What is the best way to test your website on lots of browsers?
It's very important to make sure the websites you build work across platforms and browsers, but it's not easy to do this unless you have a room full of computers. I use a Mac and I would never buy a PC just for testing stuff (I'd never buy a PC full stop). So what if I need to test in Internet Explorer 8, or Conquerer in Linux for example?
Well we use a variety of tests to make sure our sites are always working nicely in lots of browsers across different platforms - then we can guarantee our work is fully tested. Most of the time we use Virtual Box which is amazing and free, but also for a few bucks you can get a day pass with Litmus which is great for getting screenshots on practically every browser. Any other ways you can think of? We'd like to know.
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By Bradley on 8th Nov 2009
Have you tried Spoon? http://www.spoon.net/browsers/
Once the plug-in is installed, you can run a range of browsers without having to install them, including IE6 to 8.
Also, http://browsershots.org/ will take screenshots of a specified website in different browsers on different OSes.
By Vincent on 18th Nov 2009
Adobe BrowserLabs is a very good Browser implemented Tool, which takes Screenshots, of Browsers in Different Operating Systems.
Its still in development, but looks very promosing.