Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

[David Hucklesby]

tee wrote:
Anybody use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6 instead of standalone 
version?



Well, in my case I have a "Conditional Comment" for [if lt IE 8] that's
supposed to make my h1 red if "true"; green if not. Now I installed IE 8
and not only IE 8 shows green (as expected) but in "Compatibility Mode"
it is green also. Same with all my stand-alones - green!

Under Windows 2000 I only have IE 6. The h1 is red, so the CC works here.

It looks like the version vector is changed across the board here--
perhaps there is something wrong with my installation. Does anyone else
have this problem?

Cordially,
David
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Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

[Ben Buchanan]

>  It doesn't cover IE6;
>>
>
> This is strange. Wasn't that the whole Compatible Mode was "to not break
> the web" because of the massive IE6 users in corporate world?
>
> MS's position, near as I can tell, is that they don't want to break the web
*with IE8, for people already running IE7 or IE7-only web services*. They
recommend people upgrade anything requires IE6; and upgrade any user with
IE6 on their machine.
cheers,
Ben

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Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

[tee]

Thanks Ben for the link, I am going to read it later.





It doesn't cover IE6;


This is strange. Wasn't that the whole Compatible Mode was "to not  
break the web" because of the massive IE6 users in corporate world?


tee




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Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

[Ben Buchanan]

Anybody use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6 instead of standalone version?

It doesn't cover IE6; and IE8-as-IE7 is not 100% the same as IE7 -
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/03/12/site-compatibility-and-ie8.aspx-
so you would still need to double-check standalone IE7 anyway to be
sure.
Personally I use Virtual PC for testing extra versions of IE.
cheers
Ben

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[WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

[tee]

Anybody use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6 instead of standalone  
version?


There is an incentive for me to test older versions in compatible mode  
because I can use Developer Tools, so I am curious how reliable it is,  
I meant if  problem I see in IE8 compatible mode is identical to IE7  
or IE6 and once I have it fixed and it shows correctly in compatible  
mode I don't need to double check on IE7/6 standalone to double confirm.


Thanks!

tee



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