Three Free Browser Compatibility Screenshot Tools
26
2008
I was in need of doing some browser testing tonight and I thought I’d share the free sites that can be used for checking your web designs across multiple browsers and platforms.
browsershots.org
This is definitely the coolest free browser testing tool. There are lots of browsers and platforms (mostly Unix based) to choose from and the service is fast. If you need to check on alot of browsers at once then this is the place to go. It’s also open source in case you want to start your own browser testing network.
browsrcamp.com
Need to see how your site looks on Safari? You can test it out here.
ipinfo.info/netrenderer/
And this one will show you how your website looks in different versions of IE. It has a cool mixed and difference feature that will overlay IE 6 and IE 7 on top of each other. This one doesn’t make an image of the entire page like the two previous ones do.
That’s all of the free ones that I know about.
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Comment by Jalaj
on 04 Feb 2008 at 12:09 am #
ipinfo.info/netrenderer/ is the best one and renders quickly (though has limited browsers support). browsrcamp.com is fine for safari. Browsershots has lot of browser options but sometimes end up rendering nothing at all after waiting for it and request expires if the queue is too long.
Comment by Bhumika
on 04 Feb 2008 at 11:50 am #
Wow! I never knew that such services can provide you with browser specific shots.
Comment by Tom
on 12 Feb 2008 at 11:04 am #
I recently ran across another browser screenshot service. It’s Total Validator. It validates (x)html, css, spell checks, checks links, accessibility validator and screenshots (virtually every platform and browser combination I could think of). It runs as an app, online or a Firefox add-on.
Comment by Paul
on 16 Feb 2008 at 10:21 am #
Browsershots is awesome, and considering the load that server is under, as developers we should all consider donating to the poor guy keeping it running.
Comment by Lance
on 09 May 2009 at 3:09 pm #
Browsershots is good but seems to take a long time to load these days.
Cheers,
Comment by Vasya
on 22 Oct 2009 at 4:06 pm #
Browsershots is nice, but if you want you screenshots in 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes you should probably take a look at BrowserSeal croo browser testing application