Software Testing Blog

Late last night, our engineering crew released version 3.0.2 of the uTest platform. This update contains several larger features and a bunch of small ones — all based on insights we gathered from our customers and testers. Here are a few of the highlights:

Favorite Tester
As customers run more and more test cycles, they often identify favorite testers they want to invite back again and again. These recurring relationships are good for customers and the testers alike. In the past, customers had to keep track of their favored testers by hand. But with our new favorite tester feature we’re making it easy for customers to remember the testers they like best, and to invite them back over and over.

Customers can now more easily see which testers participated in their past test cycles as well as how they performed. By clicking a yellow star icon next to a tester’s name, a customer can mark that particular tester as one of their favorites. When that customer runs a new test cycle, their favorite testers are placed at the top of the list, making inviting them back a snap.

Tester Snapshot
Wouldn’t it be nice for testers to have a place to show off their ratings along with an overview of their location, testing environment, and maybe a photo of themselves? With this launch we’ve made that idea a reality with our new tester snapshot feature.

Testers and customers can click on any tester’s name in the platform and see the public tester snapshot for that tester (location, testing environments and a photo). Testers who are rated or who have been marked as a favorite tester will also have some snazzy new badges that show off their uTest skills. This information can be viewed by other testers or customers.

If a tester clicks on their own name in the platform, they can also see their private tester snapshot (including past performance and earnings history). Just click “Statistics” and your private tester snapshot will display your past test cycles, your bug approval percentages and more. This information cannot be viewed by other testers or customers.

All the Rest
Other improvements include:

• Improved workflow for submitting and approving test cases
• More intelligent tester notification emails
• Numerous performance tweaks
• Dozens of bug fixes and other minor enhancements

Have a great idea for our future product releases? uTest community members can join our tester forums and check out our Platform Feedback section. Customers can contact their project manager directly or drop us a line.