Which software is recommended?
I know of Adobe Browser Lab only, and it seems pretty new... Is there any better SW out there?
Thanks
PS: I have a classifieds website (PHP, MySql, Solr, js) developed on local computer using virtual server etc... Now I need to test it on different browsers. It is developed only with Firefox, so it works fine in FF.
http://browsershots.org/ is a great site that takes snapshots of how your site looks on different browsers and platforms. If you want to try different browsers yourself, you can individual browsers or you could try a hybrid engine browser such as Lunascape (http://www.lunascape.tv/)
Edit: Just realized you said it was on a private server, which would kind of make browsershots impossible, unless you were to upload it to an online server. Lunascape would still work though along with manually testing each browser.
A good one is http://litmusapp.com which also includes email testing.
CrossBrowserTesting.com allows you to do both screenshots (like BrowserLabs, LitmusApp, and Browsershots) and live testing. The live testing is done via a VNC connection to the remote configuration. If you have any interactivity / ajax in your site, screenshots tend not to be enough. Configurations on Windows (98, XP, Vista, 7), Mac OSX (10.5 & 10.6), and Ubuntu are available.
If your pages are behind a firewall, see http://crossbrowsertesting.com/faq/can-i-test-my-development-and-test-websites-or-do-they-need-be-publicly-accessible for instructions on configuring your firewall to allow access.
If you're on Windows, I've used IETester with some success, although it is a little buggy.
Beyond that, download and install the latest versions of the other major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) and you'll have the vast majority of your audience covered. Fill in gaps (OS X, Firefox 3.0, etc.) with BrowserShots or BrowserLab as mentioned before.
Boxed solutions could do it one of two ways - emulate the intended platform, or actually run the intended platform (which could be anything from running the browser engine on your computer, or through a VM, to using something like a VNC to the intended platform).]
The later option will be more accurate. It's also fairly doable on your own with a minimal VM setup (though it might get legally problematic if you need to test on an OSX-specific browser from a Windows host). It's probably excessive to do anything beyond the simple 'screenshot from another browser' solutions if you're not using something like AJAX though.
Microsoft SuperPreview is pretty good to test Internet Explorer 6/7/8. It really uses the IE6 engine instead of IE8's quirks mode. It has some neat features like when you view your site in different browsers (within the same window) and highlight an element, if a property is different, it will display it in red so it's easy to quickly fix layout issues.
It can also overlay and I think I read they will support other browsers within the tool in the future as well.
BrowserSeal is nice as it comes with standalone versions of all major browsers allowing you to debug the problem.
The only downside is that there is only Windows version