how can i test my website with ie6

i worked on a website in the latest firefox and then presented it on a machine that just had ie6 (and it looked horrible). is there anyway i can test what it will look like in IE6 without开发者_StackOverflow中文版 having to actually download. I see that ie8 has a compatibility mode (to show what it would look like in ie7), is there a similar thing for ie 6?

Get Microsoft Virtual PC (it's free). You can download images with IE6, IE7, and IE8 for all your wtf-microsoft! debugging needs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

Also, don't trust IE8 compatibility mode.

Here is the link to the VPC images from MS for testing in many OS and browser combinations

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en

You can upload your website to some free hosting provider. Then use http://browsershots.org/ to test your website in almost all the available browsers (incl IE6).

The website will take screen shots of your website.

you can try

http://browsershots.org/

http://crossbrowsertesting.com/

and the one i like most 'https://browserlab.adobe.com/index.html#'

I have a testing PC in which i have IE6 installed. And i check the pages on that. I recommend that this approach is the best as testing on IE6 itself is the best.

I use Microsoft Virtual PC, and IETester. But when I need a quick preview (or am traveling with my MacBook Pro) Adobe Browser Lab is Awesome! You can't test interactivity, but display bugs you can test very quickly.

Online service:

Browser Shots

Locally on your machine:

VirtualBox

Adobe's BrowserLab is a great service if all you need is a screenshot. However, if you need to test the interaction with the site, MultipleIE can install IE6 as well as previous versions (not really necessary, though).

If you're looking for tons of browsers and just screenshot functionality, BrowserShots is another great tool.

Evolt's browser archive has legacy IE installs, including standalone versions: http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/

Web based alternatives: (by providing screenshots) http://netrenderer.com/index.php