Today we released Multi-Browser Viewer version 2.0.5

Updates to this release include:

• Chrome v4 Standalone browser added, bringing the total standalone browsers to 17.
• K-Meleon Screen capture browser added, bringing the screen capture browsers available to 50.
• Improved proxy support.
• Some Windows 7 bugfixes

Thanks again for you continued support!

Please email us your feedback or comments, which are always appreciated.

We would like to thank everyone for their support and for taking the time to vote for Multi-Browser Viewer.

Multi-Browser Viewer has come a long way in a very short space of time. There have been loads of fun times, a few small challenges, but overall we couldn't be more pleased. 

Thank you for all the constructive product feedback and suggestions. We'll continue to listen and improve Multi-Browser Viewer.

In fact, some of our development goals for the next 6 months include mobile device browser testing as well as email rendering testing. We'll keep you updated.

 Thanks again for your support!

Vote now for the site with the Best Non-Editor Software for Web Designers. Nominees were chosen by you, the readers of About.com, in January, and the 5 best from the entire list were chosen to move on to the voting phase.

Voting goes from February 1 to February 24, 2010. Vote for the site you think is the best in the category. The winner will be annouced on March 1, 2010.

Vote here: http://webdesign.about.com/od/awards/l/bl-rc10-vote-non-editor.htm

 Thanks for your support!!

As you know Google officially released version 4 of their Google Chrome browser for Windows on the 25th of January 2009.

Some of their new cool features include:

• Support for extensions: Extensions are little programs, created by developers, which add useful functionality to the browser and to the websites you visit.
• Bookmark Sync: For those of you who use several computers for example, a laptop at work and a desktop at home, you can now keep your Google Chrome bookmarks synchronized and up-to-date across computers.

You can read more about Google Chrome v4 here: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/01/over-1500-new-features-for-google.html

Chrome 4 for Windows is now available for cross browser screenshot testing in Multi-Browser Viewer, bringing the total number of screenshot browsers available for testing to 49.

The most comprehensive cross browser testing software application just got better!

Version 2.0.4 brings with it the following new features:

• CDN integration: All sandboxed browsers and application updates are now delivered via a new world class CDN. This should provide much faster download speeds, and generally improved performance.
• Code optimization: The UI and basic scripting code have undergone some optimization, so the application should behave better.
• Minor bug fixes: thanks for reporting any bugs to us, a number of minor bugs have been fixed.
• Less Restrictive Evaluation version: More screenshot browsers are now available for testing, including IE6.

These new features build on Multi-Browser Viewer's existing main features like:

• 16 Virtualized Sandboxed browsers – test using real sandboxed browsers locally on your own PC, no VNC or remote desktop connections needed.
• 48 Screenshot testing browsers – high quality, full page screenshots of any URL, using our wide, always updated, selection of browsers on Linux, Mac or Windows.
• Built-in HTML validation and auto-correction to help you identify possible HTML problem areas.
• All files saved locally for future reference, including the HTML source code, web archive file and all screenshots images.
• Multi-Browser Viewer is updated continuously to ensure you always have access to the latest web browsers.

Why don't you give Multi-Browser Viewer a try today and tell us what you think. You can download a full trial here.

We ask all our loyal users to please vote/nominate Multi-Browser Viewer in the Readers Choice awards on About.com.

To nominate us click here: http://webdesign.about.com/u/ua/awards/readers-choice-10-non-editor-software-nominations.htm#ua_form

Thank you for your support!!

We are very happy and proud to announce that Multi-Browser Viewer just got a 5 Cow rating from Tucows! Thanks for everyone's input in making the product what it is thus far! With your support we'll keep on improving and innovating!

Check it out - http://www.tucows.com/preview/611775 

Also we still have a our end of year special running, if you were thinking of getting a license for the best cross browser testing software, simply use the coupon code - MBV-IUSW for 20% off.

We had a large number of people asking whether we will be doing a Xmas special. So here we go, what are you waiting for!?

Get 20% off until 31 December 2009!

To qualify for the 20% discount simply enter the following coupon code on the payment page: MBV-IUSW

With the official release of Chrome 4 beta for Mac OS last week, Multi-Browser Viewer is very happy to announce that we now fully support both Chrome 4 beta for Mac OS and Linux for screenshots.

As far as we are aware that makes Multi-Browser Viewer the first cross crowser testing software to support Chrome for both Apple Mac OS as well as Linux. Currently this is only limited to a few machines as we stress test the solution, but will be rolling it out to more machines when we are comfortable that it is stable and scalable. We have also rolled out the long awaited Opera 10 for Mac OS.

This brings the total amount of screenshot testing browsers available to 48 major browser versions accross the 3 major operating systems, Windows, Apple Mac OS and Ubuntu Linux.

If you would like to read more about the Google Chrome for Mac OS: http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac&hl=en

Multi-Browser Viewer 2 has just been released! After months of hard work and having listened to your feedback we have finally launched the next major version of Multi-Browser Viewer.

We still have to update some of the documentation, and other sections of the site, which still only covers the basic parts of v2 at present.

The coolest feature of v2 is the standalone browsers. Utilizing virtualization technology, we are now able to run all the major versions of web browsers alongside each other on one machine, with extra installs needed. All browsers run as a single executable that run instantly, each in its own sandbox — no DLLs, data files, installations, or runtime dependencies. The virtual browsers allows the application environment, including file system and registry subsystems, to be isolated from your computer, preventing the virtual browsers from interfering with your computer. This enables a user to test secure sites, Intranets etc. It also enable a user to test functionality like Flash, Javascript and Ajax. things that simply aren't possible using screenshots and is simply to slow via a VNC connection.

We are very proud of Multi-Browser Viewer as a product and feel that it now has all the functionality required to be one of the best, if not the best cross browser compatibility testing tool available today.

Some of the other updates include an improved installer, a snappier, more responsive interface and more Apple Mac browsers for screenshot testing.

We'd love to hear your initial feedback, let us know what you think.