Comments on: BrowserShots – Web Design QA Automated http://www.internettechboston.com/2007/09/13/browsershots-web-design-qa-automated/ Discussion of Internet Technology and the local internet scene in Boston, MA by Matthew Mamet Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:21:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chucksense http://www.internettechboston.com/2007/09/13/browsershots-web-design-qa-automated/comment-page-1/#comment-41 chucksense Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:27:00 +0000 http://msmamet.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/browsershots-web-design-qa-automated/#comment-41 A recommendation that solves the same problem: buy a Mac, install VMWare Fusion (or Parallels), and create a few Windows virtual machines (one with IE6, FF1.5 and one with IE7, FF2+)<br/><br/>Using this solution, you can test in Safari, FF for Mac, <a HREF="http://www.caminobrowser.org/" REL="nofollow">Camino</a>, IE6, IE7, FF for PC--all on one machine and at the same time!<br/><br/>The advantage: You don't have to wait for browsershots which can be slow and can't reach behind log-in.<br/><br/>The disadvantage: You have to buy a Mac. ;-) A recommendation that solves the same problem: buy a Mac, install VMWare Fusion (or Parallels), and create a few Windows virtual machines (one with IE6, FF1.5 and one with IE7, FF2+)

Using this solution, you can test in Safari, FF for Mac, Camino, IE6, IE7, FF for PC–all on one machine and at the same time!

The advantage: You don’t have to wait for browsershots which can be slow and can’t reach behind log-in.

The disadvantage: You have to buy a Mac. ;-)

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