Cant seem to get XP Mode working on my evaluation copy of windows 7. Is there any good software out there to test on multiple ie's on windows 7. IETESTER site has been down for at least a week now.
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I believe the Microsoft supported way of doing this is to install a free copy of virtual pc and then fire up the different browsers from disk images.
Microsoft offer these disk images for free download from their site.
Heres a link to the disk images:
Neil Foley
2009-11-25 11:15:46
thanks, but those images expire end of january 2010. :-(
madphp
2009-11-25 11:18:16
they keep posting new ones, its just so you don't get a nice free copy of windows
Neil Foley
2009-11-25 11:19:54
This is the proper way of doing IE app-compat testing.
jeffamaphone
2009-11-25 17:05:27
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You should look into IE tester:
http://my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
now with javascript engines too.
MS also have a thing called Super Preview for overlaying and more:
Richard
2009-11-25 11:17:14
Unfortunately, SuperPreview only allows overlaying – no interaction with the page is possible. IETester should work, but be aware that there might be subtle differences between genuine IE versions and emulated ones like this. Sadly, software like IETester is never 100% accurate.
Mathias Bynens
2009-11-25 12:14:24
IETester mixes different versions of system DLLs, which creates something that is unstable at best. Just because your stuff passes or fails in IETester doesn't mean anything about how it will look in the actual shipping version, so using it to test is a waste of time. It's also a great way of keeping unpatched (thus unsecure) dlls on your system, since Windows Update doesn't update them.
jeffamaphone
2009-11-25 17:07:01
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What about IE collection http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm ? Does it work on Windows 7 ?
And if you need some software to drive all these browsers automatically, take a look at http://www.browserseal.com
Demiurg
2009-12-01 06:52:17