[ckan-dev] CKAN Browser Testing Methodology

Thu Nov 22 12:05:54 UTC 2012

I'd recommend ignoring older versions of Firefox and Chrome - it is
pretty hard to get hold of these anyway, particularly Chrome. Looking
at DGU analytics ( http://data.gov.uk/data/site-usage ) >90% of
Firefox users switched from v15 to v16 within 1 month. I looked at
Chrome users switching from v22 to v23 and amazingly 75% had switched
within 6 days!

It might be worth considering Safari, since our analytics suggest
these four versions are currently all above 1% of views:
536.26.14 = Safari 6.0.1
8536.25 = Safari 6.0
534.57.2 = Safari 5.7
7534.48.3 = Safari 5.1 (includes iPhone 5)

Pragmatically I would have thought that once you've tested on IE7/8/9
and a recent webkit then you've covered most likely issues.

Dave

On 21 November 2012 11:09, John Martin <john.martin.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hullo all,
>
> I've written a quick doc on how we should approaching front end browser
> testing for CKAN from now on and I'd love to get everyone's feedback on it.
>
> Does anyone have thoughts on best practices? Should we be doing some
> front-end automation testing of the core features? Should we have a more
> aggressive stance on browser version support? What should we do in order to
> test for mobile? Answers on a postcard.
>
> Anyways here's the documentation:
> https://github.com/okfn/ckan/blob/frontend-testing/doc/frontend-testing.rst
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> John Martin
> Front End Developer
> ckan.org
>
>
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