Adobe BrowserLab: A powerful online tool for cross-browser compatibility testing

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If you are a web designer, a webmaster, a blogger or what have you, testing your webpage’s renderings on multiple browsers would be a great deal of help to pinpoint issues with browser compatibility. The newly launched Adobe BrowserLab, an online service which is accessible from virtually any computer connected to the internet, can do exactly what every professional web designer aims. It’s multiple viewing, comparison tools, and customizable preferences make it very attractive, savvy and functional.

Adobe BrowserLab users can get actual browser renderings generated in real time, with multiple viewing options via screenshots either on a single view, side by side, or as an overlay view with varied transparencies and added zoom functionality.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software users have access to it adding functionality such as testing local and active content. While everybody is trying to get a glimpse of its limited free preview, I too have tried to be one but unfortunately, I guess I’m missing out all the fun and here’s what I got:

As per Adobe’s advice, the BrowserLab free preview is available only to a limited number of users. How much limited is limited? I have an account but I cannot login. Oh well, this could be a one great online service but it seems that after the limited free viewing, Adobe is likely to open it for a fee. Yes, chances are, once the service goes well and as it seems, it has been getting a lot attention (while writing this article, I have noticed that some tweets having the term “Adobe BrowserLab” contains links poiting to a different site-a somewhat affiliate site, not sure if it’s a scam site with screenshots below. It seems that everybody’s riding the heat.) rather than to Adobe BrowserLab, then expect that the online service, may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice, of course you may also have to expect that some online services, and features, during the preview may not be available in all countries and languages.