- Test your website on all browsers for free!
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Posted by oVan on Monday, June 11, 2007 | PermaLink | 1 commentsThis is an excellent tip for developers who want to test their website on all major browsers and platforms, without having to buy a Mac, Windows and Linux pc at the same time.
On browsershots.org you can get a screenshot of your website from a whole list of available browsers. It does take a while before you get all screenshots (from 15 minutes to a few hours sometimes), probably due to its large success so far. However, since this is a free service, there's no need to complain I suppose.
Here are some screenshot from browsershots.org that shows this very blog as it is displayed in Opera 9.20 on Linux and Firefox 2.0.0.4 also on Linux:
When you click on the image of the Opera screenshot, you'll see a close-up like this:
And finally when you click again, you'll get a 1:1 view on the screenshot, so you can examine every pixel of your layout.
If you need a faster solution, you can try BrowserCam which has affordable prices and gives you near instant results and much more options.Labels: Apple, browser, Firefox, free, Internet Explorer, linux, Opera, screen capture, Web Designer, web develoment
- Free screen capture tool: Cropper
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Posted by oVan on Saturday, March 24, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 commentsA little known free screen capturing tool is Windows itself: push the PrtScn (the good ol' Print Screen button) and you have an instant copy of your entire desktop. Using Alt+PrtScn you'll get only the active window. This method works in all Windows versions since Windows 95 if I recall correctly.
However, this method is not so practical for a lot of people. If you want to use your screen grab in an email, you can only paste it via Outlook, not via Outlook Express. In that case you need to open MS Paint, or Paint Shop Pro, and paste it there as a new image, then save it as a jpeg, and then go back to your email to attach it as a file. Yuck.
Here's a powerful free screen capture tool called Cropper. The latest release also works on Windows Vista, and it contains screen capture capabilities to:- BMP format
- PNG format
- JPG format
- clipboard (of course)
- directly to printer
- Cropper.AnimatedGif
- Cropper.AviFormat
- Cropper.CountdownPng
- Cropper.SendToEmail
- Cropper.SendToFlickr
- Cropper.SendToOneNote
- Cropper.SendToTinyPic
ps: Cropper is written in C# on the Microsoft .NET platform.Labels: .NET, Avi, C#, CodePlex, Cropper, download, Email, Flickr, free, OneNote, plugin, Png, screen capture, TinyPic