Testing plan

[Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik ubuntu com>]

I'm setting up a structured testing matrix for basic desktop tasks 
across a few Generic User Descriptions (GUDs). Note: most of the ideas 
and categories for this are borrowed from the Gnome Sanity Test Suite: 
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/sanity-testing/index.html
I've set up a sample test scheme here: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Testing with the Gnome GUDs (+1) 
and some sample tests. I've given each GUD a simple alpha numeric code 
that makes it easier to refer to and list in tables. These codes might 
also be used as Live CD boot codes.

I'd like to make the general testing fairly self-explanatory so 
volunteers can easily jump in and contribute. The specific assistive 
technology tests/reviews will be more detailed (like the GOK one). We 
will set up a 'How can I help?' page once there is a bit more useful 
content in our wiki, and so the testing section is one place where we 
can point people.

I've listed 10 test names in the table, though the details of each still 
needs to be written. Feel free to add test cases, though I feel that we 
should keep the number moderate, so that the test have a chance of 
getting done. The Gnome page has 38 distinct tests ATM, which may be a 
bit too many for us at this stage.

In addition to symbols representing whether or not the test passes, I've 
also added a code to specify that a certain assistive application is 
required to complete the task for a given user group (Dasher, GOK, 
Gnopernicus). This assumes that these applications can be started by a 
given user group and that they work as expected.

I'm copying the gnome accessibility list because I think it would be 
good if we coordinate our testing a bit, and also to ask for input from 
your past experiences (sorry for the added traffic).

This is a work in progress, so feedback is welcome :)  Once we agree on 
the general structure and have tests defined, I'll post on the Ubuntu 
user lists and forum to ask for testers.

Cheers,

 Henrik