I’m at my wits end right now trying to get a website working in IE7-9, the issue I’m having is getting text-shadow to appear in a decent matter. I’ve been using the 960 grid system so changes are very minimum, I’ve been checking changes with IE Netrender. However lately IE Netrender has been having issues so I can’t test the layout in a timely fashion.
I did have VM Ware set up but I’m really tired of reactivating my Windows copy and installing a separate image for each version of the browser. I don’t have Windows 7 for IE9 as well. I’m looking for a free option. I’ve tried searching but everything seems outdated.
So my question is, how does everyone test their site for IE7-9?
The IE Developer Tools let you set IE7 and IE8 modes on IE9, so you can get 98% testing with one version.
There are some issues that don’t crop up there though, so its a good idea to do a quick real browser check at the end.
MS has free VMs you can download with the different versions of IE on them. I’m not sure if you can run them on a Mac though.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11575