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I have a W98SE PC I want to install multiple browsers on. Netscape 4.7, 6.2, IE 4.0, IE 5.5, IE 6.0 and Opera 5.0.I even found a WebTV emulator!
The reason is to do a test of my company's web sites.
I'm not sure how to isolate the different versions of IE from each other. Any suggestions?
by ian wall
Thats a valid question because I know that our web site had some huge problems with older browsers etc.
It might be easier if you get yourself a seriously "bunky" machine like a P100 with IE3 or 4 on it and try the web site on that, then on your work PC with IE6 etc.
you've always got the lovely web designers "out" of "Best viewed with Internet Explorer 5+ or equivalent"
One question I wouldn't mind adding to this is:
"Is there any way to install a Macintosh browser on your Windows platform to view the results...I've managed to test the pages I've built with Netscape and IE but don't have a clue about what it looks like with a Mac...
by mc_user
They went out an got me n older iMac just for testing. I got the only on in the IT dept.
The only other solution I know of is an emulator called SoftMac that lets you run OS 8 on your PC. I have no experience with the product but maybe someone at TechRepublic has.
There is a free demo download at www.emulators.com
by jtfinnh
I can also express simular frustration in testing my own websites. I could be considered a freelancer working extremely freelance. My wife and I are the "Odd Couple" of computer users (despite how we met originally online). I DON'T think of myself as henpecked. However, she doesn't see the value of more than one computer.
Every browser I have on my system wants to be the Default.
Here is another question - within a question -
What I am experiencing (I have an official question under questions.) is while using a java applet which generates a sound when a button is selected. Under IE I have no problems at all. Netscape, however, is another thing all together. All it succeeds in doing is generating a rather annoying sound. Which is cured with a end application with Netscape 6 and a complete reboot with any other.
It has occured to me that this may be a result of combining browers and having another "default". (Switching Default causes it own problems.)Admittedly, it may behow I have my Netscape configured. There have been two releases of the tool, one using just .au formatted files, the more recent using .au & .wav files. If someone could let me know about a tool that enables Netscape to hear emit pleasant button sounds let me know.
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