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Browser Bug Hunt Opens Tonight at Midnight


By Edward J. Correia
November 4, 2008 — 
I love finding bugs. Even better is telling someone about a major bug that no one else could find and seeing it fixed before it does any harm. Here’s your chance to do both, and maybe even get paid for it. And if that’s already your situation, so much the better; call it a Christmas bonus come early.

Who couldn't use some extra cash these days? Thousands of dollars in prize money are up for grabs as testers face off in The Battle of the Browsers, a seven-day contest that starts tonight at midnight (which technically is Nov. 5). Applications in play are Firefox 3.1 alpha 2, Google's Chrome and IE 8. To qualify, bugs must be previously undiscovered and unreported.

The bug hunt is being organized by testing community organizer uTest, which boasts more than 11,000 testers doing on-demand testing for organizations in need, in 144 countries. If you're not already a uTester, you'll need to register; it's free.

Testers can submit defects for any or all of the browsers. Two prizes of US$200 each will be awarded for each of the browsers (six browser-specific prizes in all). Prizes will be awarded for the "Top Bug" for each browser in terms of defect severity, accuracy of reporting and creativity. There will also be "Best Feedback," which is described as "the best feedback provided in a bug report" in terms of features, analysis, etc.

“For each browser, we provide an HTML survey to be completed by the testers, including some scripting they need to go through,” explained uTest CEO and co-founder Doron Reuveni in a phone interview yesterday. “They also can provide freeform feedback about usability and features. We will pick and choose the most valuable feedback from that.”

Contestants also will be vying for two overall prizes. A $1,000 "Top Tester" prize goes to the person who reports the most valuable bugs and feedback, and "Top Novice" to the beginner who shows the most promise as a software tester. Judging will be conducted by the uTest team as well as a few outsiders. "Entries will be judged blindly, with no knowledge of name or background (with the exception of experience for the Novice award)," according to the contest website.

Aside from building new registrations and awareness in the testing community, the contest also is intended to build "actionable learning" for the browser developers. “The outcome of competition leads us to conclusions of the testing community about testing browsers,” said Reuveni. “So it’s more of a lesson learned by companies producing applications about usability, feedback and future thinking.”

Reuveni said he expects to gain about 1,000 new testers. “It’s also the fact that we provide value to our customers in the results and nominate the best testers.”


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