# Viewport / Different Browser Testing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viewport-different-browser-testing/633419>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 2, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viewport-different-browser-testing/633419 "2015-07-02T05:52:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chacelp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/chacelp/32/7336_2.png) [@chacelp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chacelp)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viewport-different-browser-testing/633419/1 "2015-07-02T05:52:30Z")

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I’m looking for a tool to help me test web pages and apps in various viewport sizes or phone/tablet sizes. Preferably with a selection of predefined sizes. What do some of you use? Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viewport-different-browser-testing/633419/2 "2015-07-02T06:11:22Z")

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Chrome has a little phone icon on the left of the Developer Tools bar which triggers a mobile device test mode I use sometimes. It has presets for common phones/tablets. Other browsers might too, I just see it in Chrome most often.

A while back, I used a few different SaaS-type providers for this sort of thing, like BrowserStack or the similar-ish Adobe service. If you’re doing this for a relatively large company, sometimes they have funds for a mobile device test lab with a set of real-world hardware devices to test against.

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**Author:** ![chacelp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/chacelp/32/7336_2.png) [@chacelp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chacelp)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viewport-different-browser-testing/633419/3 "2015-07-02T19:37:07Z")

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Thanks, krilnon. I will have to check it out. I have actually been partial to using Firefox for debugging especially since I have noticed chrome becoming a resource hog (in regard to RAM usage). I see there are a few extensions for Firefox that may do the same thing but I will probably fiddle around with both over the holiday weekend.

I wish this was for work. I work for a giant healthcare company and I know they have the budget for testing tools… I just don’t work for that part of the IT organization. 😒