Getting started with Blisk browser

First steps

1. Download the latest version of Blisk
2. Create Blisk account
3. Log into your account in Blisk browser

Blisk user interface

Blisk features minimalistic material user interface. Blisk uses Chrome-like tabs, address bar and some other UI elements. Tab is the main container in Blisk. Withing each tab, Blisk has Toolbox - the starting point to use a device.

Blisk tabs (Blisk v.11 and later)

Blisk address bar (Blisk v.11 and later)

Blisk toolbar (Blisk v.11 and later)

Blisk toolbox (Blisk v.11 and later)

Blisk device content (Blisk v.11 and later)

Blisk desktop content (Blisk v.11 and later)

1. Tabs view displays Blisk tabs. Each tab acts like a tab in a regular browser.
2. Address bar displays current URL. Use it to navigate Device and Desktop contents.
3. Toolbar is a menu with tools (screenshots and screen recorder, auto-refresh, error notifier etc). Learn more
4. Toolbox displays global settings and device list. Learn more
5. Device content displays the selected device and it's properties. Learn more
6. Desktop content is a regular browser view. Learn more

Blisk layouts

Blisk offers different layouts (workspaces) for browsing and web development: Default, Device + Desktop, Device only, Desktop only.

Default layout (Blisk v.11 and later)

Device+Desktop layout (Blisk v.11 and later)

Device only layout (Blisk v.11 and later)

Browsing mode (Blisk v.11 and later)

1. Default layout displays Toolbox and Desktop content. This layout displays for all of websites except system pages.
2. Device + Desktop displays Device and Desktop contents side-by-side. Select any device in the Toolbox to enable this layout.
3. Device only displays Toolbox + Device content. Expand the Device content to display this layout.
4. Browsing mode displays regular Desktop content. Blisk uses this layout for system pages and specified pages.

Toolbox

Within Toolbox you can enable/change the device and make changes to Blisk settings (Scroll sync, Device sync, Cache, Blisk theme). Since v.11, Blisk shows Toolbox on all pages except system pages.

Toolbox toggler

With Device list toggler, you can collapse or expand the device list. The toggler has two states:

• Collapse device list (default).
• Expand device list.

Scroll sync

Scroll sync allows the device and desktop follow each other by the scroll position. Scroll sync has two states:

• On. Blisk synchronizes scroll position of device and desktop on current tab.
• Off. Device and desktop have independent scrolls.

Device sync

With enabled Device sync, Blisk sets the last selected device with its settings (device name, device size, device orientation) on each opened tab. Device sync has two states:

• On. Blisk sets the last selected device with its settings on each opened tab.
• Off (default). You can use independent devices and device settings on each tab.

Caching

Blisk provides two modes of caching: Enabled and Disabled.

• On. Blisk stores the data so that future requests for that data can be served faster (default).
• Off. Blisk loads all resources each time as if it is the first visit.

Theme

Blisk offers two themes: Default (light gray) and Dark theme.

• Default. Blisk applies the default theme to Tabs, Address bar, Toolbar, Toolbox, Device content, New tab page etc.
• Dark. Blisk applies the dark theme to GUI and internal pages.

Toolbar

Blisk features toolbar with buttons to manage Blisk:

Blisk toolbar (Blisk v.11 and later)

Screenshots and recorder

Blisk provides features for taking screenshots and recording the screen. Screenshots and screen records are automatically saved to your secure Blisk cloud storage. You can share screenshots and screen records with your teammates or attach them to bug reports.

Screenshots and screen recorder (Blisk v.11 and later)

Enable Screenshots and screen recorder:

1. Start Blisk, click Login or Register
2. Register or log into your Blisk account
3. Click button
4. Take a screenshot or record a video
5. Screenshots: Blisk opens the Image editor. If needed, annotate the screenshot and click Save To Cloud Storage. Blisk will save your screenshot to the cloud storage and you can share it with your team.
   Screen records: your video will be automatically saved to the cloud storage and you can share it with your team.

Multi-device screenshot

Blisk can take screenshots of multiple phones or tablets and combine the screenshots into a single image. With this feature, you can get the testing results even without switching across the devices. Blisk will generate the screenshot of all needed devices.

Multi-device screenshot (Blisk v.11 and later)

Multi-device screenshot settings:

• OS: iOS or Android
• Device type: phone or tablet
• Screenshot delay: value in miliseconds. Default value is 0

Existing scenarios of multi-device screenshot:

• Take screenshot of iOS phones
• Take screenshot of Android phones
• Take screenshot of iOS + Android phones
• Take screenshot of iOS tablets
• Take screenshot of Android tablets
• Take screenshot of iOS + Android tablets

Screenshot delay. Blisk generates screenshot of each device on window.onload event. The delay property delays taking a screenshot in miliseconds as soon as window.onload event has fired.

Enable Multi-device screenshot:

1. Start Blisk, click Login or Register
2. Register or log into your Blisk account
3. Open the website that you want to screenshot
4. Click button
5. Select the OS, device type and specify the delay (optional)
6. Click Start screenshoting
7. Do not perform any actions with Blisk until it finishes generating your screenshot
8. Your screenshot will be automatically saved to the cloud storage and you can share it with your team.

Image editor

Blisk launches Image editor after taking a screenshot. You can annotate the screenshot before uploading it to your Blisk cloud storage.

Image editor (Blisk v.11 and later)

Auto-refresh

Auto-refresh (Blisk v.11 and later)

Auto-refresh lets developers and designers be more productive by updating pages automatically. Every time you write the code and save changes - Blisk refreshes tab(s). Auto-refresh has two states:

• Ready to set up.
• Enabled for this website. Click once again to edit watcher settings.

Error notifier

Blisk monitors page errors in JavaScript and resources that failed to load. Blisk notifies you when the issue appears, provides errors report and searches for the solution on StackOverflow.

Error Notifier (Blisk v.11 and later)

• No errors on the page
• The page has errors. Click the button to view the errors report.

Page inspector

Blisk delivers own page inspector with most important CSS properties. It powers quick inspecting of any element on desktop or mobile without launching DevTools.

Inspector (Blisk v.11 and later)

• Ready to launch.
• Inspector enabled. Hover your page to inspect it. Click the button again to disable.

DevTools

Blisk delivers best DevTools (same as in Chrome). You can launch separate DevTools for desktop and device and use them simultaneously to inspect elements, measure performance etc.

DevTools (Blisk v.11 and later)

Device content

Select any device in the Toolbox to enable Device content. Device content displays the selected device, its properties and some options. Learn more about Blisk interface.

Favorites

• Add to Favorites (default).
• Remove from Favorites.

Device info

• Viewport size (pixels): height × width
• Screen diagonal size (inches): value
• Device pixel ratio (ddpx): value
• Screen pixels per inch (ppi): value
• Device OS and browser: OS + browser

Device orientation

• Click to toggle Portrait/Landscape orientation.

Device only layout

• Click to enable Device only layout.
• Click to enable Device + Desktop layout.

Device size

• Fit to view: Blisk scales the device to fit maximum window width and height (default).
• Real size: Blisk renders the device in its real size.

Close the device

Click button to close the active device.

Zoom the device

Press SHIFT, hover over the device and drag the cursor to top / to bottom.

Fit to view: Resize the device

Drag the splitter to resize device and desktop views. Splitter is a gray vertical bar between device view and regular desktop view.

Enable the device

1. Open New tab page, click Login or Register
2. Log into your Blisk account

Blisk settings

Blisk setup (Blisk v.11 and later)

Blisk includes additional links to settings:

• Blisk setup - find more Blisk settings.
• My account - go to your account.
• Upgrade plan - update Blisk to Premium version.
• Scroll-sync - manage scroll-sync.

Blisk shortcuts

Blisk lets you perform most tasks directly from the keyboard. You can find the list of the default bindings (keyboard shortcuts) below. Note: you cannot change the existing shortcuts.

Troubleshooting

• No Blisk device
• Blisk device list disappeared
• Auto-refresh is not working
• Update Blisk browser

If you face the issue with Blisk, please try to restart the browser and check if the problem still reproduces. Before submitting a bug report, please check that you're using the latest version of Blisk.

When submitting the bug report, please mention your Operating system and it's version, version of Blisk.