General Discussions

**ross_drew** · 02-06-2009, 04:52 AM

Hey,

I'm a computer programmer who has just entered my first web development company and I've found a rather large bottleneck in the testing phase that I'd like to combat.
Testing on multiple browsers is a massively time consuming effort, however necessary it may be.

I'm thinking of writing a program to simplify this whole process as much as possible. There are many areas to cover though and as I'm new to web dev I don't really know how to prioritise them for example testing on old versions of IE or different resolutions.

My plan is to create a program that at first allows the viewing and controlling of a website in multiple browsers at once perhaps, and later add some test automation. My ideas are quite ambitious so this is my feasibility study really.

What I want from you guys is a discussion on what should be in it and what is most important in testing on multiple systems (browsers, resolutions, os's, etc).

It'll of course be open source and posted on Sourceforge.

**chrishirst** · 02-06-2009, 04:16 PM

You mean just like Browser Shots or Browser Cam or Cross Browser Testing or Litmus?

**jv17** · 02-07-2009, 05:25 PM

is that like a new tab?

**Decaf** · 02-07-2009, 05:52 PM

Its a website that takes screen shots of a URL in every web browser and sends them to you.

**ross_drew** · 02-09-2009, 07:35 AM

Those things are ok at what they do but that's purely aesthetic, you can't even scroll down on them as far as I'm aware, some browsers output cookie warnings and none of these websites get past that and you end up looking at a blank screen+cookie warning screenshot, you need to rely on their server and as well as all that you then need to run every page of your webpage through these rather slow tools. I'm talking about a real-time, local software system that allows you to check multiple configurations and setups simultaneously. I.e. click on a link and all displays are updated.

**ross_drew** · 02-10-2009, 06:28 AM

No opinions then?

**Decaf** · 02-10-2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ross_drew

Those things are ok at what they do but that's purely aesthetic, you can't even scroll down on them as far as I'm aware, some browsers output cookie warnings and none of these websites get past that and you end up looking at a blank screen+cookie warning screenshot, you need to rely on their server and as well as all that you then need to run every page of your webpage through these rather slow tools. I'm talking about a real-time, local software system that allows you to check multiple configurations and setups simultaneously. I.e. click on a link and all displays are updated.

1) They take a screen shot of the entire webpage.
2) They are run on vPC's so they allow cookies
3) Its processing many requests at once, just be patient.
4) Sure you can make a local version, but these are web-based.