Re:Test your web site in 20 different browsers free
by weel on Friday May 11, 2007 @02:38PM
(#21400)
The list of browsers you can test on includes MSIE 5.0 and 5.5. Do people target these browsers anymore? How old does a browser have to be before you say: I'm satisfied if the layout is a little off, as long as it's legible?
Re:Test your web site in 20 different browsers free
by busy_beaver on Thursday May 10, 2007 @02:57PM
(#21120)
Wow, for $1,000 per year you could just about buy a MacBook and a copy of Parallels, which would let you create a full library of VMs with all the different browsers and operating systems, then load any one you wanted.
Plus -- you'd have a sweet machine to use for other purposes when you weren't testing. This sounds way overpriced.
You could do the same thing with VMWare Fusion (though it's still in beta, and I haven't tried it).
Re:Test your web site in 20 different browsers free
by bls on Thursday May 10, 2007 @06:29AM
(#21004)
Obviously, free is better than $19.95. But, I think $19.95 per day is a pretty good price too. I would rather pay browsercam.com $20 for instant results than wait around for hours (the current wait time on the browsershots.org cue is over three hours as I type this).
Re:Test your web site in 20 different browsers free
by vlad on Thursday May 10, 2007 @06:48AM
(#21005)
You should probably try browsershots, then see how it actually works, and if it's not fast enough for you, try browsercam's free trial. I only mentioned browsercam and browsershots, but if you know any more, you can post them.
Re:Test your web site in 20 different browsers free
by ecuzzillo on Thursday May 10, 2007 @04:18AM
(#20982)
If this had the same title, but without the FREE at the end, I probably would have clicked on it. It kind of goes without saying that most things on the internet, particularly random technical services like this, are free.
A similar service is www.browsercam.com, which charges 19.95 per day up to $1,000 a year.
Plus -- you'd have a sweet machine to use for other purposes when you weren't testing. This sounds way overpriced.
You could do the same thing with VMWare Fusion (though it's still in beta, and I haven't tried it).