Polypane
About Polypane
Polypane is a stand-alone browser for developers based on Chromium. It has build-in tools for responsive design, device emulation, accessibility testing and website performance.
By showing your site in multiple viewports, all fully synced, you can develop and test your site without resizing your browser all the time. Each viewport also supports its own device emulation and media query emulation features, making it easy to test for example an iOS and Android device side by side, or a light and dark mode theme side by side while keeping everything else fully in sync.
Polypane's features extend beyond the page you see, with features to inspect your meta information, heading structure and find broken links directly from the interface. It automatically links all of your page and gives you tips on how to improve the quality of your site as you work on it.
Key benefits of Polypane
* See your pages in many different viewports at once, all fully in sync as you work on them.
* Over 80 different accessibility tests and 25 different debug tools to inspect your page.
*Social media previews are built into the browser so you can check them even for local sites.
* Full device and media query emulation to test your pages like never before.
* Create viewports based on the CSS of the page: Polypane automatically parses your styles and extracts CSS breakpoints from them.
* Test your site with different simulators, from color blindness to visual impairments, to bright sunshine, night mode and dyslexia.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Polypane has saved me a lot of money and time
Reviewed on 2022/03/15
I am not a full-time website developer but it is within my responsibilities to audit and improve...
I am not a full-time website developer but it is within my responsibilities to audit and improve overall website functionality and visual performance. Polypane became my tool of choice for this as soon as it came out.
The simplest way Polypane is saving me money is when I need to evaluate a theme for a website at a marketplace like ThemeForest. I can run any theme demo via Polypane and quickly see if it could work, or is not suitable for the task — just by looking at the desktop and mobile view at the same time.
Before I bought Polypane, I kept a couple of tablets and several mobile phones around just so that I could put a design through its paces at different resolutions and see how well or poorly it performed. In the past, I have purchased many $50-70 theme only to find out later they would not work for me because the menu doesn't look well or something; with Polypane I can weed off the unsuitable themes very quickly.
It also helps me a lot to communicate the work I am doing to my customers. Many people still view their own websites only on desktop and demand solutions that don't work on mobile; a simple screenshot from Polypane allows me to show them quickly where the issue lies, and propose a better solution.
Pros
Polypane is an ambitious project: it combines website design & development, functional testing and accessibility testing (these are often addressed by different tools otherwise, especially the last one).
Feature development is ongoing, and valuable features are added every 3-6 months.
The developer Kilian Valkhof is extremely accessible and very generous with his time. The Polypane website which he runs in parallel with the Polypane app, includes several useful tools and TONS of valuable information within the blog section.
Cons
With 2-3 website tabs open and 4-5 emulated devices per tab, Polypane gets a bit sluggish for my old PC (4C/8T Haswell at 3.5GHz, 32GB RAM). Sometimes synced scroll will not work reliably.
Polypane FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Polypane.Q. What type of pricing plans does Polypane offer?
Polypane offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$9.00/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Pricing starts at $9 per month for a single user license on an annual contract, with discounted team licenses available for $39 per 10 seats. Monthly contracts are available for $11 per month per user, or $47 per 10 seats.
Q. Who are the typical users of Polypane?
Polypane has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Polypane support?
Polypane supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Polypane support mobile devices?
Polypane supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Polypane integrate with?
Polypane integrates with the following applications:
Figma, InVision, Marker, Tumult Hype, Zeplin
Q. What level of support does Polypane offer?
Polypane offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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