ANN: BrowserHawk for PHP

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Hi all,

I wanted to share with you that we have (finally!) a version of BrowserHawk
that works great with PHP.  There is nothing to install to use it either.
Its called BrowserHawk To-Go (BHTG) an integrates instantly with any PHP
page(s) just by including a single line of code in the page.  See
www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg .

For a while now many PHP developers have been asking us to add PHP support
to BrowserHawk.  We initially tried to provide this by leveraging our
existing Java code base and making an interface to it through a PHP to Java
bridge.  However this was too complicated for many to get working and
performance was far from ideal.

BHTG, on the other hand, provides an instant "drop in" solution for PHP
developers that works extremely fast and is seamless.  Here is a summary of
what BrowserHawk does for unfamiliar with it:

  - detects 100+ browser/system properties including connection speed and
latency, installed plug-ins, browser type/version/platform, mobile devices,
Java settings, blocked popups and more. Essentially a robust and
comprehensive browser sniffer with big advantages over user agent sniffing
and how grown sniffers.

  - adds an instant browser troubleshooting page to any site, without any
programming required. You specify what your "rules" are (such as what
browsers and settings are required) and it presents the user with a
checklist and shows them where they are good and what needs to be fixed - an
provides self-help for the user to correct their incompatible settings or
missing plug-ins. It will also email you a report that contains the results
of their browser test and a description of the issue so you can troubleshoot
easily. Give it a try on this page:
www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg/bhtg_ret.aspx .

  - monitors the actual page load times as experienced by each user on the
site. This is not a ping test or synthetic monitoring, but rather the
*actual* load times, including latency, that each user experienced on each
page on your site.

  - tracks and reports back to you on any JavaScript errors users encounter
while on your site.  There are errors which occur in the wild which
developers often do not know about because with their test cases the errors
do not occur.

Also new is the pricing model.  With BHTG there are no upfront licensing
fees.  Instead you pay a small monthly fee (staring at $0.35 - $3.50) based
on your usage.  You pay for only what you use, and there are no minimums.

There is also a free version of BHTG you can use from development and
testing boxes. To try out the free account go to
www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg/signup.aspx.

For more information see www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg .

We're very much looking forward to the feedback from the PHP community on
how you like BHTG so please give it a try and let us know!

Thanks,

Kevin
Product Engineer
cyScape, Inc,
www.cyscape.com
Makers of BrowserHawk

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