It's because they are familiar with the code - they have preconceptions, and knowledge of the application that a first-time user does not have. To give a trivial example - the app might expect a date field to be m/d/y because the developer "knows" that everyone knows this. Except a user from the uk who likes d/m/y or a use with a little computer background who believes y/m/d is easeier on computers.
-----Original Message----- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:44 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SMTP Proxy for use in Testing CFMAIL Really? Why? I guess coming from a QA background and merging web development into it, I perhaps do things differently. Why do developers make bad QA people usually? They have familiarly with the code and I would think they would have to test to see if the code worked as part of the job. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Usually, as I've seen it, QA is the same as Developers. > > You should see it some other way. It's a lot nicer that other way. > Developers, by and large, make lousy QA people. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! > http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
