[thelist] Browser Emulator

Aylard James J jaylard at equilon.com
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 11:54:40 -0600


Katie,

> I've been using this one:
> 
> http://www.codo.com/browserola/

	Browserola is an interesting concept, but it is limited in practice.
For instance, you can't open pages using a URL, so server-side processing is
not possible. Also, it does not accurately reflect the scripting and CSS
capabilities of target browsers, and almost certainly does not reflect the
peculiar, undocumented quirks of any particular browser (one of the primary
reasons for cross-browser testing). For viewing simple html pages, it's a
handy tool; for anything more, it's not enough. My advice is: if you use it,
use it with caution.

James Aylard
Equilon Enterprises LLC
jaylard@equilon.com