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Re: Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website

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Post by redorb »

browsershots.org - kills it I think. I don't know what the cost of operation is, but at most its a machine loaded with the different OS's and the different browsers (using commodity stuff probably under $1k) then the hosting bandwidth etc.. this is something that should be offered free to customers of your bigger service, this isn't a stand-a-lone product. imo

Re: Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website

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Post by tonetheman »

r7000 wrote: post #12
god wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Java! Interesting. I did not use that since the 90s. Ok, I enabled Java and reloaded. Then I got "download missing plugins" in that formerly empty space. I clicked on it and then got a window saying "The following plugins are available: Java Runtime Environment". In the meantime, in the background, the page got dark and displayed something about the fact that my session timed out. Anyway, I clicked "next" to continue…

I got all of that too. I think that Java thing is a Firefox problem. (I already had the latest Java installed). After that though my session just started (I still had time left). I guess just try again and click through any warnings from FF. If Java works for you on other sites, it should probably work here.

We are going to add some feedback that will alert the user to the presence or non-presence of java.

Re: Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website

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Post by tonetheman »

goofygrin wrote: post #20
scw wrote: post #13

Great idea. I've been using browsershots.org, which while cheaper only provides static images of pages. Sandboxing the entire machine is a clear improvement. A logical next step is automated testing to take advantage of these system configurations, something like Selenium.

ok so I just tried site out. Man, 30 minutes for my screenshots and one of them was completely blank (and it's not locally, so something was with the shot). How slow would development be if you had to do that!

You hit on the exact reason why we started CrossBrowserTesting.com.

We are web developers too and browser shots did not do what we needed. Ajax just does not work well in the model. I think for static shots it does a good job. Our site has screenshots also but you can pick and choose where and when you want the screenshot.

Re: Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website

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Post by kleevr »

redorb wrote: post #21

browsershots.org - kills it I think. I don't know what the cost of operation is, but at most its a machine loaded with the different OS's and the different browsers (using commodity stuff probably under $1k) then the hosting bandwidth etc.. this is something that should be offered free to customers of your bigger service, this isn't a stand-a-lone product. imo

Just played with both. Browsershots is about as good as I'd expect for free. crossbrowsertesting allows interactive testing. Which suits it better for dynamic stuff.. imo

Re: Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website

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Post by lomo »

tonetheman wrote: post #14

This is tony from CrossBrowserTesting.com and we really love the feedback! We really think with ajax this is the only way to do cross browser compatibility. Our site can do screenshots too but you have all the control. Thanks for checking it out. We will take any feedback good or bad!

I tried it on 2 computers and 2 browsers (Firefox and Opera) and both did not work.

I really would like to try CrossBrowserTesting.com on CrossBrowserTesting.com to find out on which configuration it works...

Re: Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website

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Post by tonetheman »

lomo wrote: post #28
tonetheman wrote: post #14

This is tony from CrossBrowserTesting.com and we really love the feedback! We really think with ajax this is the only way to do cross browser compatibility. Our site can do screenshots too but you have all the control. Thanks for checking it out. We will take any feedback good or bad!

I tried it on 2 computers and 2 browsers (Firefox and Opera) and both did not work. I really would like to try CrossBrowserTesting.com on CrossBrowserTesting.com to find out on which configuration it works...

Hey. Send us some feedback on the page when it is not working. Like which session and OS you were trying to run. We will look at it. thanks for trying it!
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