Design Website for IE6

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by jscowen, Jun 6, 2008.

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    When creating your site do you still test using IE6 to make sure the site looks right? or is it considered old now and you don't bother checking?

    What browsers / versions do you test when creating your site?

    Thanks.
     
    jscowen, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  2. eddiemoth

    eddiemoth Peon

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    A good number of my site visitors are still using IE6. So I test my site with IE7, IE6, FF and Opera.
     
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    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    I don't have a way to test with IE6 anymore, if I could I would.

    I usually test with IE7, FF2, Opera9, Safari (for windows), Flock
     
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    i am use firefox , opera , myie , don't use all IE
     
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    If you run windows you can install multiple I.E's

    http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IEhttp://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

    I ALWAYS check that my sites work in IE 6, IE 7 FF 2 (and now FF3)... Other browsers to check are Opera, Safari and that will cover a large % of the population...
     
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  6. ih82lose

    ih82lose Active Member

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    A lot of people use IE6, you should test in it as well.
     
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    I'm running vista.
     
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    codyturk Well-Known Member

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    At my work, we still have to. But for my personal site I don't really need to, since most of my visitors are web designers and use firefox.

    Doing sites for myself I test for FF, IE7, Safari (PC), and Opera.
    At work we are required to test for all browsers.
     
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  10. eddiemoth

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    My stats show that IE6 users are only next below IE7 then FF and Opera. So there are still a lot of IE6 users out there even in the US. There are some US companies that don't upgrade their work stations with the latest IE because other applications they use. There are things that work on IE7 but not IE6 for example this video script displays fine with IE7 but not IE6. You can check and see what is wrong with IE6 and IE7. Folks who use IE6 would think that this site is not a good site because of the display. So yes it is good to test with IE6 as well. My two cents.
     
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    i always use IE6 and firefox, but you need to refresh to view your recent upload site
     
    locjan, Jun 7, 2008 IP