<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post6278699258810162648..comments</id><updated>2009-03-26T08:18:31.717-04:00</updated><category term='Lightning Talks'/><category term='test blogs'/><category term='Silliness'/><category term='Teamwork'/><category term='process'/><category term='bugs'/><category term='STARwest'/><category term='Podcast'/><category term='Data Warehouse Testing'/><category term='STPCon'/><category term='software testing career'/><category term='language'/><category term='Presentations'/><category term='Stareast'/><category term='Test This'/><category term='testing metaphor'/><category term='Managing Testing'/><category term='heuristics'/><category term='CAST'/><category term='metrics'/><category term='Kanban'/><category term='Tools'/><category term='Don&apos;t Test It'/><category term='automation'/><category term='writing tests'/><category term='Testing Related Ideas'/><category term='questions'/><title type='text'>Comments on Test This Blog - Eric Jacobson's Software Testing Blog: Test This #2 – Abuse Buttons</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/feeds/6278699258810162648/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html'/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_COPM94ChagE/Sc6u2w2bOOI/AAAAAAAADa8/pRZu-GjkVyQ/S220/Copy+of+coasters2+010-1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-7323445817710208988</id><published>2009-03-25T21:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T21:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hah!  Awesome!</title><content type='html'>Hah!  Awesome!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/7323445817710208988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/7323445817710208988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1238031300000#c7323445817710208988' title=''/><author><name>Alex</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07298916960841993037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1316957639'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6690000507687886205</id><published>2009-02-27T08:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Awesome.  Found a Blogger bug.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Blogger gave...</title><content type='html'>Awesome.  Found a Blogger bug.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Blogger gave me this error:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;"Conflicting edits&lt;BR/&gt;There was more than one attempt to edit this resource at the same time. This may have been because you double clicked on a link or a button or because someone else is also editing this blog or post."&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;However, they took my post 6 times.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/6690000507687886205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/6690000507687886205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742900000#c6690000507687886205' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-128886724322542890</id><published>2009-02-27T08:50:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:50:00.005-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, u...</title><content type='html'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, users can't do what automation can.".  And they would have a good point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, when it comes to UI automation, great pains are taken by the test engineer to add random wait time, syncs, and other tricks to better simulate humans.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I guess, to your point, a good tester could first determine the fastest humanly possible click time, and pass it into the automated test.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish someone would pay me to do this.  It sounds much more fun than the testing I'm about to do when I click the "Publish Your Comment" button below.  Oh, I'll see how fast I can click it.  Hold on...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/128886724322542890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/128886724322542890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742600005#c128886724322542890' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-5959070508449564352</id><published>2009-02-27T08:50:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:50:00.004-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, u...</title><content type='html'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, users can't do what automation can.".  And they would have a good point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, when it comes to UI automation, great pains are taken by the test engineer to add random wait time, syncs, and other tricks to better simulate humans.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I guess, to your point, a good tester could first determine the fastest humanly possible click time, and pass it into the automated test.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish someone would pay me to do this.  It sounds much more fun than the testing I'm about to do when I click the "Publish Your Comment" button below.  Oh, I'll see how fast I can click it.  Hold on...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/5959070508449564352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/5959070508449564352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742600004#c5959070508449564352' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-2504424421486452433</id><published>2009-02-27T08:50:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:50:00.003-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, u...</title><content type='html'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, users can't do what automation can.".  And they would have a good point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, when it comes to UI automation, great pains are taken by the test engineer to add random wait time, syncs, and other tricks to better simulate humans.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I guess, to your point, a good tester could first determine the fastest humanly possible click time, and pass it into the automated test.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish someone would pay me to do this.  It sounds much more fun than the testing I'm about to do when I click the "Publish Your Comment" button below.  Oh, I'll see how fast I can click it.  Hold on...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/2504424421486452433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/2504424421486452433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742600003#c2504424421486452433' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-8367039093502842266</id><published>2009-02-27T08:50:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:50:00.002-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, u...</title><content type='html'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, users can't do what automation can.".  And they would have a good point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, when it comes to UI automation, great pains are taken by the test engineer to add random wait time, syncs, and other tricks to better simulate humans.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I guess, to your point, a good tester could first determine the fastest humanly possible click time, and pass it into the automated test.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish someone would pay me to do this.  It sounds much more fun than the testing I'm about to do when I click the "Publish Your Comment" button below.  Oh, I'll see how fast I can click it.  Hold on...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/8367039093502842266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/8367039093502842266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742600002#c8367039093502842266' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-5986003644952035280</id><published>2009-02-27T08:50:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:50:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, u...</title><content type='html'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, users can't do what automation can.".  And they would have a good point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, when it comes to UI automation, great pains are taken by the test engineer to add random wait time, syncs, and other tricks to better simulate humans.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I guess, to your point, a good tester could first determine the fastest humanly possible click time, and pass it into the automated test.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish someone would pay me to do this.  It sounds much more fun than the testing I'm about to do when I click the "Publish Your Comment" button below.  Oh, I'll see how fast I can click it.  Hold on...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/5986003644952035280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/5986003644952035280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742600001#c5986003644952035280' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-8454482945143824575</id><published>2009-02-27T08:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, u...</title><content type='html'>Yeah but then the dev will say "that's not fair, users can't do what automation can.".  And they would have a good point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, when it comes to UI automation, great pains are taken by the test engineer to add random wait time, syncs, and other tricks to better simulate humans.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I guess, to your point, a good tester could first determine the fastest humanly possible click time, and pass it into the automated test.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish someone would pay me to do this.  It sounds much more fun than the testing I'm about to do when I click the "Publish Your Comment" button below.  Oh, I'll see how fast I can click it.  Hold on...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/8454482945143824575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/8454482945143824575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235742600000#c8454482945143824575' title=''/><author><name>Eric Jacobson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2089552211_bf914d055d_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-172087392'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6944360543903793558</id><published>2009-02-25T22:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T22:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>a post dedicated pour moi.  i feel special.  not r...</title><content type='html'>a post dedicated pour moi.  i feel special.  not really.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;seems this would also be a good scenario to use automation to rapidly click on something for those testers whom aren't as quick on the trigger finger.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/6944360543903793558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/6278699258810162648/comments/default/6944360543903793558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html?showComment=1235619060000#c6944360543903793558' title=''/><author><name>abuse the crayon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.testthisblog.com/2009/02/test-this-2-abuse-buttons.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-6278699258810162648' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951904624959546499/posts/default/6278699258810162648' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1371525633'/></entry></feed>
