Gomez Launches Free Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing Tool

Web-based Testing Tool Automatically Reveals How Web Sites Look in Different Browsers

DETROIT June 24, 2009

Gomez, Inc. (www.gomez.com), the leader in Web application experience management, today introduced a free Web-based tool that automatically tests how Web sites look in four commonly-used combinations of browsers and operating systems (OS), saving Web teams time and money. After simply entering a URL, the free Gomez Cross-Browser Compatibility Test returns screen captures of the Web page in each browser/OS combination, revealing content-rendering issues such as missing graphics, function buttons or text. The Gomez Cross-Browser Compatibility Test can be accessed at: http://instanttest.gomez.com

New, popular browsers like Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome use more client-side processing and have different ways of handling dynamic content such as JavaScript, increasing the risk of performance issues for Web pages and transactions. But testing Web application compatibility across every browser type, version and OS is time-consuming and expensive. Few organizations have the infrastructure or resources to build and maintain their own testing environment. Gomez's new Cross-Browser Compatibility Test provides a simple, free, and on-demand way to identify content-rendering issues by testing any Web page on the following four frequently-used combinations of browsers/OS:

  • Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP
  • Safari 3.2.1 on Macintosh OSX 10.5
  • Safari 2.0 on Macintosh OSX 10.4

The Cross-Browser Compatibility Test is a free version of Gomez's full cross-browser testing solution which automatically tests Web and mobile applications on over 500 browsers, OS and device combinations — including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera browsers, Windows, Linux and Macintosh OS, and iPhone, Google Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile smartphones — to ensure compatibility, functionality, and performance. \n"Web pages can look and perform differently from one browser to another," said Eric Schurr, Gomez's SVP of Marketing. "In today's economy, businesses can't afford to risk losing even one customer or one dollar of revenue because their Web applications don't work properly on a browser or mobile device. Gomez's Cross-Browser Compatibility Test reduces this risk while also saving time and money."

About Compuware Gomez

Gomez, the Web performance division of Compuware, provides the industry's leading solutions for optimizing the performance, availability, and quality of Web and mobile applications. The on-demand Gomez platform integrates solutions for Web load testing, Web performance management, Web cross-browser testing, and Web performance business analysis that test and measure Web and mobile applications from the "outside-in" — across all users, browsers, devices, and geographies — using a global network of over 100,000 locations. When combined with Compuware Vantage, Gomez offers the industry's only solution for optimizing application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet. Over 3,000 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises — including 12 of the top 20 most visited US Web sites — use Gomez solutions to increase revenue, build brand loyalty and decrease costs.

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Compuware Corporation

Founded in 1973, Compuware provides software, experts and best practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value. Compuware solutions optimize application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet for leading organizations around the world, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20 most visited U.S. web sites. Learn more at: http://www.compuware.com.

Press Contact

Brenda Menard
Gomez Division, Compuware Corporation
(781) 698-2393
bmenard@gomez.com