Comments on: Frontend Friday: Tools of the trade

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:43:12 +0000

Thank you!

Yeah, that happens–see my response to Matt’s comment above :) For QA teams and testers I’d definitely push for a VM to test things on, but when doing development work, Multiple IE is good for quickly cleaning things up without needing all that resource used up. Like I mentioned, a last pass in a VM instance is still the best bet. :)

By: Mauvis Ledford

Mauvis Ledford — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:15:18 +0000

I’d disagree about the use of Multiple IEs. I’ve experience so many issues with our QA team at work logging a bug for an issue that only happens in that version of IE. We just use the free virtual machine version Microsoft gives out for free now.

I’m loving your blog, though.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:50:33 +0000

Thank you, Matt! Running VMs simply for IE is a pain, and something I’m having to do when I’m working on personal projects at home (since I only have one machine–my MacBook). I’m thankful I don’t need to run more than one (due to Multiple IE), and that at work I have a separate Windows machine.

However, there are drawbacks–sometimes I do notice a few discrepancies between a “real” IE6 and one from Multiple IE. So while it can help you fix most issues without firing up a VM or going to another computer, your last check should still (ideally) be a “real” installation of your target version.

Good luck!

By: matt h

matt h — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:15:12 +0000

Hey Angela, found your blog via a recent YUI Blog comment you made re: “Production JavaScript Debugging”. Love the idea of a Front-end Friday, got you bookmarked, looking forward to seeing what you post up.

Didn’t know you could have multiple IEs outside a VM, so thanks for posting about TredoSoft’s Multiple IE.