A while ago we added a feature that lets you link to a particular browser/version. A few weeks ago we launched multiple OS platforms. Today we updated the linking scheme and now you can link to a particular browser on a particular OS platform.
Here's the new URL sharing scheme format that includes the OS:
https://www.browserling.com/browse/Os/Os_Version/Browser/Browser_Version/URL
Os
iswin
currently (Microsoft Windows currently, Androids, OSX, and Linux coming soon!).Os_Version
version isxp
,vista
,7
,8
,8.1
(Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1).Browser
isie
,firefox
,chrome
,opera
, orsafari
.Browser_Version
is the browser version (for example35
for Firefox, or9
for ie).URL
is the URL that you want to load in Browserling, for example,http://www.catonmat.net
.
Let's say you want to share a link to CNN in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1. You then just create this URL:
http://www.browserling.com/browse/win/8.1/ie/11/http://www.cnn.com
When someone visits this URL, they'll get CNN loaded in IE 11 on Microsoft Windows 8.1.
URL sharing scheme is useful because you can just send a link to a particular os/browser/url though email, or you can put a link in a ticket, github issue, or code review comment. It's super neat and useful.
Happy cross-browser testing!
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