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Monday, February 18, 2013

Which Real Browser Do I Use to Monitor My Site’s Performance?


Which browser should I use to monitor my site’s performance? Should I test for all the most popular browsers? IE still has the majority of users in the market place—but shouldn’t I also test with Firefox?‖
Testing with a real IE browser is the most effective strategy because of the IE audience and because open web standards do not require you to conduct extensive testing using multiple real browsers – you gain the most by testing first using IE. Another reason to test with IE is that application developers often testing their applications using Firefox, only to have the application fail or not perform well when IE users begin to use it. Since most of the other browsers support the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) features and standards, testing for the most complex browser (IE) is recommended.

The two most widely used browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, with over two-thirds of the market worldwide—nearly 70% of site visitors use these two browsers.


Ask yourself the fundamental question, ―Which browser is our customer base using, and is our Web performance being monitored with that real browser or an imitation browser?

Related Links

1. Why Testing Web 2.0 Sites Requires Real Browser Measurements
2. Website Availability Monitoring 
3. Test Your Site on IE 9 and Measure User Experience 
4. Mobile Browser Compatibility


1 comment:

  1. I don't think that using a browser to monitor a web site is effective as there are a lot of tool to monitor sites thoroughly e.g. Anturis, Nagios and others. They monitor not only the site, but the hosting and all types of servers.

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