Internet Explorer

Currently, the major versions of Internet Explorer that are supported by the majority of designers are versions 7 and 8, with most designers gradually dropping support for version 6 (commonly referred to as IE6). At the time of this writing, Microsoft has released a version 9 beta, with the final

version of IE9 expected in late 2011 or early 2012.

Trying to test your Web site on different versions of Internet Explorer is dif-

ficult because attempting to install different versions on your computer can
cause some big problems, if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing. We
use a few tools for overall browser testing (see the section “Understanding
cross-browser compatibility” later in this chapter); however, IETester comes
in handy specifically for testing on different versions of IE. In Figure 5-6, the
buttons across the top right are labeled for specific versions of Internet

Explorer: IE5.5, IE6, IE7, and IE8. The WordPress Web site is shown in ver-
sion 7 of the IE browser.