Dear Scott,
I think helping your client to install a proper web browser would also
eliminate
other website problems also.
IE5 have terrible CSS support and you will need to make table design
again to
make a website look ok in IE5... dont even go there.!!!
using a IE5 is really ancient nad was maybe standard 1999, its really
bad to see
these clients but we should educate them and teach them the difference
in order
to keep updating these softwares...
Michael
Scott Elcomb wrote:
On 5/8/08, chris | chrisbuttery.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
I'm relatively new to this group & this is my first post. So here goes.
Same here. (Hi all!)
The client sent me a screen shot of the site taken from their browser (
IE5...which i don't have )
that basically displayed a mangled site. I was able to fix the site through
a series of screen shots
supplied from the client, but it's obviously not a professional way of doing
things.
I agree with the other posters... I wouldn't support IE 5.x if it
could be helped.
My question to you guys is how do you develop & test your websites to ensure
they are interpreted correctly
by older more popular browsers ? Do you have older browsers handy to test
them with?
I haven't actually tried this, but came across it as a sponsored link
in my gmail. A quick look around the site and I find myself somewhat
impressed. I'm intending to try this out over the next couple of
weeks.
http://www.crossbrowsertesting.com/
Essentially, it's a VNC-like setup to Virtual Machines running various
OS's and Browsers. Some of the VM's described do have IE 5 installed.
Some caveats:
- IIRC, your site will need to be available online
- I can't vouch for their security policies.
- If you don't want to pay for time slots, you're limited to 5
minute sessions. Depending on server load, you can jump right back in
after a session expires.
Best of luck!
--
Michael Persson
front-end developer & seo
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