Browser Testing For Ie 5.5+

[kram2001]

hello... i'm testing for ie55 compatibilitiy, but i'm not quite sure which version to test with for ie55 compatibility. does it matter much if i use 5.5, 5.5sp1, or 5.5sp2?

i'm leaning towards 5.5 only because that would prolly be the lowest denominator (assuming that sp1 and sp2 should work fine if my website renders fine in 5.5)

any recommendations?

thanks!

[locustfurnace]

Your designing a webpage? It should be designed for any web browser, not just IE. As not everyone is using IE. You should design it based on the specifications of the language; HTML 4, not based on how one browsers' engine renders it.
Viewable in Any Browser website. (http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/)
You can test your design as-is with an HTML validator.
http://validator.w3.org/
Also, the same site has vasts amounts of useful information and tools you might want to read and download.
To answer the question, I think any 5.5 would work. the difference between core and sp1 & sp2 would most likely just be bug fixes and not a complete change to the HTML standard/DOCTYPE rendering components