Browsers

A site can be visible right with IE but not so good with Firefox.

Do you validate sites in different browsers?

What browsers do you use to validate the sites that you design?

I use IE and Firefox, but I will download Opera to check the sites there too as there are a lot of users who use it

I use IE only. I didn't know that each browser show a page different

not only does each browser shows a page different, some versions of the same browser can show the page different too. for example, ie5.5 and ie 6.0 renders CSS a little differently, so pages can look different in these two browsers. so if you're concerned about cross browser issues, try to find articles or tutorials that can help you overcome these problems. :)

I test my designs on IE5.0/5.5/6.0, Netscape 8.0.1, Firefox 1.0.6, Mozilla 1.6 and Opera 8.01. I also have an account at www.browsercam.com where I test it out of different browsers and platforms, especially Mac.

Only Firefox and IE for the stubborn people who dont want to use Firefox.

I use Firefox, IE and Opera. I sometimes ask people with other OS and resolutions to check to see how the design looks.

I just check my designs in IE. I wasn't aware of how different designs could look. I will start using firefox to check them as well.

I use firefox, ie, and I just started testing in opera as well.

i only use firefox as i thinkit is great, used to use IE but since i found firefox i have stopped using it.

but recently i have heard good things about IE, have you?

Here is the official statements regarding IE.

I believe that this can be the typical statements before every product update Microsoft does.

You know they say how secure and bla bla bla is and after the release a 16 year old boy crack their program :)

cos ie firefox doesent use microsoft gay html xhtml etc. viewer

I currently validate with IE and Opera and very rarely with Firefox! I should learn to use firefox more since more and more users are using it each day

I use Firefox, IE and Opera

is opera any good as i have never ever heard of it

Sometimes is faster than Firefox, but there is not so good css support

I only use firefox to check my sites.  If you use IE you dont deserve to be there :P

Seriously, I check them with IE. 

I develop only in FF and I use the CSS part of the developers toolbar to edit the CSS file in real time... and then I check in IE when I am happy with it in FF. I occasionally use Opera to check, but it is the worst browser out  :(

I need to get older versions of IE, where can we download these older versions from?

I think that even if you find older versions it would not be installed on a single pc, as ie is part of the core of the operating system

Try these...

http://downloads.skyzyx.com/index.php?fpp=20&did=8

wineo

Oh thanks. Does they work together?

I have seen them working together, but I have not tried them on my pc yet...

hmmm

i might thnk about giving it a test run sometime, when i can be bothered to get it

Get all the full install files here is you would like... http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit

And... here it is explained how to use them as stand alone... http://labs.insert-title.com/labs/Multiple-IEs-in-Windows_article795.aspx

But the downloads link that I posted earlier has the files prepared for stand alone.

Thanks wineo. This info is very important for serious web designers

for any of you that haven't already heard, FF 1.5 is out...

Yeah, I've just installed it, and it seems that it is a little faster from the previous version

Yeah, it does. Half of my extensions had to be reinstalled, but it is worth keeping up to date!

I just noticed that you can drag the tabs to different orders, KEWL!

Plus there is a new button for reporting broken sites. (Right click on toolbar and look in "Customize...").

Ha. Cool.

If your websites are Valid XHTML and CSS, they should have no problems with display on any browser, BUT IE, since it has such limited CSS support.

I hate Opera; it often doesn't show the page right. Although it does have some extras like showing the title of the page in the link title.

has anyone tried it on IE 7?

That's right, but it is the fastest browser around. Try to load a page with IE, Firefox and Opera, and check the results.

What's the use if it doesn't display the page correctly?

That is right too, but it not happens frequently. Hope they'll fix that.

This is because Opera is not compatible with CSS 2 I think.

Yeah, I think that the more browsers that there are that work correctly... the better; it will create competition and in the end we will get a better product!