MDN/Feedback/July 5, 2012 Release
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Getting started
Before testing, take a moment to get set up. This should not take very long, even for a beginner.
- Create an account on Bugzilla, the bug-reporting website used by Mozilla.
- Visit the new account page.
- Enter your email address in the bottom-right corner.
- Confirm your email address.
- Join the discussion on IRC (optional)
- Choose an IRC client. The Mozilla Wiki lists some popular options.
- Connect to the Mozilla IRC server.
- Join the room #mdn. This room does not require a password.
Testing
What are you interested in? Chose one or more of the topics below, work through the questions, and submit a bug for any issue or frustration you encounter.
No bug report is too small. If something bothers you, odds are you're not the only one.
Reading
- Open the Where is Mozilla? page and click the two links in the main paragraph ("send us an email" and "let us know"). Does this open a new email window? Is this what you expected to happen?
- Open the All Articles page and take a look at the numbered navigation links at the bottom. Do you like the way this looks? Does this navigation work the way you expect?
- Load the revision history of the HTML5 article. Can you get back to the main article from here? Is it easy to get back to the main article from here?
- Open the HTML5 article and place your mouse over a link for a second or two. Does something pop up above your mouse? Is this what you expected to see?
- Open the Canvas article. Is the title of the article lined up with the main text of the article? Do you like the way this looks?
- Load this article and notice the "Redirected from..." message. Do you like the way this looks?
- Browse around the future MDN...
- Are you able to do the same things that you can do on the current MDN website?
- Does everything seem to work?
- Is any content from the current MDN website missing?
- Is the site understandable and easy to use?
- Remember to submit a bug for any issue or frustration you encountered.
Localization
- Bug 719668: If a user visits a page that is not translated, the English version is loaded.
KumaScript
Editing
- Open this example editing page and...
- Take a look at the buttons of the WYSIWYG. Do you understand what these buttons do? Do you like the way they're organized?
- Try to create a link to another article. Does this work as expected?
- Play around with the different styles in the Styles dropdown box. Does everything work as expected?
- Try using the syntax highlighter on some code. Does this work as expected? Is this easy to do?
- Try to add a sortable table. Are you able to do this? Is it easy to do this?
- Try using these keyboard shortcuts. Do the shortcuts work? Do you like these shortcuts?
- Try adding some tags to the article. Does this work as expected?
- Try adding a tag that includes a space. Does this work as expected?
- Try to add a slash to the slug. You should be prevented from doing this. Are you?
- Try adding and deleting tags. Does this work as expected?
- Open this example article and...
- Try to delete an old version of the article. Are you able to do this? Is it easy to do this?
- Test tags
- Bug 758377: Tags are no longer duplicated after being changed.
- submit a bug. We will work with you to correct any problems you find.
Something else
Thanks!
In just a short amount of time, you have made the MDN better for users everywhere. This is no small accomplishment. Thank you.
Appendix
Guiding questions
- Does everything work? Are you able to do the same things you could do on the old MDN wiki?
- Is the interface understandable and easy to use?
- Does all of the content look ok? Is anything from the current MDN site missing?
- Do you have any ideas for making the wiki better?
New features in this release
- Bug 770066: You can include spaces in tags.
- Bug 767984: The <h#> indicators no longer appear in the WYSIWYG.
- Bug 766356: Section editing now works in Chrome, Opera, and Safari.
- Bug 758377: Tags are no longer duplicated after being changed.
- Bug 766608: The links on Where is Mozilla? now drop the user into an email client.
- Bug 764944: HTML entities no longer appear in WYSIWYG link search results.
- Bug 765649: Edits now always take effect immediately.
- Bug 767718: WYSIWYG style dropdown now includes "None", "Note box", "Warning box", "Callout box", "Plaintext (nowiki)", "Two columns", and "Three columns".
- Bug 764571: Pagination now looks better. An example can be seen here.
- Bug 768859: Question mark in syntax highlighter (and associated "About SyntaxHighlighter" box) no longer appears.
- Bug 766658: WYSIWYG buttons have been changed and reorganized.
- Bug 768492: Admins can now edit site-wide CSS (with a temporary solution).
- Bug 767533: You can now get back to the main article from the revision pages.
- Bug 766736: Tables can now be sorted.
- Bug 767526: You can now hover over any link to see the wiki path that it points to.
- Bug 719668: If a user visits a page that is not translated, the English version is loaded.
- Bug 765634: Revisions can now be deleted.
- Bug 767035: Mindtouch keyboard shortcuts can now be used in Kuma.
- Bug 768857: H1 header now aligned with main content.
- Bug 769559: "Redirected from..." message is now less intrusive.
- Bug 764426: Slashes can no longer be used in the slugs of new pages.