Webmasters Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for pro webmasters. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
In my web app I use Silverlight. Since I already have Silverlight installed I cannot test how my webapp behaves in case a user has no Silverlight installed, or has old version of it, or their computer has configuration which is incompatible with Silverlight at all.
Is there a recommended approach in reproducing these types of environments for testing purposes, or the only way is to delete/install browser many times?
If you don't have multiple machines for testing, you can probably get away with installing an alternate browser you don't have. Netscape Navigator still exists, along with a pile of others.
Also, consider setting your PC up to dual-boot Ubuntu (assuming you're using Windows, since it's Silverlight) if it's not already. It isn't too tricky as long as you can spare the disk space and keep a just-in-case backup nearby. It's worth the effort for anyone involved in web dev.
For realistic testing though, invest in multiple machines or lure/hire some friends in to help out. It's not cheap to keep up with every OS upgrade & new super-phone out there, but it's definitely nice to not ever have to guess.
