Comments on: Cross-platform browser testing http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/ Random developer notes Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Updated: Cross-platform browser testing | Stickblog http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Updated: Cross-platform browser testing | Stickblog Thu, 22 May 2008 12:16:48 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/#comment-995 [...] while back I wrote an article about testing HTML on multiple browsers, bemoaning the difficulty of testing on platform-specific software such as Safari and Konqueror. Of [...] [...] while back I wrote an article about testing HTML on multiple browsers, bemoaning the difficulty of testing on platform-specific software such as Safari and Konqueror. Of [...]

]]> By: Cross-browser testing: IE6 and IE7 (and maybe more…) » StickBlog http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Cross-browser testing: IE6 and IE7 (and maybe more…) » StickBlog Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:58:44 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/#comment-759 [...] Further to my last post on this subject, I just got wind of a rather interesting Microsoft blog post offering a solution to the “how do I test my web pages on Internet Explorer 6 after I’ve installed Internet Explorer 7?” quandary. Microsoft is giving away a disk image (that can be run on their free virtualisation software, Virtual PC) containing Windows XP SP2, with IE6. [...] [...] Further to my last post on this subject, I just got wind of a rather interesting Microsoft blog post offering a solution to the “how do I test my web pages on Internet Explorer 6 after I’ve installed Internet Explorer 7?” quandary. Microsoft is giving away a disk image (that can be run on their free virtualisation software, Virtual PC) containing Windows XP SP2, with IE6. [...]

]]> By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Stickman Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:33:43 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/#comment-758 Jens: Thanks, I've added that link to the article. And I tried it myself yesterday -- a big download but it worked out of the box, so thanks for that. Jose: Yes, the screen capture route is very limited in its usefulness, but I suppose it's better than nothing. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before it's possible to run OSX on Windows through some sort of virtualisation (or dual boot a la BootCamp), which would make it all much easier. Jens: Thanks, I’ve added that link to the article. And I tried it myself yesterday — a big download but it worked out of the box, so thanks for that.

Jose: Yes, the screen capture route is very limited in its usefulness, but I suppose it’s better than nothing. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before it’s possible to run OSX on Windows through some sort of virtualisation (or dual boot a la BootCamp), which would make it all much easier.

]]> By: Jose http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Jose Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:38:50 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/#comment-757 Many of my clients demand that their render/behave identically in a wide array of browsers, which is one of the reasons I use Mac OS X for development work. I typically test in Safari/Firefox/Opera on the Mac and have two separate virtual machines running in Virtual PC so I can test IE 6/7 also. That allows me to test as I go on the major browsers. Virtual PC is a little slow but I find it a lot faster than testing via a VNC connection. I've used some sites that take a screen capture of the site, but that only works to test the page in it's initial state, and cant help you with any DHTML/AJAX/DOM manipulation of the page that may occur after the page loads in the browser. Many of my clients demand that their render/behave identically in a wide array of browsers, which is one of the reasons I use Mac OS X for development work. I typically test in Safari/Firefox/Opera on the Mac and have two separate virtual machines running in Virtual PC so I can test IE 6/7 also. That allows me to test as I go on the major browsers. Virtual PC is a little slow but I find it a lot faster than testing via a VNC connection. I’ve used some sites that take a screen capture of the site, but that only works to test the page in it’s initial state, and cant help you with any DHTML/AJAX/DOM manipulation of the page that may occur after the page loads in the browser.

]]> By: Jens Wedin http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Jens Wedin Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:45:03 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/web-development/cross-platform-browser-testing/#comment-756 I saw that you linked to my first serie, check out part III if you want to try out the WmWare solution, quite simple I must say. http://jedisthlm.com/2006/01/04/khtml-on-windows-part-iii/ I saw that you linked to my first serie, check out part III if you want to try out the WmWare solution, quite simple I must say.

http://jedisthlm.com/2006/01/04/khtml-on-windows-part-iii/

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