Comments for MGilly's QA Blog http://mgilly.wordpress.com Mary Gilligan's blog about QA, the Web, and other stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Internationalization was only the beginning… by MGilly http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/internationalization-was-only-the-beginning/#comment-665 MGilly Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:17:03 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-665 Good point. Maybe it's not going to be so bad as I imagine? In fact, I hope that I'm worrying to no end. :) Good point. Maybe it’s not going to be so bad as I imagine? In fact, I hope that I’m worrying to no end. :)

]]> Comment on Internationalization was only the beginning… by David Young http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/internationalization-was-only-the-beginning/#comment-664 David Young Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:57:11 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-664 What everyone seems to be missing is that the upcoming change is to *top-level* domains. All hostname segments to the left of the final dot have been like this in most regions since 2003. What everyone seems to be missing is that the upcoming change is to *top-level* domains. All hostname segments to the left of the final dot have been like this in most regions since 2003.

]]> Comment on Internationalization was only the beginning… by MGilly http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/internationalization-was-only-the-beginning/#comment-663 MGilly Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:52:24 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-663 Dewi, I note that you're in Australia. Perhaps there things are different, but here in the US this hasn't become a big issue yet. The biggest headache I can see coming is the actual implementation of non-English characters in domain names. Yes, browsers have been able to support this for a long time, but ICANN have not implemented it until now (or, well, soon). As a result, many forms in web applications will barf when a user attempts to enter an email address such as mailtest@مثال.إختبار into a field and submits it. Not ALL web apps will fail, of course, but I can tell you that most of the ones I've tested can't handle it yet. If you are forward-thinking and have prepared for this eventuality in the applications you're involved with, then cheers to you. I wish I worked with more developers like you! Dewi, I note that you’re in Australia. Perhaps there things are different, but here in the US this hasn’t become a big issue yet. The biggest headache I can see coming is the actual implementation of non-English characters in domain names. Yes, browsers have been able to support this for a long time, but ICANN have not implemented it until now (or, well, soon). As a result, many forms in web applications will barf when a user attempts to enter an email address such as mailtest@مثال.إختبار into a field and submits it. Not ALL web apps will fail, of course, but I can tell you that most of the ones I’ve tested can’t handle it yet.

If you are forward-thinking and have prepared for this eventuality in the applications you’re involved with, then cheers to you. I wish I worked with more developers like you!

]]> Comment on Internationalization was only the beginning… by Dewi http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/internationalization-was-only-the-beginning/#comment-662 Dewi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36:12 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-662 Yeah when it happens, you'll be all "told you so". Except it's been happening in most of the world for 5 years already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name I'm glad we have you worry-warts in place to warn we developers about the impacts of code we specified and implemented 11 years ago. Yeah when it happens, you’ll be all “told you so”. Except it’s been happening in most of the world for 5 years already:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

I’m glad we have you worry-warts in place to warn we developers about the impacts of code we specified and implemented 11 years ago.

]]> Comment on Why Won’t “Sneakernet” Go Away? by MGilly http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/why-wont-sneakernet-go-away/#comment-651 MGilly Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:57:06 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-651 Oh, if only. Sadly, the project I'm currently working on doesn't enforce any process. One needs the backing of at least project management in order to take such a stand; making any kind of stink will only label me "difficult." Instead, I need to gently, diplomatically point these developers in the direction of a more mature approach. But that's a completely different blog post! Oh, if only. Sadly, the project I’m currently working on doesn’t enforce any process. One needs the backing of at least project management in order to take such a stand; making any kind of stink will only label me “difficult.” Instead, I need to gently, diplomatically point these developers in the direction of a more mature approach. But that’s a completely different blog post!

]]> Comment on Why Won’t “Sneakernet” Go Away? by Mike Dillon http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/why-wont-sneakernet-go-away/#comment-650 Mike Dillon Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:55:44 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-650 Mary...you know better. Bounce it and have them come back when they're ready. No labeled extract from version control = No testing. :-) Mary…you know better. Bounce it and have them come back when they’re ready. No labeled extract from version control = No testing. :-)

]]> Comment on Fakes and Poseurs by Pradeep Soundararajan http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/fakes-and-poseurs/#comment-633 Pradeep Soundararajan Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:55:00 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-633 Thanks for the post and added support to a work that I have been doing with little support from people within my own country. I hope you might have discovered that I wrote about the bad state of interviews in my blog where I shared the experiences and the change needed. Anything can be faked if just asked to speak about it. For instance, let me try to fake my experience of traveling to space. "Oh, it was beautiful. I could believe that it is worth spending more time in space and worth dreaming to become an astronaut. As a technical person, I also got a challenge to fix some bugs on space which otherwise could have got down the space station that we had docked on". Show me a picture of a space craft component and ask me to explain it, I will. Put me on a space craft and ask me, "What to do next?", I fumble. Putting a tester to test by asking him to demonstrate their testing skills is the change we need. If the world gets that going then fakers will vanish rapidly. Isn't that cool to think of things that wont happen? Thanks for the post and added support to a work that I have been doing with little support from people within my own country.

I hope you might have discovered that I wrote about the bad state of interviews in my blog where I shared the experiences and the change needed.

Anything can be faked if just asked to speak about it. For instance, let me try to fake my experience of traveling to space. “Oh, it was beautiful. I could believe that it is worth spending more time in space and worth dreaming to become an astronaut. As a technical person, I also got a challenge to fix some bugs on space which otherwise could have got down the space station that we had docked on”. Show me a picture of a space craft component and ask me to explain it, I will.

Put me on a space craft and ask me, “What to do next?”, I fumble.

Putting a tester to test by asking him to demonstrate their testing skills is the change we need. If the world gets that going then fakers will vanish rapidly.

Isn’t that cool to think of things that wont happen?

]]> Comment on Let People Subscribe to Your Feed by Bookmarks about Usability http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/let-people-subscribe-to-your-feed/#comment-628 Bookmarks about Usability Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:30:29 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-628 [...] - bookmarked by 1 members originally found by JUSTICESNORLAX on 2008-07-18 Let People Subscribe to Your Feed http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=57 - bookmarked by 3 members originally found by meSammyB on [...] [...] – bookmarked by 1 members originally found by JUSTICESNORLAX on 2008-07-18 Let People Subscribe to Your Feed http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=57 – bookmarked by 3 members originally found by meSammyB on [...]

]]> Comment on Let People Subscribe to Your Feed by What Liz Said http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/let-people-subscribe-to-your-feed/#comment-626 What Liz Said Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:58:02 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-626 Well I took your advice and added a Meta section so people can access the feed for my blog. Thanks! :) Well I took your advice and added a Meta section so people can access the feed for my blog. Thanks! :)

]]> Comment on Let People Subscribe to Your Feed by MGilly http://mgilly.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/let-people-subscribe-to-your-feed/#comment-625 MGilly Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:33:57 +0000 http://mgilly.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-625 Aw Liz, you're not a loser. You're an awesome blogger! If you're using Wordpress, you can find settings for showing a subscription link in your "meta" widget (in the Design section of your dashboard). You can also use a text widget to just add a direct link to your feed and one of the publicly available RSS icons. Aw Liz, you’re not a loser. You’re an awesome blogger! If you’re using WordPress, you can find settings for showing a subscription link in your “meta” widget (in the Design section of your dashboard). You can also use a text widget to just add a direct link to your feed and one of the publicly available RSS icons.

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