Preview in other browsers?

Hi,

is there a free web service, that gives me an image, how my website
looks in this or that webbrowser. (Safari, old Netscape etc...) ?

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Gernot Frisch
<Me (AT) Privacy (DOT) net> declared in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets:

is there a free web service, that gives me an image, how my website
looks in this or that webbrowser. (Safari, old Netscape etc...) ?

http://browsercam.com/ has a free trial. It doesn't take into account
differing font sizes, and only a small number of window widths, but it's
better than nothing if e.g. you don't have access to a Mac.

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Mark Parnell

Now implementing http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

On 06/03/22 03:57 Gernot Frisch apparently typed:

is there a free web service, that gives me an image, how my website
looks in this or that webbrowser. (Safari, old Netscape etc...) ?

I use http://www.snugtech.com/safaritest/ for Safari. Old Netscape was
available for virtually everything, so you should be able to install and
use it yourself if you really think there's any point to it.
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to the law of the Lord." Psalm 119:11 NIV

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I use http://www.snugtech.com/safaritest/ for Safari. Old Netscape
was
available for virtually everything, so you should be able to install
and
use it yourself if you really think there's any point to it.

Thank you. What othe browsers are commonly used? I tested IE6, Firefox
and now Safari. Is that enough?

"Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according
to the law of the Lord." Psalm 119:11 NIV

Totally agree.

This link might be useful for you.
http://www.delorie.com/web/wpbcv.html

- Rafiq.
http://www.ajaxtoday.com

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Gernot Frisch
<Me (AT) Privacy (DOT) net> declared in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets:

Thank you. What othe browsers are commonly used? I tested IE6, Firefox
and now Safari. Is that enough?

Definitely need at least a recent version of Opera. IE5 and 5.5 are a
good idea too - unfortunately still a lot of people using them, and they
have a lot of bugs.

"Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according
to the law of the Lord." Psalm 119:11 NIV

Totally agree.

That makes 3 of us. :-)

--
Mark Parnell

Now implementing http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Gernot Frisch wrote:

I use http://www.snugtech.com/safaritest/ for Safari. Old Netscape
was
available for virtually everything, so you should be able to install
and
use it yourself if you really think there's any point to it.

Thank you. What othe browsers are commonly used? I tested IE6, Firefox
and now Safari. Is that enough?

I can't give you statistics as to how many people out in the world use which
browsers, but I use Konqueror as my main browser. I will also warn you
about some of the flaws in the various statistic gathering software out
there - just in case you decide to hunt down the stats.

When I go to some sites, such as Air Canada to book a flight - I get a
message in Konqueror telling me that I may not be able to use all the
features of the site. I then tell my browser to identify itself as
something Air Canada's server's like and I don't get the message anymore -
the site also works just fine for me. The Stats on the Air Canada site
tells there techies that 99.9% (or whatever) of browsers that access their
site are the big three browsers. It shows them that a few months ago,
someone with konqueror browsed one page quickly and never came back.

If you really want to find out what bropwsers people are using when
accessing your site, ask them. Put up an interactive quiz, and ask them
what browser they use, what version, what screen resolution, and what size
viewport. While you are at it, ask them for their thoughts on your site.
After that, you will have a good idea what browsers are being used, what
colours they like to see, and whatever other information you may want ready
for the next release of your site.

Carolyn
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Carolyn Marenger

If you really want to find out what bropwsers people are using when
accessing your site, ask them. Put up an interactive quiz, and ask
them
what browser they use, what version, what screen resolution, and
what size
viewport. While you are at it, ask them for their thoughts on your
site.
After that, you will have a good idea what browsers are being used,
what
colours they like to see, and whatever other information you may
want ready
for the next release of your site.

Why didn't I come to this idea... Thank you, I'll do that.

Carolyn Marenger <cajunk (AT) marenger (DOT) com> wrote:

If you really want to find out what bropwsers people are using when
accessing your site, ask them. Put up an interactive quiz, and ask them
what browser they use, what version,

Unlikely that this would yield a representative result, people for who'm
a site works are less likely to fill in such a questionnaire, same for
certain personality types (certain personality types may gravitate
towards certain browsers).

what screen resolution,

Which has no relevance to a web author.

and what size viewport.

The typical user doesn't know what a viewport is, not it's width. Also,
viewport width is likely to vary for a given user.

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Spartanicus

Spartanicus wrote:

Carolyn Marenger <cajunk (AT) marenger (DOT) com> wrote:

If you really want to find out what bropwsers people are using when
accessing your site, ask them. Put up an interactive quiz, and ask them
what browser they use, what version,

Unlikely that this would yield a representative result, people for who'm
a site works are less likely to fill in such a questionnaire, same for
certain personality types (certain personality types may gravitate
towards certain browsers).

This is a factor to take into account when deciding wether or not to use a
survey. Another is how to word it and implement it so that it catches an
honest answer, not a biased one. However, it may give him an indication of
what some of the users are interested in.

what screen resolution,

Which has no relevance to a web author.

Yes, that I am aware of.

and what size viewport.

The typical user doesn't know what a viewport is, not it's width. Also,
viewport width is likely to vary for a given user.

You are correct here too. In designing a survey, I need to know what I want
to learn, and for that using the correct terminology is beneficial. When
actually wording the survey, I convert the technical into layman's terms,
such as, when browsing does your browser window take up the whole screen,
half the screen, or a quarter of the screen. Then in conjunction with the
screen resolution, I might have an idea as to what size windows my viewers
typically use, and also what the smallest ones are.

Being a newsgroup with a technical focus, I used the technical terminology
in the original posting. Maybe I should have elaborated more the first
time. Thanks for pointing it out, so as to hopefully remove any confusion
for anyone who may read this posting.

Thanks, Carolyn
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Carolyn Marenger