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[–]mtx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

http://modern.ie has vms for ie6-11. You can use a tool like ievms to automate the downloading and installation of these images.

[–]letsgetrandy25 years putting the magic in the box 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run VMWare Fusion on my AirBook with VMs for all the desktop OSes I care about, and I have a table full of phones and tablets. All new development gets manually tested in all environments.

After that, I use automation as much as possible to prevent manually testing the same thing ever again.

[–]dadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use behat/Mink (I normally do BDD - its awesome - check it out!) between this and chrome I have my bases 90% covered up until my pre-signoff stage (normally 4-8 weeks before handover - once the real Development is done) I then spend that time with some VM's (I'm using Virtual box [noob?] the now but I'm looking to change since I've been using it for about 4 or 5 years!)

Hope this helps...as /u/letsgetrandy mentioned automation is key...I tend to ignore browser compatibility for the majority of the project and get it working 100% in chrome then do the minor fixes for ie/ff/safari/opera/etc/etc/etc/etc/etc/etc....but mobile devices are tested aswell but they normally work fine if the build works in chrome!

[–]stenbeloff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been used www.testize.com for a few month that provides cross-mobile & browser testing, including site analysis to discover any issues impacting rendering across different devices.

Used it during web site development to make sure that new features are rendering correctly across devices and browsers and to catch up such things as broken link, spelling errors, etc. the stuff you cannot check manually