Browser Testing

Compatibility testing across all major browsers

Your website will unfortunately not display or work consistently across all the web browsers that your site visitors use. Browser compatibility problems can have a significant impact on the success of your website. Testing across all the major browsers is necessary to find and report these issues.

Browser Compatibility Testing

Why browser testing is important

Different web browsers, such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge, have the potential to display your website or application differently from one another.

Each browser renders web pages differently, which can cause page layout and styling inconsistencies, broken functionality and performance problems.
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Browser compatibility testing is important to make sure your website or application displays and works consistently across all the browsers and browser versions your audience might use.
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There can also be problems with the same browser across different operating systems, including Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, so it's important to cover browsers for each major operating system.
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Browser testing approaches

There are hundreds of different web browsers with more released all the time. Many browsers have a new version every few weeks. We balance testing coverage across the browsers your visitors and users are using with the time needed to do the testing on those browsers and versions. Here are a few different approaches for how we achieve this balance.

Our standard browser list

We maintain a standard list of web browsers that we cover for the majority of web projects. This includes the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox for both Windows and macOS along with the latest version of Safari for macOS. Edge is not generally included, as it uses the same Chromium rendering engine that Chrome uses.

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Detailed browser list

For some websites and web applications, usually sites that have large amounts of traffic or complex applications, we test across a more detailed list of browsers. This usually includes the latest 2 or 3 versions of each major browser plus other browsers such as Opera. The detailed list is always prepared in consultation with our client.

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Reduced browser list

When budgets for the project are limited or already stretched, or the testing has very short timescales, we offer options to test on a more limited set of browsers. There is a risk that some issues could get missed but this risk may be outweighed by the urgency of the testing or budget considerations.

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Specific browser list

Occasionally, the project we are testing is designed to be supported on very specific browsers or browser versions. This is usually where our client has more control over the browsers users have installed and so we can be more specific with the set of browsers that are covered in testing.

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Browser Testing

Browser Testing Services

Browser Testing is one of the testing types that are included in our Testing Services - and we carry out browser compatibility testing for the majority of projects whether for an ongoing service, such as Testing On Demand or Retained Testing, or a project-based service for testing new websites or web applications.

As new minor versions of browsers such as Chrome and Firefox are released every 4 to 6 weeks, and major versions of Safari are released every year, it is important to test your websites and applications regularly.

As part of an ongoing testing service, we can do that regular browser testing automatically, on an agreed list of browsers.

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Browser Testing Projects