[thelist] browser snapshots

Dan McCullough dan.mccullough at gmail.com
Wed May 24 11:59:30 CDT 2006


browserpool.org allows you to control the browser that you are viewing
on, and they have browsers for Mac, PC (XP/2000/98SE) and Linux, so
you can login and click around on the browsers all you want.

On 5/24/06, Christian Heilmann <codepo8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm looking for a free service that will take screen shots of
> > > how websites act in different browsers, I have seen a few
> > > around but I think they charge.  Even a trial would work.
> >
> > http://www.browsercam.com/ has a free 24 hour trial, apparently.
> >
> > Although personally I wouldn't resent paying for what they offer. It
> > seems pretty useful, and if it saves the trouble and expense of setting
> > up multiple test rigs then it's worth a few dollars.
>
> I tend to disagree. Sure you learn that it might look wrong, and then
> what? Without having the browser at hand you cannot debug the problem.
> Even if it displays correctly, how does that help you? Most browser
> issues happen during interaction with the page, not at initial
> rendering, which means that a result of browsercam can still be
> totally unusable on this browser. If you really want to test on
> different browsers - test on different browsers or contact people who
> use these browsers. A screen shot means your design might be correct,
> but a web site is not an image, it is an interactive construct.
>
> --
> Chris Heilmann
> Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com
> Writing: http://icant.co.uk/
> Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/
> --
>
> * * Please support the community that supports you.  * *
> http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
>
> For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester
> and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org
> Workers of the Web, evolt !
>



More information about the thelist mailing list