What do you use to test cross-browser layout?

Question

css

Actually a subject.
Interested in tools, a zoo of browsers and how you drive them (virtual or otherwise).
What specific programs do you use?

Answer 1

In the furnace all this bunch of IE, and IETester there too.
There is chrome, latest firefox and firefox 3.6
IE9 and IE8 and IE7 compatibility mode.
I already forgot about IE6. If someone is still sitting on it, then this is their problem. IMHO you should not fool your brains out because of a small handful of people who cannot upgrade.
Once used IETester'om. Not impressed, it crashes every other time and a bunch of small problems that I don’t remember anymore.
Even earlier, under Linux, I set myself IE6 and IE7 (then IE7 had just appeared) and rejoiced.

Answer 2

Ie tester habrahabr.ru/tag/IETester/

Answer 3

I downloaded standalone versions of IE7 and IE8 (IE6 is built into the system) when they were distributed for free by Xenocode. These are versions of browsers that are packed into a single exe-file for several tens of megabytes, their dlls, registry keys, files are also packed there, so it is possible to have IE6, IE7 and 8 simultaneously running and not conflicting.
Firefox and Chrome - I have several versions - you can download from portableapps and install at least 30 versions. To launch several firefoxes of different versions at the same time, you need to add some key to the launch shortcut, such as new-session or similar. Opera is also portable, some fan keeps an archive of different versions on his site.
To test under safari, the easiest way is to buy a poppy. The easiest way to test a mobile webkit is to buy an iPhone. But you can also just download the version for Windows.
It is impossible to download Xenocode versions of IE now, because either because of copyright or greed, Xenocode closed this shop. Officially, in theory, for testing, you need to download an image from the MS website, run a heavy virtual machine that will slow down and eat up resources and test there. This is how MS treats developers.
IETester does not provide this, as far as I know, the results are inaccurate in it, since it cannot properly virtualize applications.
Since I'm kind, I decided to share the available exe with IE7 and 8. IMPORTANT! Be extremely careful when downloading unfamiliar files from the network - there may be a Trojan or a virus.
IE7 standalone version rghost.net/36113282
IE8 rghost.net/36113296
Safari standalone old version rghost.net/36113309

Answer 4

a zoo of portable browsers, on Windows, and for ie 7 - 9, the 9th ie, 6 through ie tester is enough, on a poppy the same is only for a virtual machine.

Answer 5

Zoo on a computer. If we talk about under-browsers, then the eighth donkey is on the car. The seventh one is being tested in compatibility mode, the sixth one I don't even look at. Into his furnace.
The tester often lies, so for 6 donkeys I used virtualbox before. Now I don't know this browser.

Answer 6

After unsuccessful attempts to fix this , this and this , I realized that cross-browser compatibility is a myth. And it is necessary to write under one certain browser.

Answer 7

designformasters.info/posts/browser-compatibility-testing/ , www.ibm.com/developerworks/en/library/wa-crossbrowser/index.html?ca=drs-en-1205 , www.spoon.net/browsers

Answer 8

VirtualPC with a bunch of WinXP virtual machines that have the right browsers installed. Fortunately, licensed Windows7 licenses for virtual WinXP are not needed.
www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
You can also use the free VMware Player, but you need to do some magic on guest operating systems (install it, feed it with a tablet...)
www.vmware.com/products/player/

Answer 9

I just use a bunch of browsers. Windows OS in a virtual machine, there (if necessary) different IE.