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If I'm on the phone with a client and ask them to look at something I can generally figure out what browser they have (minus the version) by asking 1 or 2 quest
by rartichoke 14y ago
If I'm on the phone with a client and ask them to look at something I can generally figure out what browser they have (minus the version) by asking 1 or 2 questions and that's often good enough.
Now... if you used this data in a way to automate some typical developer->client BS then I could see paying for it maybe.
For example, let's say you load up a few VMs with every major browser / browser+version combo.
Then you can tell a client to goto some url, maybe it could be something like:
http://browser.somedomain.com?for=somepage.com/preview http://browser.somedomain.com?for=somepage.com/preview
If the client goes to that address it captures his browser details just like your site does but then:
1. Replicates his settings with one of the VM browsers.
2. Takes a screenshot of what somepage.com/preview looks like.
3. Sends the screenshot and data to my e-mail or have an API letting me get that data back in on my end.
That has pretty high value because when a client says "the border looks weird!" that means nothing to me. I have to see the problem to be able to fix it and people who aren't technical are horrible at explaining technical problems.
- jonasvp 14y agoI've noticed that screenshots (a la https://browsershots.org/ https://browsershots.org/) don't really help either as there's no way to debug - you'd change something and need another screenshot to see what happened. I guess we'll have to integrate http://browserstack.com http://browserstack.com (which is an incredible service).
- thejosh 14y agoIf you are doing that much to just see one simple page, might as well try something like browsershots.
- rartichoke 14y agoI could but I would still have to send the client to some url to get his browser data so I know what to look up. If I'm sending a client a url, why not take it 1 step further and eliminate any work on my end by just providing me the correct screenshot and info? Then I can shoot a client an e-mail, ask him to click a link and seconds later I'm looking at what he's looking at with his browser settings without having to do anything.