BugHerd 2020: Year in review
2020 was quite the year for many of us and it’s easy to overlook things as the year winds to a close. So, let’s take a quick trip through the new features in BugHerd to make sure you haven’t miss...
2020 was quite the year for many of us and it’s easy to overlook things as the year winds to a close. So, let’s take a quick trip through the new features in BugHerd to make sure you haven’t miss...
Marketers and product teams dream about having the opportunity to use their own product in day-to-day life. What happened when the BugHerd team has this chance?
Making the most out of these fantastic feedback powerhouses Giving feedback on webpages can be a cumbersome process, even more so when it comes to larger teams with differing inputs. Every piece of feedback (and there is always lots of...
Design inspiration, trends and more as we near the end of 2020. Website design principles are a constant yet ever changing part of the wonderful illustrations, images and experiences we have online. Where at one time gradients were widely used...
What is “done” when you’re referring to bug tracking? What’s “done” for one person in the QA process could be “in-progress” for another. Without a process in place, bug tracking can be a downright chore. It doesn’t take long for inconsistencies in reporting to lead to follow-up emails, bugs getting left behind and the QA process resembling more of a “free for all” than a defined system.
Testing can be fundamental to providing a reliable experience to your users. Everyone can take part in the web testing process. It doesn't have to take deep technical knowledge to provide feedback on something that's not behaving correctly or as expected. Unit testing, for example, requires technical knowledge of the codebase, compared to accessibility testing which doesn't. Both of these and more, are described in this blog by our Lead Developer James Coleman...
BugHerd has survived for nine years as a successful SaaS product built using Backbone, jQuery and Rails. Over that time, it's been relatively easy to ignore new technology in favour of stability (and there was a period of inactive development)...
It may seem that bug testing is the sole responsibility of developers. But more and more, teams are finding that additional value can be extracted by involving the entire company. If the first real user of your product is a paying customer, you may have missed an opportunity to uncover issues in your software before it gets in their hands. That's where a company-wide Bug Bash can help.
Designing for people, not computers Interacting with clients in any field of work is often viewed as a negative experience. People care very much about the way their coffee tastes, people care that their children are getting the education they...
Responsive Design (again) This may seem a bit “last year”, but the challenges we face with responsive design have not gotten any easier. Not only do we have to deal with desktops, laptops and tablets and screen readers, but the...