Testing your website in all major browsers
We believe in testing all our clients websites in the major browsers in use today, as of Jan 2012 our list includes:
- Windows: Internet Explorer 7 to 9, Firefox 4 to 9, Safari 4 & 5, Chrome 17+
- Mac: Safari 4 & 5, Firefox 4 to 9, Chrome 17+
- Mobile: iPhone, iPad (iOS 3+)
To speed up testing and development, we use a number of online browser testing services we thought we’d share, in order of brilliance.
Litmus
These guys do an awesome job of email and website previews (even if they are limited to static images of each website so you can’t scroll around or test Javascript like slideshows etc).
We have been using this UK based outfit for years and heartily recommend them:
You can also share any results with clients, such as this sample of a new Home page and slideshow for Brookfarm:
https://evolvedwebsites.litmus.com/pub/e38bf7e
View their full offerings at http://litmus.com
Browserstack
We’ve only just discovered this service which lets you browse any website using actual browsers, not emulators, so far so good, and we’ll likely signup for their professional account at $19 per month (unlimited testing).
IE Netrenderer
An older service which lets you take a screenshot using just one IE browser at a time, since using Litmus I have to admit we don’t use this anymore. It can be quite slow, but is free and still useful if you can’t afford to pay for a one-off testing session:
