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>>>Anybody else for weird testing techniques?
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>>I let my 3- [almost 4] year-old daughter play with it [on another machine of course]. :)
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>In addition to TESTING, there's determining if the user interface will be Understandable to the average user. We gave each program to an 8-10 yr old (child varied through the years) without directions or manual. If she/he could learn to use it without asking questions, the interface was OK.

Usually doesn't work. We give it to _our_ children, and they understand if faster and better than any average accountant :). Going around the neighbourhood looking for computer-virgin kids may look very suspicious...