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Dónal
Dónal

Reputation: 187529

test website compatibility with IE7

I would like to see how my website renders in IE7. Unfortunately, my computer has IE8 installed, and I don't know how to downgrade to IE7. I've considered using the IE Tab Firefox plugin but reviews seem fairly mixed and I'm not sure how accurately it emulates IE7.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 322

Answers (7)

robjmills
robjmills

Reputation: 18598

We use ietester which allows you to test in all versions of IE and seems quite accurate

Upvotes: 3

KiNgMaR
KiNgMaR

Reputation: 1567

Here's a free tool from Microsoft that allows you to do IE 6, IE 7 and IE 8 in a very neat comparison view: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677&displaylang=en

Upvotes: 0

homework
homework

Reputation: 5087

Isn't there an option in IE 8 called compatibility view, right next to the refresh button, that simulates how IE 7 looks.

Myself personally, since I am a Mac user and I hate getting on my virtual machine just to check something real quick, I always use this Internet Explorer Net Renderer.

Upvotes: 0

Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen

Reputation: 55009

You can use the developer tools (F12) to switch the browser mode to IE7.

Upvotes: 1

Esteban Küber
Esteban Küber

Reputation: 36832

You could use

 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

to make IE8 fallback to IE7 rendering mode.

Upvotes: 2

Ned Batchelder
Ned Batchelder

Reputation: 375584

I've had good luck with Xenocode. I wrote about it: Xenocode and multiple IE's.

Upvotes: 1

Eldila
Eldila

Reputation: 15726

I would use a virtual machine with internet explorer 7.

You can download an image from microsoft for free which has windows xp and ie 7 installed on it.

Upvotes: 4

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