Essentia BCT: FAQ

BCT- WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

Welcome, to all those visiting the website for the first time and to those who have been visiting from time to time. Yes, first timers, a question must be on your mind already. What is BCT and what is all about?

BCT stands for "Browser Compatibility Test". If you own a business which relies heavily on web traffic for sales, and your customers rely exclusively on your website to get information about your products, then this could become your most valued tool.

The web browser translates web pages developed with HTML to a format that is specified by HTML standards. These standards are usually given by the "World Wide Web Consortium". Differences between browsers in following these "Web Standards", lead to web pages being displayed differently across web browsers. This is known as Cross browser Compatibility. Try to access your website (or) web pages across different browsers and you will notice the difference. BCT has been designed to solve all these issues.

WHY USE BCT?

You must be wondering by now, there are many tools like this on the market, why should I use Essentia’s BCT tool? Yes, there are various tools available, but they only tell you what the problem is and not the where and the reason why. To find out where and why, you would be required to use another set of tools. BCT can do all the work.

You can first verify whether all the pages of your website are active. The tool will give you a result
showing all of the broken links.

Then, all the web pages or the desired web page(s) can be validated to find out whether they are compatible across different browsers using HTML validation. If this validation fails, it means that the web pages are not compatible between miscellaneous browsers

Screen shots of the web page(s) can also be taken across the selected browsers using "Image Compare".

The best part about using BCT is that it you get to choose what activity you want the tool to perform.