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Let's Get Browsercam!

UPDATE: The Browsercam slots are all filled. Thanks to everyone who joined me—I’ll contact you all shortly with your credentials.

One of the problems with being a freelance web designer is that you can’t afford to have every system with every version of every browser sitting around your office.

So one of the things I’ve done in past years is signed up for Browsercam. Browsercam lets you see your web design on any browser on any operating system. Not only does it let you take screen captures of any os/browser/version combination, but you can also run a remote desktop of any os/browser/version combination so you can check your javascript, DHTML, forms and other dynamic functionality. The premium account includes mobile device captures as well, priority placement in the queue and 120 minute VNC sessions with an unlimited number of sessions and captures.

Trouble is, the premium account is $1000/year. Fortunately for us, that plan includes 25 users. What’s even better is that Fundable.com has a special deal with Browsercam that allows people to pledge towards a premium account. If we don’t collect the full amount in 21 days, no money is taken from your Paypal account. That’s $40/year for 25 users (just over $3/month)… not bad for full screen capture support and remote desktop access to every os/browser/version combination. And just so you know, I’ve been doing the Fundable/Browsercam thing the last few years and it really is invaluable.

Interested? Drop by our Fundable page to make your pledge. Oh, and feel free to share with anyone else interested—just use http://plas.tc/d/

As soon as the target 25 users is met, I’ll set up the accounts and mail the credentials over to everyone.

Questions? Fire away.

posted on 24 August 2009
by Jesse

Comments (8)
in the chapter, "Design"
tagged with browsercam browsers fundable testing

InterAction:

31 August 20091. Arley McBlain:

Can more than one user access the account at a time? If someone else tries to log into my Adobe Browserlab account when I'm using it, I get booted...

1 September 20092. Jesse Gardner:

Arley: Absolutely yes! Because the premium account allows for 25 users, every single one of us can be logged in using the service at the same time.

28 October 20093. fotograf:

Hi,

I'm having trouble finding any open slots for a subscription for BrowserCam on fundable. Any tips?

Thanks!

2 December 20094. Kenn Min Chong:

Hi there!
My name is Kenn Min Chong, and I am the Product Manager for the BrowserCam service here at Gomez, Inc. It has come to our attention recently that Fundable is now closed and as such the option to form group purchases is now impossible because of this.
As you know, the Fundable option allowed you to literally subscribe to a Premium - all access account to BrowserCam for as little as $40 a year (or just $3.33 a month!) per person. As such, we would like to work with you guys on getting a more reliable alternative to Fundable. Before we go down this path though, we would like to know the level of interest from the public on this. Please reply to this tread to indicate your interest. Thanks again!

Kenn Min Chong
Product Manager
BrowserCam, A Gomez Service

3 December 20095. TheRealRalf:

Dear Mr. Chong,
have just noticed that fundable.org is down but was subscribed to browsercam the last three years. Therefore I'd be glad to be in. One question though: Wouldn't it be possible to keep the fundable.org discount? :-)

Thx in advance,
Ralf

3 December 20096. Kenn Min Chong:

Hi Ralf!
That is also something we're definitely looking to consider. Again, we're only interested in being proactive on this deal provided that there is actually interest in it from the public. As such, if you could spread the word on this that would be great!

We currently have a public posting on these 2 sites:

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345568
http://forums.devshed.com/html-programming-1/read-this-any-interest-in-browsercam-group-purchases-658273.html

Please post your replies to either of these threads so we can keep a tally. Thanks!

Kenn Min Chong
Product Manager
BrowserCam, A Gomez Service