When previewing sites on devices, I have access to the common devices to see how a page renders, what I don't have access to is the devices that take up a small part of the market, BlackBerries, Amazon Fire, Lumia line of phones and iPhones running newer versions of iOS, any recommendations on how I can preview on these devices ?
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Jump to PostAt some point you don't worry about it. That is, your web sales to those can't support the effort to make it look good on these. Right now the mobile viewing according to stats my CIO gave me point out we want to try it on Apple iOS, Android, Windows …
Jump to PostI would say if you have already some device stats from visitors (e.g. via Google Analytics) then design/develop for those devices/operating systems that's used the most.
if you don't have access to a device/operating system that you need to support, you could try to find an OpenDeviceLab near you.
Jump to Post@Siberien. It's a financial angle from my CIO. If we have say 1,000 web views, and 1 is on that rare device plus they may not be buying the cost of getting the web page to view spot on isn't worth it.
Another view is if you got it to …
Jump to Postabout strictly checking my site on roughly 6-8 devices and the rest hope it renders well.
You cannot and should not try to check your site on every piddling little device, it's just not feasible and after a little while, there's the law of diminishing returns. If you …
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