CompuServe Messages

Steve, It is tough if done right and does require people who have experience in the software they are testing. I think some people don't have enough software production background to appreciate what constitutes good testing. As a result, as beta testers, they just do their one or two favorite things with it over and over and say – yup works great. A good tester looks for and attempts to operate the software every which way to Sunday in addition to just doing his own little thing with it. I generally try to test every menu item, every requester, and try to do non-sendical things to see if the software is dummy-proofed. After all, us users can think of the darndest things to try and do with a program… wmc