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Web Browser Market Share – August 2013

August 6, 2013

browser compatibility, browser statistics

Since we last looked at browser market share in May, there have been a few changes, which could impact the web browsers that you support. Don’t want to miss these updates? How about registering for our excellent informational newsletter. United Kingdom – Top Web Browsers (with over 1% of market share) in July 2013 Chrome…

Web Browsers Worth Supporting In May 2013

May 14, 2013

Tom Batey

Web Browser Testing

browser statistics

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The next instalment on which browsers you should be supporting in May 2013 shows big gains for 1 browser. The main change this month over previous browser share updates is that IE10 now appears in your Windows update as an important update (certainly for the Windows 7 operating system). This means that many users are…

7 Reasons Why Project Managers Should Not Test Websites

April 18, 2013

Tom Batey

Digital Quality Testing, Web Project Management

website testing articles

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It is my view that project managers should not test the web projects that they manage. Assess them yes, test them no. What I mean by that is that project managers should be able to make an assessment of the condition of the web project by receiving relevant information from QA (quality and test coverage)…

Web Browsers Worth Supporting In April 2013

April 13, 2013

After a month off, here is the latest update on which browsers you should be supporting in April 2013. Didn’t realise that IE7 was now below 1%? Well, it is and we covered that back in January. Missed the rise of the iPad? Our update in February covered the fact that the iPad now accounts…

Testing is a continual process, like painting the Golden Gate Bridge

Why must I continue testing my website?

February 14, 2013

Tom Batey

Digital Quality Testing, Web Project Management

Ongoing Testing

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You and your team launch a website and then sit back and relax after all the energy you used on building the site, fixing bugs, carrying out testing, arranging and proof reading content and checking every last detail before going live. Unfortunately, as soon as the website launches (if not before) it is necessary to…

Web Browsers Worth Supporting In February 2013

February 7, 2013

Continuing with our monthly web browser update, we look at the browsers with the largest market share in January 2013 for the UK and Worldwide. Don’t want to miss these updates? How about registering for our excellent informational newsletter. There have been some difference since last month, which may mean changing which web browsers you…

How To Estimate Testing For Your Web Project

January 17, 2013

Tom Batey

Web Project Management

browser testing, mobile, web standards, website functionality, website performance

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An otherwise perfectly estimated project can be undone by optimistic estimating of the testing or QA phase. In my project management days, working in a busy digital agency, we would frequently get towards the end of the project and have to really rush the testing in order to pick up and fix as many bugs…

Responsive design showing desktop and mobile views

New responsive website launched

January 12, 2013

Tom Batey

Mobile Testing, News, Web Browser Testing

browser compatibility, html5, mobile, responsive design

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Yesterday we launched our new website, which is a mini landmark for WebDepend coming at the same time as our 3 year anniversary of the formation of WebDepend. Back in January 2010 we had a much more basic website, using WordPress as a content management system/blog. We still use WordPress but now with more modern…

Web Browsers Worth Supporting in January 2013

January 8, 2013

Tom Batey

Web Browser Testing

browser checking, browser compatibility, browser statistics, browser testing

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So how has the web browser world changed for the final month of 2012? Our second instalment aims to show you which web browsers your website should be supporting as we head further into 2013. Note – the most up to date browser market share reports are here – browser statistics. Or, to have these…

Online Department Store Very Has Pagination Issues

December 24, 2012

Tom Batey

Functionality Testing

pagination, website functionality, website testing articles

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When browsing between products in a large online department store, such as Very, there are often a number of ways of going about this. Common methods are using the site search facility or using the mega menus to find the main category that you are interested in. On the Very website, if you select ‘Electricals’…