[Commotion-admin] [mlab-browser-ext] In add-ons preferences, provide setting for tests to be automatically run at a specified interval (#20)

[hawkinswnaf]

Right now, it does not run at all in the background (ever). I think that 
we need to figure out how to run these tests w/o "freezing" the browser 
before we are able to implement periodicity.

However, the question remains: Should the interval be specified per test 
or for the entire plugin? It would make a difference about where we put 
the preference.

The preferences that go in the Add Ons pane cannot be dynamic! That's 
why the test preferences are not there. Since we expect that those 
preferences are going to vary based on plugins, they have to be handled 
differently.

Does any of that make sense? Perhaps I am just blabbing :-)

On 8/17/14, 8:24 AM, critzo wrote:
> How often does it run in the background? Does it ever? Can I configure
> it so that once an hour or so it runs in the background? Ideally, I
> think, on install, there's some default for background operation (e.g.
> once per day, etc), and that can be changed by the user through
> 'Preferences'.
>
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