Mobile is no longer an area that a few UX people specialize in, and we need to start designing and testing everything for smartphones and tablets as well as computers. If you’re new to mobile usability testing, fear not. It is not as hard as you might think but there are some key differences from ...
Don’t make the mistake of assuming too many similarities. It is common knowledge that mobile applications don’t function in the same way as their web-based counterparts. The user experience is affected by a few other factors such as device and network capability. If you are building out a performance testing strategy for your mobile website ...
Testing appears to be the least popular topic in Android development circles based on the relatively few books on Android app testing. Most tend to focus on development because, unfortunately (but true), application testing isn’t be something most developers think much about, or if they do, they don’t do it systematically (I’m guilty of this ...
Mobile analytics experts Julian Harty and Antoine Aymer have teamed up to deliver a 161-page handbook designed to help you “enhance the quality, velocity, and efficiency of your mobile apps by integrating mobile analytics and mobile testing”.
A fully integrated test automation platform for mobile testing Mobile application testing is taking on greater significance as just about everything done on the desktop is transitioning to mobile. It’s taken a while for mobile testing in the consumer space to be made much of a priority. Now that sensitive data is being passed back ...
CEO and founder of mVerify Corporation, Robert V. Binder tackles questions from field testers regarding such issues as strategic considerations when dealing with single stack apps versus globalized enterprise mobile apps, and methods and tools that developers and testers should be aware of. He also offers his own advice from lessons learned from experience. 1. ...
Manual testing teams may not be able to test all the processes with each build Test automation of applications has been around for many years. There are many of us in the automated testing field that started very early in the test automation phase, but the introduction of mobile devices has brought on a new angle ...
What you need to know to get started Introduction to mobile application testing Gone are the days when the telephone was an appliance that sat in a corner and had to ring to get our attention, or a computer was a machine only few people used — these devices are now an extension of our ...
25% of Americans own a tablet. Up from 11% of U.S. adults in July of 2011 to 18% in January of 2012. – Pew Internet & American Life Project Nigeria has close to 100 million mobile phone lines, making it Africa’s largest telecoms market. – Nigerian Communications Commission Google plans to sell 200 million Android ...
Gal Tunik explains the necessity of test automation in mobile applications, citing the unique challenges that that platform raises, including the intricate differences between mobile and desktop interfaces, and performance test results for applications as well as mobile networks. It is no surprise in this day and age of instant-on gratification that mobile devices are ...
A sampling of some free, online, and easy-to-use mobile device emulators that can help get you started with testing. ScreenFly A free, customizable tool to test your website on any screen size, including desktops, tablets, televisions, and mobile phones.
