It is virtually impossible to test a website on different browsers as there are just too many Operating System platforms and browser versions. But not all is lost as you can test quite comprehensively by using one of the following services:

  1. Multiple IEs: Since IE or Internet Explorer is still the dominant browser on the web (whether we like it or not), it makes sense to test on different versions of IE. Notably versions 6 and 7. A good option would be to install Multiple IEs and test your website locally. However, this program does not work on Windows Vista and you may not want to hack around to run Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Vista. Simply not worth the time, effort and risk.


  2. BrowserShots.Org: This is a web-based service so it doesn’t require any download and installation. It seems to work pretty well and you can download the results as a zipped file of screenshots. Check out http://browsershots.org to test your website. I tested a client’s site that I was working on and some of the screenshots in FireFox and IE 5.5 & 6 are below (click thumbnail to see full version).
    FireFox 2 Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 5.5 Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 6 Windows 2000
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