Like a gift from the Gods: Internet Explorer 6

Posted 18 September 2007, by Aaron

So, you downloaded Internet Explorer 7 when it was released, huh? Then banged your head against the wall when you realised you had overwritten IE6 and there was no way to reinstall it? Since that moment you’ve been building websites without thoroughly testing them in IE6 haven’t you? Either that or you’ve had to dust off your old PC from out of the attic just to test sites in IE6.

Well, I know that’s what I’ve been doing, but not anymore. Yesterday I discovered a stand-alone version of IE6 that can be downloaded and run from your desktop without installing anything. It runs without cookies so functionality can be limited but for testing basic layout this is a God-send.

Head straight over to the mirror site to download the standalone version of IE6. Alternatively read more info about using IE6 and IE7 together over on tech-recipes.com.

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Tags:Internet Explorer, Web Design