Browserstack and other emulators help quite a bit in testing, and testing
on real devices is always advisable.

But here's a nifty tool I discovered which is really useful if you are just
playing around with breakpoint testing on your desktop browser.

http://lab.maltewassermann.com/viewport-resizer/

Tom

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Keith Jenkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Does anyone here have any experience with browser emulators such as
> BrowserStack?  http://www.browserstack.com/
>
> If so, have you come across any significant differences between the
> emulators and the real thing?
>
> Keith
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Ron Gilmour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Ideally, of course, one would have a mobile device lab
> > <
> http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/09/24/establishing-an-open-device-lab/
> >
> > where one could test a site on all kinds of devices, but that's not
> likely
> > at a small college library.
>