Applications and websites in different browsers can behave differently. This is due to the fact that any of the browsers has its own add-ons, plugins, as well as differences in the desktop and mobile versions. Cross-browser website testing is designed to smooth out these differences, making development more or less universal.
Why cross-browser errors occur:
- Sometimes browsers themselves contain bugs or implement functions in different ways. Often this is due to an attempt to gain a competitive advantage.
- Some browsers may have different levels of technology features support for other browsers. JavaScript features will most likely not work on older browsers.
- Some devices may contain restrictions that may cause the website to run slower or display incorrectly. For example, if the site was designed for desktop, then it is likely that its content will be difficult to read on a mobile device.
- To start testing the site in popular browsers should be after it is checked for defects by other types of testing. Only in this case it will be possible to say that the detected incorrect scripts are related specifically to the features of the browser, and were not missed at other stages. Of course, this error should not appear in all browsers. Attention should also be paid to the combination of the operating system and browser, choosing the most common of them.
Why cross-browser errors occur:
- Sometimes browsers themselves contain bugs or implement functions in different ways. Often this is due to an attempt to gain a competitive advantage.
- Some browsers may have different levels of technology features support for other browsers. JavaScript features will most likely not work on older browsers.
- Some devices may contain restrictions that may cause the website to run slower or display incorrectly. For example, if the site was designed for desktop, then it is likely that its content will be difficult to read on a mobile device.
- To start testing the site in popular browsers should be after it is checked for defects by other types of testing. Only in this case it will be possible to say that the detected incorrect scripts are related specifically to the features of the browser, and were not missed at other stages. Of course, this error should not appear in all browsers. Attention should also be paid to the combination of the operating system and browser, choosing the most common of them.