The Business of Web Production and
Web Content Practicum - Betty Biodiesel Web Site
This page contains the descriptions and details of the operating systems, hardware, browsers etc. used by testers during the initial testing the Betty Biodiesel web site.
- OS
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows XP and XP SP2
- Mac OS 10.5.1 (Leopard)
- Browsers
- Firefox 2.0
- Safari 2 & 3
- IE 6 & 7
- IE 7 on Vista OS must be run as admin or else no images rendered...
- Screen Size, Resolutions and Monitor Color Depth
- 14" laptop Bright
- 19" LCD 16.7 million colors
- 15" laptop 32 bit
- 30"(?) Mac Book Pro Cinema HD
- Internet connection
- High Speed DSL
- Comcast Cable modem
- How many tests did you perform?
- ~24 individual testers, including my Mother, viewed this site and responded with feedback.
- Describe the conditions of the testing.
- Comfortably seated in front of our computer screens. Some drank coffee, some tea (that special peppermint type, yum!), others had cheap Zin (hey, I'm a student).
- Some of the factors for which we tested.
- Does the look and feel of the site inviting to youngsters and school admins?
- Do the links work?
- Do the images load (recall Vista admin) and did they load quickly?
- Does the contact page actually send email to Betty.
- Summary of test results
- Except for the Vista OS admin thing, the site performed as expected
- All of the button links etc. work and tester easily found their way around. Only the 'Services' link caused some confusion because of the horizontal two item drop down seemed to be unexpected.