Is there a place I can download all browsers?

The main ones

[one_mind]

Hi,

I have developed a dynamic site with php, html 4.1 and css.

I only have ie6 installed and my site works fine in it. I was wondering what are the top 4 browser with versions that i can d/l to see what my site looks like in them.

Is it worth d/l ie5 and netscape 5,6,7,8?
Also, what version of firefox do most people use?

Any browser info would be great.

Thanks

[Robin_reala]

[browsers.evolt.org ]

It's probably worth testing your site in IE5.5, IE6, Safari 2, and Firefox 1.0. If you want to be more comprehensive then add in Mac IE5.2, Win IE5.0, and Opera 8. Netscape 4 is so old as to not be worth bothering in, 6-7.1 aren't used much any more, and 7.2/8 are roughly equivalent to Firefox 1.0.

[one_mind]

Cheers Robin,

I just d/l firefox 1.0.7

Looking at my stats of my site below shows that firefox 1.4.1 is used more than 1.0.7

Are they equivalent or should i get both? Also, i cant seem to find 1.4.1 on the mozilla site and 1.0.7 is the one they show on their main page.

40.00% MSIE 6.0
35.00% Firefox 1.4.1
8.00% Netscape 7.2
5.00% Opera 8.50
5.00% Firefox 1.0.7
2.00% Firefox 1.4
2.00% Safari 1.2
2.00% Firefox 1.0.6
1.00% MSIE 5.0

Thanks again :)

[Robin_reala]

1.4.1 is the beta of 1.5. They're pretty much similar in terms of the rendering engine (unless you're doing advanced CSs stuff), but it's probably worth running through both if you've got time. 1.5 hits release candidate status this week and should be finalised pretty soon.

[reddevil]

onemind,

where did you get the information regarding useage of browsers? i have previously read that ie6 is used by more than 90% of users (apart from webmasters testing their sites) coz it comes bundled with Windows XP?

[one_mind]

They are from my server log stats from my site.

[Robin_reala]

reddevil - the only accurate stats are thes ones you collect yourself on the website you're trying to get stats for. And even then they're only current, not potential. For example, if your sites ahd a big "Only for IE6" logo on the front page then you'd obviously get less Firefox hits than you mght do if you let other people in.

[tedster]

i have previously read that ie6 is used by more than 90% of users

That used to be what most general interest websites saw, up to the middle of last year or so. But the well marketed release of Firefox 1, along with a notable "Homeland Security" warning about IE in the US, pushed FireFox into explosive growth. For the first time since MS first stepped into the "browser wars", the IE user base has been eroding.

40% is a pretty low number for IE compared to what I usually see on general interest websites right now -- but I'd say 75% is common. This means that, more than ever, coding a web page exclusively for a pretty look in IE is not a wise move.

[reddevil]

Actually, I don't have any IE visitors this month...or do I? Most of my logs have User Agents along the lines of MSIE compatible, but seem to be Mozilla browsers.

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET

Where have all the MSIE users gone?

[Robin_reala]

IE idents itself as Mozilla/4.0 for historical reasons. The important section is 'MSIE 6.0', but even then a lot of bots id as IE to get let in to sites.