"Cloud Sourced" Software Testing

[vwdan]

Edit: Obviously I meant crowdsourcing - **** knows how I managed that. I hate the stupid saying, anyway.

Anyhow - I'm trying to make Plan B more of a Plan A+ (Well, it's a bit of a last ditch "now or never"/"go big or go home" thing, I suppose), so I'd like to make software testing a slightly more rigorous process. Up to know it's just been me and a bunch of VM's which obviously doesn't scale.

So, has anyone used one of these "get your software tested" services? I guess I'd need some vaguely competent individuals to run through a script (I can make this super detailed for them) and report back - ideally on various platforms (All Windows based).

[SueEllen]

Isn't it called shipping your software out and getting the clients to test it for you.

[vwdan]

Isn't it called shipping your software out and getting the clients to test it for you.

I, uh, wouldn't know...

[Brummie]

... ideally on various platforms (All Windows based).

Not sure if I understand this. What do you mean various platforms (All Windows based)? Are you looking for device testing or browser testing on various devices?

[vwdan]

Not sure if I understand this. What do you mean various platforms (All Windows based)? Are you looking for device testing or browser testing on various devices?

I meant Operating Systems, primarily. There's some back end stuff too, but I'd provide them things to connect into.

[squarepeg]

Mechanical Turk?