Today, I searched the Internet for " compatibility testing " related articles, which can be described by a large amount, which is certainly not an exaggeration. The main theme is basically to improve the quality of the software, and there is really nothing wrong. Let's explain this issue from another angle. Why do compatibility tests have to be done?
From a marketing perspective, any commercial product or platform, not a website, or an app, is ultimately to promote the market, let users experience it, and then convert it into paying customers. Back 10 years ago or earlier. At that time, I was in a law firm management system research and development company. At that time, I didn’t mention software testing, let alone compatibility testing. It was basically a development self-test, plus whose Who is the customer to check and accept? Now it's funny and amateurish, so why can you survive? There is no substitute for similar products in the market. To put it bluntly, customers have no right to choose.
After decades of rapid development in the computer industry, now, dare you say that there is no substitute for similar products in that industry and that field. Now the competition in each industry is too cruel. Just ask Du Niang to ask, there is a huge amount of information. Promote their respective company products. How to make their products stand out? Now all companies are taking a path of "paid promotion". Now the cost of paid promotion is staggering, ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions.
Back to our topic, every new user of a product basically trades high costs for it. Let’s suppose, take "App testing" as an example. Functional testing is relatively easy to test, and there is no problem with functional testing on several mobile phones. Yes, App compatibility testing is not that simple. There are many brand models on the market, and the basic conditions are that you have hundreds of real phones. If that model fails, it means losing customers of this type of population. If this continues, your product will fall into the abyss.
At this point, everyone should understand that compatibility testing is so important. A successful product manager knows how to take precautions before it happens. A comprehensive compatibility test for our products is the basic premise before the product goes online.
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