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In response to "yeah, it makes me wonder a little if they did any real usability studies beyond the beta testing. -- nm" by Callisto

Aren't you supposed to have people in-house wih basic familiarity to catch the obvious stuff...

Posted by TFox Oct 21 '08, 14:29

and then open a beta test hoping the volume of users will catch more subtle issues? The problem with the beta test was so so much of it sucked so egregiously, I had no idea where to start complaining and commenting, and not enough time to write it all down.

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when the budget is tight, testing is the first thing to go, which is stupid but true. - loosilu Oct 21, 14:32 3
- But some of this is almost so obvious as to not need formal testing. Log in and say "WTF, my port is fucked up". -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 14:34 1
  - yeah, that's how I know the marketing department won. they don't care. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 14:37
- I thought QA would be a dream job. Ha! -- nm - David Oct 21, 14:34

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