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Matthew - 30 Nov 2007 14:03 GMT

Hi Guys,

On a Windows PC it's easy enough to test how a webpage looks in Firefox,
IE, and Opera, but what about Apple's Safari? Unless you have an Apple as
well, which I do not.

Is there some kind of test site that will show how a page looks rendered
by Safari? If not -and I can't find one with my web search- how do you
pros do it?

Thanks all.

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Beauregard T. Shagnasty - 30 Nov 2007 14:14 GMT

> On a Windows PC it's easy enough to test how a webpage looks in
> Firefox, IE, and Opera, but what about Apple's Safari? Unless you
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> rendered by Safari? If not -and I can't find one with my web search-
> how do you pros do it?

Does this help?

http://www.apple.com/safari/

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Matthew - 30 Nov 2007 14:18 GMT

Beauregard T. Shagnasty emailed this:

>> On a Windows PC it's easy enough to test how a webpage looks in
>> Firefox, IE, and Opera, but what about Apple's Safari? Unless you
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> http://www.apple.com/safari/

Yes thanks. Didn't know there was a Win version.

There is a simulation page, I just found it:

http://www.danvine.com/icapture/

However it is not working at the moment, I've emailed the author.

Cheers.

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Good Man - 30 Nov 2007 16:39 GMT

Matthew <matthew@spamkiller.com> wrote in news:CYU3j.55541$c_1.43684
@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty emailed this:
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> However it is not working at the moment, I've emailed the author.

Just use Apple's version - go for functionality tests, not just screen
shots.

Besides, it'll also make sure things work well on the iPhone.

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Matthew - 30 Nov 2007 19:46 GMT

Good Man emailed this:

> Matthew <matthew@spamkiller.com> wrote in news:CYU3j.55541$c_1.43684
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> Besides, it'll also make sure things work well on the iPhone.

Yes I realized that after posting. Thanks.

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Safalra (Stephen Morley) - 30 Nov 2007 20:20 GMT

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:18:10 GMT, in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets you wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty emailed this:
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> Yes thanks. Didn't know there was a Win version.

It should be noted that most Mac users are still using version 2, whereas
the Windows version is 3 beta. Version 3 fixes various CSS bugs present in
version 2 [1], so it really helps to test pages on a real Mac.

[1] For example:

button{
display:block;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}

This bug was still present in early betas of verion 3, but has now been
fixed.

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