Re: Multi browser compatibility check

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"S. Justin Gengo" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I use a virtual machine to load various browsers on and then fire it up
and check that way. I think that is the most common practice.

That's certainly what I do. After Windows (!) and VS.NET, I'd say VirtualPC
is probably the most useful piece of software I have. Certainly, the cost
savings in test hardware are almost incalculable!

I have a development machine with WinXP Pro, IIS and IE.

I have a VirtualPC with WinXP Pro and the latest versions of IE, FireFox,
Netscape & Opera. If I need to test something on an earlier version of
Windows and/or an earlier version of one of the Windows browsers, I'll build
a new VirtualPC just for that, at a cost to the client, of course...

I have a VirtualPC with SuSE 10 and the latest versions of Konqueror,
FireFox & Opera - I don't provide testing or support on earlier versions of
SuSE or the browsers that run on it.

I have a MacMini with MacOSX and Safari, FireFox, Netscape & Opera - I don't
provide testing or support on earlier versions of MacOS or the browsers that
run on it. Of course, this means I don't support IE on MacOS9 but, as
Microsoft ditched this years ago, I don't really care...

Also (don't laugh) I have a VirtualPC with WinNT4 workstation, IIS4, ASP3,
MTS2 and SQL Server 6.5 to provide support for a legacy system for a huge
multinational client. For whatever reason, they have chosen not to upgrade
this system - it just sits in their production server room churning away.
They pay me a silly amount for this, and I haven't had a single support call
in over four years... :-) I love being an IT contractor!


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