how can i test my website with ie6

Question

i worked on a website in the latest firefox and then presented it on a machine that just had ie6 (and it looked horrible). is there anyway i can test what it will look like in IE6 without having to actually download. I see that ie8 has a compatibility mode (to show what it would look like in ie7), is there a similar thing for ie 6?

Answer 1

Here is the link to the VPC images from MS for testing in many OS and browser combinations

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en

Answer 2

I use Microsoft Virtual PC, and IETester. But when I need a quick preview (or am traveling with my MacBook Pro) Adobe Browser Lab is Awesome! You can't test interactivity, but display bugs you can test very quickly.

Answer 3

you can try

http://browsershots.org/

http://crossbrowsertesting.com/

and the one i like most 'https://browserlab.adobe.com/index.html#'

Answer 4

Evolt's browser archive has legacy IE installs, including standalone versions: http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/

Answer 5

Web based alternatives: (by providing screenshots) http://netrenderer.com/index.php

Answer 6

I have a testing PC in which i have IE6 installed. And i check the pages on that. I recommend that this approach is the best as testing on IE6 itself is the best.