CSS in different browsers

[coolist]

Hi,

Where can I download IE 4, 5, and 6 to test how my CSS will look in different browsers and settings?

Thanks

[CSS_Kidd]

First off. Very few people have IE 4 or 5 still. I usually start with 6 then up when testing IE. But there is a download by TredoSoft that has multiple IEs, from 3.0 to 6.0. Just google tredosoft or multiple ie.

[swa66]

IE 4 & 5: dunno, but they are extinct out there anyway, why would you care ?

IE6: Microsoft offers free (time-bombed) virtual PC images that contain XP SP3+IE6 IE7 or IE8. Virtual PC for windows is also free.

[microsoft.com...]

To get even older IE versions you could locate a NT cdrom or so and install that on a virtual machine.

IE5.x for the mac: died off, no (legal) copies to be found anymore AFAIK, nor is anybody using it anymore either.

[simonuk]

I second the virtual PC route because multiple IE didn't always give the same results as a fresh copy of windows on a virtual PC.

The other bonus is you can also install older versions of other browsers on a virtual PC so suddenly you have a massive test bed of browsers at your disposal.

[rocknbil]

IE5.x for the mac: died off, no (legal) copies to be found anymore AFAIK, nor is anybody using it anymore either.

<snicker> Got a G3 here I use for "acid tests" on IE5/Mac. :-) Is distro of this old dinosaur illegal in some way or just that everyone's saying "whew, good thing it's gone" (like NN4 . . . which I also have in both PC and Mac!)

[swa66]

IE for mac: Was available for free from Microsoft (PowerPC only), an deven bundled with older OS X versions. They then stopped making it available and for a time even had a page up that encouraged mac users to use safari instead. Even that page is now gone (still available on archive.org for those interested).

As macs get upgraded to Tiger (OS X 10.4) or more recent; or the hardware becomes powered by an Intel CPU; there really isn't much room left for the monster that IE for mac was. So I'd consider it just like NN4: let's forget it.

Redistributing software owned by others, even after they don't distribute it themselves anymore is risky business.