Multiple versions of Safari on Windows XP?

Question

Is there any way to run multiple versions of Safari under Windows XP? I'm interested in running Safari versions 3.1 and 4.

Specifically, i want to debug this type of problem with Safari 3.1 which does not occur on my current version:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/770669/invalidnodetypeerr-in-jquery-when-doing-multiple-selectors-on-chrome

Thanks, Dan

Answer 1

It doesn’t look like it. I tried installing Safari 3.2.3 on Windows XP when Safari 4.0.3 was already installed. The installer refused to run due to a later version of Safari being installed.

So it looks like you’ll need a virtual machine to run another copy of Windows. Microsoft has made available some Virtual PC images with old versions of Internet Explorer on them, and there’s a free version of Virtual PC that runs on Windows XP Pro, so that might be a good way to go.

On the Mac, Michel Fortin has made some builds of Safari that are equivalent to older versions: see Multi-Safari.

Answer 2

Agreed with Paul...
Another definitive "no" answer from Apple's dicussion boards

Answer 3

Looks like BrowserSeal.BrowserPack is what you need. It includes, among other browsers, Safari 3.23. and 4.0.4

Answer 4

How do I run BrowserSeal.BrowserPack. There are no readme files or installation instructions on the zip file.

Answer 5

This is not a zip file, but an executable .jar file. Apparently your browser changed the extension from .jar to .zip after download, just rename it to .jar and double-click on it to launch the installer.