Saturday, January 24, 2009

Browser Compatibility Tools

Mostly used Browser Compatibility Tools

Usually web page looks very from browser to browser. Most of the cases people used to blame web pages only because of browser incompatibility .You are losing visitors because your web pages don’t work on all the popular web browsers. Your web pages may have a different look on each browser. Browser display problems can ruin your web pages, and these display differences are caused by a lot of things such as different browser versions, different computer platforms, screen size, browser bugs, HTML errors, and multiple browsers.

The tools below lets you view your site as other visitors do. Your effort is wasted if the majority of internet users are unable to view your masterpiece. In fact, some web sites are not even usable at all by some users.

SortSite Professional v1.01

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This tool checks accessibility, usability, browser compatibility, broken links, legal compliance and search engine guidelines.

Browser Photo

It tests browser compatibility and lets you see how your pages look on different browsers and operating systems.

IE NetRenderer

Web Renderer

This tool is a web browser compatibility test for Apple iMac and Linux. It allows you to check how a website is rendered by Internet Explorer 8 to lower versions. It’s free online, just type the URL on the page.

Smooks Report Generator

An open source tool for testing web pages for cross-browser compatibility.

QuirkSmode Bug DB for Mac IE

QuirksMode

This tool checks the configuration that can be targeted at a specific browser or profile of browser. The repository of configurations is extendable by anybody that uses this tool.

MGI Web Browser Compatibility

IE javascript interface

It tests for system compatibility with the browser configuration.

AnyBrowser.com

View your own site as your visitors would. Simply enter your URL to a surfer site view and it will give results in a few seconds.

Lynx Viewer

A free online tool to view your web pages as they would be viewed in the Lynx text-only browser.

Palm OS Simulator

It’s a free web browser simulator software that simulate a Palm device on your computer.

Free HTML/CSS/Link Validators

thefreecountry.com Free Programmers, Webmasters and Security Resource Site

It checks your page to see if it is compatible with various browsers. It also checks for broken links, HTML code standards, and CSS errors.

Browsershots

Epiphany 2.18

This tool makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. Computers will open your website in their browser and will make screenshots and upload them to the central server. This helps in verifying your site as cross-browser compatible.

Download.com

This is a great place to download all the latest browsers for testing your website.

Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer

View page as any browser and checks your website online.

Borland SilkTest

Borland - The Open ALM Company

An automated regression test and functional software testing which delivers time-tested stability and support for major enterprise environments in a cost-effective package.

EssentiaBCT

It ensures Rich Internet Application (RIA) is supported across browsers, increases ROI and broadens your market by making your website compatible across multiple browsers.

BrowserCam

This tool test your site on any operating system, speed up your workflow and create screenshots.

Javascript Browser Support

Livedonkey

This simple tool let us know if our browser supports certain JavScript/VBScript versions. It test your browser, collecting each version of javascript supported and the installed version of vbscript.

Validator.W3.org

W3C

This tool checks the markup validity of web documents in HTML, XHTML,etc. It can be used to check the issues in code to make it comply with any standard.

Browsercam

Screenshot

It offers different services and has a 24 hours free test evaluation which requires the registration.

BrowerPool

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It will test your website live in all current browsers.You can test the functionality in addition to simply the layout of a site. Only a live test can really test all functions such as a pull-down menu. It provide test for Mac, OS, Windows and Linux systems.

Terena’s Guide to Network Resource Tools

Home

Talks about XML Browser compatibility of IE4 to 5 and Netscape 4 to 5. Check out the references to learn more.

PACE Web Tools

Pace University

It gives detailed instructions on how to check your website for browser compatibility

ESWsoftware Browser Compatibility

It provides a browser compatibility chart for various browsers. It gives the technical overview and common problems for each browser.

CampusWeb

Campusweb - The website for staff and students at the University of Leeds

It provides guidelines in checking your site to make sure your code is clean and well written.

TredoSoft Multiple IE’s Package

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This tool will allow you to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer.

ieCapture

Screenshot

You can test your site in Internet Explorer 7 without installation using this tool. It’s free and gives instant results.

Multi-Safari

Screenshot

The current version of the Web Kit Framework determines the rendering of web-sites. This site offers 10 Safari-versions which can be installed along side other versions under Mac OS X.

Knoppix.net

Knoppix Linux

This tool will test your website in browsers which run under Linux. You can run Debian GNU/Linux in 5 minutes.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu

It has Firefox 2.0 already “on board”. You can use it to check your website in browsers which run under Linux.

Browsrcamp.com

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It’s free and offers the OS X Live test, a service which gives you the possibility to test your website by taking full control of a Mac OS X system.

BrowserShots.org

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This site allows you to test your site in many different browsers including linux, mac OS, and bsd. It’s a helpful web service to provide perfect user experience to your site visitor and a smooth production for you as web designer.

Litmus

Screenshot

It provides you with screenshots of your websites and offers you the management of your compatibility tests.

BrowserHawk

detect Flash, detect screen size, detect connection speed, improve web site usability, detect Acrobat, detect plugins

It detects all browser settings, screen size, plugins, SSL, line speed, and many more. Download your free trial and see how it works.

Network Learning Tools

This tool checks browser compatibility. There is no special software to download and no browser plug-ins required.

National Instruments

NI Home

It guides on how to use Javascript browser compatibility for different browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox.

NCD HTML Design Guide

NC Design HTML Design Guiude

It’s a handy reference chart which shows versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer support various HTML tags and attributes.

WA Browser (msi)

WA Browser Tech Republic

A simple browser using core MSIE technology for compatibility that gives users a better look and easier navigation.

IE Net Render

Master New Media

IE NetRenderer allows you to check how a website is rendered by Internet Explorer 8, 7, 6 or 5.5, as seen from a high speed datacenter located in Germany. Just type in a URL in the field above and try it out - it’s free!

MasterNewMedia Browser Compatibility

Master New Media

A tool that shows a comparison table of all conferencing tools or media tools based on the browser compatibility.

Dreamweaver CS3 compatibility checks for Browser Compatibility

Dreamweaver CS Compatibility Checks

It’s a tutorial series on how to check browser compatibility using Dreamweaver CS3. It provides demo for easy learning.

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