AOL browser emulator

[allandire]

I need to test a website in AOL's browser but dont use AOL!!

I have had feed back and a screen shot from a user showing the design has been rendered differently.

If there an emulator or anywhere u can download it seperate?

[freeza]

isnt aols browser engine the same as IE

[allandire]

Thats what I though but it seams not to be! Thats why I wanted to check it for myself.

The page is fine under IE all verstions i can find and netscape but a screen shot shows different!

[logan]

whats your url to your site, ill check through my aol.

[Timan Veteran]

Aol 7.0 uses mozilla so no more ie :roll:

[padmedala9]

AOL 7.0 is not the Mozilla-Incorporated version everyone hopes it is. It still uses the same, custom tailored, IE base. Maybe Version 8, hmm?

[Timan Veteran]

well. install aol and look in ur reg under aol and u see mozilla now is that weird?

[Jaxbulls]

It says it is a Mozilla compatible browser. But that doesnt mean it is a Mozilla browser. To prove that it uses IE, got to Windowsupdate.com and it will run. If it was Mozilla it would not run at all and it would tell u to download IE. Also, AOL had its own seperate browser but I believed they switched over to IE around version 3.0 or 4.0 of AOL but now it is still IE in 7.0

[Kris]

The registry tags and browser identification strings are used primarily to bypass "browser sniffers"... thats all... doesn't mean sh1t imo.

eg: In TopStyle (a css editor) available from Bradsoft you can define the what it identifies itself as to the webserver... because some servers are configured to only allow connections (or display pages) to certain browser(s) versions etc.

[Weasel]

Why the **** would anyone want to emulate AOL anything?

(BTW, it does use IE even though aol is partnered with netscape)

[Kris]

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Originally posted by Weasel

Why the **** would anyone want to emulate AOL anything?

(BTW, it does use IE even though aol is partnered with netscape)

Uhm, to make sure that sites are designed to look and work as closely as they were intended to.

[allandire]

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Originally posted by Kris

Uhm, to make sure that sites are designed to look and work as closely as they were intended to.

Exacly you just cant write off the large numbers of people of who use AOL's own browser. Just becasue we would never use does not mean others will not. If so I would just in IE!

I know for a fact that the this browser screws up the tables or something but I cant be sure how to fix it if I cant view it for myself.

[Kris]

I understand what ya needed it for m8... even if no one else did.

[MxxCon]

back in the day when i was using *gasp*AOL:dead: :dead: :dead: :right: it was v3.5 and v4 it was already using IE and i remember there was option to compress pages and images which made them look differnt.

i wonder if it's still in aol7