Comments on: Normal is in the Eye of the Beholder http://testobsessed.com/2007/11/27/normal-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/ Elisabeth Hendrickson's thoughts on Agile, Testing, and Agile Testing. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bryan http://testobsessed.com/2007/11/27/normal-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-403 Bryan Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:45:51 +0000 http://www.testobsessed.com/2007/11/27/normal-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-403 There is certainly a gulf between developers and testers and users. I'd bet they all have different expectations of a 'normal' GUI. The user wants things to be simple and uncluttered. The tester wants things to work as described and hopefully simply The developer just wants things to work There is certainly a gulf between developers and testers and users. I’d bet they all have different expectations of a ‘normal’ GUI.

The user wants things to be simple and uncluttered.
The tester wants things to work as described and hopefully simply
The developer just wants things to work

]]> By: Keith http://testobsessed.com/2007/11/27/normal-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-402 Keith Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:56:33 +0000 http://www.testobsessed.com/2007/11/27/normal-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comment-402 Elisabeth, You have made the critical mistake of confusing 'British' and 'English'. You are not the first: http://our.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W326 - Joel has too. Nevertheless, it's an important distinction. I would imagine your observation could be extended. Having experienced 'service' on both sides of the Atlantic perhaps this is why there is so much confusion over SOA! Keith Elisabeth,

You have made the critical mistake of confusing ‘British’ and ‘English’. You are not the first: http://our.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W326 – Joel has too. Nevertheless, it’s an important distinction.

I would imagine your observation could be extended. Having experienced ‘service’ on both sides of the Atlantic perhaps this is why there is so much confusion over SOA!

Keith

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