[Toaster] Reference browser for testing purposes

[Damian, Alexandru]

Our goal is not "decent" but complete HTML5 compatibility.

The target is that our HTML output is to be validated by HTML5 validators
with no errors shown. We already selected the industry-standard HTML5
validators to verify this.
Specifically, we are using in development http://validator.w3.org/ through
a browser extension. This MUST be automated at a certain point.

What I'm trying to avoid here is coding specifically for a target browser
or platform. I suggest to not restrict testing to a certain
browser/platform/version, but use what ever the tester uses in real life.
In case of presentation bugs are discovered, first we have to rule out an
issue with the browser of choice by testing visual reproducibility with
another browser on the same page and verifying browser's HTML5
compatibility.

For visual reference, widgets in the page change across different platforms
and browsers. Do we have test cases for the appearance ?

The test cases should not be dependent or executed with a specified
platform/browser version.

Cheers,
Alex



On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Barros Pena, Belen <
belen.barros.pena at intel.com> wrote:

> We should probably have raised this question earlier and had a plan in
> place, but hey, better late ... The question is: which browsers should we
> be using as a reference for QA purposes? Our guideline here is decent
> HTML5 compatibility, but we never qualified what 'decent' means.
>
> The other reference we could use is traffic to the Yocto Project website.
> Visits are mainly coming from Chrome 32 and 33 on Windows, and Firefox 26
> and 27 on Linux. I can put together more detailed numbers if anybody wants
> to see them.
>
> Those might be a bit too cutting edge, but could guide our decision
> somehow. QA is currently testing with Firefox 11: that is probably too
> old.
>
> In light of the above, any suggestions about which browsers we should use
> for testing?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Belén
>
>


-- 
Alex Damian
Yocto Project
SSG / OTC
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