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Just wondering if anyone uses Virtual PC for testing different browsers.

Is is a good idea for people who can't work with, or don't want to work with
multiple real PCs ?

"josph" <diesp@mmers.****tards !> wrote in message
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> Just wondering if anyone uses Virtual PC for testing different browsers.
>
> Is is a good idea for people who can't work with, or don't want to work
with
> multiple real PCs ?

What's wrong with multiple browsers on the same physical PC?

Cheers
Richard.

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> "josph" <diesp@mmers.****tards !> wrote in message
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> > Just wondering if anyone uses Virtual PC for testing different browsers.
> >
> > Is is a good idea for people who can't work with, or don't want to work
> with
> > multiple real PCs ?
>
> What's wrong with multiple browsers on the same physical PC?
>
> Cheers
> Richard.
>
>

I'm working on a laptop with a 12.1 screen. I don't want to change video
modes, my laptop video card and screen don't allow much changes. Also
perhaps VPC will allow me to see view my pages in a higher resolution than
my laptop is capable of.

*Change colour depth*
Not sure if this would work.

*Change screen resoloution*
Need to test the range from 800 x 600 upwards my laptop only works well with
one resolution.

*Testing linux browsers*

*Different versions of IE*
Perhaps there is a way of installing different versions of IE on the same XP
install, but i'm not sure if i want to interfere or hack my installation of
XP

josph wrote:
> Perhaps there is a way of installing different versions of IE on the
> same XP install, but i'm not sure if i want to interfere or hack my
> installation of XP

Just what you need:
http://www.insert-title.com/web_desi...s/dev/multi_IE
Works perfectly for me (IE4, IE5, IE55 and IE6 on XP)
Nico

"Nico Schuyt" <> wrote in message
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> josph wrote:
> > Perhaps there is a way of installing different versions of IE on the
> > same XP install, but i'm not sure if i want to interfere or hack my
> > installation of XP
>
> Just what you need:
> http://www.insert-title.com/web_desi...s/dev/multi_IE
> Works perfectly for me (IE4, IE5, IE55 and IE6 on XP)
> Nico
>
>

Thanks ! The article has a link to http://browsers.evolt.org/ where I can
download different browser versions. (that was going to be my next question)

I still think i can find good use for my copy of Virtual PC. I'm not sure I
want to trust my XP with the above mentioned hack - I will install it on a
Virtual PC. Also being able to test Linux browsers on V. PC is nice as well.

I still have the problem off wanting to test different screen resolutions,
V. PC may help. To clarify, I just want to see how my web designs will look
at a higher or lower resolution without changing my laptops display mode.

Will the fonts sizes look good, will there be a lot of white space, will the
user have to scroll horizontally, will some of the elements be squashed
together ???

josph wrote:
> I still have the problem off wanting to test different screen
> resolutions, V. PC may help. To clarify, I just want to see how my
> web designs will look at a higher or lower resolution without
> changing my laptops display mode.
>
> Will the fonts sizes look good, will there be a lot of white space,
> will the user have to scroll horizontally, will some of the elements
> be squashed together ???

Better: Don't design for a special window size or screen resolution.
Read: http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign
Good luck!
Nico

"Nico Schuyt" <> wrote in message
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> josph wrote:
> > I still have the problem off wanting to test different screen
> > resolutions, V. PC may help. To clarify, I just want to see how my
> > web designs will look at a higher or lower resolution without
> > changing my laptops display mode.
> >
> > Will the fonts sizes look good, will there be a lot of white space,
> > will the user have to scroll horizontally, will some of the elements
> > be squashed together ???
>
> Better: Don't design for a special window size or screen resolution.
> Read: http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign
> Good luck!
> Nico
>


I *will* be aiming for a range of screen resolutions, 800x600 upwards. I
would like to be easily able to test as much of that range as possible.

Quoth the raven named josph:

> "Nico Schuyt" <> wrote in message
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>>josph wrote:
>>
>>>I still have the problem off wanting to test different screen
>>>resolutions, V. PC may help. To clarify, I just want to see how my
>>>web designs will look at a higher or lower resolution without
>>>changing my laptops display mode.
>>>
>>>Will the fonts sizes look good, will there be a lot of white space,
>>>will the user have to scroll horizontally, will some of the elements
>>>be squashed together ???
>>
>>Better: Don't design for a special window size or screen resolution.
>>Read: http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign
>>Good luck!
>>Nico
>
> I *will* be aiming for a range of screen resolutions, 800x600 upwards. I
> would like to be easily able to test as much of that range as possible.

Stop thinking "screen resolution." It is unimportant. Think "browser
window size" instead. My browser window is seldom wider than 800px,
and frequently smaller, but my monitor is quite larger than that.

Unless you are displaying large photographs, your pages should flow
and resize themselves no matter what the size of the visitor's browser
window.

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> Will the fonts sizes look good, will there be a lot of white space, will
the
> user have to scroll horizontally, will some of the elements be squashed
> together ???

Fixed vs Fluid design debate aside...

I like using VPC to test, as it gives me a clean OS testbed to use.
Standard font installs, easy to change resolution and color depth,
alternate operating system options, and so on. VPC offers a nice layer
where I can mess with settings without interfering with my own work
environment.

Though for a quick preview of your site on many many browsers the very
handy http://www.browsercam.com does the trick (and offers a free trial).

Ethan
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In article <k4tRb.354$>,
"josph" <diesp@mmers.****tards !> wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone uses Virtual PC for testing different browsers.
>
> Is is a good idea for people who can't work with, or don't want to work with
> multiple real PCs ?

Now why on earth would you even want to do this? HTML 4.0.1 is a STANDARD.
As long as you write to the standard (opposed to exploiting bugs or quirks
in Netscape and Explorer) you don't NEED to go testing your HTML on
multiple browsers.

The best tool to make sure your HMTL is to the standard is to make use of
the HTML Tidy Library Project <http://tidy.sourceforge.net/>

The Mac version of HTML Tidy is typical of the project. Not only will the
program clean up the HTML for you but it will tell you *which* HTML you are
using.