CROSS-BROWSER TESTING

Prepared by: Jyothi Venugopalan(QA Team Member)

BOSS Webtech Private Limitedwww.bosswebtech.com

CROSS BROWSER TESTING

Cross-browser refers to the ability for a website, web application, HTML construct or client-side script to support all the web browsers.

In Cross-browser testing major functionalities of the application should not change. Application must be compatible with the existing version of the Browser along with there OS compatibility.

 

NEED OF CROSS-BROWSER TESTING

Your site will look different in different browsers. Not everyone uses the same browser.

Most of the time you can follow standards and get a decent looking website working cross browser, but there's always variations.

Visual errors on your site can be very damaging and could cause viewers to leave right away.

BENEFITS Consistent, stable cross-browser/platform rendering

and functionality on all website pages - higher quality website.

Simplified website maintenance and updates.

Ease of use/viewing for end-users (your customers!).

Increased customer conversion ratio.

Your prospects will know that you value quality.

WHICH BROWSERS TO TEST? The answer to this is always, it depends on usage

share of browsers. Currently website pages is tested in the following

browser/platform combinations: XP: IE 7, IE 8, IE 9, Firefox 3.6.8,Firefox 4, Firefox 5

Opera 10.6, Chrome 12, Chrome 13 Mac OS 10.6.2: Safari 4 Unix/Solaris 8: Konqueror 3, 1.9.8, Mozilla 1.4 (by

request only) Desupported: Mozilla 2.x, Netscape, IE 6.x (by

request only)

MARKET SHARE OF BROWSERS.

Net Market Share

http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1

US MARKET SHARE

http://getclicky.com/marketshare/us/web-browsers/

CHALLENGES TO CROSS-BROWSER TESTING

CROSS BROWSER TESTING TOOLS

Browsershots BrowserLab Browsera SuperPreview Spoon Browserling BrowserBox Lunascape Selenium Remote Control IETester

SUMMARY

It's a good idea to test your site with multiple versions of multiple browsers, particularly if you plan to do anything fancy with style sheets on your site.

Instead of testing in random fashion test according to the market share of browsers.

ABOUT BOSS WEBTECH

BOSS Webtech is a process oriented design house specializing in web design, web development, backend web programming, mobile application development and other web and mobile related design and support services.

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