I'm testing IE7, IE8, Safari, Chrome and Firefox.
It would be pretty less boring if you guys told me that I don't need to test for XP, Vista and 7, since there's no difference.
Thanks
There are some differences to do with security, in particular what varieties of Windows authentication (NTLM and Kerberos over HTTP) are acceptable.
Also of course each Windows version has a different theme, which will affect what form elements look like and may trip you up if you were relying on the same pixel size of a scrollbar or something like that (a bad thing to do anyway).
Other than that, no, they're pretty much the same.
There are no differences in the same Browser Version run on different Windows OS. So if you test your site in IE* on Windows Vista, it should work in XP and 7, too. And also the other ways around. But I would use at least Windows Vista, because the IE9 is coming soon, and it won't run on XP.
I would also test on the different operating systems due to the way fonts may render as your layout could be impacted. Here's a site with a reference of some differences.
http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fonts.htm
Functionality will likely not be impacted, but if you are going to have users that have those versions of the operating system you need to test on them.
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I have a general question. I'm working on my first program in JavaScript and while I'm working on them I experienced some weird "broken browser"-problems.
During the weeks of work on my program I tested the project often on different browsers and computer systems. While doing it I observed weird behavior on Firefox and Chrome in specific versions. In both cases the program worked fine in both browsers then suddenly I experienced problems in Firefox on Windows on one machine. After some research I tried to update the browser and the problem was gone. The same experience I had on Chrome on Linux. It worked fine, then suddenly I had problems with Chrome 48. I tested the program on Mac and Windows, everything was fine. Then I recognized that the browsers on this machines has the version 54. So I updated on my Linux machine to the newest version and the problem was gone.
My Question: is it normal that such things happen with specific versions of browsers and if so, how to deal with it if you're working on bigger projects?
Edit: From the answers below I see that I was not clear with my question. The Question is not really about cross-browser compatibility than more about why a programm works in chrome v47, but not in v48, and then it works again in v54. Same for Firefox and other browsers.
You have to read about cross-browser compatibility.
Each browser may have different implemenations of specific functions or even do not have.
For older browsers like IE8 and less even simple window.innerWidth
doesn't work.
jQuery may help you. Its library which effectively provides cross browser compatibility for a lot of cases.
Another way to test if browser support some function is using Modernizr
You can also check support manually by websites like caniuse.com - works mainly for css styles but also js
I am developing a javascript bookmarklet that needs to be functional in IE 7 and IE 8. However I have IE 9 installed on my systems. Besides running separate instances of Windows that have older versions of IE installed, what are my options for being able to test a bookmarklet in IE 7 and IE 8? I have tried IETester, but haven't found a way to "install" a bookmarklet since there is no favorites bar to drag to.
You can either use virtual machines, which can be kind of a lot work to install. I personally use the tool Cross Browser Testing. It's the best way to make sure it will work in every single browser.
It has two types of testing, screenshots and remote control. In your case you might want to remote control a virtual machine and test it out.
Using virtual machines to run instances of windows with different combinations of the OS and the browser is the best that I've found when it comes to "manual" testing of things across browsers.
Some may say that running IE8 in 3 different VMs (XP, Vista, and 7) is overkill but I've found differences by doing this and when you don't have the flexibility to say "just upgrade", you don't have much choice.
You could also use BrowseEmAll which can run IE 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 on your local machine.
Can you suggest some good cross browser compatibility testing addons for firefox that may be useful while webpages developemnt?
Perhaps ones that can show me the view of my webpages in all major browsers by selecting in a single firefox window.
As far as I'm aware, there is none, and this is why:
Each browser renders based on its edition of the engine upon which it is based. Therefore, to see what a page would look like in IE, you'd have to render in Triton; Mozilla covers firefox; Webkit for Safari and Chrome (though each have differences themselves); etc.
The one way I get around the problem is loading other browsers from safari's develop window which offers the chance to open the page in any browser I have installed on my system. This still limits me, however, since I can't run a modern triton browser on OS X (short of installing a windows partition in some manner).
Essentially, browsershots is your only solution short of running all the various browsers.
The only one I can think of is IE Tab, but that only works on Windows boxes. Might not be quite what you're looking for.
I have an javascript application which I created on windows for windows browsers and released on the internet.
I bought an iMac last week.
And I found the application can run normally on mac, too.
I need to maintain and modify the application in the future.
And I want it to run on both windows and mac.
If javascript of firefox and chrome of mac have complete compatibility against those of windows,
I need neither windows machine nor windows in the bootcamp.
Do javascript of firefox and chrome of mac have complete compatibility against those of windows?
Or should I test the application not only on mac but also windows for every update?
I don't want to do that if possible.
JavaScript in Chrome / Firefox / Safari should be the same on OSX and Windows provided you are using equivalent versions between OSX and Windows. If you find any differences, then you'd probably be best to file a bug with them.
Mind you, I am talking about just pure JavaScript. If you are worried about how it displays, then it will probably be different. Browsers render certain components differently depending on the operating system; such as the default font, the chrome of the buttons, etc.
You should be more concerned about the version of the browser when testing, not the platform it is running on.
Platform-specific bugs are few and far between, but the are possible. Yahoo tests on multiple operating systems, not just multiple browsers. It's a question of how careful you want to be. For most sites, you can probably assume that the OS won't make a difference.
If what you're saying is accurate, then it was a mistake in the design of the JavaScript. You should have been testing for particular JavaScript capabilities, but it seems in you were testing for browser names.
I recently bought a Windows Mobile device and since I'm a developer I want to use it as a development platform. Yes, it's not supposed to be used like that but it's always with me and my laptop isn't. I know cke is a good editor for code but how can I run JavaScript/Ruby code without too much of a headache?
I probably could write a web application, send code to it and get the results back but maybe there's better solutions?
There is a possibility to run Ruby on Windows Mobile
Check this article for steps: Human vs Machine
Javascript is bit crippled on Windows Mobile.
Follow up the discussions here: Windows Mobile IE Team Blog
Hopefully the next version if Pocket Internet Explorer supports better!
I'm not sure if you're interested, but there's only a port of Python for CE.
http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/
You can also use etcl from Evolane (http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl).
It comes with console.
This is n old port of Ruby to WinCE, but from what I've read it doesn't work all that well - who knows, give it a try, YMMV
http://uema2.s8.xrea.com/ruby-mswince/
As for Javascript, WinMo devices have Pocket Internet Explorer - it isn't very good, but runs some Javascript. If you want something that is a bit closer to a desktop you could install Opera.
I've had a Windows Mobile phone for just over a month and would also like to run code on it. Unfortunately it's such a limited platform with hardly any community support. It seems to me that the only decent choices are Python, NSBASIC and PPL
For Javascript, you'll be better off using Opera, opposed to Pocket Internet Explorer.
As for cke, I found CEdit a more stable editor but you do have to pay for it. Though I don't think there is any editor that does syntax highlighting for Ruby on Window Mobile.
Rhomobile's open source framework Rhodes (www.rhomobile.com) works great on Windows Mobile.