Hi there, fellow web developers. I stopped testing for Internet Explorer 6 a while ago, simply because I had enough trouble managing virtual machines to handle testing in IE7, IE8 and IE9. Now with my primary client fully switched over to IE8, I find myself rarely, if ever, even testing in IE7. In fact, I removed that VM from my VMWare Virtual Machine Library just yesterday (although I did not delete the VM’s file off my hard drive).
So my question to you all is: do you still test in IE7? Or is it only 8 and above for you guys now?
Thanks for your input!
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As far as my personal projects go, they are tested only in the latest versions of each browser. No backward compatibility unless it’s a requirement.
But when it comes to clients, I’m afraid I have to test even in IE6 sometimes. 🙁
Hello, Madame!
It was only in the last year that I learned of a time-limited Win7 virtual machine outfitted with IE9. As IE9’s developer mode can shift into IE7’s rendering scheme, the VM plus VIrtualBox enable me to fix IE7-related issues while actually developing in a LAMP stack.