Thursday September 3, 2009

Browser Testing

BrowserShots

http://browsershots.org/

• if all you need to do is see a static screen shot.
• pick from many different browser versions on various systems
• took about 10 minutes to run 15 browsers. 2 came up with a blank browser window, 1 had a browser update box overtop of it, and 2 were aborted

CrossBrowserTesting

http://www.crossbrowsertesting.com/

• if you need to actually USE the site - can test JavaScript and CSS interactivity
• pick from many different browser versions on various system
• You can buy credits, each credit is worth 5 minutes of testing time (1 credit for $1, 30 credits for $20, or 500 credits for $200)
• They also have monthly subscriptions
• You can test it out for free
• all done through YOUR browser using Java—pretty nifty