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Can someone offer suggestions for client based cross browser testing tools

I am looking for a tool that might allow my company to test a number of internal/private sites for browser compatability. I am particularly interested in being able to test IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. I don't believe that a site like…
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Why isn't Sahi more common?

So I was doing some website test automation research, I stumbled upon Sahi. Open source, setup was easy, API easy to understand, javascript, java, ruby support, notepad ++ plugin, etc. After trying it out for an hour or two, I feel more research…
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How can I test Remote mobile device for SMS and USSD messages?

I have to test my application with some remote numbers (e.g. South African). What I will do is call an API which itself sends certain USSD message on the number. I want to check the behaviour of the mobile. Is any service available for such testing?
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Which tools should I start with?

I'm new to software testing. During the last few months, I was studying software testing terms/terminologies and how to create test cases from requirements etc... It started to get boring and I think it's about time for me to get my hand dirty with…
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What can I expect if we implement CAST Software?

My company plans to install and use CAST from castsoftware. Has anyone else had experience with this? Should I plan for a large, involved project? Or is this something relatively simple and transparent as far as testing is concerned? Anything I…
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QA friendly stubbing and service virtualization tools?

Wikipedia lists several tools used to virtualize services (create stubs). Some of them are purely focused on developers, some of them have GUIs and are more QA/tester friendly. The ones that look QA friendly are: IBM Rational Test Virtualization…
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Tool to color-highlight important phrases in log

When testing a mobile app (android in this case), I like to use the SDK to monitor the data traffic between app and server. This to easier detect defects and send the reports to the proper developer (system). Currently I use Putty/Cygwin and use…
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How to version a RFT project

Version control for test assets is a no brainer, but dropping a Rational Functional Tester directly into VC hasn't been easy. Attempting to use a tool like Subversion with multiple users modifying the same project has exposed issues with corrupted…
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Desktop apps or web services to test receiving text / SMS messages US-based

I'm a manual QA tester. I have a client (web-based) which allows certain business to send custom promotional text messages to their customers provided the business account has the customer's mobile phone number. I've used services such as TextNow,…
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How do you test a network stack for outbound traffic?

I'm in the middle of developing an embedded network appliance and am thinking about how to test how it would work in different environments, in regards to the traffic flowing on that network. Is their any tools or recommended ways to go in this…
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Continuous Screen Recording - Remember Only Recent Recording

I am looking for a screen recording tool that allows us to continuously record, but recycle (loop) so that only the last 5-10 minutes of activities are recorded. Scenario: We have a software user who intermittently encounters an issue that we cannot…
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JIRA: Export list of issues with link hierarchy

I'm trying to find a way to export the list of JIRAS from a project, but respsecting the link hierarchy (issue is key, belongs, etc). The major restriction is that the JIRA setup does not have GreenHopper installed and I'm not able to access the…
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Enterprise Tester: how to see attachments or pictures linked to test scripts when executing tests?

I'm currently evaluating Enterprise Tester for managing tests (it is simlar to HP qulaity center) and have the following question. When creating tests (so called "test scripts") it is possible to attach pictures to the tests. However when actually…
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Providing feedback to developers

I'm the client, and I'm wondering what the best practice is for providing feedback to a 3rd party development shop that's building my company's iPhone app. Current process: Devs provide a version of the iPhone app I review it and put my comments…
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Usage of Wiki or CMS under QA guidelines

We (Software Developers) want to use a wiki (or CMS or whatever) to collect various information. We are a mid-size company developing medical devices (HW and SW), so we have to be conform to ISO 13485 (QA for Medical Devices, but similar to…
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