Browser testing tip
23rd July 2002
I have Mozilla, Netscape 4, Internet Explorer and Opera installed on my Windows PC. I use Mozilla for browsing and the other three for testing. It turns out that all four browsers can be loaded with a specific URL from the command prompt like this:
iexplore http://www.bath.ac.uk/ - Internet Explorer mozilla http://www.bath.ac.uk/ - Mozilla opera http://www.bath.ac.uk/ - Opera netscape http://www.bath.ac.uk/ - Netscape 4
Thanks to these shortcuts I can hit CTRL+R, type one of those browser names, paste in a URL and hit enter to instantly load that page—fantastic for quickly seeing how a site looks in a different browser.
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