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Testing by Definition
The Device Psyche Mobile Common Sense and Market Trends
Mobile O/S
The User Experience
Testing The Usability◦ Consistency
◦ Flexibility, Efficiency and Personalization◦ Ease of Inputs
◦ Visibility of System Status◦ Being Realistic
◦ Ergonomics◦ Aesthetics and Social Sense
◦ Error Handling
Testing is questioning a product in order to evaluate it.
James Bachsatisfice.com
Testing is about asking and answering the question “Is there a problem here?”
Michael BoltonDevelopSense.com
the infinite process of comparing the invisible to
the ambiguous so as to avoid the unthinkablehappening to the anonymous
In other words, it is a challenge!
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Perfect Testing is….
Tablets
Smart Phones
PDAs
Pads
Personal Computers
Telephone
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia
Android from Google Inc. (free and open source)
bada from Samsung Electronics (closed source, proprietary)
BlackBerry OS from BlackBerry (closed source, proprietary)
iOS from Apple Inc. (closed source, proprietary)
S40 (Series40) from Nokia (closed source, proprietary)
Symbian OS from Nokia and Accenture (open public license)
Windows Phone from Microsoft (closed source, proprietary)
And many more…
The Testing of mobile apps is all about One and One thing only:
“The User Experience”
a.k.a “UX”
o Increase commercial potentialo Minimize support cost.
o User needs and desires are reflected
o UI will support both frequent and criticaltasks.
UX testing suggest small changes which is very cost effective when it occurs at the right point in the production cycle.
Branding
Functionality
Content
And…
Usability
Consistency
Flexibility
Ergonomics
Match with real
world
Ease of InputEfficiency
Personalization
Error Handling
Aesthetic and Social
Buttons are pressed
Slides are moved
Left Soft Key and Right Soft Key Actions
Consistency is important in selection of an image, icon and other layout of mobile application.
Supportive and Shorter UI for critical or frequent tasks
Provision of
shortcuts to perform
frequent tasks
Labeling on buttons to make the functions self explanatory
Minimize the navigation and make it efficient
Ensure sufficient feedback for all interaction
„Help view‟ would help
less-advanced users to use
the application
Flexibility, Efficiency and Personalization
Use of Auto Filling text fields to avoid spelling mistakes.
Use of dropdown list / Selections
Large enough input fields for touch screen users.
Does the user knows what is going on? A known reference Point : User must know where user is
currently standing Use of progress bar for installation or loading status of
items.
Proper font sizes, font color or color contrast etc.
Use of real world objects (icons, images) as much as possible
Use of self explanatory text for button, icons or images which is nearest to the real world.
Use the real time scenarios to make your application more appealing for end users.
Visual design of mobile application must be Easy to read under different condition like in sunlight or in dark night.
A glance at the display should be enough to understand the information.
Mobile devices are like companions Therefore, mobile devices must also be pleasing to use.
They should look and work beautifully,
and never embarrass the user in a social situation.
Please don‟t take this wrong
The user‟s data Privacy and Safety
and
User friendly and socially acceptable UI for application.
Because mobile screens are small;
Error message texts should be short and precise, yet non-technical and understandable.
Error notification should propose a solution to the error and should be in user understandable language.
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