Nightly Tester Tools

Nightly Tester Tools

Nightly Tester Tools (NTT) is an add-on for aiding testers of Nightly builds of Mozilla apps including Firefox.

Nightly Tester Tools
What is Nightly Tester Tools?
"Nightly Tester Tools" is a Firefox add-on providing useful features for testers of Mozilla's Nightly builds. It allows copying build ID, listing extensions, customizing the Title Bar, and supports several locales. However, due to limited WebExtensions API, it has certain limitations and a few features from the original XUL-based extension are still to be implemented.
Merlin
Stats
Rating: 3.76 (29)
Version: 4.1resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2008-02-18
Weekly download count: 17
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • clipboardWrite
  • management
  • menus
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 35.12K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
Summary

Features

  • Copy the build ID or list of extensions to the clipboard using the toolbar button
  • Insert the build ID or list of extensions into a textbox using the context menu
  • Option to customize the Title Bar
  • Available locales: Chinese (Simplified), Czech, English, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish
Limitations

There are a couple of known issues due to the limited WebExtensions APIs:

  • The changeset cannot be retrieved
  • The extension list does not include system add-ons
  • The textbox inserting options don't work on some Mozilla sites (including AMO due to a security restriction) as well as with a textbox within an iframe and certain rich text editors
  • Some variables are not available for the custom title template
The following features found in the original XUL-based extension are not yet implemented, and some of them may not be implemented again:
  • Copy about:support to Pastebin
  • Open the profile folder (Use about:support or about:profile page instead to open it)
  • Open the pushlog
  • Screenshot utility (Use Firefox Screenshots instead)
  • Crash options
  • Extension compatibility fixer
  • Menu items under Tools
See https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Automation/Projects/Addons/NightlyTesterTools for some proposed new features, and check out the source code on GitHub!
User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Allows customization of the title bar
  • Provides variables for customization
  • Useful for copying content that wouldn't be possible otherwise
Cons
  • Does not integrate into the tools menu
  • Profile name not available as a variable anymore
  • No longer works to force add-on compatibility
Most mentioned
  • Customization of the title bar
  • Profile name not available
  • Force add-on compatibility
Recent reviews
Since I use several Firefox profiles, it has been necessary for me to somehow identify the profile any given Firefox window belongs to. This extension allows you to customize the title bar. There are several variables available. Unfortunately, the Firefox profile name isn't one of them anymore, so you need to hard-code it in the extension's options tab. Apparently, the profile name *was* a variable several years ago, but a change to WebExtensions apparently made it unusable.
by Dan400Man, 2023-07-01
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Safety
Risk impact

Nightly Tester Tools is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Nightly Tester Tools if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Nightly Tester Tools is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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