Adobe BrowserLab is a new online service that will help you test the layout of your web pages across a variety of web browsers and operating systems.
Comparing web design in Firefox 3.0 & IE 7.0
You can use the Browser Lab service to view the design of your site in Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on both Mac and Windows. BrowserLab works by taking screen shots of your web pages in different browsers on different platforms and then displays these screenshot images side by side for easy comparison.
Though the service doesn’t support Chrome, Opera and some Linux specific browsers, the advantage is that there’s no waiting time and it also offers skinning so you can place renderings one over the other to quickly spot the differences.
Skinning superimposes one screen shot over another
BrowserLab can integrate with Dreamweaver CS4 so you can test web page designs from within the WYSIWYG HTML editor without having to publish pages on to an external web server.
Related: How to Completely Test your Website
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/test-web-design-in-different-browsers/8949/
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Reader Comments
Good to know that this tool exists. I think it’s important to find out what it looks like on all popular browsers when redesigning a theme or a new site
Written by Michael Aulia on 06.03.09
How does this compare to Expression SuprePreview?
Here is an article about it: link
Have you tried it? Is Adobe’s better or worse than Microsoft’s?
Written by Quikboy on 06.03.09
Thanks for the article. Other than Firefox, I never seen my blogs on some other browsers and computers. I wonder if BrowserLab factors in resolution/screen size?
Written by Michael on 06.03.09
@Quikboy: SuperPreview is a desktop software. Adobe’s is a web service.
Written by Ankur Banerjee on 06.03.09
This isn’t anything new at all… and its typical of Adobe to focus just on Mac/Win and just Top Tier browsers (Firefox, Safari, IE)… Not even Opera!
A better (and open) alternative is link
Yes, there is a little delay, but you can also expand their offerings by adding your own platform/browser and donating your computers time/bandwidth.
Written by RyanK on 06.04.09
Well indeed, this is a very good service provided by Adobe BrowserLab. Now I think, it will faster the process of testing our website with different browsers..
Written by Royal Blogger on 06.04.09