Mobile Testing on DeviceAnywhere and Gmail bug

These days I am testing some softwares on mobile phones/tablets/smartphones. I'm using DeviceAnywhere tool for this purpose.  DA is good tool to test softwares on mobile but it has several limitations. Like it has poor keyboard interaction and some keys don't work. Sometimes, you type something and something else gets written on mobile.

Other issue is bad graphics of mobile phones. Sometimes phone screens look blurry. Another issue is trying to navigate to the web browser on mobile phones. There is no step by step process or guide. It assumes you know the phone that you are testing on. This is ridiculous as nobody can know 2500+ models in the US market.

One more issue with DA is slow response time of its website or acquiring any mobile device. Slow response time is also evident during device's interaction.

In short, you got to have lot of patience to play with different devices on DA.

Today, I found a bug in Gmail on mobile phone. Try this:

1. Open gmail in iphone in safari browser with cookies enabled for it
2. Disable cookie in settings for Safari
3. Try logout from gmail, you will see that it does not let you, it takes you back to inbox page.

Superbowl Ads 2012

Check out some cool Superbowl ads for 2012(found on youtube): 1. Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial - "Matthew's Day Off":

2. 2012 Acura NSX Super Bowl Commercial:

Patna Marathon 2012

Bihar is rising and to showcase this phenomenon we are organizing Patna Marathon 2012. This event will be held in Patna on 26th Feb 2012. It is being organized by several NRBs(Non-Resident Biharis) from across the world with the help of several NGOs like Bihar Society, Karma Society and individual volunteers. This event will bring Bihar to the worldmap of growth and show the unlimited potential in Bihar and its people. More details are available at its website: wwww.patnamarathon.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/patnamarathon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/patnamarathon We invite you to be a part of this event by funding, volunteering, sharing your ideas! We also invite companies, NGOs to sponsor or partner with Patna Marathon!

About Bootstrap - Twitter's new HTML, CSS magic

Twitter launched a new toolkit for HTML and CSS layout - Bootstrap and so far, it's amazing! More info about Bootstrap at Github page: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ Take a look at this HTML page with almost insignificant CSS:

After inserting Bootstrap CSS, it looks like this(with better page layout): Magic, huh?

Diwali Mela 2011 in Jersey City, NJ, USA

Enjoy these links to see Diwali Mela 2011 in Jersey City, NJ, USA: http://youtu.be/m2rjeci__kg http://youtu.be/pFlFoCPnvdA http://youtu.be/YktbOGAAYxc

NYC4ANNA movement in Times Square, NY

We couple of volunteers organized NYC4ANNA event in Times square, NYC on 9th Apr 2011 from 12-3pm. We rose to show our silent solidarity to Anna Hazare who was doing fast to protest against corruption rampant in India. There were some 400 people gathered to support and sign the petition against corruption.

Some media people covered our events and one such link to coverage of this event is at Rediff: http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-harzares-anti-corruption-wave-sweeps-new-york/20110412.htm. It was successful event with a lot of Indian people talking about corruption and showing banners to support Anna and remove corruption.

Link to video of our event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGbNIzR3nGA .

I ask everyone to stand against corruption in India, whether it is done by some bureaucrat or any politician. If we have to make India free of corruption then we have to start at our home. We have to promise ourselves that we will rise to the occasion and free our country of corruption.

We are World Cup Cricket Champions..2011!!

It's celebration time in India and everywhere for Indians!! We have won ICC cricket world cup 2011 and with a thumping victory over Sri Lanka in Final match on 2nd Apr 2011. Its the proudest moment for all of us as India has won this cup after a gap of 28 years..long time..

This victory has again proved that perseverance and hard work always pays..we have a amazing cricket team with Dhoni at its helm. Including Sachin, known as God of the cricketing world!! He has smashed or created new ODI and test cricket recrords..and he speaks with his bat..and I guess other team members have also learned this unique technique from him..

Critics should always be silenced by your hard work not by your words..as always, work is more powerful than words!! Kudos to Indian cricket team, who gave us a chance to celebrate any victory in a long time!!