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Test your web site in 20 different browsers free

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16 pointsvlad9 comments

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?

You can test your web site in all web browsers, operating systems, resolutions, flash, java activex, full screen or not.

A similar service is www.browsercam.com, which charges 19.95 per day up to $1,000 a year.

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).

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).

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.

This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks!

No problem! I've seen some web sites that charged hundreds of dollars a month, or by the hour.

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.

Why not? I voted you up to 2 to cheer you up. That was the title of the blog post where I found the link, so I just instinctively wrote that.

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