GUI software testing is the process of testing a product that uses a graphical user interface, to ensure it meets its written specifications. This is normally done through the use of a variety of test cases.
GUI Testing to a great extent determines the success or failure of the system and is especially successful when conducted during the beginning stages of the project, i.e. prototype and GUI guideline testing. By starting early, you will spend only about one sixth of the normal time on later user interface testing and debugging.
Global Web Technologies runs GUI and usability tests in the following phases:
- Initial phase: design and HTML prototypes
- Active application development phase: each new added feature, as well as the complete functionality, are tested for usability
- Stabilization phase
- Support phase
Why you should hire us to check/test your GUI?
- To find out if all functions really work as they should.
- To find out if all functions work correctly on various platforms.
- To find out if all functions are user friendly.
- To find out all displays are user understandable.
- To find out all wording makes sense and is consistent.
- To have new releases tested and be sure nothing is broken.
- Get inputs for recommended improvements.
Usability testing is a technique used to evaluate a product by testing it on users. This can be seen as an irreplaceable usability practice, since it gives direct input on how real users use the system. This is in contrast with usability inspection methods where experts use different methods to evaluate a user interface without involving users.
Usability testing focuses on measuring a human-made product's capacity to meet its intended purpose. Examples of products that commonly benefit from usability testing are web sites or web applications, computer interfaces, documents, or devices. Usability testing measures the usability, or ease of use, of a specific object or set of objects, whereas general human-computer interaction studies attempt to formulate universal principles.
Usability testing involves watching usual site visitors try to complete realistic tasks on website, with us measuring the ease with which they do so. The results of the analysis are a huge eye-opener and their implementation often leads to:
- A greatly improved understanding of your customers' needs
- A much more user-focused in-house development team
- Increased sales and task completion, as well as a high rate of return site visitors
- A significant reduction in call centre enquiries
Innovative Software Solutions usability testing services will help you design your products and services with your customers at the front position of your wits.
We identify how people interact with your product or service, including:
- How long tasks take and how accurately they are completed
- How users feel about the tasks they completed
- What they find difficult or easy to use
- What changes users would like to see
- How much users can recall about the product
Usability and User Interface Testing and Evaluation are designed to improve the end users’ experience with your software, make it more intuitive and easier to understand, with the ultimate goal of attracting more customers. Usability can be tested on real users, or undergo an expert evaluation, to find ways to convey information effectively and resolve potential use problems and bottlenecks in the solution.
At Innovative Software Solutions we make certain a complex approach to usability testing by checking the following aspects of the product:
- Visual design
- Functionality
- User-friendliness
- Consistency
- Efficiency
- Performance
- Navigation
- Feedback