Saturday, December 28, 2013

Things I like as tester (impersonating user) about Google - A short one.

After using too much Google products and services I have realized that how much effort they had put up on grabbing such a vast number of people to use their products and services as a preferred choice. And why I think so I will share an example, as a tester, that is impersonating as an end user.

Google Translate (translate.google.com)

This is the product that I use too often while I have to see different translations for different languages (not that accurate thought :)) but it gives you enough idea about requested translation. So, I was having difficulty in grasping the word "Irony" in English to English so I picked up description of the word in English and thought of the Google Translator straightaway and before launching the http://translate.google.com the evil tester from the subconscious came into conscious mind and I used one of the way I use to join running program* with its required arguments and it was unexpected as per my evil thinking Google has tested this.

I provided the URL as <translate.google.com "Witty language used to convey insults or scorn, esp. saying one thing but implying the opposite">and rather than getting HTTP 404 or something dirty Google did it smoothly one text box contained the requested string and other contained the requested translation. 

I don't know whether Google tested this case explicitly but It took care of my expectation and you always go there where your expectations are honored.

*Running and opening file simultaneously:
 
When user want to open any file on any text editor or word processor software they usually launch the software and open file from some path, or directly go to the directory path where the file is present and double click to open it. Since I work on files that present on disparate locations so usually open the software by running it and simultaneously providing the path of the file e.g. pressing meta+R , writing notepad/winword "" and enter.