14 DAY TRIAL // As you probably know, the search giant Google tries to release well-developed products to avoid being affected by vulnerabilities or security flaws. At this time, the company provides an incredible number of beta solutions meant to test all the features before they will be included in the final version of the services. Google Labs is just one of the solutions created to help the search giant test new functions, being expanded to TestTube, YouTube's testing platform.
Google Testing Blog was created especially for testing reasons, allowing Google's employees to share latest information and results with readers and users of certain products. Because the testing blog is quite new, the company introduced a new slogan that was continuously commented by the readers of the articles. "Life is too short for manual testing," the slogan says. Many users commented the slogan, sustaining that Google currently doesn't own manual testing resources, allowing computers and software solutions to test new services.
"Manual testing can find bugs quickly and with little overhead in the short run. But it can be expensive and exhausting in a long project. And manual testing is gated by how fast and long humans can work. Running millions of test sequences and combinations by hand would take longer than most people's lifetimes - life is literally too short for manual testing to reach all the bugs worth reaching," the company responded to the criticism.
To avoid possible comments about a certain slogan of the blog, the company decided to change it periodically, according to a specific application or on a regular basis.
"Testing is about being willing to try different approaches and entertain different perspectives, so a single slogan can't do it justice. We are planning to feature different slogans on a regular basis, and already have a few of our favorites lined up. If you've got a slogan to share, we'd love to hear it," Harry Robinson, Software Engineer in Test, sustained in a blog post.