Selenium really helps me in my work -- it eliminates a lot of the tedium that gets in the way of usability testing. For example, I can write a script that will register a new account, login, and navigate to a particular section. This is very helpful when our applications are being redeployed frequently, and accounts do not exist yet: at the touch of a button, I can quickly get into the application and test only the sections that need my attention.
Best, Jon On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:06 AM, James Page <jamesp...@gmail.com> wrote: > We use Selenium for Functionality Testing, and have tried it for Usability > work. The main way that we have tried to use for Usability is to record and > playback user interactions with a site. The challenge is often the script > needs some editing. So I don't think it is ready out of the box. > > I have also tried to use it as way of automating GOMS KLM metrics (doing > this by hand is tedious), but this needs allot more work. > > James Page > http://blog.feralabs.com > > 2009/1/28 Nik Lazell <nik.laz...@realadventure.co.uk> > >> Hi Harry, >> >> >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> >> >> I was really just trying to establish whether anyone had found a use for >> Selenium within a user-experience field. >> >> As you said, it does look entirely inappropriate, far more relevant for >> testing errors in the functionality than any aspect of usability. >> >> >> >> I guess I was simply looking to double check my own thoughts on it being >> more suited for developers testing the functional aspects of a site, and >> as Andrew mentioned previously about load testing. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Nik >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
