Manual Testing

MultiBrowser gives you all the necessary tools to run manual tests against all major desktop and mobile browsers. For this 4 different functions are available:

Live Testing

Live testing is useful to quickly test or debug with a specific browser version. For this MultiBrowser will launch the browser you selected directly on your local machine.

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To start a new live test select Live Testing in the top navigation, enter the URL to test and select the browser version. After a click to Start Test the browser will be downloaded (if necessary) and launched on your machine.

You now have the unmodified release version of the the browser running on your local machine. This browser can be used for testing / development and includes the normal browser developer tools.

Browser Compare

For running through a regression testing script MultiBrowser provides you with the browser compare feature. With browser compare you can start up to 4 different browsers side-by-side and have your input synchronized across all different browsers. This can cut down your testing time significantly.

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To start a new compare test select Compare in the top navigaton, enter the URL to test and select up to 4 different browsers. After a click to Start Test all selected browser will be downloaded (if necessary) and launched.

For the best testing experience wait until all browser have finished loading to start your test. Your input (scrolling, keyboard input, clicking) will be synchronized across all open browsers.

Visual Testing

To find issues with the layout of a specific page you can run a visual tests. During this test MultiBrowser will create a full page screenshot and automated layout comparison in all selected browsers for you to inspect.

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To start a new visual test select Visual Testing from the top navigation, enter the URL to test and select as many browsers as necessary. After a click to Start Test screenshots and layout comparisons for all selected browsers are created.

Note

After a visual test you can find all screenshots as image files in the subfolder MultiBrowser of your Documents folder.

Responsive Testing

To find issues with the layout in different desktop and mobile resolutions you can run a responsive tests. During this test MultiBrowser will create full page screenshots in all selected resolutions for you to inspect.

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To start a new responsive test select Responsive Testing from the top navigation, enter the URL to test and select as many options as necessary. After a click to Start Test screenshots for all selected options are created.

Note

After a responsive test you can find all screenshots as image files in the subfolder MultiBrowser of your Documents folder.

Page Analytics

This feature can help find errors and possible compatibility problems directly in the source code of a web page. For this MultiBrowser will analyse the HTML, CSS and JavaScript of a specific page and alert for any syntax errors, missing files and compatibility issues.

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To start a new analytics test select Page Analytics from the top navigation, enter the URL to test and select as many browsers as necessary. After a click to Generate Analytics the results will be displayed like this:

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