Compatibility is nothing new to us as software testers. It has, however, evolved significantly over time. Traditionally it has been a part of the test strategy, testing for applications across various platforms. Important platforms of very high use, would take a larger share of the tests, while the not so important platforms would be smoke tested on. This also gave a lot of opportunity to take up optimization depending on number of test scenarios, and other constraints such as time and budget on hand, compared to the value of running the tests across varied platforms. Read more »