[NFBCS] Never Go Live Until The Bugs Are Killed!

[slstanzel at kc.rr.com]

I always dreaded new more wonderful software being brought into my office.
Section 508 was never taken seriously at USDA. I was a programmer also.

Susie Stanzel

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary Wunder via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:01 PM
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Cc: Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Never Go Live Until The Bugs Are Killed!

When I was a computer programmer, we tested our code until we were sick of
testing. Normally the things that came up were things that were exposed only
through use and the voluminous data that was passed through our newly
released system. But this wasn't the case all of the time. Sometimes we
released knowing that there were errors, but we saw them as minor errors
that did not justify holding back the new release. At other times we did
hold back the release because what we found were so significant that we
called them showstoppers. I think the thing that concerns me about most
software releases is that accessibility, at least as far as I am aware, has
never been seen as a showstopper. I don't want to stifle innovation, but I
wish that accessibility were viewed in the same way that security is and
that we simply wouldn't release with known accessibility errors. I know that
in my job as a software developer, whenever we got new tools, my fellow
employees look forward to them. They promised new features, and often they
delivered. I didn't have the luxury of just looking forward to the new
features. I had to figure out what was going to be broken. Seldom wear their
new releases in which something significant to me wasn't.


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