Install Multiple Versions of IE on Your PC
I never really worry about having multiple versions of Internet Explorer on one computer, I have a computer lab with 38 machines at work. At home I have an XP box with IE 6, an XP laptop with IE 7, and a Vista laptop with IE8. Unfortunately, my XP box with IE 6 is suffering some hardware issues and I’m too lazy to tear the machine apart to fix them. I needed IE 6 for testing purposes so I thought I would test out MultipleIEs, which will install versions 3-6 of Internet Explorer on Windows XP. I installed this on my XP box with IE 7 and it works perfectly. Note that this has not been tested on Vista and the site does not support Vista.
If you are running Vista try IETester, which is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and JavaScript engines of IE8, IE7, IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, Vista and XP. I’ve been using this on my Vista machine, it crashes now and then, but it’s a great tool.
Both of these tools are free!
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December 25th, 2009 at 10:55 am
It’s good to remind us all of the need to test across all versions of IE. Don’t forget to test IE 8 in “compatibility mode” as well. While this is almost IE 7, there are some differences.
For a good resource on bugs and bug-fixing, I find these CSS tests and solutions invaluable:
http://www.brunildo.org/test/index.html
Happy holidays to you and all your readers.
December 25th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Just what I was needing. Thank you Robin and David.
Merry Christmas!
December 25th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
You are very welcome and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
December 25th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Thanks for the additional resources and Merry Christmas to you David!