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Test Sites in Any Platform - Live!

I recently wrote a post mentioning Browsershots - a service which allows you to request screenshots of your site in different browsers/operating systems.
While that’s all well and good, how about the ability to test things live? Like AJAX, Javascript and all that other fun magic. Well, now there’s a service that lets you do all that! ‘CrossBrowserTesting‘, a service which lets you request VPN time on a wide range of different browsers and operating systems.

The choice is quite amazing, and the service seems pretty stable!

Here’s a few screenshots of it in action:

Safari - Very slick rendering!

Internet Explorer 6 - Ouch!

CrossBrowserTesting.com is a new service designed to let website designers see what their website looks like in different browsers and in different operating systems. It is based on virtual server technology which allows us to keep costs low and pass the savings on to you.

You can check cross-browser compatibility under many different configurations so that you can feel comfortable that your site looks and works the way it should. Check out the demo.

In these days of Web 2.0 and AJAX applications, a picture just isn’t enough. You put a lot of hard work into those javascript driven features and you need to actually use your website to get the feel of how it works across multiple browsers & operating systems. CrossBrowserTesting.com offers you this opportunity!

It seems like they’ve produced a pretty nice service. My only problem with it, is that the VPN over web isn’t quite fast enough for my liking. Most of the javascript I test is usually drowned with effects, and I like to see how those effects actually perform in real-time.

But, other than that, it seems like a good service. Give it a try!

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