i worked on a website in the latest firefox and then presented it on a machine that just had ie6 (and it looked horrible). is there anyway i can test what it will look like in IE6 without having to actually download. I see that ie8 has a compatibility mode (to show what it would look like in ie7), is there a similar thing for ie 6?
There are much better free alternatives than Litmus. Check out the rest of the posts in this question.
S Pangborn
2009-12-03 20:35:24
Ahh I see, it has a "landing page cross-browser testing tool", see right-hand column half way down this page: http://litmusapp.com/email-previews
thomasrutter
2010-06-10 01:44:47
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Get Microsoft Virtual PC (it's free). You can download images with IE6, IE7, and IE8 for all your wtf-microsoft! debugging needs.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
Also, don't trust IE8 compatibility mode.
Rob
2009-12-02 04:32:12
If you development machine is linux you can use virtualBox on linux which is again a free virtualization software where you can install windows XP with IE6.
Kavitesh Singh
2009-12-02 05:08:41
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You can upload your website to some free hosting provider. Then use http://browsershots.org/ to test your website in almost all the available browsers (incl IE6).
The website will take screen shots of your website.
Aseem Gautam
2009-12-02 04:47:37
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I have a testing PC in which i have IE6 installed. And i check the pages on that. I recommend that this approach is the best as testing on IE6 itself is the best.
Gurpreet Singh
2009-12-02 05:02:06
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I use Microsoft Virtual PC, and IETester. But when I need a quick preview (or am traveling with my MacBook Pro) Adobe Browser Lab is Awesome! You can't test interactivity, but display bugs you can test very quickly.
Doug Neiner
2009-12-02 06:10:14
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Here is the link to the VPC images from MS for testing in many OS and browser combinations
Scott Wylie
2009-12-02 06:31:33
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you can try
http://crossbrowsertesting.com/
and the one i like most 'https://browserlab.adobe.com/index.html#'
Rakesh Juyal
2009-12-02 07:09:10
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Adobe's BrowserLab is a great service if all you need is a screenshot. However, if you need to test the interaction with the site, MultipleIE can install IE6 as well as previous versions (not really necessary, though).
If you're looking for tons of browsers and just screenshot functionality, BrowserShots is another great tool.
S Pangborn
2009-12-03 19:50:17
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The compatibility mode in IE8 is actually very helpful for this situation. You can set it to make your site appear as it would in several earlier versions of explorer. Here is a link explaining how to use it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956197/
-Kyler IE8 Outreach Team
Kyler_IE8_Team
2009-12-15 20:35:15
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Evolt's browser archive has legacy IE installs, including standalone versions: http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/
findzen
2010-10-06 21:23:19
findzen
2010-10-06 21:23:36