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

Adobe's BrowserLab is a great service if all you need is a screenshot. However, if you need to test the interaction with the site, MultipleIE can install IE6 as well as previous versions (not really necessary, though).

If you're looking for tons of browsers and just screenshot functionality, BrowserShots is another great tool.

Answer 2

You can upload your website to some free hosting provider. Then use http://browsershots.org/ to test your website in almost all the available browsers (incl IE6).

The website will take screen shots of your website.

Answer 3

Get Microsoft Virtual PC (it's free). You can download images with IE6, IE7, and IE8 for all your wtf-microsoft! debugging needs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

Also, don't trust IE8 compatibility mode.

Answer 4

Online service:

Browser Shots

Locally on your machine:

VirtualBox