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From: Caitlin Geier
Date: Jul 15, 2016 12:16PM

Dylan Barrell (Deque's CTO) gave a talk awhile back about automated testing
<https://vimeo.com/151658306> which includes data about some of Deque's
research around browser / AT combinations. About ~15 minutes into the video
is our browser / AT testing matrix. Essentially, while it's ideal to test
as many combinations as possible, there's usually a limited amount of time
in which to do testing. The reasoning behind targeting certain combinations
over others is to get the most bang for your buck - to catch the most
issues in the least amount of time. The combinations used most frequently
at Deque are based on support (NVDA is better on Firefox than on Chrome,
for example) and on accuracy (NVDA presents what's actually there, while
JAWS sometimes guesses).

I haven't been able to find an accessible version of the matrix in the
video. The top browser/AT combinations listed are:

- Firefox (for Windows) / keyboard
- Firefox (for Windows) / NVDA
- Safari / Voiceover (desktop and mobile)
- Firefox (for Android) / Talkback
- Firefox (for Linux) / Orca


On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Andrews, David B (DEED) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I went to a session at CSUN this year, about this very topic. Don't
> remember who gave it, (getting old I guess,) and as I recall they of course
> recommended testing as many combinations as you could, which is good
> advice. As I recall, they said if you could only test one combo your best
> bet was NVDA/Firefox. I would add if you can add a second, it should
> probably be IE/JAWS.
>
> You can go too far down this rabbit hole, or simplify it too much, from my
> experience.
>
> Dave
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