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CSS testing methods
 

BenOne©




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Old Post  06-22-04 - 12:16 AM  
Hi all,

Is there a recommended method for testing a CSS website?

I'm trying to make sure mine looks right no matter what font size the user
chooses, by not setting the font size in my CSS.

I'm also trying to make sure it resizes and still has the same layout, by us
ing
a mixture of floats and non-absolutely positioned divs, and em sizes for wid
ths,
margins, and padding.

I've also tested it in the latest version of Mozilla and IE.

What other browsers should I try? Can I install multiple versions of IE on o
ne
machine?

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Old Post  06-22-04 - 04:15 AM  
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:40:04 GMT, BenOne© <nosp@m.thanks.mate> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there a recommended method for testing a CSS website?
>
> I'm trying to make sure mine looks right no matter what font size the
> user chooses, by not setting the font size in my CSS.
>
> I'm also trying to make sure it resizes and still has the same layout,
> by using a mixture of floats and non-absolutely positioned divs, and em
> sizes for widths, margins, and padding.

I also punch in largest text in IE and make sure things look good at
600x800, and then normal text at 400px wide. Percentages for widths are
useful too.

> I've also tested it in the latest version of Mozilla and IE.
>
> What other browsers should I try?

Opera has some unique ideas sometimes, so good to use that. Try to get
Lynx as well - you can find it compiled for W32 and you only have to tweak
a few things. I also have an old NN4 on my computer.

> Can I install multiple versions of IE on one machine?

Sure can. See
http://www.insert-title.com/web_des...es/dev/multi_IE



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Old Post  06-22-04 - 05:16 PM  
BenOne© wrote:

> Is there a recommended method for testing a CSS website?

? I use browsers.

> I'm trying to make sure mine looks right no matter what font size
> the user chooses, by not setting the font size in my CSS.

In Mozilla/Netscape 6+, <ctrl +> and <ctrl -> change the font size
"on the fly." Bump the size up a few notches, then browse the site.
Do the same with a small font size.

> I've also tested it in the latest version of Mozilla and IE.
>
> What other browsers should I try?

Opera, Lynx, Safari, IE/Mac. (Replace Lynx with Links or another
text-only browser; replace Safari with Konqueror.)

> Can I install multiple versions of IE on one machine?

Of IE/Win, I think you mean. Yes, supposedly you can, though I've
never attempted it.

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