Testing website across browsers on hosted virtual machines?

[Milano]

Hosted Virtual Machines
BrowserStack is a paid service that allows you to test IE6-11 and Edge (and every other major browser like Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox as well as iOS and Android emulators) inside your browser. There are also browser plugins available for Chrome and Firefox which make launching BrowserStack even easier.

With BrowserStack you can simply start up a new virtual machine in the cloud, running practically any OS, and then test your website in that environment.

Anyone aware of any free similar services? I need to test a website in a few different IE versions - but trial signups I have tried so far are not allowing me access to the specific IE versions I need to test.

Do not want to use a render or code checker, but an actual virtual instance in the cloud without having to build my own local virtual environments.

 

[stefanl33t]

Have you tried IE Tab extension on Chrome?

 

[Kosmik]

Or just installing Ie and changing the view on the developer tools? F12.

 

[Milano]

Or just installing Ie and changing the view on the developer tools? F12.

Thanks, yes I saw that method while looking for services ..but then the underlined part below put me off. Is it a reliable way to test?

Firstly, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11 all have developer tools that you can access by pressing F12 whilst in Internet Explorer. These allow you to change your document and browser mode to go back to older rendering engines, which you can find on the emulation tab in the tools. If you are using Microsoft Edge, you will notice that it doesn't have different browser modes that you can use, as this feature is only available in IE9, IE10 and IE11. It should be noted that these tools are not the same as the rendering engines used in the original browsers, so whilst they are useful if you are trying to reproduce a reported bug, they should not be used to confirm that your site is working correctly or looking pixel perfect in an older browser. To learn more about the developer tools, head over to MSDN.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...s-to-test-your-website-in-old-versions-of-ie/

 

[Milano]

Have you tried IE Tab extension on Chrome?

Thanks, I will take a look at that too.

 

[Kosmik]

Thanks, yes I saw that method while looking for services ..but then the underlined part below put me off. Is it a reliable way to test?

We've used them and they work close enough for our needs. It's definitely a route I would investigate prior to going a whole virtualised server route just to test browsers.

 

[Milano]

We've used them and they work close enough for our needs. It's definitely a route I would investigate prior to going a whole virtualised server route just to test browsers.

That sounds good enough for my needs, thanks!

 

[krycor]

Selenium