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I was wondering if anyone knew of any alternatives to IE Tester. I am getting some differences between my actual XP IE6 vm and my IETester. So I am looking for something that is a little more accurate than IETester.

Ripon Al Wasim
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Unfortunately the options are somewhat limited.

You can use VMWare with a Windows XP (or lower) install to test IE6

You can use VirtualPC (free) with a (free) XP/IE6 image from Microsoft

You used to be able to use Spoon.net to run just the browser via a plugin in Firefox/whatever

You can try MultipleIE's but IE6 will break and not work if IE8 is installed locally

Or if you are really lucky, you can DROP IE6 support!

scunliffe
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  • I wish i could drop ie6 support but the company still brings in a good amount of money on ie6 users even though they are at about 5% of our total traffic. Well thats what i thought the answers would be I guess I will just stick with ie tester thanks all – Lawrence Apr 19 '11 at 14:03
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I use expression super preview. It's good for layout bugs, but unfortunately it is useless for script testing

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If you just have the one page you can use Browser Shots for free or sign up for a small fee. They have been very good in the past when I have experienced the same issues with IE Tester not being 100% correct mainly with JavaScript problems.

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