BrowserShots - browser testing

Testing websites in all of the different browsers across all of the different platforms is no easy feat, and not always possible. I stumbled across BrowserShots which, given a web address, will produce screen shots of your website as they appear in different browsers on different platforms.

This easily lets you see how your site is rendered. Although there are still other aspects you might want to test, having access to these screen shots is fantastic.

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