Help me know I should not be looking at XML

Add a XML comment e.g.
<!-- To view this in a GUI use 'Telerik Test Studio Developer Edition' -->
<!-- -->

PS: I hate having 2 test products from Telerik to choose to install. I want a smaller/cheaper one and the larger/everything one
I like working from an exe (and from VS secondary)
This is why I choose to install the wrong one.

Figure: Tell me there is an editor to install

Help me figure out that the 10 actions do

I can't quickly figure out that these 10 options do.

Figure: I want to hover over each option and see more info - See example on the web page below http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/events/Scrum-Training-Course.aspx

I strongly believe if the team adds a decent sized image, it will make a world of difference. especially to the first experience when you really don't know what to do.

Help me understand what action will do before I click an 'Add' button

Figure: This was a great experience

1. Change "OK" to "Add"
2. Add this UI to the first one "Project Elements" then I would have known what it was doing
3. Consider it for all 10 actions on the upside down iPhone!

Telerik Web Test - Complete the Telerik menu

Figure: These 2 should be on the Telerik menu (and I would get rid of that toolbar)

Telerik Web Test - Bold the default

Figure: one of these 3 should be bold - I believe it should be the 2nd one 'Launch new Recording Browser'

Telerik WPF Test - Help me know it will delete all (little one)

I am a goose, I thought it was going to delete 1.

Either change

• "all" to "*all*", or
• "all" to "all 4"

Figure: I would like it to mention the number of records to be deleted

Telerik WPF Test - Help me know other WPF apps I have installed

I think it is cool that you tell me other running WPF apps.
I would love a button "Find other installed WPF apps you have"\

Figure: I would like to know other WPF apps I can use Telerik Test against

Help me know the progress of the run (aka where it is up to) in the grid

Add the tick or cross in the VS window as the test is executing

Figure: Can you add a green icon 'Pass' as each test is passed. Ideally use the same icons as Microsoft Test Manager

Change the code icon to the VB code

Figure: Change the code icon to the VB code + use the icon on the dialog

Help me have a better out of the box experience

Demoing Teleriks Work Item Manager *is easy*

Just create a new TFS Team Project in VS.NET and show this stuff
http://www.telerik.com/products/tfsmanager-and-tfsdashboard/tfs-work-item-manager-features.aspx

However, demoing their Project Portal is *not* easy.

Anyone got any tips (or word scripts) that you follow (after creating a team project). That shows you what data (code to add, Builds to add etc) to enter, so you can explain all the bits that the Telerik Project Portal will show

Figure: The Project Portal does not look so create on a brand new TFS 2010 Team Project

Figure: Out of the box experience doesn't have the 'Code Churn' and 'Code Coverage' setup

PS: I wish TFS had an option "Create a sample Northwind Team Project "

Improve Branding in Chrome

Figure: Bad example – add "Telerik" to the WebUI name

Figure: Good example - In Firefox 4, I see where these Testing Frameworks come from - since "Telerik" is mentioned

Open side by side (so you can see the steps as you record)

This is more consistent with CodedUI tests (but a little different).

Figure:Open side by side like this (both windows are restored and 3/4 screen size)

Run the tests in the same order

Figure:Run the tests in the same order

Help me have Image Verification work on first attempt

Here is the default experience:

Figure: I record an "Image Verification" verification

Figure: I run it

Image verification failed. Image difference is '40.86%' which is more than the allowed error tolerance of ' 1.00%'.

Image verification failed. Image difference is '40.86%' which is more than the allowed error tolerance of '1.00%'.

Figure: I get an error of 40%

Figure: I see defails of the error... I think...mmmm maybe the images are different because it was not in full screen

Suggestion 1

Image verification failed. Image difference is '40.86%' which is more than the allowed error tolerance of '1.00%'.

More Information:

Check the test ran in Full Screen

Image verification failed. Image difference is '40.86%' which is more than the allowed error tolerance of '1.00%'.

More Information:
Check the test ran in Full Screen

Figure: Improve the error to have this 'More Information'

Suggestion 2

Figure: When you run 'Quick Execute' always put it in full screen

Telerik Tests - Help menu

Do I have any complaint about their Help menu?
If so please action
If not please tell me to give you the text because it does not have the version (amazing)

Figure: Missing version number

Improve the 'Debug' Popup Window

2 little things could help give a nicer experience:

• There are 3 buttons are disabled here. It is not clear enough
• Add a "Stop" button. I desire to hit a "Stop" button, so I can add an extra step. I am confused if there is a reason I can't do this.

Figure: How may disabled button are here?

When you click the DOM explorer nothing happenes

1. When you click the DOM explorer icon, open the right hand nav bar.
2. Explain why it is useful. Change the hover text from
   "Locate in DOM explorer"
   to
   "Locate in DOM explorer. This is useful to see the parent or child controls for example xxxxxx"
3. Add the same DOM icon - over onto the right navigation title bar - so you have some visual association.

Figure: Clicking the DOM explorer icon does nothing (when the right nav is closed)

Help me insert a manual step - give me another action 'Insert Manual Step'

Figure: Give me another action 'insert manual step'

Figure:So I don't need to go back to Test Studio

PS: Also help me know how cool 'manual steps' are
Add some tooltip text that talks about what a great feature this is. E.g.

Help me know I have hooked up databinding

Figure: Make the text struck through when data binding is successfully hooked up (I was incorrectly assuming I had not hooked it up)

Add some nice Telerik Branding

Figure: Add "Please wait" Add Green Telerik Branding + Logo

Then after we connect it looks like:

Figure: Add Green Telerik Branding + Logo... remove the bold on the 5 arrow text (it is over powering)

Help me know where my drag actions (inside an IF) are going

When I drag it into the IF

1. I want you to pop a dialog telling me the 3 different options
   • put it *before* the IF
   • put it *inside* the IF
   • put it *after* the IF

   

   Figure: This example from Excel lets the user know there is 4 options

2. After selecting OK
   I want to see the current line selected like this (I thought I lost it)

   

   Figure: This is the experience I should get after dragging

Help me use Right click for menu (not to save)

Figure: When I right click it saves! When I right click now, please give me a right click menu with 'Copy'

Help me read the links as they appear on the page

Figure: I would to read the actual link text e.g. Click 'NonSprite' link

Figure: Also include some text to indicate where you found the name X0NonSpriteNonSpriteLink - I looked in the 'Original Source' and it was not there

Help me find Delete faster

Figure: Use the normal black cross in both places

Figure: This is the icon most tester would recognize

Help | About missing

I was looking for the version number – I expect to see Help | About

1. Maybe in your case change "Manage" to "About and Licences"
2. Make title bar consistent eg. Change “Licence Management” to "About and Licences"

Figure: I don't expect to click "Manage" to find the About dialog

Tooltips needed on dragging

Figure: I like the drag feature... but need tooltips explaining each on (on hover)

Move the 'Log' hyperlink to be more logic spot (based on order of the actual sequence)

I like finishing a demo of telerik tests, with showing the log... It has the time taken... and is a nice thing for a tester to send in their 'done' email.

In addition the Storyboard report is too hidden.

Here is my suggestion to improve it:

Figure: Move it to the last record with this text "Success - 9 seconds - 4/4 passed - View Log or View Storyboard (HTML)"

Help me (when I am recording) know what I just did, highlight what I just added

For example here I added a 'verify textcontent?' Action
It would be great if it would highlight it in the 'steps' grid

Figure: When I do an action, can you select it like the above (it would help learning)

Telerik Tests - start recording

When I add a test I expect it to start recording.
This is consistent with Web Tests (but I admit not with CodedUI tests)

Figure: I should not have to click "Record" after creating a new Telerik Test

BUG - cant copy the text

Do you guys make a test to fix this bug :-)

Figure: BUG - I want to copy and Paste to Word

Little one - more readable for entering text

Figure: This feels backwards

It would read better if you changed it to
Enter text 'adam' in 'PlaceHolderSearchAreaS3031AEBBInputKeywordText'

Help me (when I am recording) know what I just did, highlight what I just added

For example here I added a 'verify textcontent...' Action
It would be great if it would highlight it in the 'steps' grid

Figure: When I do an action, can you select it like the above (it would help learning)

Great Idea - Auto generated training documentation!!!

One of the problems software teams hate doing is writing end user documentation.

Add this functionality and you have a shortcut way to do this.

• Create a word doc or upload to a wiki
• Add a button “Create Training.docx” or “Upload Training"
• Allow customized notes to be added

Figure: Add functionality to create user documentation

More Information

The 'Export Storyboard as HTML Documentation' does part of what they want, but it is not ready for the User without editing.

This is an example of it when recording CRM 2011... before you hit images:

Steps

1. Navigate to: ' https://crm.ssw.com.au '
2. Handle 'Logon' dialog.
3. Click 'ContactsNobrTag'

Basically they want:

• Another text field on each test step called 'User Documentation'
• Even better would be another view called 'Documentation' that had the images (like the StoryBoard view) + the 'User Documentation'
• Ready for the user and re-generated in the Build process
• An option to create a Wiki instead of the .html file

For a possible example, see http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/codeauditor/UserGuide.aspx (Start at Step 3)

Web Tests – Add Right Click 'Ignore these'

When recording SharePoint 2010 pages you get a lot of noisy pages (that is just junk to look at).

Figure: Reduce Noise… Add right click menu that would hide all these