quick ie6 check

[charlie]

http://www.wigwam4homes.co.uk/

that look ok now in ie 6 anyone please ? or does it still look like http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2374201/ie6wig.jpg

ta

[spannaa]

It still looks like http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2374201/ie6wig.jpg

[charlie]

grrrr .. how about now ?

[spannaa]

No, still the same. OK in IE7 & IE8 though.

If you're on a Windows PC, IETester is worth trying for this sort of thing.

[charlie]

mmm looks like it isn't the double margin bug then as I've supposed to fix that .. will check out that software ta .. have been using an online one but there's a big queue

cheers


Charlie

[Jeep Stone]

If you want to accurately test IE6/7/8 using a virtual machine is the most reliable. All of the IETester etc give you mixed results, depending on what you have installed. Some of them also break existing IE8 functionality. Buggy IMHO.

[charlie]

cheers .. that's still a useful quick tool though but you know what ... I can't seem to figure this one so I think I'm going to tell the client if he insists on using a browser that's 9 years old he should probably expect errors :-)

[spannaa]

The following couple of changes pull it together (more or less) in IE6 for me.

Code:

#topblubak {background:url('images/topblubak.jpg') left top no-repeat;}
#toppic {width:495px;}

[spannaa]

If you want to accurately test IE6/7/8 using a virtual machine is the most reliable. All of the IETester etc give you mixed results, depending on what you have installed. Some of them also break existing IE8 functionality. Buggy IMHO.

I've not had any problems with IETester so far (as long as no 'real' IEs are running at the same time).

I agree though, virtual machines are much more robust for heavy testing.

[charlie]

brilliant .. thanks .. that should keep him happy :-) .. ta for that

[suedenem]

I agree though, virtual machines are much more robust for heavy testing.

Or even just bog-standard testing given that Microsoft has essentially admitted they c*cked IE6 up and provide a VPC image for free:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en

cheers .. that's still a useful quick tool though but you know what ... I can't seem to figure this one so I think I'm going to tell the client if he insists on using a browser that's 9 years old he should probably expect errors :-)

I wish I could tell that to some of our major corporate clients who have it rolled across their intranets!

With new clients we've started itemising IE6 support as an optional extra.  Most opt for it when we explain they might otherwise be losing a third of visitors, and it means we're being (fairly) paid for the time we spend implementing workarounds for antiquated software.

[spannaa]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en

It's great that the images are free but I'm usually cynical when it comes to free Microsoft stuff - what happens when the images expire on 1/4/10 or 120 days?

Does Virtual PC uninstall cleanly?

[Jeep Stone]

You don't need to uninstall VPC. The images are licensed for a set amount of time, but in reality, mine expired on 1st Jan and are still going. They simply release new versions when the old ones expire. VPC can just sit on your machine and you load the image in.

[spannaa]

Re: the images - that's good to know.

I use VMware Workstation rather than VPC as I can virtualise other OSs too.

What I didn't realise though was that I can convert the VPC images to VMware images using VMware vCenter Converter.

[Jeep Stone]

Yeah, it's useful to do, if a little fiddly.