Need a good IE6,7,8 standalone.

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Need a good IE6,7,8 standalone.

I need recommendations on a good IE standalone for IE6, IE7 and IE8.

I tried using Tredosoft's IE7 and MultiIE for IE6 but select elements were being blocked as pop-ups, even when the pop-up blocker was turned off, in all IE browsers (6,7,8).

I also tried the Internet Explorer Collection from Edskes but IE6 and IE7 refuse to let me type in a text box.

If someone can provide me with either a solution or an alternative that'd be brilliant.

Also, I'm using VMware Fusion to run Windows XP on my Mac.

+13 A:

Have you tried the compatibility virtual machines? They are from MS and free. I have used them for IE 6 testing.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en

VM's are available for 6,7, and 8 in Windows XP SP3.

rifferte 2009-06-30 20:55:40

Exactly my thoughts...great link though!

Justin Niessner 2009-06-30 20:57:37

Bear in mind that these images expire after a few months (all at the same time, so if you download it a day before it expires then you will only have its use for a day). They also require the free MS Virtual PC 2007. New ones are typically released within a week or two of the old ones expiring (not immediately, which is annoying) and are valid for about 3 months.

Wayne Koorts 2009-06-30 21:00:40

+2 A:

You're out of luck if you're trying to run them all reliably in one VM. There are several products out there, but none are perfect (they work mostly through dll hacks).

My recommendation would be to create multiple VMs in VMware and install a different version of IE on each. That way you get the true, full expierence.

Justin Niessner 2009-06-30 20:56:34

I can create multiple snapshots but where do I get the IE installers?

2009-06-30 21:20:39

@dougoftheabaci http://browsers.evolt.org/

Yar 2010-05-18 14:00:19

Checking if this is true :) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2859010

Yar 2010-05-18 16:14:38

+14 A:

You could try IETester.

Mark 2009-06-30 20:56:45

This has worked very well for me. Easily open a URL in IE 5.5, 6, 7, 8 all with one click.

Neil N 2009-06-30 21:00:37

This is the coolest thing ever. Where is the buzz?

hlfcoding 2009-07-04 22:14:43

IETester is a great little app but be warned it isn't a true representation of the various versions of IE.

Matt Smith 2010-02-17 16:11:29

asnyder 2010-04-30 17:52:52

No way to turn off Flash in IETester :(

Dmitri Farkov 2010-06-16 19:52:50

+5 A:

If you need a way to test your app on the different IE-versions, you can download and install Microsoft Virtual PC: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=04d26402-3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6

...and download VHD-files with Windows installations with the different browsers included: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en

WowtaH 2009-06-30 20:58:09

http://www.xenocode.com/

I started looking at this the other day. It seemed to work ok in my very limited testing.

2009-06-30 21:00:15

always been a bit uncertain about this, anyone had any experience with it?

seengee 2009-09-29 20:17:33

On one hand it's the quickest testing method, and it can be launched from any browser almost. At the same time.... I have noticed odd behaviour previously with this method - rendering engines not behaving like the original counterparts.Also, there is also the privacy issue of how much of your data the company providing the service can see.

Dmitri Farkov 2010-06-16 19:54:25

+1 A:

Test in IE 6, 7, 8 and about 50 other browsers on multiple platforms for free, with no downloads or virtual machines required: http://browsershots.org/

Mark 2009-06-30 21:01:50

its quite rare that screenshots alone will provide the kind of insight required for a javascript heavy app.

seengee 2009-09-29 20:17:00

@seengee: I don't think the OP even mentioned JS...

Mark 2009-09-30 00:59:02

+1 A:

Spoon provides a good list of virtualized browsers, including IE 6, 7 and 8.

http://spoon.net/browsers/

Lastnico 2009-11-03 15:01:17

I have noticed odd behaviour previously with this method - rendering engines not behaving like the original counterparts.

Dmitri Farkov 2010-06-16 19:53:27

+1 A:

Clone your VMWare virtual machine, and selectively upgrade the clones.

Tim Keating 2009-12-30 22:31:38

For testing purposes i've used the browsers archive at http://browsers.evolt.org/ . The IE6 standalone version work on Win XP it does't work on Vista.

Bo 2010-01-14 10:31:21

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