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benzeman
19-01-11, 19:38
Hi,

As IE6 refuses to die, I still need to write web pages for it. Do you know anywhere I can get IE6 for windows 7 so I can test pages in it? Thanks!
Snakedoc
19-01-11, 19:41
XP mode Ultimate and pro though. Try VM ware or even multiple IEs *may* work, not tried in Win 7.
benzeman
19-01-11, 20:06
I'm on HP so XPM is no good :( MultipleIE's dosen't work in W7, I tried that... And I'd really prefer not to have to use a WinXP virtual PC, but I guess that's what I will have to do! I wish we could Bring Down IE6 (http://www.bringdownie6.com/). Or at least get users to update (http://ie6update.com/). I wish there was no more IE6 (http://www.ie6nomore.com/)
PMM
19-01-11, 20:49
big problem as daft as it seems too many companies are reliant on it due to having apps created using activex stuff and then later they broke it.

Got that situation in ours, compatibility mode just does not cut the mustard.

And were talking a business app in the range of £500,000-£1 million needing i.e.6 and won't run in Firefox/Chrome.
Pancake
19-01-11, 20:58
XP mode or VMware is the best way
Nathan94
19-01-11, 21:04
The worst, yet one of the most popular browsers. :( Sadness
Pancake
19-01-11, 21:05
The worst, yet one of the most popular browsers. :( Sadness

Thats because there is nothing wrong with it, and its fast. I still use it on my XP machine
cinek
19-01-11, 21:09
have you tried IETester?

http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
andyn
20-01-11, 15:27
Thats because there is nothing wrong with it, and its fast. I still use it on my XP machine

You wouldn't say that if you were a web developer. There was nothing wrong with it in 2001, now though it's a real issue having to implement hacks constantly just to make a web page work properly in IE6 for the 5-10% of people still using it.
joker3327
20-01-11, 15:32
Just the thing

http://www.neowin.net/news/free-xp-virtual-machine-image-for-ie6-web-development
Smifis
20-01-11, 22:15
You wouldn't say that if you were a web developer. There was nothing wrong with it in 2001, now though it's a real issue having to implement hacks constantly just to make a web page work properly in IE6 for the 5-10% of people still using it.
TBH, I've practically given up on IE6 users, using the silly

<!--[if lt IE 6]>
<![endif]-->
code to display a message to IE users that their browser is un-supported, I somewhat get around the need and help the nudge to ''modernness''.
Dukey
27-01-11, 17:48
just checked my Analytics, looks like on the sites I work on (wood burning stoves, older demographic) 3% of people are still on IE6...

So so close to being able to let it die...

Thank god Windows PCs get so slow, so people replace them :)
Bombalur
29-01-11, 00:06
just checked my Analytics, looks like on the sites I work on (wood burning stoves, older demographic) 3% of people are still on IE6...

So so close to being able to let it die...

Thank god Windows PCs get so slow, so people replace them :)


true true :)
how about an alternative, if you can install it, ubuntu or lnux with it installed under wine on a vm,
marsey99
29-01-11, 01:17
smifis is onto something guys, point them to a chrome download link :thumb:
Peter
29-01-11, 11:37
The site I work on has <0.5% of visitors using IE6 so I just don't bother supporting it. The most commonly used method is what Smifis said, where you display a banner telling them how much their browser sucks.
Dukey
29-01-11, 11:56
Go all the way and have a series of Javascript Alerts.

Annoy them into the update!

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Peter
29-01-11, 11:59
Go all the way and have a series of Javascript Alerts.

Annoy them into the update!

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Hah, IE6 could probably even screw up JScript Alerts.
Dukey
29-01-11, 12:12
Haha, true.

Perhaps I should stick to a plain old header redirect...

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Peter
29-01-11, 12:14
Haha, true.

Perhaps I should stick to a plain old header redirect...

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Another way to annoy them into updating, just have an alert saying they should update, then redirect them to a page which contains this:

<script>for(x in document.write){document.write(x);}</script><input type crash>

And bam, if they're using IE7 or lower it crashes their browser. :rolleyes:
Dukey
29-01-11, 12:27
Another way to annoy them into updating, just have an alert saying they should update, then redirect them to a page which contains this:

<script>for(x in document.write){document.write(x);}</script><input type crash>And bam, if they're using IE7 or lower it crashes their browser. :rolleyes:

Sounds functional ;)
njcsolutions
18-02-11, 22:14
I use http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/ to see what my sites look like in ie6 but doesn't really let you see it live, but I also use VM