I would say that Browserstack isn't the best way, though, which is what the question is asking!
Browserstack is convenient, but it's nowhere close to booting up in a proper testing environment. I use VMWare Fusion and have XP, W7 and W8 installed. But even then, the text rendering isn't exactly like it will be while viewing in the real thing.
I would argue that the best way to test would be to have a dedicated windows machine with multiple drives, each with their own OS installed.
There are several possible combinations one can make. I always use what I think comes with the reality my users (or the website's users), sometimes even going to Cafe to see eral live how things really work.
I personally use Sauce for Mac - https://saucelabs.com/ -- @TheDoc if you haven't checked it out, you should, not a dedicated machine, but still very slick. You can also spin up Sauce Connect to test locally.
Ok, so im looking to do some cross browser testing, primarily for IE 7+. the current site is offline any suggestions?
im running os x
PS Any other resources for help with IE style sheets greatly appreciated.
thanks!
put the site into a dropbox folder. then get its public link. put that into adobes browserlab thing and presto!
browserstack.com
http://browserstack.com/
definitely, browstack.com
also, i havent tried it yet but check out: http://www.modern.ie/en-us
I would say that Browserstack isn't the best way, though, which is what the question is asking!
Browserstack is convenient, but it's nowhere close to booting up in a proper testing environment. I use VMWare Fusion and have XP, W7 and W8 installed. But even then, the text rendering isn't exactly like it will be while viewing in the real thing.
I would argue that the best way to test would be to have a dedicated windows machine with multiple drives, each with their own OS installed.
Here is a nice tool...
http://browsertap.com/
sorry, didnt notice this last part of your post the first time i saw it:
"PS Any other resources for help with IE style sheets greatly appreciated."
i've probably posted this link to css-tricks forums 100 times but here it is again: http://paulirish.com/2008/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/
yeah but browserlabs is free and browserstack is not
well yeah, browserlabs just shows a static screen shot. you get what you pay for.
There are several possible combinations one can make. I always use what I think comes with the reality my users (or the website's users), sometimes even going to Cafe to see eral live how things really work.
I personally use Sauce for Mac - https://saucelabs.com/ -- @TheDoc if you haven't checked it out, you should, not a dedicated machine, but still very slick. You can also spin up Sauce Connect to test locally.