Browser Shots Cross Browser Compatibility Check

July 26, 2008 · Filed Under Cross Browser, Designer Tools, General Freelancing, Helpful Tips, Tips for Tuesday, Week Starter Tools · Comment 

Sorry for the late post, things have been really hectic being such a high demand freelancer.Which is what I’m sure most of you here reading my site are trying to become.  Yes this was posted in Tips for Tuesdays, and I know its not Tuesday… Got my days a bit mixed up here.

As a website development based freelancer I come across some great tools to help with my every day work. One of these tools as of late has been the use of validating cross-browser compatibility using the FREE Browser Shots website.

Browser Shots provides a very nice system to be able to see a screen shot of what your web site looks at the span of about 44 different browsers across multiple operating systems. From using the web site I have found that the web’s new style of coding is particularly not liked in IE5.5 and IE6.0 — Neither of which I use, which is why I use Browser Shots.

If you are in the design and development field, this is a great service to us developers. It is pretty important to have a cross-browser compatible website and to develop them cross-browser as I’m sure most of you know. W3C Compliance is always a plus, but you can be W3C Compliant and still not look right across many browsers.

If you’re not in the development industry but have a website that you had developed, it’s a good tool to make sure the developer did a good job. Anyways, take a visit, scan some sites with it, and let me know what you think in the comments please.

 

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Tips for Tuesdays - June 24

June 24, 2008 · Filed Under Helpful Tips, Providing Support, Tips for Tuesday · Comment 

I find that it is very helpful when I have a Ticketing System that allows me to keep track of everything that everyone needs done. This is especially helpful when trying to manage multiple projects at once. If you find that you are overloaded with email requests to make changes on your clients websites, and need a way to help organize and prioritize all of the requests coming in, take a look over at OSTicket for a system that really works.

That’s all I got for you this Tuesday, until next week.

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