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BrowserStack is out of beta: super-easy multi-browser testing

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Re: BrowserStack is out of beta: super-easy multi-browser testing

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Post by wpietri »

yuhong wrote: post #23
jcampbell1 wrote: post #6

I used to be interested in this type of service, but then I got an SSD. With an SSD it takes about 5 seconds to boot windows through parallels, and now cross browser testing is no longer a chore. I am willing to admit that I pirate windows for the sole purpose of supporting IE with my webapps. It would be too expensive to do it legitimately, so my solution is not for everyone.

I think MS provides VM images of Windows for testing IE.

If they are the same ones we tried, they are a giant pain. Lots of screwing around to get everything downloaded and set up right for multiple version of IE. Then they expire every few months, requiring regular doses of rigmarole.

And when you finally have them set up, you know what prize you win? You get to debug some crazy-making IE issue. As far as I'm concerned, free isn't enough: they should come with masseuses and bottles of good scotch in compensation.

Re: BrowserStack is out of beta: super-easy multi-browser testing

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Post by jmathes »

Browserstack is great, but it's still catching up to Sauce Scout (disclaimer: I work at Sauce Labs). It needs better support for testing firewalled or localhost sites, and it needs security (it re-uses VMs)

Awesome work, guys! I know first hand how hard it is to maintain a product like this :)

Re: BrowserStack is out of beta: super-easy multi-browser testing

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Post by ritesharora »

diamondhead wrote: post #35

An API would be great for us since it would let us to run our tests against all web browsers by making some http requests. Wouldn't it be revolutionary?

Hi, why don't you drop an email at support@browserstack.com with your idea as we have some similar ideas cooking up.

Re: BrowserStack is out of beta: super-easy multi-browser testing

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Post by diamondhead »

ritesharora wrote: post #36
diamondhead wrote: post #35

An API would be great for us since it would let us to run our tests against all web browsers by making some http requests. Wouldn't it be revolutionary?

Hi, why don't you drop an email at support@browserstack.com with your idea as we have some similar ideas cooking up.

Sure, I've just send it.

Re: BrowserStack is out of beta: super-easy multi-browser testing

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Post by substack »

gregdetre wrote: post #26

This looks interesting - we've been pretty happy with crossbrowsertesting.com until now, which is also worth a look. Here's what I'd love next - we'd write a bunch of QUnit javascript tests, put them behind a private url on our staging server, and then be able to run those tests from the command-line on multiple browsers (through BrowserStack, say), and spit back the output in a form that Jenkins understands. I'd cer…

We at browserling will be releasing something perfect for that in a week or so! Sneak peak: http://browserling.com:9088/
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