Accessibility Testing and Compatibility Testing

Accessibility Testing

Accessibility testing is a subset of usability testing where in the users under consideration people with all abilities and disabilities are. The significance of this testing is to verify both usability and accessibility.

Accessibility aims to cater people of different abilities such as:

• Visual Impairments
• Physical Impairment
• Hearing Impairment
• Cognitive Impairment
• Learning Impairment

A good web application should cater to all sets of people and NOT just limited to disabled people. These include:

• Users with poor communications infrastructure
• Older people and new users, who are often computer illiterate,
• Users using old system (NOT capable of running the latest software)
• Users, who are using NON-Standard Equipment
• Users, who are having restricted access

For accessibility testing to succeed, test team should plan a separate cycle for accessibility testing. Management should make sure that test team have information on what to test and all the tools that they need to test accessibility are available to them.

Typical test cases for accessibility might look similar to the following examples -

• Make sure that all functions are available via keyboard only (do not use mouse)
• Make sure that information is visible when display setting is changed to High Contrast modes.
• Make sure that screen reading tools can read all the text available and every picture/Image have corresponding alternate text associated with it.
• Make sure that product defined keyboard actions do not affect accessibility keyboard shortcuts.

Compatibility Testing

1. Today, the Internet and the ubiquitous browser have become a way of life. A variety of devices from traditional desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones form part of the Internet access landscape.
2. Today the challenge lies in testing applications in an intelligent and optimal manner ensuring that they comply with the functionality, appearance, navigation and performance needs.
3. ApTest is expert at testing products for compatibility with hardware and software environments.
4. We can compatibility test your web site, CD, or application quickly and inexpensively.
5. ApTest operates testing labs offering all the hardware and software needed for such testing including:

• PCs, MACs, and UNIX workstations and servers
• Old and new version of Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7, MacOS X, Linux, and many varieties of UNIX
• Old and new browsers including Netscape / Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari
• A variety of other applications software

                               

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