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Re: [Ayatana] Contributions?



Hi Matthew and list, 

just one more question:


> 1.  Brainstorm some tasks that could be tested in half an hour or so.
>     For example, importing a photo from a digital camera and sending it
>     to a friend. Or subscribing to a podcast and syncing it to a
>     portable music player. Or finding an interesting game to play. Or
>     printing a picture.
> 
> 2.  Follow standard user testing procedure to produce a test script
>     based on the task you choose, and post it to this list for others to
>     review it. (See for example Rubin & Chisnell, "Handbook of
>     usability testing" 2nd edition, chapter 8.)

What about complex test scenarios ... i.e., not for usability test the
way it's described in Rubin&Cisnell, but more for testing purposes?

E.g., import photos from camera, edit in the GIMP, ...

Scenarions which correspond to everyday usage but may bring out more
complexity than single-program use cases, I mean. Do such scenarions
exist, and would the be of interest?

(When I used to work at a software company, the QA department had a lot
of those which all had to pass in order for the software to be
released).

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