Test Report – BWT Session 4

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Tester: Parimala Shankaraiah – http://curioustester.blogspot.com

Date: 22nd Aug 2009

Time: 3.00 PM

Mission: The Mission is to test the entire product and find bugs

Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP3

Browser (if applicable): IE 8.0

Application Name & Version: FreeMind 0.9.0 RC5

Link to download or URL:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind-
unstable/0.9.0%20RC5/FreeMind-Windows-Installer-0.9.0_RC_5-max-java-installer-
embedded.exe/download

Notes : (Includes Test Data, Test Ideas, Investigation Notes, Questions)

1. I started with focus on the installation process by observing each and every
page of the setup process. My main focus was the installation testing
(inspired by RaviSuriya’s installation testing for WireMaster 0.46 from BWT 3).
Found a lot of issues in comparison to the installation process of other
products.

2. If Java is not installed, the application downloads and installs Java. However,
one of the installation pages of FreeMind displays a message ‘If java is not
installed, please abort the installation and install JRE…’ which is confusing to
the user. Java has been installed and this message is not required.

3. FreeMind > Help > Documentation > URL field. The purpose of the URL field
is not self explanatory and misleads the user. The entire help page is badly
organized

4. I moved on to help section which is badly organized and and found some
issues

5. Next, my focus was on the FreeMind functionality: creation, saving, deletion,

overwriting
Bugs : (With reason as to why do you think it’s a bug? Ex: Inconsistent within an
application, Inconsistent when compared to most of the products etc.)

1. Installation > Java Setup page > Change destination folder checkbox is
misleading. There is no option to see which is the default folder for
installation (Oracle: Inconsistency with Comparable Products). Refer Bug
1_Dest Folder.PNG

2. Installation > Setup page > a message ‘If java is not installed, please abort
the installation and install JRE…’ which is confusing to the user. Java has been
installed and this message is not required. Refer Bug 2_Java Prompt.PNG
(Oracle: Inconsistency with user expectation)

3. Right Click on the downloaded exe > Properties > Version tab, the field is
displayed as file version instead of product/application version (Oracle:
Inconsistency with Comparable Products). Refer Bug 3_VersionInfo.PNG

a. Right Click on the downloaded exe > Properties > Version tab, the
version is displayed as 0.0.0.0 (Oracle: Inconsistency within the
Product). Refer Bug 3_VersionInfo.PNG

b. Right Click on the downloaded exe > Properties > Version tab > other
version information section, File Version and Product Version fields are
blank.

4. Installation > Setup > Information page > ‘Moroever, if you have another
version of FreeMind installed, please uninstall it first’ message is displayed.
Ideally, if an older version of the product in installed, any new installation
should be intelligent enough to detect the already installed software and
prompt the user to take futher action(whether to uninstall and proceed with
new installation or cancel current installation). This is a functional flaw in the
product. (Inconsistency with User Expectation). Refer Bug 4_Another
version.PNG

5. Installation > Setup > Select Additional task page > the text ‘Associating
freemind with .mm extension..’ is a duplicate of the following checkbox with
the same name (Oracle:Inconsistency within the product). Refer Bug
5_Additional line.PNg

6. Installation > Setup > Information page > Authors and Contributors
information should be part of the End User Licence Agreement page and not
displayed as a separate page towards the end of the installation process
(Oracle: Inconsistency with Purpose). Refer Bug 6_information.PNG

7. FreeMind > Help > Documentation > a new tab is displayed. There is no
option to close the individual tab. Clicking on the X button closes the tabs as
well as the MindMap window. There should be an ‘X’ icon for each tab to be
 closed individually(Inconsistency with Comparable Products). Refer Bug
7_Close tab.PNG

8. FreeMind > Help > Documentation > URL field should be renamed to File and
should not be editable. Currently, this field allows the user to edit the values
in this field resulting in error message (Inconsistency with purpose). Refer
Bug 8_URL.PNG

9. FreeMind > Insert > New Previous Sibling Node naming does not have any
information as to how it is different from New Sibling Node (Oracle:
Inconsistency with User Expectation). Refer Bug 9_Sibling.PNG

10.FreeMind > File/Edit/View/Insert/Format and other menus > Icons are not
available for many Menu items. It becomes misleading to provide icons for
some menu items and leave the rest empty.

11.FreeMind > Right Click on the new mindmap page > Note Window > Shortcut
key is Ctrl+Shift+Less. There is no key by name ‘Less’ (oracle: Inconsistency
within the product). Refer Bug 10_Less.PNg

12.FreeMind > File > Create Encrypted Map > the label fields in the dialog are
attached to the left side border, the text fields appear to be attached to each
other and OK/Cancel buttons are place very far away (GUI issue). Refer Bug
11_encrypt.

13.FreeMind > File > Create a new mindmap and saving with a name that
already exists prompts to the user to overwrite or not. Clicking on no on this
dialog results in a Saving failure message. Ideally, it should allow the user to
enter a different filename. While saving the file, freemind should not give the
same default name ‘New Mindmap.mm’. It should be left blank for the user to
type the name (Functionality issue). Refer Bug 12_Saving.png

Attachments : (Name the screenshots as Bug 1, Bug 2 etc with a short caption)
Bug 1

Bug 2
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Bug 5
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Bug 8
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Bug 12
Note: Save this file in .doc (97 – 2003 format) ONLY.