O/S and Browser Testing
One of the difficulties of web development is that no O/S or browser renders designs in quite the same way. It’s time consuming (and sometimes impossible) to get your design looking just so for every possible combination. It’s also hardware and software intensive. Not everyone has access to PCs running Windows 98, XP, and/or 2000 plus Macs with OS 9 or OS X plus Linux or Unix machines, not to mention the plethora of browsers available on those platforms.
Drum roll please…until now. I stumbled across browsershots.org yesterday and it’s wonderful!
Enter the URL you want test in different platforms and browsers and browsershots.org uses distributed computing to snap screenshots in your choice of browser/platform. Those screenshots are then uploaded for your viewing pleasure. Problem solved.
consider me impressed