Hexawise recent updates

Hexawise recent updates

September 8, 2013
FIXED
Overzealous automatic value pair creation

Hexawise creates value pairs on your behalf in some circumstances when you create constraints that imply other logically necessary constraints. There were two cases where Hexawise would complain about not being able to create these because they already existed. Of course them already existing is just fine and it shouldn't have complained.

FIXED
Expanding and collapsing projects could result in a logout

An overly draconian security fix gone awry.

IMPROVED
Massive...

see above

IMPROVED
Massive speed and reliability improvements in Analyze Tests feature

It's massive in the same way the Sun is massive.

Did we mention it's massive?

August 23, 2013
FIXED
Analyze Tests interaction sequence failure

Accessing Analyze Tests with a certain sequence of user interactions would cause Analyze Tests to stick at 0% complete. (Sequencing issues are an interesting form of pairwise defect to think about including in your tests).

FIXED
Don't allow a plan or project to be renamed as blank
IMPROVED
Expected results editing in Auto-Scripts

The adding and editing of expected results in Auto-Scripts is now more robust with detection of unsaved edits when navigating away from the editing before it's completed. It's now consistent with editing Auto-Script steps.

IMPROVED
Space for defining inputs

The text area for defining test inputs (parameter add, parameter edit, bulk add, and bulk edit) now sizes to match the size of the top panel giving you more room to edit your parameter values.

August 12, 2013
IMPROVED
Export a mind map achievement

The export a mind map achievement has a more clear description and a link to the help file about exporting.

FIXED
Graphical glitches on "Your Achievements" page

In some cases and on some screen resolutions the 2 panels in the "Your Achievements" page would be inconsistently sized.

FIXED
Issues with ranged value expansions

There were some cases (involving mixed use of delimiting commas and no commas) where value ranges would not expand to particular values. There were also cases where the distribution of: lowest value in the range, highest value in the range, random value in the range, then repeat, would not be used.

August 7, 2013
IMPROVED
Auto-Script editing

The UI is now more consistent about showing a "View" or "Discard" option when you quit editing steps before completing them. The same handling is now provided for editing expected results as well.

Unsaved expected result edits are now saved (after a prompt) when navigating away from the auto-scripts page.

IMPROVED
Wait spinner for long loading sets of test cases

For large sets of tests that are already generated and cached but take some time to render for display, the rest of the page now renders, and there is a waiting display for just the portion of the page waiting on the rendered tests.

FIXED
Incomplete message in conflicting plan name dialog

If you attempted to create a plan with a name that already exists for one of your plans the resulting dialog was incomplete and did not provide a full explanation of why you could not create your plan.

IMPROVED
OPML exports get .opml extension

We were temporarily using .xml as the extension for exported .opml files as a work around for them not emailing properly with their proper extension. This causes issues with some mind map tools though so we've gone back to the .opml extension and we zip them if they are emailed.

Thanks to Roon for pointing this out.

August 5, 2013
FIXED
Auto-Script expected results incorrectly removed

There was a case where auto-script expected results that referred to the last parameter value could be removed when saving a bulk edit with no change. Thanks to Scott and his team for reporting this.

CHANGED
Indication of requirements being fufilled

To simplify requirements traceability (and to boost performance) requirements are now reported as fulfilled once and only once in the first test case that fulfills the requirement.

FIXED
Requirements that conflict with value pairs

It is possible in Hexawise to require values that you also indicate are not allowed. Probably the ideal case is to alert you to this fact and not allow it.

What was actually happening was an inconsistent priority as to which should prevail, the requirement or the constraint. This was resolved with the requirement always being fulfilled, even if it violates a constraint.

July 16, 2013
FIXED
Early Auto-Script data entry with only the mouse

This was an interesting pairwise defect discovered by Scott. If the FIRST thing you ever did on a plan's Auto-Scripts page was enter text into the Start, Step 1 or Finish text areas, AND you did it using only the mouse, never touching the keyboard (right click and paste the text), then the text area would disappear and not be saved. Depending on exactly how you are breaking things down that's a 2-way or 3-way defect, but it's one of those you'd swear wouldn't possibly happen until you replicated it yourself.

Thanks Scott!

FIXED
Inserting parameter value replacements in auto-script template

When inserting a parameter value replacement with the keyboard or link, it would insert it at the end of the step text rather than in the cursor position. This has been resolved.

IMPROVED
Inferred value pair creation dialog

The lines in the inferred value pair creation dialog have a little more breathing room and styling to make them easier to parse and read.

Thanks to Scott for requesting the better legibility.

FIXED
The "Why" link in the inferred value pair creation dialog was broken

The link is very useful in explaining why value pairs are sometimes inferred and created for you, so it's good it's working again.

July 5, 2013
FIXED
Inconsistent edit icons in Auto-Scripts

The first step of an Auto-Script did not have the edit icon like the rest of the steps.

Thanks to Amit for reporting this defect.

NEW
Clear Auto-Scripts

Once you have 3 or more steps in your Auto-Script, there is a new link in the Auto-Script panel header that allows you to clear out your Auto-Script and start anew without the tedium of deleting every step one by one.

Thanks to Amit for the idea.

IMPROVED
An ounce of prevention...

Removed the possibility of our most common IE-only JavaScript error from occurring (a stray console.log) by providing a stub that permits it without error.