Bug 1156135 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1156135> will enable Runtime Hardware Testing for Firefox Desktop. Once enabled, we'll test the rendering capabilities of the current user's hardware prior to enabling features that depend on that hardware.
A more detailed overview is posted here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Performance/Runtime_Hardware_Testing This is just one step toward the goal to reduce the need for chemspills due to untested GPU/driver combinations that are incompatible with hardware-enabled rendering features. Multiple teams at Mozilla are collaborating on this program, and we need your help for this to succeed. As this feature rides the trains on Nightly, we'll monitor the telemetry reporting the hardware/driver combinations that fail to render. We'll use this information to improve our error correction, and optimize the user experience. Once we land, you may see a very brief Rendering Test after a Firefox update. We compare the results of that test with a known good rendering to determine if your system is capable of using GPU-enabled features. We're now testing with known-bad configurations, but we need to ensure that we avoid false positives with the Nightly population. We'll post detailed instructions on how to report problems before we enable this feature. Please report any problems you encounter or other feedback to runtime-hardware-test...@mozilla.com Thanks, --Jet _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
