Screenshoot your website(s) in different web browsers

You know how to use WYSIWYG HTML Editors, how to design and code your website with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Java, Flash, blah blahs. But will or do they look exactly the way you wanted to show to your end-users–who uses different operating systems (OS) and web browsers (WB)? Cross-browser incompatibilities is a nuisance and can take away the interest of your audience off your website. Here in a useful open-source online tool that can solve your problem and also save your time checking your coolly designed websites in many browsers – Browsershots!

Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

You can take the screenshots of your website from different OS platforms – LINUX, Windows, Mac OS. And the browsers? Here list the list:

Linux supported WBs:
BonEcho, Dillo, Epiphany, Firebird, Firefox, Flock, Galeon, GranParadiso, Iceape, Iceweasel, Kazehakase, Konqueror, Navigator, Opera, SeaMonkey.

Windows supported WBs:
Firefox, Flock, K-Meleon, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey.

Mac OS supported WBs:
Firefox, Safari

You can also set and change the Screen Size, Color Depth, enable or disable Javascript with different versions, enable or disable Java with the options to set the versions and the same for Flash.

And that is not all to it. You can even download the Broswershots source code and re-use it and provide the same service of http://browsershots.org/ in your website.

Happy screenshooting your designs!

Here are the screenshot of my blog:

Epiphany-2.20 on Ubuntu-7.10


Epiphany-2.20 on Ubuntu-7.10


Firefox-2.0.0.4 on Windows-2000


Firefox-2.0.0.11 on Ubuntu-7.1


Galeon-2.0.2 on Ubuntu-7.10


Iceape-1.0.9 on Debian


Iceweasel-2.0.0.10 on Debian-4


Kazehakase-0.5.1 on Pld-3.0


Konqueror-3.5 on Ubuntu-6.06


MSIE-6.0 on Windows-2000


MSIE-7.0 on Windows-XP


Navigator-9.0.0.5 on Pld-2.0


Opera-9.50 on Ubuntu-7.10


Safari-3.0 on Windows-XP

Quick accessing your Gmail and Yahoo! Mail

I was rather bored today. But hand it to that boringness, I discovered some hidden tricks that has something to do with the Internet that had been left undiscovered to me till then.

It is often that new discoveries are made incidentally. Many would argue on that point.

But then experience is more of what is newly discovered which you haven’t known about it yet. Many would argue with me on that again.

So, what have I discovered this time round? Okay, I was bored. As checking email is sort of any addiction already now (I don’t get lots of junks or those personal emails. But I do get lots of those discussion mailing lists – listserv – which I subscribed and receive at least 50 of them lots everyday and always try to find myself time to read it). So I told myself, let me check my Gmail~ (Maybe one of these days, I should write something on Gmail).

I Firefoxed (my favourite browser until the next one arrives to beat it) up. I don’t really know what came over me then. I was curious (past experiences or maybe because of the boredom) to what would happen if I typed ‘g’ in the URL address bar of the browser.

So I did just that. I typed ‘g’ and pressed the Enter key. Yeh, yeh, I know you already know this old trick. If you don’t yet, I am ahead of you.

After pressing the Enter key, I was directed right to Gmail (http://gmail.google.com)!

Now that surely makes life more simple and one’s Internet time more exciting I should say.

I use Gmail and an old timer in email services – Yahoo! Mail extensively for my mailing needs. So what did I do next? It’s obvious.

I typed ‘y’ again in the URL address bar and Enter. Viola! It got me directly directed to Yahoo! Email login box (http://mail.yahoo.com)!

Don’t try this with IE though. I haven’t tested the same trick with IE 7 or any other browser – it may or it may not work. That’s for you to find out.