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This article is from July 8, 2010, and is no longer current.

Test and Fix Web Browser Compatibility Issues Inside Dreamweaver

This video excerpt is from Bring Your Web Design to Life: Creating Rich Media Websites with Adobe Creative Suite. Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., and Peachpit Press.


Every Web designer since the beginning of Web design has experienced the heartache of creating a site that renders correctly in one browser but doesn’t work in another. Back in the day, you needed a fleet of computers running different operating systems and browsers to test your site in a variety of situations. But since June 2009, we’ve had Adobe BrowserLab. This service shows you exact renderings of web pages on leading browsers and helps you find and troubleshoot browser-compatibility problems.
Initially, BrowserLab worked only with pages that were live or on a testing server. Then Adobe released a free Dreamweaver CS4 extension that, once installed, lets you test site projects on a local computer–no need to publish pages before running them through BrowserLab. That capability is now baked into Dreamweaver CS5.
In this video excerpt, you’ll learn how to test a local web page (one that’s only on your computer) using BrowserLab, and then use what you discover to fix the code that’s the cause of the browser incompatibilities.
Click the image below to watch the video:


Bring Your Web Design to Life: Creating Rich Media Websites with Adobe Creative Suite is used with the permission of Pearson Education, Inc., and Peachpit Press. Copyright © 2009.
 

Chris Converse has more than 25 years of experience in graphic and interactive design,with a unique focus on both design and development. He is a featured speaker at various industry-related conferences, including Adobe MAX, NAB, CreativePro Week, and Keyframes. You can find more of Chris’ events at codifydesign.com or watch his courses online at LinkedIn Learning, Udemy.com, Skillshare, CreativeLive, Pluralsight.com, and Amazon Video.
  • Anonymous says:

    Using Adobe Browser lab, I am finding an unsupported property. -adbe- I am not sure how to correct the browser issue, especially effecting IE6.
    I have been unable to find any solutions. Thank you, Lisa

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