Browserling - Next Step in Cross-browser Testing


Cross-browser testing is serious business. The regular cross-browser testing services include capturing screenshots, hiring a QA team, or buying many computers and mobile devices to perform tests yourself. This is all past. There is now a new service called Browserling.As the Wired magazine wrote, “Browserling puts every browser inside your browser”. This service is indeed the next step in cross-browser testing business. You can now use real browsers, including all Internet Explorer versions and Android browsers right from your browser, and you don’t even have to install anything.

Developing a website that works well in all web browser isn’t easy. It’s especially difficult if you need to support older browsers, such as Internet Explorer 9. It’s also difficult if you’re using modern web design elements, such as responsive resizing, background videos and latest JavaScript ES6 features and HTML5 tags.

Browserling solves all these problems. It provides Internet Explorer testing and you can go back even to Internet Explorer 6 and test all the way to latest IE Edge version.It supports responsive testing and you can resize the browsers and change screen resolutions. You can easily performweb video testing and you can just load the video and it plays. And of course JavaScript testing. Hit F12 to bring up developer tools and you can run old JavaScript in let’s say Chrome version 1, or new JavaScript in Chrome version 55. Browserling is the ultimate cross-browser testing service.

Full list of Browserling features:

• Live interactive sessions – not just screenshots but live browsers in your own browser.

• Real browsers running on real computers – not IETester or virtual browser – real browsers.

• Internet Explorer testing – test in IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, IE11, Edge.

• Android testing – test in Marshmallow, Lollipop, KitKat.

• OSX and macOS testing (coming soon) – test in Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, etc.

• iOS testing (coming soon) – test in iOS 10, iOS 9 and iOS 8.

• Access to the latest browsers – all browsers get updated as soon as they come out.

• No Flash, Java, or plugins required – everything works in HTML5 and JavaScript ES5.

• SSH tunnels for local testing – no need to publish to Internet, you can just test locally.

• Safe browsing – connection between your browser and Browserling is encrypted with SSL.

• Secure and anonymous browsing – all browsers get cleaned after each usage.

• Screenshots – capture screenshots of all browsers and save them to your account.

• Bug Hunter – edit screenshots and send them for bug reports.

• Live API – embed browsers in your own website.

• Browser extension for quicker testing – extensions for Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome let you test with one click.

• Bookmarklets for quicker testing – bookmark browsers and save them to your bookmarks bar.

• Responsive testing – test websites in various screen resolutions.

• Record videos and share the screen (coming soon) – record browsers to gifs and videos.

• 150 free web developer tools – free tools for all web programmers.

You can use Browserling’s free service for limited time to try it out as trial. In the free version you get access to Internet Explorer, screenshots, extensions, bookmarklets and web developer tools. You also have to wait in a queue for free servers with other users that looks like this:

The paid version lets you test in mobile Android browsers, local testing through secure SSH tunnels, gives access to latest browsers and you don’t have to wait for a week to access it as in free plans, and you get unlimited Bug Hunter access.

Take a look at what users say about this service:

• Browserling guys hopped, skipped and jumped over all those barriers in record time without blinking and has put us on the innovations map. (NHS - UK's National Health Service)

• Browserling saves us $12,000 a year in licensing and labor costs. (MergEye Inc.)

• This is a great service for quickly testing all JavaScript environments quickly. (PubNub Inc.)

• I am extremely happy to see your technical capability to come up with immediately solution and the fast response. (ECESIS Technologies Inc.)

We talked with Browserling founders and asked them about what’s coming next. They responded that they’re adding automated screenshots, headless API for automated JavaScript testing, screen recording to gifs and videos, and screen sharing browser testing sessions. All these features will make Browserling an incredible cross-browser testing tool.