firefox. It can control both the chrome(i.e. menus and functions) or the content (the webpage loaded insidethe browsing context), giving a high level of control and abilityto replicate user actions. In addition to performing actions on thebrowser, Marionette can also read the properties and attributes ofthe DOM.
If this sounds similar to Selenium/WebDriver then you’recorrect! Marionette shares much of the same ethos and API asSelenium/WebDriver, with additional commands to interact withGecko’s chrome interface. Its goal is to replicate what Seleniumdoes for web content: to enable the tester to have the ability tosend commands to remotely control a user agent.
How does it work?¶
Marionette consists of two parts: a server which takes requests andexecutes them in Gecko, and a client. The client sends commands tothe server and the server executes the command inside the browser.
When would I use it?¶
If you want to perform UI tests with browser chrome or content,Marionette is the tool you’re looking for! You can use it tocontrol either web content, or Firefox itself.
A test engineer would typically import the Marionette client packageinto their test framework, import the classes and use the classfunctions and methods to control the browser. After controllingthe browser, Marionette can be used to return information aboutthe state of the browser which can then be used to validate thatthe action was performed correctly.
Using Marionette¶
Marionette combines a gecko component (the Marionette server) with anoutside component (the Marionette client), which drives the tests.The Marionette server ships with Firefox, and to use it you willneed to download a Marionette client or use the in-tree client.
- Run Tests with Python – How to run tests using thePython client
- You might want to experiment with using Marionette interactivelyat a Python command prompt
- Start writing and running tests
- Tips on debugging Marionette code
- Get a Build – Instructions on how to get a Marionette-enabledbuild of Firefox
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Bugs¶
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Please file any bugs you may find in the
Testing::Marionette
component in Bugzilla. You can view a list of current bugsto see if your problem is already being addressed.