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New Feature! Add a delay before taking your screenshots.

Posted Thu, 03/04/2010 - 20:04 by mike

Earlier this week, we had some customers ask if we could add a delay in before taking a screenshot. They needed time for some content to load and we thought it sounded like something other users might need as well so the boys in the back room got busy. We just added the feature in production today and it seems to do the trick nicely.

You can find this setting under the Advanced Options section for automated screenshots.

Adding Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar and IE Developer Toolbar to the configurations

Posted Sat, 01/30/2010 - 17:34 by mike

We have received a lot of requests to add developer tools to the browsers, specifically Firebug and the IE developer toolbar. We had initially thought that we should keep the browsers as close to an end user state as possible. However, after having to explain this to the 100th+ customer, we decided that maybe we were wrong and should be listening to what our customers asked us for.

Windows 7 Updated

Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 09:23 by mike

Whew! I finally got the Windows 7 configurations updated with some new browsers and tweaked them to boost performance. I'll be adding more configurations shortly, but if you haven't given this one a run yet, try it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!!

Mike

Live testing limit doubled!

Posted Tue, 10/06/2009 - 00:28 by mike

We've had several customers ask about extending the 30 minute time limit on live tests. OK, done. The new limit is now an hour. Anything else? Seriously, we listen and encourage you to give us suggestions to improve our service. If you have one, let us know.

Firefox 3.5 now available

Posted Sat, 05/30/2009 - 22:35 by mike

Firefox 3.5 was released today and we have added it to our XP and Vista configurations. We know that you can't wait to start testing. ;-)

You know that old story about a duck on the pond? Calm on top, paddling like heck underneath. You haven't been able to see a lot of the work we've been doing, but you will soon. We are adding a lot of new functionality and rolling out a new website. You know, one that doesn't look like programmers created it.

That is all for now, I need to get back to work if we are going to make our August release date.

Mike

IE8 and FF 3.1 Beta 3 now available

Posted Sun, 03/22/2009 - 17:00 by mike

I finally got Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.1 beta 3 up today. Sorry for the wait. Guess I was too busy playing with Expression Web SuperPreview. Not!! It is ironic that the company whose products cause the most incompatibility has decided to build such a tool. Seems like the energy would have been better spent on making the browser more standards compliant. But what do I know?

Enjoy,
Mike

Our stimulus package

Posted Mon, 02/16/2009 - 00:59 by mike

We're not giving out billions of dollars, but we are rolling out some new features that we hope you will like. A lot of work has gone into enhancing the infrastructure to improve performance and stability. These changes are not necessarily visible except that they enable us to add other features.

And the winner is...

Posted Fri, 01/23/2009 - 20:19 by mike

yudhiecavalera! If you are looking for some design work, we recommend contacting him. Don't keep him too busy though, we'll be needing some more from him.

We were not sure what to expect from the contest at 99designs.com, but we are glad we tried it. We got a nice logo an we can't wait to put it into use. The place could use a little sprucing up. ;-)

Help us 'Redirect' our image

Posted Thu, 01/15/2009 - 19:53 by mike

We are using 99designs.com to get some help creating a brand for our service. We are having a logo designed first and we hope to quickly follow that up with a website redesign.

If you are interested, the link is http://99designs.com/contests/16361. Since most of our users are designers, we are hoping that one or more of you will help us with establishing our brand and a new look. We hope to start a relationship with a designer and as I said, follow with a complete website overhall.

Two big announcements

Posted Sat, 12/06/2008 - 12:39 by mike

First, we are excited to offer a new subscription based pricing model for the frequent users of the service! The cost is $29.95 for the first month and then $19.95 a month thereafter. Don't worry, we will still be keeping the credit based model for the more casual users and the free option will also be available. This new pricing model will save frequent users even more over what similar services cost. It also allows you to easily budget your costs and provides convenient signup and cancellation through your existing Paypal account.

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