Cross-test browser compatibility and why it is so important.
When building a website or blog for yourself or for your clients it is imperative that you check the appearance of the site in as many browsers as possible. What may look perfectly fine in IE may look terrible in FireFox. Inconsistencies in browsers can be difficult and time consuming to correct but you can’t correct them them until you identify them.
We use Browsershots to make screenshots of our web designs in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue and a number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to Browsershots. It takes about 30 – 45 minutes or so which means that you really shouldn’t close that window. Alternatively you can bookmark the page and go back.
Once the queue has completed you will see a screen containing a small screen shot for each browser you selected.
Be sure to bookmark this online tool as you will need it on a regular basis.
Just hover over the browser window that you are most interested in and it will popup. Simply click on that image to open a larger image.
