Browser Testing

Your website will unfortunately not display or work consistently across all the web browsers that your site visitors use.

Web browser issues that visitors can experience include the main navigation not displaying or not being usable, entire pages can appear unreadable and a myriad of other browser related problems are commonplace.

Browser compatibility problems have a significant impact on the success of your website and so testing across all the major browsers is necessary to find and report these issues.

Supported Web Browsers

WebDepend will fully test your website across all the major web browsers, which include the following (updated June 2011):

Internet Explorer 6 (Windows)
Internet Explorer 7 (Windows)
Internet Explorer 8 (Windows)
Internet Explorer 9 (Windows)
Firefox 4 (Windows)
Firefox 3.6 (Windows)
Firefox 4 (Mac)
Google Chrome 11 (Windows)
Safari 5 (Mac)

We can also test your website in other browser versions including Opera or minor browsers such as Seamonkey, Flock and Avant.

Browser Checking Process

Our browser testing service follows our standard testing process:

Review the existing website – or the specification, wireframes and designs if not yet launched
Create a test plan listing all the elements to be tested in each web browser
Carry out testing and record results in our bug tracking software
Any bugs reported will include a description of the bug, the URL where it was found, a screenshot and the priority level
Once the testing is complete we provide a report detailing what has been tested and what has been found
The report and access to bugs is provided through our client area

Updated & New Web Browsers

New web browsers are being released all the time, with new versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox made public earlier this year. To prevent any new browser issues being discovered by your site visitors, we regularly retest your website in each new browser version as it is released.

The release of Internet Explorer 9 in March caused major problems for many websites and similar issues for upcoming launches can be significantly reduced through WebDepend testing your website using beta versions prior to the main browser release.

Automated Screenshots

In addition to the manual browser testing, we can create automated tests that save a screenshot of a web page in each browser version and provide a report highlighting any browser compatibility issues.

This regular service offers peace of mind that your website continues to display correctly in each browser version.

Website Testing

Browser testing is one of our website testing services, our other testing services include:

Contact Us

Please contact us to discuss your browser testing requirements in more detail or obtain a free quote with no obligation.