Browser Shots

By Bradley Charbonneau | Filed under CSS, Design, Help, Reviews, Software

A client said her site looked wonky in Internet Explorer 5.5. Of course, my first reaction is, “Internet Explorer 5.5? Well … ” But I was determined to see if it’d be an easy fix. Otherwise, I’d tell her that 0.00238% of the population uses that browser and … ” You get the idea. The fix was a (typical) IE 5/6 issue with floats that weren’t aligning correctly, or rather, they were fine, but IE 5/6 weren’t rendering them correctly. I found the fix (display:inline, by the way) and needed to check with her to see if it worked. Of course, I knew I’d need to fix and check, fix and check, fix and check, to know if I had it right and I’d either have had to stay on the phone with here for an hour or go find an old computer and try to install IE 5.5 on it. Hmm. Enter “Browser Shots.”

“Test your web design in different browsers” the site says and it does exactly that. Put in your URL, choose the browsers you want to test and you’re on your way.