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Chrome, Firefox, IE8: FIGHT!!!

IT Industry - Development

Spurred on by the chance to win a prize pool worth USD $1000 for finding bugs, testers are evaluating the browser or browsers of their choice to determine how well they work, taking in the overall performance and usability along the way.

uTest state that the goal of the competition is simply "to identify the best tester in our community and gather information surrounding potential browser vulnerabilities."

It is hoped that by the end of the intensive testing week there will be valuable additional information available for the benefit of the software development and testing community.

All the bugs found will be reported back to the teams at Microsoft, Google and Mozilla with proper credit being given to the tester who found each particular bug. To enter you need to visit the Bug Battle site and register as a tester.

Prizes on offer include USD $200 for each program tested, on the basis of clarity of reports and depth of testing. There are also prizes for the following categories:Specifically, uTest will be looking to find winners in each of the following categories:

Top Tester for the tester who reports the most valuable bugs and feedback.

Top Novice for the newbie tester who shows the most promise in software testing.

Top Bug for the best bug in terms of accuracy, creativity and severity.

Best Feedback for the best feedback provided during the usability survey.

Doron Reuveni, CEO and co-founder at uTest, says "at uTest, we believe strongly in the intrinsic value of healthy competition. The goal is to identify the best tester in our community and gather information surrounding potential browser vulnerabilities. This contest will utilize the wisdom of our uTester crowd and, in doing so; will provide additional information beneficial to the software development and testing communities."

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