Can I get away with testing sites using IE8 with IE7 compatibility on?

Question

As a developer, can I safely upgrade to IE8 and use its IE7 compatibility mode to test how sites look in IE7? For IE6, I have a virtual machine and it is quite inconvenient. I d

Answer 1

Microsoft is developing a tool called Expression Web SuperPreview to make it easier to test for the growing fauna of browsers.

Blog entries describing it by Long Zheng and The Expression Web Team.