Comments on: 13 Ways to Browser Test and Validate Your Work

By: brandonjp

brandonjp — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:02:34 +0000

I can’t say enough good about the Spoon Browser Sandbox. You have to use it on a PC, but otherwise it’s AMAZING!

By: BrowserSeal

BrowserSeal — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:23:51 +0000

>Unfortunately for you Windows based web developers out there, I don’t have an easy solution to test multiple versions of Safari.

This is no longer true, take a look at BrowserSeal.BrowserPack http://www.browserseal.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=35

By: Vasya

Vasya — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:15:09 +0000

For you are not prepared to wait a few minutes for each screenshot – take a look at http://www.browserseal.com

By: Tessa

Tessa — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:34:56 +0000

I’ve just downlaoded ies4osx, which is free and allows you to run IE6 on mac osx. It’s a bit slow, but everything works. Seems like one of the better options for mac. You do need an intel mac and have to install X11. http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

By: Zayelion

Zayelion — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:58:53 +0000

First time seeing Multifox, but is it really necessary? Firefox tries to most of the time update it’s self so users are likely running the latest version within a few weeks, if not a month of its release.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:15:59 +0000

I can’t agree with your not agreeing:).

I tried browsercam.com a month or two ago and the screen shots were just terrible – all blank screens. I tried it a number of times for different URLs and always the same. Don’t know about the remote access with them, but when I tried remote access with Cross Browser Testing it was EXTREMELY SLOW. Not at all efficient for someone like me who is trying to run a web design business.

Litmus, while not perfect, is by far the best I’ve seen for my needs (namely, to efficiently test compatibility AND demonstrate that to a client). They also test the w3c validity of the html and css of the page and they give a handy public link that you can send to a client.

There’s more to it and I think it should definitely be included in this list. I would, of course, like to try Adobe’s new service, but as mentioned above it is currently closed to new comers. So, for the time being, Litmus it is.

P.S. I have NO affiliation with Litmus, I’m just a recent customer.

By: Phil Smith

Phil Smith — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:26:41 +0000

Cloud Testing (http://www.cloudtesting.com) offer a Cloud based functional testing service, which can also be used to check your site and user journeys in multiple browsers. You can capture your user journeys using the Selenium IDE plugin for Firefox then upload the scripts to run on our servers.

You can check your user journeys in the following browsers:

Firefox 2, 3, & 3.5
Internet Explorer 6, 7 & 8
Chrome 2 and 3
Safari 3.2 & 4
Opera 9.6 and 10.0

The service captures and stores screenshots, the HTML and also component information, including HTTP headers, which can all be viewed from the results portal at http://portal.cloudtesting.com/

A 7 day free trial is available.

By: Amal

Amal — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:30:09 +0000

it’s really a nice post. i usually use IEtester and MultipleIEs. i was looking for standalone version of FF. i really know something knew from this article.

Thanks.

By: cancel bubble

cancel bubble — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:50:47 +0000

As a FREE alternative to VMWare/Parallels, check out Sun’s VirtualBox. There’s a fantastic post/screencast at http://www.10voltmedia.com/blog/2008/12/screencast-install-internet-explorer-on-osx-using-virtualbox/ that walks you through getting this setup on your Mac.

“Cross-platform browser testing shouldn’t be a pain in the ass. If, like me, you’re one of the growing number of designers and developers using an OS other than Windows, you need an IE testing environment. In this screencast I’ll show you how to set up a virtual machine for Internet Explorer 7 on OSX in about 15 minutes without spending a penny.”

Once you have this setup on your Mac, you can download/install IETester for IE6 and IE8.

By: Vel

Vel — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:45:41 +0000

Well, I can’t agree with you. I spend $25 for one year subscription at browsercam.com and this give me 30 min remote access + screenshoting in almost 40 browsers … I mean major browsers in different versions/OS
Take a look here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4325823 for more info.