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There are a lot of browsers out there, as a designer/developer you need to make sure that your website looks same in all major browsers, if not in all. There are a plenty of browsers out there major browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, opera, Netscape etc. so the Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most difficult issues when it comes to web-development.

So the question how do you check the site in these browsers? You have 2 options; either install a number of web browsers or use web-based browser test services. And the obvious option for most of us is the second one.

BrowserShots.org is an online tool that lets you test your web-sites not only in all major browsers like Firefox, Opera, IE and Safari, but also in some strange and not so popular browsers like Dillo, SeaMonkey, Iceape, W3M etc.

You have the options to test against

• width of the screen size (640 – 1600 pixel)
• color depth (8 – 32 bits per pixel)
• JavaScript (1.3 – 2.0)
• Java (disabled or enabled) and
• Flash (5-10v)

When you submit your URL, it will start taking the screenshots in all browsers you choose; it will take estimated time 3 – 53 minutes based on the load on the server. After few minutes it will generates the screens of how your site will look in different browsers you selected in first step. You can observe it online or you can also download all screenshots in a .zip-file for later review.

So go and test whether your site is cross-browser compatible or not.

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