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Re: Firefox Replay

#21

Post by saimiam » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:34 AM UTC

This didn't work for me.

1. I installed the nightly build as told.

2. Open nightly build

3. Went to the "Save Recording" option

4. The first two times, I got a [javascript error] saying I could not record.

5. The remaining couple of times - after I open a "New Recording Tab", whatever that is - I didn't see the javascript error but the website whose clickthru I wanted to record using this tool didn't even load in that new recording tab.

Just this morning I recorded a clickthru like caveman using Quicktime. Can't wait for FF to iron out the kinks in this feature.

Re: Firefox Replay

#22

Post by Schlaefer » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:35 AM UTC

devit wrote: post #3

Why "Download Firefox Nightly for macOS"? Is it not supported on Linux and Windows? Why?

Only macOS is supported right now. Web Replay's architecture should allow it to work on any operating system: the OS features needed are not specific to macOS or to POSIX systems. Still, porting it to other POSIX systems (Linux, Android) will be easier than Windows, due to the overlap with macOS. There is, however, a partial Windows port from an older version of the architecture that can replay a simple page but not rewind, which should make writing a complete Windows port easier.

From: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/We...

Re: Firefox Replay

#23

Post by mimischi » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:37 AM UTC

So in its scope this somewhat similar to Cypress.io?

https://www.cypress.io/

Re: Firefox Replay

#24

Post by rutierut » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:38 AM UTC

Phenix88be wrote: post #13

melling wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Chrome, Safari, and the Firefox Nightly. Not sure why there’s so much dedication to one browser.

Because they all eat a lots of RAM...

This is a good comment, I use FF Dev and Chrome RN, the current project I'm working on is Chrome only. It's nice for context switching (docs, etc in FF, debugging & development in GC) but I was not able to do this (1y ago) on my 2013 MB Pro, it was simply to slow.

Re: Firefox Replay

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Post by inglor » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:38 AM UTC

mimischi wrote: post #23

So in its scope this somewhat similar to Cypress.io? https://www.cypress.io/

I don't use Cypress anymore as it didn't work for me but doesn't look like it. This is for debugging rather than testing.

Also the timeline in Cypress didn't actually work too well for us.

Re: Firefox Replay

#26

Post by inglor » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:39 AM UTC

Is there any way to make this work in automation? This could really help with debugging failed e2e firefox tests.

Re: Firefox Replay

#27

Post by inglor » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:40 AM UTC

We actually have something similar for this for tests at Testim (https://testim.io) but only for tests with screenshots and state.

Would people be interested in us open sourcing that part for regular debugging? I have considered it but I didn't think people would be interested in using this in a non-test case.

Re: Firefox Replay

#28

Post by brna » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:40 AM UTC

No Linux support :(

Re: Firefox Replay

#29

Post by lovasoa » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:41 AM UTC

paulintrognon wrote: post #16

strombofulous wrote: post #2

Ooooh wow. This might be enough to get me to use Firefox to develop with. This could be huge for its market share, a big part of the reason chrome was able to become so popular was because of how good its devtools were (compared to the competition at the time). Firefox definitely managed to catch up but not before lots of devs switched to chrome and stopped checking for compatibility with Firefox.

Do you really think the web developpers that use advanced dev tools can make a real difference in their market share? (real question)

They might, indirectly. If web developers use chrome as their main browser, they test their sites on chrome more, and in the end websites just work better in chrome. And this is what can make a difference in their market share.

Re: Firefox Replay

#30

Post by jillesvangurp » Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 10:41 AM UTC

bdibs wrote: post #20

devit wrote: post #3

Why "Download Firefox Nightly for macOS"? Is it not supported on Linux and Windows? Why?

“Almost all implementation work so far has been on macOS. Windows port work is underway, but is not yet working. The difficulties are in figuring out the set of system library APIs to intercept, in getting the memory management and dirty memory parts of the rewind infrastructure to work, and in handling the different graphics and IPC pathways on different platforms.“ From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozi…

It makes sense to start with OS X. Lots of front-end work is done on that platform. If you are targeting IOS or Safari, you pretty much need to be on OS X for testing.