Cross Browser Live Testing?

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Cross Browser Live Testing?

Are there any tools to allow for LIVE previews of pages in cross browser systems?

I have a problem with a few links in IE and I need to test to see if I've fixed them, however pretty much every cross browser service offers screenshots of the page as opposed to live rendering? I cannot test links on a screenshot.

NB I work with a Mac

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I think that Adobe Browserlab is quite powerful, at least it's more than just screenshots. I tried it some time ago but now it requires to create an account (but it's free). Check it out :

https://browserlab.adobe.com/

Pierre Henry 2010-08-25 09:02:43

Unfortunately BrowserLab IS screenshots, it's the service I'm using at the moment. It outputs all it's browsers as JPG files which you can save locally.

Daniel Hanly 2010-08-25 09:08:35

Update : i finally created an account to try the service but without success so far. Every time I try to load a page it disconnects me :( So not very recommendable after all... Still an interesting concept though.

Pierre Henry 2010-08-25 09:15:13

I also use IETester to test with various versions of IE. Very useful but IE only.

Pierre Henry 2010-08-25 09:17:13

+1 A:

This is a bit of effort but should help

http://seleniumhq.org/projects/remote-control/

JoseK 2010-08-25 09:13:59

+1 A:

i understand the most problem when we develop website is with IE... for online live screen shot view i usually use http://browsershots.org/ there is much website offer this service you can search is with keyword "cross browser testing"

Hope this help...

GusDe CooL 2010-08-25 09:19:09

and for add..when we are still in the local web development. i recommended use thishttp://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePagethis software really god to see our website in all IE view

GusDe CooL 2010-08-25 09:20:55

Thanks, but the idea is to get a service that doesn't offer screenshots, instead allows me to actually go in and interact with the page so I could see if the links were working

Daniel Hanly 2010-08-25 09:23:15

IETester doesn't work on a Mac :(

Daniel Hanly 2010-08-25 09:23:51

+3 A:

It's not as convenient as someone else providing it for free, but it you purchase VMWare Fusion for Mac, you can download and use one of the multi-browser virtual applicances from VMWare:

http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/0?k=browsers&c=0

This will give you a one or more virtual machine environments which you can fire up any time to test your site live.

If you prefer, you can build up your own virtual PC using Fusion and install all the browsers you need into it. Or just access the doesn't-work-on-a-Mac sites given by other answers.

If you don't want the performance hit (uses a bunch of memory and CPU) of running a virtual machine, you can always buy a cheap PC and install all the browsers you care about on it, keep it connected to the network somewhere in your office and use MS Remote Desktop client for Mac, VNC or www.logmein.com from your Mac to connect to it as and when you need if physical space is at a premium.

JBRWilkinson 2010-08-25 09:27:12

Cheers for this thought, just asked the boss and we already have a machine with VMWare Fusion installed, so I guess that's my new Website testing machine :)

Daniel Hanly 2010-08-25 09:32:36

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