Cross-browser Compatibility Check on Blog Design

It is very important to do a cross-browser compatibility check on our web design nearly anytime internal structures are updated. Most theme developer may not specify compatibility of themes across browser on documentation. When a template is compatible with the browser we use regularly, it is naive to conclude it will also fit in exactly every other available browsers.

It may be shocking to realize this is not so. For the fact that a web design or an update fits in a particular browser say Firefox does not guarantee it compatibility in other browsers say Google chrome.

The reason is in the response difference of CSS code (cascading style sheets) across browsers. And this code is mostly used by theme developers in it’s configuration and styling that allows for great look and feel of themes.

To gain competitive edge in online business marketing, we must find a way to synchronize our theme to have precise blog design presentation across browser. Clients and prospective customers are exposed to different browsers and they are not oblige or restricted to the browser that best fit our theme.

This makes it imperative to ensure we find a way in making our site accessible and presented ‘as it should be’ to the generality of our customer base. Probably very soon this might not be a major concern when web browser code is standardized against common front and web developers are able to flow with the unified code.

However, there are numerous online resources and tools that can help check this compatibility given us the exact picture of how they look on different browsers.

Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing Tools

Cross-Browser Website	No of Browser Test	Price	Free	Side Test	IE
BrowserShot	More than 70	–	Free	No	IE6+
Adobe BrowserLab	More than 12	–	Free	Yes	IE6+
Spoon	More than 16	–	Free	No	–
Sauce Lab	More than 40	Paid	Free	No	IE6+
Lunascape	More than 3	–	Free	Yes	IE6+
IE NetRenderer	More than 5	–	Free	No	IE5+
Browserling	More than 8	Paid	Free	No	IE5+
Testing Bot	More than 54	Paid	Free	Yes	IE6+
IE Tester	More than 5	–	Free	Yes	IE6+
Super Preview	Varies	–	Free	Yes	IE6+
Sahi	About 3	Paid	Free	–	–
Browsera	More than 8	Paid	Free	Yes	IE6+
Cross Browser Testing	More than 100	Paid	–	Yes	IE6+
Browser Cam	More than 90	Paid	–	Yes	IE5+
Multi Browser Viewer	More than 80	Paid	–	Yes	IE6+
Mogo Test	More than 7	Paid	–	Yes	IE6+
Browser Box	More than 19	–	Free	–	–

With the above tools, you can run a quick test on any blog design to see how compatible your site is across different browsers. Contact us should you need help in this capacity and blog setup services.
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