Testing sites in different browsers
I've been working on several projects for the web lately and I have always had to test them in several browsers. That could be very frustrating most of the times, mainly because as a Mac user I must test them every time on Windows and Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
With virtualization tools like VMWare, Parallels, Virtualbox and others I thought my problems would have ended. Of course that big concern of testing in a PC ended, now I’m able to open Windows and test my sites in IE 6 and 7. However my machine gets really slow, some times freezes, what makes the user experience a bit disappointing.
Fortunately, after some searches I came across with this really useful website called IE NetRender, where allows you to check how a website is rendered by Internet Explorer 7, 6 or 5.5,
This web rendering tool is ideally suited for web designers working on Apple iMac and Linux workstations. It allows to verify web designs natively on all popular Internet Explorer versions, without the need to set aside several physical or virtual Microsoft Windows PCs just for that purpose.
It’s definitely worth checking that out. An essential tool for those who work as web designers.
I captured some screens of my site rendered by IE 7 and 5.5 via IE NetRender, you can check the photos below.
Abduzeedo blog rendered in IE 7 via IE NetRender
Abduzeedo blog rendered in IE 55 via IE NetRender
About author
My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through abduzeedo.
A another système for this usage is http://www.scapture.com/
If your using mac download Firefox this has an add on application that allows you to switch your browser between Firefox and IE at the click of a button.
Try this resource, it can sometimes take a while to obtain all the screen shots but there's a vast amount of browser options!
http://browsershots.org/
Everything from IE, FireFox, Safari, Opera, the list goes on...
I admire your patience to test your site on different systems.
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Another way to test is Multiple IE by Tredosoft:
- http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
All IE versions at one desktop, very nice!
Cheers,
Marc
Another way to test is Multiple IE by Tredosoft:
- http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
Alle IE versions at one desktop, very nice!
Cheers,
Marc
For thouse of you who work on a windows platform and want do check how it looks in safari, there is of course the new apple windows safari beta release but there is also a website called http://www.browsrcamp.com/ it does kind of the same as netrender only for apple safari.
For thouse of you who work on a windows platform and want do check how it looks in safari, there is of course the new apple windows safari beta release but there is also a website called http://www.browsrcamp.com/ it does kind of the same as netrender only for apple safari.
dude your work is awsome. im a graphic designer to. but my weak point are the web pages i just dont know how to create them. but i will apreciate if you give or tell me where can i find something to learn. well thankyou again. good bye
Hmmpf. Nice find.
Thanks a lot for the link.
Hi
Yes love the link for the testing, yes as a mac user this was one of the problems that I would have.
Thank you very much cheers
I may put the link to this post on my website as well
Sensacional...
Muito boa essa dica, já salvei nos meus del.icio.us
Costumo validar e testar em todos os browsers.
Se tiver alguma dica de acessibilidade, me avisa que to fazendo um projeto sobre websites acessíveis e compativeis multi-plataforma cross-browser.
Abraço
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