Your testers can be remote, assuming you get "live wires" who will dedicate
time to testing/ communications
I always invite them to SLACK asap so they feel they can contact me any time
and then we jump into appear.in video rooms.
I just exited 2 hours of meetings with one young mom, her daugh
On July 7, 2017 8:26:53 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode
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There's a truism that you can't test your
own software - you're way to close to the way it *should* work to ever
figure out how users are going to try to use it.
Oh man is that ever true. I'm lucky enough in one of my current pro
On 07/07/2017 05:07 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote:
That's it. Everything else I'm about to tell you is just commentary."
Great background story.
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On 07/07/2017 05:50 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote:
The way my brain works, I am decent at figuring out clever solutions, but
terrible at realizing what others will find intuitive.
Heh. You're not alone there. There's a truism that you can't test your
own software - you're way to
I am impressed by your circle of beta testers!
I have plenty of friends and family that would help, but they are spread around
the country.
Point taken about folks not communicating so well. It seems like direct
observation of them using it could help.
The way my brain works, I am decent at f
I would echo Jacqueline's advice here:
" There's no secret to creating a great application that people will use and
enjoy. Test the application and everything in it, again and again. Run
everything through its paces several times and in different orders. Click every
button, read and scroll ever
Thanks Bill
I am thinking of reaching out to Trip Advisor after version 1.5, but focusing
on high schools initially.
Trolls are a big concern. I have a lot ideas on dealing with that, including
taking advantage of the self-correcting nature of social media. I am going to
add in a rating system
Jonathon:
There are two learning processes going on. One is for the person testing the
software, the second is for you, learning what kinds of interface approaches
hang up new users. As you learn, by observing users, you will gain approaches
that minimize future user problems, and you will find
It does help, Scott - sounds like I should segment the testing process with a
cycle, running through the test, observe, discuss, note cycle for each group of
functionalities. Not unlike PM methodology.
Because I am looking to perfect and grow a single app over many years, I should
be able to re
It sounds like a little bit of direct, intensive observation is worth a lot of
testing a a distance.
Thanks Jeff
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> On Jul 7, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Jonathan,
>
> I second bill's approach of watching folks use the app. Years of educa
You don’t have to keep your mouth shut. In fact, you should be vocal, but you
want your tester to be more vocal.
Generalized suggestions from past experience…
- First, explain to the tester in general terms what your app does. Avoid
getting into operating specifics.
- Tell the tester you wan
Jonathan,
I second bill's approach of watching folks use the app. Years of educational
software creation taught me this. I would always make friends with a local
teacher that was into tech and they usually were happy to get a period to try
something on the kids if it only took one period to do
Well, 3 out of 3 people who tested my app from this list got stuck signing up,
but no one got stuck when I was there to prompt them to use the Universal
Options button.
So, I have to discipline myself to keep my mouth shut. Everything depends on it.
This is my second time reading your article,
That's a good summary. It's tedious sometimes but essential. The hardest
part by far is keeping your mouth shut. If I had a one-way mirror in a
sound-proofed room I'd use that. Another method might be to have the
user share their screen and turn off your microphone, but screen sharing
is not ea
>From reading these, it looks like my basic steps are these:
1. Make changes to the app
2. Test for usability myself a dozen times, trying things in different orders
and in different ways to make it fail
3. Have my testers, which is really about 3 family members, test it to make it
fail
No c
Thank you, Jacqueline
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> On Jul 7, 2017, at 1:39 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> http://hyperactivesw.com/resources_testing.html
>
>
>> On July 7, 2017 6:59:52 AM Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
>> wrote:
>>
>> What steps do you guys follow for accurat
http://hyperactivesw.com/resources_testing.html
On July 7, 2017 6:59:52 AM Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
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What steps do you guys follow for accurate testing when you don't have a
budget for proper official testing procedures?
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Thank you, Devin!
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> On Jul 7, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Jonathan,
>
> Here’s a link to my lesson outline when I teach my students about conducting
> user evaluations of software. It’s still a bit sparse and needs to be fleshed
> out, but
In another era, Heathkit reportedly used secretaries to test the
instructions to their electronics kits.
They found that they could only use any given secretary three times, as she
would pick up enough doing the first three to overcome errors in future
runs without being stopped by them . . .
On
Jonathan,
Here’s a link to my lesson outline when I teach my students about conducting
user evaluations of software. It’s still a bit sparse and needs to be fleshed
out, but I include some links to a couple of really good articles on evaluation
techniques, including one by our very own Jacque G
On 07/07/2017 07:29 AM, prothero--- via use-livecode wrote:
Actually watching users is invaluable.
Absolutely.
And try to resist the urge to help them along.
And take notes about where they hesitate or stumble.
As a QA engineer, I find that when I'm faced with a new application I
have about
Jonathon,
I feel your pain. In my case, I was initiated by my students and very quickly
learned how to ask the questions a newbie would ask. I also paid small amounts
to graduate students to get their feedback.
One of my very effective testers is my grandson, my wife, any of my colleagues
who m
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