Posted by
Amit Kulkarni [Admin]
| Posted in
adapt
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android
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BlackBerry
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mobile testing
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Nokia
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User Interface
| Posted on
8/27/2011 04:20:00 PM
The intriguing part of Mobile testing is the more you delve into it the more you enjoy, and find out the ways that could help you shorten the time.
So recently I have added an android device to my kitty so that gives me an experience of comparing how two or more devices will behave for the same application in their own environment. I mean it appears nowadays that if there is website then over the period of time it is get re-written so that it will work with Mobile devices. That is part one. But because there are these OSs that are competing against each other to show that which one is good or bad. That is altogether different topic of discussion.
As a normal user it took time for me too to get adapt with the new device. But it was well worth time spent in understanding the core parts. I was not in hurry at all to get adapted with the new device but it just that a tester in me didn't took that long to adapt.
When I was used to then I decided to have a same application in all the devices that have [I was expecting the app should be available for all of them in their respective markets or so]. It was not that tough part to find out common app that is available for all app, so I found one.
So recently I have added an android device to my kitty so that gives me an experience of comparing how two or more devices will behave for the same application in their own environment. I mean it appears nowadays that if there is website then over the period of time it is get re-written so that it will work with Mobile devices. That is part one. But because there are these OSs that are competing against each other to show that which one is good or bad. That is altogether different topic of discussion.
As a normal user it took time for me too to get adapt with the new device. But it was well worth time spent in understanding the core parts. I was not in hurry at all to get adapted with the new device but it just that a tester in me didn't took that long to adapt.
When I was used to then I decided to have a same application in all the devices that have [I was expecting the app should be available for all of them in their respective markets or so]. It was not that tough part to find out common app that is available for all app, so I found one.
The next step of course to have that installed on all the devices that I have. Some patterns that I observed [starting with installation of the app itself]:
- The size of the installer [Does it vary too much?]
- The time it took to install [Does it work out more or less same for all?]
- The user interaction whilst installation [Does user have much control on this?]
- The option presented to the user when installation is completed
- And finally, the user is able to run the app
Just curious to see results for some of these questions and I was not surprised much though. Other than the part which I hate most about BB resetting the device. As the app is installed on difference devices so I was expecting a bit of things missing here and there.
The most interesting part to run the app and just work out a bit with them on different devices. I set a time frame to just work on the app for few minutes or so on every device just to figure out how the whole user experience. Not bad when I start off. I was not trying to do any kind of analysis or so, neither I was trying to test the same app on different devices for compatibility as that was not the goal, for this run.
I was more interested in things like:
- Transition time [Experience from one device to another, and time to get adapt to]
- Interaction with the app on touch screen device, as against to one having physical QWERTY keypad.
Br.,
Amit
Started writing this blog on 08/27/2011 at 03:20 PM IST and completed the blog at 04:00 PM IST [scheduled post]
Started writing this blog on 08/27/2011 at 03:20 PM IST and completed the blog at 04:00 PM IST [scheduled post]
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