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Tag Archives: usability
Improving the User Experience in a Fast-Forward World
Recently, after experiencing a “service not available” error while checking my email, my first instinct was to go scouring the web, including sites such as downrightnow.com, to check to see if others were experiencing similar issues and if there was … Continue reading
Posted in All, Automation & Tools, Risk & Testing, Test Planning & Strategy
Tagged acceptance testing, data, mobile testing, performance, software testing, tool selection, usability
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Testing User Experience – Should You Care?
One day after work, I decided to go to a newly renovated location of my gym to try it out. My objectives were to get a workout in, see where this new gym was and whether I would like working … Continue reading
Posted in All, Planning for Quality
Tagged people, software testing, usability
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Click OK to Crash
I – of course – use a risk-based approach in my testing, meaning that checking the exact phrasing of error messages is very far down on my prioritised list of test tasks. As long as the message is relevant and … Continue reading
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Tagged breaking it, software testing, usability
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Evaluating UI Without Users
User involvement is one of the major factors in designing UI for software. However, as much as we would like the users to be involved, user devotion to a project is never a free or unlimited resource. To maximize the … Continue reading
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Tagged software testing, usability
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Error Messages and How to Improve Them
Error messages are displayed by applications in response to unusual or exceptional conditions that can’t be rectified within the application itself. The need for “useful error messages” can be defined, in the simplistic case, to be a need for some … Continue reading
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Tagged software testing, usability
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