Report: QA Community Participation Survey Results
Survey: Mozilla QA Community - Participation Survey
Compiled: 04/03/2008
1. How long have you been using Firefox? (including Phoenix/Firebird if you know what those are)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| 3 - 4 years | 49 | 46% |
| 5+ years | 37 | 35% |
| 1 - 2 years | 18 | 17% |
| < 1 year | 3 | 3% |
| Choices Selected: | 107 |
| Total Responses: | 106 |
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2. Do you use a localized version of Firefox (other than en-US)?
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| en-GB | 11 | 21% |
| fr | 10 | 19% |
| de | 8 | 15% |
| pt-BR | 5 | 10% |
| zh-CN | 3 | 6% |
| it | 2 | 4% |
| nb-NO | 2 | 4% |
| ar | 1 | 2% |
| be | 1 | 2% |
| cs | 1 | 2% |
| es-ES | 1 | 2% |
| fy-NL | 1 | 2% |
| ja | 1 | 2% |
| nl | 1 | 2% |
| pa-IN | 1 | 2% |
| pt-PT | 1 | 2% |
| ru | 1 | 2% |
| sl | 1 | 2% |
| Choices Selected: | 52 |
| Total Responses: | 51 |
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3. Please tell us more about your primary system and/or testing environment.
| Values | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Windows XP | 12 | 11% |
| Windows Vista | 7 | 7% |
| Windows XP SP2 | 6 | 6% |
| linux | 3 | 3% |
| Vista | 3 | 3% |
| XP | 3 | 3% |
| Mac OS X 10.4 | 2 | 2% |
| Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | 2 | 2% |
| mac os x leopard | 2 | 2% |
| Windows XP Professional | 2 | 2% |
| 10.5.1 | 1 | 1% |
| AMD X2 3800+/GEforce 7900 GT/2 GB DDR 2 800 Ram/mainboard Nvidia 550 SLI | 1 | 1% |
| Debian Linux | 1 | 1% |
| Gentoo Linux i686 | 1 | 1% |
| Kubuntu 7.10 | 1 | 1% |
| Linux (64-bit) | 1 | 1% |
| Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) | 1 | 1% |
| Linux / Kubuntu | 1 | 1% |
| Linux and Windows | 1 | 1% |
| Linux i686 | 1 | 1% |
| Linux Ubuntu | 1 | 1% |
| Linux/Windows XP | 1 | 1% |
| mac | 1 | 1% |
| Mac OS X 10.4.11 | 1 | 1% |
| Mac OS X 10.5 | 1 | 1% |
| Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" | 1 | 1% |
| Mac OS X 10.5.1 | 1 | 1% |
| Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard), Win XP SP 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Mac OSX 10.5.1 | 1 | 1% |
| mac, vista, xp | 1 | 1% |
| MacOS X | 1 | 1% |
| MS Vista | 1 | 1% |
| OS X | 1 | 1% |
| ubuntu and os x | 1 | 1% |
| Ubuntu Development Version (Currently 8.04) | 1 | 1% |
| Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 | 1 | 1% |
| Vista home premium | 1 | 1% |
| w2ksp4 | 1 | 1% |
| Win XP | 1 | 1% |
| win xp and vista | 1 | 1% |
| win xp home sp2 | 1 | 1% |
| Win xp pro | 1 | 1% |
| Win XP Pro SP2 | 1 | 1% |
| Win XP SP2, Sol 10, RH Linux 5 | 1 | 1% |
| win2k | 1 | 1% |
| win32, ubuntu | 1 | 1% |
| Window XP and Vista | 1 | 1% |
| Windows | 1 | 1% |
| Windows 2003 | 1 | 1% |
| Windows adn Linux | 1 | 1% |
| Windows SP3 | 1 | 1% |
| Windows Vista and XP Home | 1 | 1% |
| Windows Vista Business Edition | 1 | 1% |
| Windows Vista SP1 | 1 | 1% |
| Windows Vista SP1 X64 | 1 | 1% |
| Windows Vista Ultimate X64 | 1 | 1% |
| Windows Vista x64 | 1 | 1% |
| windows XP /Linux | 1 | 1% |
| Windows XP and Kubuntu Linux | 1 | 1% |
| Windows XP Home | 1 | 1% |
| Windows XP Pro | 1 | 1% |
| Windows XP pro SP2 | 1 | 1% |
| Windows XP Professional 32-bit | 1 | 1% |
| Windows XP x64 Professional | 1 | 1% |
| Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac | 1 | 1% |
| WinXP | 1 | 1% |
| WinXP / Ubuntu Linux | 1 | 1% |
| XP / Vista, Ubuntu | 1 | 1% |
| XP Home SP2 | 1 | 1% |
| XP MCE | 1 | 1% |
| xp sp2 | 1 | 1% |
| XP- pro and home server | 1 | 1% |
| XP-SP2 & XP-media-center-2005-sp2 | 1 | 1% |
| Values | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| DSL | 16 | 16% |
| ADSL | 10 | 10% |
| Cable | 8 | 8% |
| Broadband | 4 | 4% |
| Cable modem | 4 | 4% |
| T1 | 3 | 3% |
| LAN | 2 | 2% |
| Verizon FiOS | 2 | 2% |
| 10Mbit ADSL | 1 | 1% |
| 10mbs download and 1mbs upload | 1 | 1% |
| 10mo | 1 | 1% |
| 12Mbps | 1 | 1% |
| 1m | 1 | 1% |
| 1Mbit/s ADSL | 1 | 1% |
| 2MBPS Cable Provider | 1 | 1% |
| 3meg | 1 | 1% |
| 4mb | 1 | 1% |
| 5Mbps Broadband | 1 | 1% |
| 600 kb/s down, 50 kb/s up | 1 | 1% |
| 6MB | 1 | 1% |
| 8 Mbit/s | 1 | 1% |
| 8MB/s | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL (512kbps downstream) | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL 16Mbit | 1 | 1% |
| adsl 1M | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL 2+ | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL 2Mb | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL 4Mbit | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL 4Mo | 1 | 1% |
| adsl 7mb dl - 480Kbps ul | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL 8 Mega | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL2+ | 1 | 1% |
| ADSL2+ (24mbps) | 1 | 1% |
| All I need .. | 1 | 1% |
| Around 5Mbps UK Broadband | 1 | 1% |
| AT&T DSL | 1 | 1% |
| bellsouth | 1 | 1% |
| Broadband 8MB | 1 | 1% |
| BT Broadband | 1 | 1% |
| Cable (Roadrunner) | 1 | 1% |
| cable - 2M | 1 | 1% |
| Cable 7 mbit | 1 | 1% |
| cable broadband | 1 | 1% |
| Comcast Cable 8 mbps | 1 | 1% |
| Comcast High Speed 256 | 1 | 1% |
| Dial Up | 1 | 1% |
| Dial-up | 1 | 1% |
| dsl 1.2mbps | 1 | 1% |
| DSL 2 Mb | 1 | 1% |
| DSL 2000 | 1 | 1% |
| DSL 20000 | 1 | 1% |
| free 8 méga | 1 | 1% |
| German Telekom dsl 16000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hi-Speed Broadband | 1 | 1% |
| ISDN | 1 | 1% |
| lan & DSL | 1 | 1% |
| mac | 1 | 1% |
| Modem | 1 | 1% |
| very good | 1 | 1% |
| wireless | 1 | 1% |
| yes? | 1 | 1% |
| Values | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| None | 4 | 5% |
| a dozen | 2 | 2% |
| fireftp | 2 | 2% |
| Java, Adobe Flash, WMP 11, Adobe Reader, Quicktime, Silverlight, Nightly Tester Tools, Firebug, Console2, User agent switcher, web developer | 2 | 2% |
| Web Developer | 2 | 2% |
| 1 | 1% | |
| a lot | 1 | 1% |
| ABP, Forecastfox, NTT, Firesomething | 1 | 1% |
| Ad block, chatzilla, forcaster,talkback,DOM inspector, Malware search | 1 | 1% |
| Ad block, Colorzila, Google toolbar, Videodownload, Refcontrol | 1 | 1% |
| Ad-Block Plus, Nightly Tester Tools, User Agent Switcher | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock Plus, Better Gmail, Google Toolbar, Dowate tab, Fasterfox, Faviconize Tab, FireFTP, Gmail notifier, Google Notebook, a lot more | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock Plus, British English Dictionary, Download Sort, Down Them All, Facebook Toolbar, Greasemonkey, Nightly Tester Tools, Weave | 1 | 1% |
| adblock plus, bugmenot, del.icio.us, firebug, webdeveloper | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock Plus, Cache Fixer, Firebug, HTML Validator, ImgLikeOpera, NoScript, Organize Status Bar, Stylish, Scrapbook, Screengrab, Web Developer, User Agent Switcher | 1 | 1% |
| adblock plus, clear privat data, dictionary switcher, dictionaries (german, french, spanisch & us), download statusbar, fasterfox, Image toolbar, Link alert, pdf Download, redirekt remover, tab mix plus, text link, update notifier, realplayer recorder, flash | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock Plus, Mouse Gestures | 1 | 1% |
| AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Download Status Bar, FoxyTunes, Adobe Flash | 1 | 1% |
| AdBlock Plus, PDFDownload, GetMailPlus, Errorzilla Mod, Better Gmail/GReader/Gcal, Restarter, YouPlayer, Venkman, Operator, Greasemonkey, Zotero, Piclens, Flagfox | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock Plus, Tab Mix Plus, Stop-Or-Reload, DownloadHelper, DownThemAll, Proto theme, Flip4Mac, Java, QuickTime, Flash, VLC | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock Plus, Weave, Firebug, Local Install | 1 | 1% |
| Adblock plus,Weave,All-in-one sidebar,etc | 1 | 1% |
| adblock+, noscript, gmail manager, y! notifier and ietab | 1 | 1% |
| adblock, noscript, greasemonkey, google gears, trackmenot, quickproxy, google notebook | 1 | 1% |
| adblock/filter set g updater, better search, clear fields, colorful tabs, customize google, cutemenus - Crystal SVG 1.2.7 (due to incompatibility with Mac menus), DOM inspector, Download Helper, DownThemAll, FEBE, Firefox Showcase (not used often), Menu Editor, MR Tech Local Install, Ook? Video Ook, Save Image In Folder, Scroll Search Engines, simpledelicious, StumbleUpon, Stylish, Tab Mix Plus, Talkback, Update Notifier, WOT, Yahoo Mail Notifier | 1 | 1% |
| adblock/java/mediaplayer/quicktime/realplayer/flash/shockwave | 1 | 1% |
| Addblock 0.7.5.3,ChatZilla 0.9.80,Firebug1.1.0b10,PDF Download 1.0.1.0 (disabled by upgrade to b3rc3) | 1 | 1% |
| book burro, adblock plus, download status bar, wordchamp | 1 | 1% |
| Chatzilla, Fasterfox | 1 | 1% |
| ChatZilla, Nightly Tester Tools, Stop-or-Reload Button, Java | 1 | 1% |
| Delicious, Answers, Google Toolbar | 1 | 1% |
| Diggidig,Flashblock,Forecastfox,Highlightall,Imagezoom,Locationbar2,McafeeSiteadvisor,NetcraftToolbar,Nukeanything,Pdfdownload,Prefbar,Taboverflowscrollbar,Targetalert,Throbberbutton,Unreadtabs,WalnutForFirefox | 1 | 1% |
| Download Statusbar, Flashgot, NoScript, looking forward to IE Tab for 3.0 | 1 | 1% |
| download usage monitor | 1 | 1% |
| few, none too major | 1 | 1% |
| FireBug | 1 | 1% |
| Firebug / html validator / webdevelopper toolbar / Adblock plus / Del.ici.us Bookmarks | 1 | 1% |
| firebug, chromebug | 1 | 1% |
| Firebug, Foxmarks, Pearl Crescent page saver | 1 | 1% |
| Firebug, greasemonkey, webdeveloper toolbar, ... | 1 | 1% |
| Firebug, Web Dev Toolbar, CoScripter, Operator, Tails Export, DOM Inspector, Bookmark Sync, Dictionnaries, ... | 1 | 1% |
| Firebug, web developer, nightly tester tools and some other stuff | 1 | 1% |
| Flash Player, Reader, Java, FireFTP, Foxmarks, IeTab, ForecastFox, WebDeveloper, Save Session, Operator,gTranslate, Dictionaries | 1 | 1% |
| Flash, Java, File Title | 1 | 1% |
| Flash/macromedia | 1 | 1% |
| Flashblock, MediaPlayerConnectivity | 1 | 1% |
| flashgot | 1 | 1% |
| flashgot googletoolbar stumbleupon | 1 | 1% |
| Gmail manager, Greasemonkey , Pdf download, session manager,undo close tab, webmail notifier, visual bookmarks,addblock Plus, Add Bookmark here, Download status bar | 1 | 1% |
| Gmail Notifier, Stylish, Adblock Plus, Customize Google, Chatzilla and IE Tab | 1 | 1% |
| Google Toolbar, Greasemonkey | 1 | 1% |
| IE Tab, Fasterfox, Google Toolbar, ... | 1 | 1% |
| Java script debuger | 1 | 1% |
| Lots: Adblock Plus, Download Statusbar, Javascript Options, Download Statusbar, ScriptMonkey, and many other popular addons | 1 | 1% |
| mac | 1 | 1% |
| many | 1 | 1% |
| Many, like 25-30 | 1 | 1% |
| Megaupload SX | 1 | 1% |
| n/a | 1 | 1% |
| Newsfox,alexa sparky, and dictionarys | 1 | 1% |
| no | 1 | 1% |
| no script, adblock plus, stumble upon | 1 | 1% |
| none while testing | 1 | 1% |
| noscript | 1 | 1% |
| not right now cause most aren't up to ff3 | 1 | 1% |
| nothing | 1 | 1% |
| Pearl Cresent Page Saver, Firebug, YSlow | 1 | 1% |
| Personas, DowntheMall,Weave | 1 | 1% |
| StumbleUpon, FireBug | 1 | 1% |
| Stylish, Adblock, Nightly Tester Tools, Update Channel Selector, StumbleUpon | 1 | 1% |
| Theme & Developer Related | 1 | 1% |
| Weather bug, abp,stumble,color tabs,gmail notifier. | 1 | 1% |
| Web Developer / CSS | 1 | 1% |
| Web Developper,Xpather,and an extenson developped at work | 1 | 1% |
| webdeveloper - weave - sqlite manager - print preview - fast dial - diggler - adblock plus | 1 | 1% |
| Webdeveloper Toolbar, Adblock | 1 | 1% |
| windows media player plug-in | 1 | 1% |
| yes | 1 | 1% |
| yes, inc. tabbrowser prefs and adblock | 1 | 1% |
| Values | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| no | 4 | 20% |
| Also do Linux bug triage | 2 | 10% |
| None | 2 | 10% |
| - | 1 | 5% |
| 1GB RAM, 1.93gHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 1 | 5% |
| It's the _Mozilla_ QA Community. Not _Firefox_. I wish thins weren't so Firefox focused. :'( | 1 | 5% |
| many customized about:config, plus custom throbber image(s) | 1 | 5% |
| Nightly Tester | 1 | 5% |
| nope | 1 | 5% |
| Not sure. xD | 1 | 5% |
| Recent Switch from XP | 1 | 5% |
| Sometimes I'd like to use custom builds with patches from bugzilla. :D | 1 | 5% |
| use live bookmarks alot, currently using the iSafari Leopard theme | 1 | 5% |
| Using Firefox 2.0 on both Linux and Windows XP but will be migrating over to Linux completely | 1 | 5% |
| Zonealarm, Kasperski | 1 | 5% |
Total Responses: 104
4. Testing (participate in Test Days, use Litmus, and test Firefox features to help improve quality)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Definitely | 77 | 75% |
| Maybe (with help) | 23 | 23% |
| Not for me | 2 | 2% |
| Choices Selected: | 102 |
| Total Responses: | 101 |
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5. Testing (participate in Test Days, use Litmus, and test Firefox features to help improve quality)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| 64-bit Firefox for Linux | 1 | 17% |
| Firefox nightly builds | 1 | 17% |
| not using litmus 'cause it bugs me | 1 | 17% |
| testing nightly builds | 1 | 17% |
| Websites and Firefox | 1 | 17% |
| when I see a bug I'll report it at bugzilla | 1 | 17% |
| Choices Selected: | 6 |
| Total Responses: | 6 |
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6. Working with Bugs (help during Bug Days, watch bugs in Bugzilla, and help resolve issues during the development process)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Maybe (with help) | 39 | 39% |
| Definitely | 36 | 36% |
| Not for me | 25 | 25% |
| Choices Selected: | 100 |
| Total Responses: | 99 |
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7. Working with Bugs (help during Bug Days, watch bugs in Bugzilla, and help resolve issues during the development process)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| anything, but don't know where to start | 1 | 20% |
| bugzilla only | 1 | 20% |
| fairly good at finding dupes | 1 | 20% |
| firebug related | 1 | 20% |
| verifying, confirming, helping, etc | 1 | 20% |
| Choices Selected: | 5 |
| Total Responses: | 5 |
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8. Test Automation (hack on Buildbot, Talos, Tinderbox, Fuzzers, etc)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Not for me | 49 | 49% |
| Maybe (with help) | 33 | 33% |
| Definitely | 18 | 18% |
| Choices Selected: | 100 |
| Total Responses: | 99 |
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9. Crash Analysis (keep an eye on Talkback/Breakpad data and help identify and fix crashes quickly)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Not for me | 46 | 46% |
| Maybe (with help) | 35 | 35% |
| Definitely | 20 | 20% |
| Choices Selected: | 101 |
| Total Responses: | 100 |
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10. Crash Analysis (keep an eye on Talkback/Breakpad data and help identify and fix crashes quickly)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| firebug related | 1 | 100% |
| Choices Selected: | 1 |
| Total Responses: | 1 |
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11. User Feedback Analysis (look through Hendrix feedback and newsgroups for potential bugs)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Not for me | 43 | 43% |
| Maybe (with help) | 30 | 30% |
| Definitely | 27 | 27% |
| Choices Selected: | 100 |
| Total Responses: | 99 |
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12. Tools Development (work on Litmus, QA Extension, Bugzilla, etc)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Maybe (with help) | 41 | 41% |
| Not for me | 41 | 41% |
| Definitely | 19 | 19% |
| Choices Selected: | 101 |
| Total Responses: | 100 |
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13. Tools Development (work on Litmus, QA Extension, Bugzilla, etc)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Extensions | 1 | 33% |
| firebug ;-) | 1 | 33% |
| Wouldn't mind helping develop the QA site further | 1 | 33% |
| Choices Selected: | 3 |
| Total Responses: | 3 |
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14. Testcase Writing (add cases to Litmus or to bugs in Bugzilla)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Maybe (with help) | 39 | 40% |
| Not for me | 39 | 40% |
| Definitely | 20 | 20% |
| Choices Selected: | 98 |
| Total Responses: | 97 |
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15. Testcase Writing (add cases to Litmus or to bugs in Bugzilla)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| hey send some to me ;-) | 1 | 100% |
| Choices Selected: | 1 |
| Total Responses: | 1 |
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16. Other (please specify)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Not for me | 57 | 68% |
| Maybe (with help) | 17 | 20% |
| Definitely | 10 | 12% |
| Choices Selected: | 84 |
| Total Responses: | 83 |
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17. Other (please specify)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | 1 | 13% |
| documentation for users | 1 | 13% |
| don't know | 1 | 13% |
| Front-End debugging | 1 | 13% |
| I like new stuff | 1 | 13% |
| Like what? | 1 | 13% |
| localisation | 1 | 13% |
| report bugs and how to fix them | 1 | 13% |
| Choices Selected: | 8 |
| Total Responses: | 8 |
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18. Which Mozilla QA mailing lists are you subscribed to?
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| betatesters@mozilla.org | 54 | 54% |
| qa-community@mozilla.org | 26 | 26% |
| dev-quality@lists.mozilla.org (mozilla.dev.quality newsgroup) | 14 | 14% |
| macqa@mozilla.org | 10 | 10% |
| vistaqa@mozilla.org | 10 | 10% |
| none | 9 | 9% |
| calendar | 1 | 1% |
| didn't know there were any. I will subscribe to vista and besttestersa and maybe dev quality :) | 1 | 1% |
| fortherecord@mozilla.org | 1 | 1% |
| I read the code reviews sometimes | 1 | 1% |
| IRC | 1 | 1% |
| Is there a mailing list for Linux? | 1 | 1% |
| mozilla.dev.apps.firefox and I read through the mozillazine forums but only if there is some time left (have to take xare of husband and children as well) | 1 | 1% |
| mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird | 1 | 1% |
| none of the above | 1 | 1% |
| None, tracking them via google groups on a weekly basis (at least that's always is my plan) | 1 | 1% |
| noneoftheabove | 1 | 1% |
| Choices Selected: | 100 |
| Total Responses: | 100 |
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19. I currently spend...
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| < 1 hour | 42 | 41% |
| 1 - 3 hours | 36 | 35% |
| 4 - 6 hours | 13 | 13% |
| 7 - 9 hours | 6 | 6% |
| 10+ hours | 5 | 5% |
| Choices Selected: | 102 |
| Total Responses: | 101 |
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20. I wish I could spend...
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 3 hours | 32 | 32% |
| 4 - 6 hours | 30 | 30% |
| 10+ hours | 19 | 19% |
| < 1 hour | 10 | 10% |
| 7 - 9 hours | 9 | 9% |
| Choices Selected: | 100 |
| Total Responses: | 99 |
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21. How did you first hear about the Mozilla project?
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Friend | 4 | 5% |
| internet | 3 | 4% |
| A friend pointed me to Mozilla after my complaining about the Nescape 7 whorebar. | 2 | 3% |
| Mozilla.org | 2 | 3% |
| 2001 | 1 | 1% |
| 2004 | 1 | 1% |
| ?? (it is such a long time ago) | 1 | 1% |
| Article on Beonex in a computer magazine. | 1 | 1% |
| Beta news | 1 | 1% |
| betanews | 1 | 1% |
| by a friend | 1 | 1% |
| Camino | 1 | 1% |
| Can't remember | 1 | 1% |
| Can't remember anymore, Probably heard it when Netscape open sourced the code. | 1 | 1% |
| Can't remember; it was a long time ago | 1 | 1% |
| CMU job forum | 1 | 1% |
| college | 1 | 1% |
| dont rember | 1 | 1% |
| during Netscape-7: bugfixes in Mozilla suite came out sooner than in Netscape proper... | 1 | 1% |
| forgotten | 1 | 1% |
| found it on some computers related magazine's cd | 1 | 1% |
| Friends | 1 | 1% |
| from a news article on gmail news | 1 | 1% |
| from friends | 1 | 1% |
| from internet | 1 | 1% |
| from Web page | 1 | 1% |
| good | 1 | 1% |
| 1 | 1% | |
| http://www.scorch2000.com/ | 1 | 1% |
| i was looking for firefox 3.0 | 1 | 1% |
| I was using Netscape / Phoenix. | 1 | 1% |
| Internet news | 1 | 1% |
| Know it from the moment it started. Was a netscape user and I might have seen there annoucement (all a bit cloudy after ten years) | 1 | 1% |
| long time ago, I don't remember | 1 | 1% |
| mozilla.org - Developer News | 1 | 1% |
| MozillaZine or something like that | 1 | 1% |
| Netscape demise | 1 | 1% |
| Netscape press release of spin-off | 1 | 1% |
| newsletter | 1 | 1% |
| none | 1 | 1% |
| On google | 1 | 1% |
| On mozillazine I think | 1 | 1% |
| On my sister's computer while using Firefox | 1 | 1% |
| online | 1 | 1% |
| phoenix version on pc magazine cd | 1 | 1% |
| random websurfing | 1 | 1% |
| Researching QA terminology and concepts. | 1 | 1% |
| rss feed | 1 | 1% |
| School | 1 | 1% |
| Seneca College | 1 | 1% |
| Slashdot | 1 | 1% |
| slashdot ? | 1 | 1% |
| So long ago, I don't remember. Probably through slashdot or some blog | 1 | 1% |
| through a friend | 1 | 1% |
| Through a friend mentioning Firefox when starting out on web development | 1 | 1% |
| Through softpedia.com | 1 | 1% |
| Through the Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Suite. | 1 | 1% |
| via Google | 1 | 1% |
| via Netscape | 1 | 1% |
| Web sites and Linux community | 1 | 1% |
| When I started using firefox | 1 | 1% |
| When Netscape died | 1 | 1% |
| while surfing | 1 | 1% |
| winfuture.de | 1 | 1% |
| With friends in the University | 1 | 1% |
| with google | 1 | 1% |
| With some friends | 1 | 1% |
| Worked for Netscape | 1 | 1% |
| www.betanews.com | 1 | 1% |
| www.neowin.net | 1 | 1% |
| Choices Selected: | 77 |
| Total Responses: | 76 |
| Average: | 52.01 |
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22. How long have you been an active participant in the Mozilla community?
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| < 1 year | 46 | 49% |
| 1 - 2 years | 16 | 17% |
| 3 - 4 years | 16 | 17% |
| 5 - 6 years | 9 | 10% |
| 7+ years | 7 | 7% |
| Choices Selected: | 94 |
| Total Responses: | 93 |
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23. As a member of the Mozilla community, what are the roles that best categorize your involvement with Mozilla? (Please select up to 3)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Firefox user (I am a huge fan of Firefox that provides feedback and helps out occasionally) | 82 | 88% |
| Beta tester (I help test pre-release builds for Firefox 2.x and 3.x, including release candidates, alphas, and/or betas) | 50 | 54% |
| Nightly tester (I follow the development of Firefox closely and am an active daily contributor) | 32 | 34% |
| Evangelist (I help spread Firefox and promote open source, web standards, etc) | 22 | 24% |
| Web developer (I want to ensure Firefox meets web standards and/or compatibility requirements) | 19 | 20% |
| General QA (I not only test, but also do things like help reproduce/verify bugs in Bugzilla, help with test case generation/automation, write testcases for Litmus, or participate in other Mozilla QA community events and projects on a regular basis) | 17 | 18% |
| Add-ons developer (I make extensions and/or themes for Firefox, Thunderbird, etc) | 5 | 5% |
| Localizer (I help translate UI and documentation into other languages) | 4 | 4% |
| Firefox developer (I help improve the Firefox user experience) | 3 | 3% |
| Tools developer (I like to hack on Bugzilla, Tinderbox, Bonsai, MXR, test automation, etc) | 2 | 2% |
| i use it | 1 | 1% |
| lazy evangelist | 1 | 1% |
| Mozilla core developer (I enjoy hacking on the hard stuff) | 1 | 1% |
| User support | 1 | 1% |
| Want to learn writing test scrips, test automation, write testcases | 1 | 1% |
| Web, Firefox developer would also like to work on mozilla core but my knowlegde isn't advanced enough yet. | 1 | 1% |
| Choices Selected: | 93 |
| Total Responses: | 93 |
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24. IRC (internet relay chat)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 38 | 41% |
| Daily | 25 | 27% |
| Monthly | 17 | 18% |
| Weekly | 7 | 8% |
| Never heard of it | 5 | 5% |
| Choices Selected: | 92 |
| Total Responses: | 91 |
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25. Newsgroups (Google groups: mozilla.*)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 40 | 45% |
| Monthly | 20 | 23% |
| Weekly | 17 | 19% |
| Daily | 7 | 8% |
| Never heard of it | 4 | 5% |
| Choices Selected: | 88 |
| Total Responses: | 87 |
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26. Bugzilla (bugmail, bug comments, etc)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | 27 | 31% |
| Haven't used it yet | 24 | 28% |
| Daily | 18 | 21% |
| Weekly | 16 | 18% |
| Never heard of it | 2 | 2% |
| Choices Selected: | 87 |
| Total Responses: | 86 |
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27. Email (mailing lists, newsgroup subscriptions)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 35 | 39% |
| Monthly | 21 | 24% |
| Weekly | 18 | 20% |
| Daily | 13 | 15% |
| Never heard of it | 2 | 2% |
| Choices Selected: | 89 |
| Total Responses: | 88 |
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28. Blogs (personal blog, planet.mozilla.org, etc)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 34 | 39% |
| Daily | 21 | 24% |
| Monthly | 17 | 19% |
| Weekly | 13 | 15% |
| Never heard of it | 3 | 3% |
| Choices Selected: | 88 |
| Total Responses: | 87 |
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29. SpreadFirefox.com (forums, projects, etc)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 44 | 51% |
| Monthly | 18 | 21% |
| Weekly | 11 | 13% |
| Daily | 8 | 9% |
| Never heard of it | 5 | 6% |
| Choices Selected: | 86 |
| Total Responses: | 85 |
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30. mozillaZine.org Forums
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 37 | 42% |
| Weekly | 18 | 20% |
| Monthly | 17 | 19% |
| Never heard of it | 10 | 11% |
| Daily | 6 | 7% |
| Choices Selected: | 88 |
| Total Responses: | 87 |
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31. QMO (quality.mozilla.org)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Haven't used it yet | 42 | 46% |
| Monthly | 16 | 18% |
| Weekly | 12 | 13% |
| Never heard of it | 11 | 12% |
| Daily | 10 | 11% |
| Choices Selected: | 91 |
| Total Responses: | 90 |
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32. What are/were your biggest obstacles to working on the Mozilla project? (Please select up to 2)
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Not knowing where to start or how you fit into the community | 44 | 47% |
| Not enough time to spend on Mozilla related activities | 27 | 29% |
| Needed more guidance or direction from current Mozilla contributors | 22 | 24% |
| Trouble finding documentation to read before getting started | 18 | 19% |
| start | 11 | 12% |
| help | 8 | 9% |
| time | 6 | 6% |
| Lack of necessary software and/or hardware | 4 | 4% |
| machine | 4 | 4% |
| docs | 2 | 2% |
| Personal lack of focus. I tend to bounce from help to triage and testing. Sometimes getting distracted in the middle of doing test/triage. | 2 | 2% |
| - | 1 | 1% |
| Lack of a paycheck... | 1 | 1% |
| Lack of experience, but was easy to jump right on board with basic and full functional testing reports. | 1 | 1% |
| lack of programming expertise | 1 | 1% |
| sometimes I wished I could code (but I also wished to play tennis and piano at high level :) | 1 | 1% |
| Sorry didn't unterstand that Questions | 1 | 1% |
| Choices Selected: | 93 |
| Total Responses: | 93 |
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33. What types of Mozilla QA community events and/or projects would you be interested in organizing or participating in?
| Value | Count | Percent % |
|---|---|---|
| Bugdays | 2 | 5% |
| none | 2 | 5% |
| any kind of tutorial that helps people get their feet wet and feel comfortable working on code | 1 | 3% |
| Beta test | 1 | 3% |
| beta testing FF3.0 | 1 | 3% |
| beta-testing | 1 | 3% |
| betatesting | 1 | 3% |
| Bug bash outs where you find and eliminate bugs not like testdat just a whole weekend type of event where the irc would be like #bugbash and it would be open 24/7 but the official bug bash days would be random or something starting on Friday and Ending on saturday after noon | 1 | 3% |
| Bug Fixes, Beta Testing | 1 | 3% |
| bugdays, testdays | 1 | 3% |
| Camino | 1 | 3% |
| continuing what I'm doing (bugzilla triaging/testing) as long as I have time and interest | 1 | 3% |
| doesn't matter. i love organizing | 1 | 3% |
| Don't know | 1 | 3% |
| finding bugs in software and assisting in fixing them | 1 | 3% |
| Forum, local meetings | 1 | 3% |
| How about focus group testing? Testing specific areas for quality and also user experience. | 1 | 3% |
| I dont know | 1 | 3% |
| I would love to work on a project such as the QMO website where I could use my skills to develop a better environment for us to work in. | 1 | 3% |
| If I had more time: Testdays. | 1 | 3% |
| Linux oriented QA | 1 | 3% |
| Mozilla Conferences in Educational Institutions | 1 | 3% |
| No one, just Beta-Testing | 1 | 3% |
| not sure | 1 | 3% |
| spreading thunderbird, | 1 | 3% |
| test day | 1 | 3% |
| Test Day and Bugdays | 1 | 3% |
| Test Days, Litmus Testing | 1 | 3% |
| TestDay is nice event to work with Mozilla People. | 1 | 3% |
| Testing and write bugs on bugzilla | 1 | 3% |
| Testing nightly builds. | 1 | 3% |
| Testing of firefox and thunderbird products | 1 | 3% |
| testing sessions, bug triage meetings | 1 | 3% |
| Testing, Automation, Writing: Test plans, Test Scripts, Use-Cases | 1 | 3% |
| using bugzilla, somehow | 1 |