I recently did some front-end interface work. Using YUI helped me get the work done fast, and with only some minor frustrations. Until I received reports of layout inconsistencies in older versions of IE and Firefox. (Haven't tested with Opera or Safari yet.)
I thought using a modern CSS framework like YUI's would have eliminated these difficulties from the yesteryear. Unfortunately, I must have been doing some things rather unconventionally or against best practices. Maybe I should have started with Dreamweaver.
No matter, the milk is spilt. So to help me thoroughly test and make the site work on different browser platforms, I found these links helpful:
Install multiple versions of IE on your PC, and, Taming Your Multiple IE Standalones, articles I came to via PPK's Multiple Explorers. You can get standalone versions of IE from here too. Microsoft recommends testing within a Virtual PC, you can find the VPC images here (with IE8!)
Also, Legacy Versions of Firefox, which links to the portable editions of the Mozilla browser.
These are great because you can install them (both the Firefox and the IE versions) without messing up your computer. Just need to also test with Opera, and Safari, and I'm all done!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Testing Your Web App for Different Browsers
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I used this alot when im doing web stuff
http://browsershots.org/
It works with only a single page.
Hey yes, thanks for the tip, it requires your site to be online tho, mine is thankfully still offline and awaiting its official launch..
i hate having to test it for different browsers..
as most ppl know making a site compatible with IE can be really annoying...
am just waiting for the day CSS3 is widely accepted..
YUI framework is pretty much a browser reset and basic template. You get standardisation, not necessarily compatibility especially with ancient browsers like IE6 which just doesn't understand anything, so you have to start writing hacks which gives you validation errors.
@nick yup, hates it
@terrence yups, broke the validation, my bad, mostly for getting myself into this job doing what dreamweaver does, but that's another story..
thx for dropping by, guys!
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