Sunday, February 21, 2010

BrowserSeal 1.5 release

Since this version of BrowserSeal includes so many improvements we decided to skip version 1.4 and release it as 1.5. At the first glance, there are no major changes - the basic functionality is already stable enough so that we are pretty sure it will take us at least till the end of this year. However, minor improvements and new small to medium features are countless:

  • Better Windows 7 support
  • Better support for localized versions of Windows, such as German and Russian
  • Configurable screenshot delay that allows to pause before making a screenshot in order for flash, javascript and other AJAX content to load
  • Basic HTTP access authentication support
  • Support for Internet Expolorer 8 in 7 browser mode - it appears as a separate browser in the configuration screen. When enabled, BrowserSeal will temporarily configure IE8 for IE7 rendering mode. This is especially useful for Windows 7 and Windows Vista where IE7 shipped with IE collection cannot be installed.
  • Log upload option - in order to make BrowserSeal more stable and to streamline the bug reporting process, BrowserSeal now includes a "log upload" option, located under the "File" menu. BrowserSeal will also ask the user for a permission to upload the log file automatically in case of an error.

It also includes bugfixes for all the issues reported in version 1.4. As always, current BrowserSeal users are entitled for a free upgrade.

We believe that this update will secure our position as the fastest and feature reach cross browser testing application.