Answer / aditya

umm...i happen to hear a lot about advantages of automation
over manual.

You know what automation cnnnot replace manual becaue
before you go in for automation, a manual confirmation is a
must as automation on a completely changing requirements is
not at all possible.

that is the one advantage i know.

Answer / giri

1)we can't do ad-hoc testing using automation testing

Answer / abhesheke

five advantange of manual testing are

1)gui testing cant be done on automation

2)manual testing can be done on any language which is not
possible with automation.

3)any object which is not recrogined in any automation tool
such object testing is also done in manual testing.(if u
want to clarification regarding this second point ping me to
my mail id)

4)to check whether the buffer is full or not such testing
related to memory cannot be tested on automation

5)as said by giri we can't do ad-hoc testing using
automation testing

Answer / nitin verma

5 advantages of manual over automation:-

1) Ad hoc,monkey testing can not be done in the automation.
2) Manual Testing is less expensive then the automation.
3) Manual testing is best for the short term projects as

compare to the automation.
4) Manual testing did not require any special knowledge like
as automation.
5) Sometimes some errors are being left by the automation
which could be caught by the manual testing.

nitin9360@yahoo.com

Answer / smriti

hello rajith
i want to informe u that u have mentioned 5 advantages of
Automation over manaul. whereas question asked is vice versa

Answer / giri

Sorry to bother you abhesheke as u said 1)gui testing cant
be done on automation..but we use winrunner to check
behaviour of object.Please don't mind can u send me reply
for this..

Answer / abhesheke

hello giri

GUI testing is like checking the 6 microsoft rules we have
with our application u are talking about object behaviour
which goes not come into GUI testing

i will give u a example

1)Check the object(button) is not aligned properly
2)Check the object(button) overlaps other button
3)Check the color of the button is differnt from other
object(button)
GUI mean Look and feel

(u cant do the above 3 step in Winrunner or QTP)

if hope u got it Giri if not plz ping me i will give u
details explanation

Answer / s.ramprasad

Manual Testing is cost-effective than Automation Testing.

Answer / rajith

1> Automation testing is FAST compared to manaul when we
are doing testing on large projects.

2> Automation testing can be RELIABLE as it is free from
human errors.

3>Automation testing is REPEATABLE as we can perform same
kind of tests.

4>Using Automation testing we can PROGRAM which help us to
get hidden information.

5>Using Automation testing we can Reuse the script for
future projects or to other modules.

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