As a website tester I always need to know which version of a browser a machine is running, so that I can provide accurate results of a test, on a particular machine and browser. Google Chrome allows you to do this by using the About Google [...]
Projects this week include: a Cinema/Movies website test, a Language Learning website test #websites #web #testing
Some of this week's projects: iPad iOS 7 App testing project kicked off, Insurance Quote website test completed, B2B website test completed
* This doesn't apply to all websites, but will apply to sites where the footer text is manually entered, such as on many WordPress (and other CMS) sites, manually coded websites etc. This is a basic bit of website maintenance you have to perform every New [...]
Below I've listed 10 Testing Blogs, which I often visit to catch up on latest events and news in the testing world, plus also read some different viewpoints on testing. James Bach - The Consulting Software Tester http://www.satisfice.com/blog/ Michael Bolton http://www.developsense.com/blog/ Google Testing Blog http://googletesting.blogspot.co.uk/ Maverick [...]
I recently launched two new websites, which I'll be using to further promote my Freelance App Testing Services and Website Testing Services. These both feature a different design and WordPress template to this, my main site, and both use the Simplissimo WordPress theme, which enables a [...]
Microsoft have recently updated the list of Windows Virtual Machines they'll let you download and install for testing purposes. In fact, its now a very useful list, including Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP. I was looking for a way of being able to test [...]
For effective cross-browser testing, it can be useful to have a variety of different versions of different browsers on different platforms. In general, its very awkward (or impossible) to have different versions of the same browser on the same machine. Therefore, a way around this is [...]
Sauce Labs have recently released a free Mac App which allows you to use their online website testing platform via a desktop Mac App, rather than the usual method of via a browser. The Mac App can be downloaded for free via saucelabs.com/mac / or iTunes / [...]
Following on from my post the other day about iPad Website Testing, I thought I'd post on a similar area, but on iPhone device. Turning on the Debug Console before starting testing will help identify any errors which may occur during the testing. The error messages [...]
Here's a simple little testing tip when testing websites on the iPad, using the Safari browser. Turning on the Debug Console before starting testing will help identify any errors which may occur during the testing. The error messages will be shown in the Debug Console and [...]
I've now added the other main browsers to my Windows 8 Pro virtual with no problems found - I was expecting some, but none materialised. The screenshot below shows the Start screen, with the tiles for Chrome, Firefox and Safari added in the place I selected [...]
Last Wednesday, I went along to Day 2 of Apps World 2012, at Earls Court 2. I went for the full day, as there was more of interest during the morning session, especially around the area of Mobile Testing. My photos from the day are below, [...]
Bug #3 Skyfall website bugs, has been posted to the site in the Bugs section. Bug #3 - Skyfall website bugs - dead links
I recently attended this webinar, given by Jonathan Lipps of Sauce Labs. You can check out the webinar on YouTube. I’ll briefly outline the main points, for future reference. Webinar Intro Almost as easy to test web apps with Sauce / Selenium as it is to [...]
I recently attended a webinar on the uTest platform, which was titled "Intro to Selenium2Library & Robot Framework". I hadn't heard of Selenium2Library or the Robot Framework, so this was a really useful intro to both of these at once. Also there was some information on [...]
