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Networkworld have featured a great article on Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed.

Written by By Peter Wayner of  InfoWorld, The article focuses on a set of Great Web Browsers that are not mainstream, (i.e. Intenet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome or Opera), yet provide amazing innovations.

In the game of technological one-upmanship, the browser used to be an easy place to win. Most people used Internet Explorer, so it was simple to gain the edge by using Firefox. But now Firefox is common, and even Opera and Google Chrome are losing their cachet. Safari ships standard with every Mac, so everyone, the cool and the uncool, have it by default. They’re all excellent browsers, but they’re still the status quo. Is there anywhere else to turn for a bit of distinction?

Finding an even more obscure browser is surprisingly straightforward, and it may offer more than just the feeling of superiority that comes from beating the crowds. Many of the alternative browsers exist to solve particular problems, and the new and better features are useful to us. Sometimes it’s because we’re part of some niche like Facebook, but often it’s because our boss wants us to do something with information on the Web and the specialized browser makes it simpler.

To read this great article visit: www.networkworld.com/reviews/2010/101910-top-10-specialty-web-browsers.html?hpg1=bn

Description:

Defect Tracker is a web-based development solution.  It tracks and organizes defect reports throughout the development cycles.  Its flexible customization enables you to adapt to your engineering changes.

Features Overview

* Engineer’s inbox (shows all defects assigned to you)
* Performing searches
* Creating public and personal reports
* Creating simple and easy to use charting in seconds
* Saving your personal and public charts
* Subscribing to defect updates by email notification
* Viewing defect change history
* Time-based escalation of defect priority
* Automatic defect assignment routing
* User management by role
* Finding out all logged on users in the system

Easy Customization Interface

You can customize the Defect Tracker without writing code.  Just use point and click, you can add, remove and modify any attribute of an object to meet your development specifications.

Database Requirement

Defect Tracker 1000 does not require a database and yet with full functional features.  If you choose to use a database later, you can simply migrate to Defect Tracker 2000.  By using the one-click data migration utility, you can migrate all your previous data into your new database.

Install and Run

All in one installation, there is nothing else to install.  You can use the Defect Tracker right away after you installed it.  There is no complicated setup and configuration.  Clients can be connected to server using a browser.  No client installation is required. Client is fully HTML based, therefore no plugins to download.

System Requirements

* HTML client runs on lastest Firefox and Internet Explorer.
* New Fire Server runs on major Java 2 platforms (currently certified on Windows and Linux, also known to run on other major platforms with java support).
* Series 1000 does not require database. Series 2000 supports the following major databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, IBM DB2, MySQL and Informix, PostgreSQL.
* Server memory: 64 MB (Series 1000), 128 MB (Series 2000)
* Diskspace: > 100 MB
* i386 compatable processor speed for server: 500 MHz or above

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practicalecommerce.com have released a video article on Testing with Different Browsers.

Test on Different Browsers

There are many widely used web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, as well as dozens of mobile browsers. But, not all browsers, and versions of those browsers, work the same; and a merchant’s website may not look or function identically on each one. Thankfully, there are many browser compatibility-testing tools othe web, including a free one called Browser Shots.

To find out more read www.practicalecommerce.com/podcasts/episode/1466-Test-on-Different-Browsers

WatirCraft is a testing framework that builds on Watir. It allows tests to be expressed as Rspec or Cucumber tests and provides a library structure to support maintainable testing. It gives you a place to put things.

Features

* Generates a directory structure for your test suite with one command.
* Provides page adapters you can customize for your application.
* Configure environment URLs and browser type (IE, Firefox) in one location.
* Supports multiple environments; specify which to test at run time.
* Uses templates to create tests and libraries.
* Automatically initializes browser for testing.
* Provides the glue to ensure your tests can find your libraries. Don’t write     another “require” statement again.
* Runs on Windows, Mac or Linux.

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Greasemonkey is an excellent extension for Firefox, which allows simple javascripts to be used on pages to alter the content.

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