Putting the QA hat on…
I’m currently QAing a proprietary CRM and documenting all the browser inconsistencies between Internet Explorer and Firefox. Not exciting at all, but here are some of its advantages:
1) You can get ramped up to speed fairly quickly and get a better understanding of what the business’ product is supposed to do, from a technical programmer’s perspective.
2) You get to delve into the “user experience” mode and use the product from a customer’s perspective. Are the forms intuitive? How many clicks does it take for me to get to where I need to be? Is the software’s workflow helping or hurting the sales process?
3) Yes, in an ideal world, everyone would use a universal flawless web browser and web developers and designers would not have to deal with annoying CSS quirks. I’m not saying, “let’s bring back IE6″, but your web app should work across the most recent versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, (Chrome, Safari, etc) to ensure your customers are able to use your product!
Tags: browsers