Great.. so they test the apps using the saucelabs tool and discover that it doesn't work in IE8. They then have to contact whoever wrote the software (do they

Great.. so they test the apps using the saucelabs tool and discover that it doesn't work in IE8. They then have to contact whoever wrote the software (do they even know _who wrote_ all the different apps they must have?). The vendor says "Sure, we can make it work with IE8 - pay us this much / day". Or they say "Sorry this app only supports IE6 and look at the 10 year support contract that you signed - IE6 is the only browser we support" Nice idea from SauceLab but the reality is that testing whether it works in a browser is only the first step and not the biggest hurdle. Fixing it is. (I've also just noticed that SauceLab is a cloud service - yes they have a solution if your app is behind a firewall - and it says it's as easy as a-b-c. Of course the reality is different. I bet a lot of the apps are firewalled to the extent that they're nowhere near an internet connection and would need network admins to then open it all up. Not really practical given all the effort involved)