ElbertF Blog: Using Internet Explorer 8 for IE6 and IE7 testing
Barney
· 3 months ago
Despite spending what seems like half my professional life dealing with IE compatibility issues, I still wouldn't call myself an expert — however there are a couple of (by no means authoritative) concerns I have over this…
1) If you are going to go about this process to cater for IE6 and you can only cater for IE6 quirks mode, then surely you need to force quirks mode not just for yourself but also for the user? Perhaps by extending the if condition to something like: !isset($_GET['ie6']) && !(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE 6.') … ?
2) It's important to remember that rendering is just rendering and other inconsistencies that are often lumped in to the same bag of bugs can be down to scripting — which even in compatibility mode will be that of IE8.
3) I still prefer your IE6ification bookmarklet. Especially for showcasing to clients. :)
ElbertF
· 3 months ago
Re 1: From my understanding a website will look identical in IE8 in quirks mode and IE6 not in quirks mode. I'm not sure if it's exactly the same but from what I've seen it comes at least very close.
Re 2: Good point, I guess if IE6 support is really important then you should just run IE6 in a VM to be sure.
Re 3: It's for their own good. :)
nileshbabu
· 2 months ago
thx for the tip! IE6 must EOL but most inhouse corporate application are developed to work with IE6 - IE6 is tough to kill
contorra
· 1 month ago
I translated your article into Russian and published it here with a link to the source. thanks :)
All Comments
1) If you are going to go about this process to cater for IE6 and you can only cater for IE6 quirks mode, then surely you need to force quirks mode not just for yourself but also for the user? Perhaps by extending the if condition to something like: !isset($_GET['ie6']) && !(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE 6.') … ?
2) It's important to remember that rendering is just rendering and other inconsistencies that are often lumped in to the same bag of bugs can be down to scripting — which even in compatibility mode will be that of IE8.
3) I still prefer your IE6ification bookmarklet. Especially for showcasing to clients. :)
Re 2: Good point, I guess if IE6 support is really important then you should just run IE6 in a VM to be sure.
Re 3: It's for their own good. :)