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Mobile Firefox Performance Measures – August Check-up
With almost every build of Firefox for Android, we run many performance tests and take numerous performance measurements. Big performance regressions – or big improvements – are easily noticed, but...
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Notes on automating valgrind in the Android Emulator
:kats recently wrote about Valgrinding fennec in the android emulator. In bug 777440, there is interest in running valgrind in the android emulator from an automated job — perhaps as part of a build...
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Mobile Firefox Performance Measures – September Check-up
Let’s see how our mobile performance measures did in September…. Talos This section shows Perfomatic graphs from graphs.mozilla.org for mozilla-central builds of Native Fennec (Android opt). The test...
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Mobile Firefox Performance Measures – October Check-up
Happy Halloween! Are the October mobile performance measures scary, or sweet as candy? Read on…. Talos This section shows Perfomatic graphs from graphs.mozilla.org for mozilla-central builds of Native...
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Running Firefox for Android in the Android-x86 emulator
There is on-going work to make Firefox for Android available for x86 hardware — see bug 802527, for instance. Still, I found it is now possible to build, install, and run without much difficulty. I...
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Mobile Firefox Performance Measures – November Check-up
The November episode in the popular series… Talos This section shows Perfomatic graphs from graphs.mozilla.org for mozilla-central builds of Native Fennec (Android opt). The test names shown are those...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – December Check-up
The December 2012 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. This month’s highlights: - 2 minor regressions in throbber start/stop tests - regression in eideticker’s “Cold startup to...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – January Check-up
The January 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. This month’s highlights: - new tool to track memory use: https://www.areweslimyet.com/mobile/ - improvements in eideticker’s...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – February Check-up
The February 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. Note modest improvements on tcheck2 and ts. A new RSS regression was found with awsy. Talos This section tracks Perfomatic...
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Screenshots for Robocop
Robocop supports UI testing of Firefox for Android using Robotium. With the changes in bug 854549, Robocop now automatically generates a screenshot when a test fails, so you can see what was happening...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – March Check-up
The March 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. No Talos regressions this month. RSS measurements are improving. Talos This section tracks Perfomatic graphs from...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – April Check-up
The April 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. Minor regressions in tcheck2 and tp4m. Slight improvement in “time to throbber stop”. Talos This section tracks Perfomatic...
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More xpcshell tests for Android
We are gradually running more and more xpcshell tests for Android on tbpl. Do you have a favorite xpcshell test that you are eager to see running on Android ASAP? Do you know of certain xpcshell tests...
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More Robocop tests running…and more disabled
The Robocop test suite continues to evolve, providing more and more UI-level testing for Firefox for Android. Recently added tests include:...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – May Check-up
The May 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. Significant regression in RSS measures was caused by bug 848764 and is expected; see discussion in bug. Talos This section tracks...
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Firefox for Android’s Disk Cache
Last year we enabled the Firefox disk cache on Android and improved its sizing (see for example, bug 742560, bug 745340, and bug 751603). Now that those changes are stable – no significant changes...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – June Check-up
The June 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. Few significant changes this month. Some improvement in “time to throbber start”. Talos This section tracks Perfomatic graphs from...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – July Check-up
The July 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. Talos regressions in tcheck2 and trobopan; minor regression in “time to throbber start”; otherwise, little change this month....
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – August check-up
The August 2013 summary of performance measures for Firefox for Android. There are quite a few regressions this month, in several Talos tests, time to throbber stop, and some Eideticker tests. Talos...
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Firefox for Android Performance Measures – September/October check-up
I didn’t get a chance to write up a performance check-up post at the end of September, so this entry reviews September and October. Highlights: - New Talos tcanvasmark test added in September - Talos...
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