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browser based testing is a huge huge nightmare, mostly because of the transient nature of web development, things get changed very rapidly and a test suite that needs to be continously updated is less than useless.

I am surprised things like this arent more popular, although I doubt I will ever do unit testing as a service, Im pretty interested in seeing what they come up with.

It kinda looks like a testing tool, but I don't get what this actually is about. A 1-sentence description of why I need this tool, rather than a list of features, would be much more helpful.

Agreed - reading through the landing page and the overview page didn't help me - I'm still unsure what this service is all about...

+1. I had to go to SeleniumHQ's site to get what saucelabs does.

Yeah, we know our front page is lousy right now; we've got a redesign and a much clearer explanation in the works.

You need our service to make sure your web apps work in all the popular browsers.

We've got a bunch of web browsers in the cloud which you can remote-control via and API, to make sure the features of your site work cross-browser. We use a popular open source browser automation tool called Selenium, which my cofounder Jason Huggins created.

I'm curious whether the above description makes sense, or still leaves you scratching your head!

Hey, did Jason leave Chicago to help get Sauce Labs out of beta?

Through the power of the internet, I can work on Sauce Labs and Selenium from Chicago. :-)

That internet sure is cool :)

Checkout www.browsermob.com. They offer essentially the same service and let you try it out first.

They're not the same service. Browsermob does load testing. Sauce Labs does acceptance (aka functional) testing. When you want to make sure every feature of your site works in every browser, use Sauce.

During our beta, we'll let you try sauce's service for free if you ask nicely (and answer a few questions).

I'd pay good money for a Selenium that worked (well) with Flex. Note: FunFX need not apply.

The site is unclear as to whether you can do anything without paying first.

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