Does anyone know a windows app that lets you test a site in different versions of IE ?
A:
Try Multiple IE's.
However i believe that only supports up to IE6.
For 6/7/8, the only one i know of is the Microsoft Expression Web Super Preview.
RPM1984
2010-09-30 00:16:04
i tried that, but can't click links in it :(
Alex
2010-09-30 00:20:16
RPM1984
2010-09-30 00:22:01
no, I meant you can't click your test site links, or submit forms within superpreview :) it just shows a image of your site...
Alex
2010-09-30 00:23:18
really? well that sucks. :) Maybe VM's is the way to go (it sucks i know)
RPM1984
2010-09-30 00:37:59
+3
A:
I find the best way to do this reliably is by using virtual machines with different versions of IE on each one.
hvgotcodes
2010-09-30 00:17:17
@alex disk space is cheap. If you got a 250GB HD (small) you can spare 30GB for disk images...
hvgotcodes
2010-09-30 00:31:12
+1
A:
Here you can try this one. Heres a review which talks about how ie tester and multiple ie's are not that great as like you said do not render the webpage properly and that there were some problems specifically with multipleIE's when it came to forms on the webpage. so since then theyve been using a software called IECollection. Heres the review/report kind of thing: http://stellapower.net/content/multiple-ies-including-ie8
So theres something called IECollection. And you can download it from here. Check it out. http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm It might be the long way but it definitely does the trick.
Let me know if this helps
PK
Pavan
2010-09-30 00:42:30
The only reliable was to do this is with VMs. Microsoft makes free app compat VHDs available for this reason.
jeffamaphone
2010-09-30 02:31:34
jeffamaphone
2010-09-30 02:33:12
as the user stated. it will take too much space. you voted down a perfectly legitimate answer which he was happy with. lol
Pavan
2010-09-30 02:35:02
A wrong solution that satisfies an arbitrary and unrelated constraint is still a wrong solution.
jeffamaphone
2010-09-30 18:26:06