The delights of three monitors
Ah … the delights of developing websites on a PC with three monitors.
Here I’ve got my code in the middle screen, Firefox 2.0.0.12 on my left and on the right: IE6 (top) and IE7 (bottom).
Of course, if I had four monitors then I could have had my Windows Live Messenger and Twitter windows open too!
The attractive red and yellow backgrounds that you can see on the left and right screens I use for debugging, so I can see exactly what is where; in a way that, oddly, white on white doesn’t allow.
I also find Cool Ruler an essential aid when debugging width issues (in IE6).
That’s what I’ve been doing today. Mostly.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Web coding geek to the max.
I shall stop drooling now, haha.
March 27th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
That looks great….
Can you share how you are able to run both IE6 and IE7 windows?
Are they both running on the same PC?
March 30th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Hi Stephen, I use Multiple IE from TredoSoft. It allows you to install
Internet Explorer 3
Internet Explorer 4.01
Internet Explorer 5.01
Internet Explorer 5.5
Internet Explorer 6.0
on the same PC, as standalone versions. I find this really, really helpful for testing sites. Having IE6 on the same machine as IE7 is great.
I have colleagues who much prefer to use a separate installation of an OS running on a Virtual Machine (such as Microsoft Virtual PC or VMWare Workstation) to do their testing. But I’ve, so far, found no real issues with the TredoSoft method.