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k.digennaro
I really like browsershots.org but I can only get so many shots per day. When I'm creating a webpage I'm constantly checking and I reach my quota quickly. You can pay them buts it like $10 bucks a month... just another expense. Is there another site? or another way of obtaining different views of your site with little effort? lol

Thanks,
Kevin

P:S: I did a google search and didnt find anything, but might have been searching the wrong things.
Andrew
Well first off it's browsershots.org (i'd suggest you change it in your original post just in case people want to check it out)

and second after a short google search all I could find was an IE8 screen shot site, http://www.iecapture.com/ ... and a safari screen shot site http://www.danvine.com/icapture/ both ran by the same person. Very limited. But apparently browsershots sourcecode is free and available, so maybe a bunch of us could get together and use each others computers to create our own like personal browsershots site? I looked at the svn but I have no idea where to even start with that :\
ib
Download all the browsers.
EMOruffino
that would be fun.... tho very resource heavy...
ib
It's not.
NaRzY
Why do you not just do it via PhotoBucket? Or your hosting service?

Jacob.
wozzym
http://ezscreenie.co.cc
k.digennaro
QUOTE(NaRzY @ Aug 10 2008, 04:07 AM) *
Why do you not just do it via PhotoBucket? Or your hosting service?

Jacob.

how would i do it on photo bucket? just redose the image when i upload it?
Andrew
no I don't think they understand what browsershots.org does.
k.digennaro
you might be right trip, but that idea with photobucket makes sense kinda, would it be the same though as if it were resized in a web browser?
Andrew
I have no idea what your thinking, photobucket does not take screen shots like browsershots. Unless it's a new feature I didn't know about?
Cmain
QUOTE(k.digennaro @ Aug 10 2008, 10:09 PM) *
you might be right trip, but that idea with photobucket makes sense kinda, would it be the same though as if it were resized in a web browser?


Uhh... what... huh.gif
Magnus
Usually you only have to worry about IE6/7/Firefox 2/Firefox 3/latest Safari/latest Opera

It isn't too much of a problem to keep those on your machine. If you're having trouble with IE6 you might want to download MultipleIEs which lets you install a bunch of different versions.
ib
IE Tester is better.
Cmain
QUOTE(ib @ Aug 11 2008, 02:19 PM) *
IE Tester is better.


ohmy.gif

Awesome. Thanks for the link.
ib
Download portable Opera and Safari while you're at it too.

Portable versions are better because they don't install AIDS on your computer.
Andrew
QUOTE(ib @ Aug 11 2008, 05:26 PM) *
Download portable Opera and Safari while you're at it too.

Portable versions are better because they don't install AIDS on your computer.

I heard you can still get gonorrhea from installing Opera
ib
Protip: You're not installing it. Just run the .exe
Andrew
Bah, horrible attempt at a joke gone very wrong. Won't happen again.
k.digennaro
lol nice try trippin! if it makes you feel any better it actually made me laugh, i just wont admit it lol.

thanks for the links guys, i actually flock, opera, IE, and firefox, my computer didnt like safaria lol
flyboy
http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/index.php Got this From IAS . Very good site. Fast and reliable. Beats any any other web browser comparison sites.
k.digennaro
I think that the thing a lot of you are over looking about browser shots is that it not only allows screen shots from any browser, but also any resolution and several other options. The browser problem is easy, just download them, but how do you simulate different resolutions? Is it as easy as rescaling your design in PS?
ib
QUOTE(k.digennaro @ Aug 11 2008, 10:15 PM) *
I think that the thing a lot of you are over looking about browser shots is that it not only allows screen shots from any browser, but also any resolution and several other options. The browser problem is easy, just download them, but how do you simulate different resolutions? Is it as easy as rescaling your design in PS?

change the size of the browser window
k.digennaro
how? just drag it to make it smaller?
ib
yes
k.digennaro
hmmmm.... wow i didnt even think about that....lol

Thanks ib!
IamShipon1988
If you just want IE screenshots then use http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/
vasyapupkin
QUOTE(IamShipon1988 @ Aug 14 2008, 12:18 PM) *
If you just want IE screenshots then use http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/


You may want to check this service www.browserseal.com
zpcs
Pretty cool, the availabilty of how messed up one's site can look with the different views of all those browsers! (you can't please everyone, so you got to please make the lesser of the evils). Thx for the info.
vasyapupkin
QUOTE(zpcs @ Sep 3 2009, 10:05 AM) *
(you can't please everyone, so you got to please make the lesser of the evils).

I have to disagree, it is possible to please everyone, i.e. render correctly in all browsers, with the exception of mobile ones I guess
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