Testing Multiple Internet Explorer Versions On The Fly
Internet Explorer
I used to rant on about a great piece of software called Multiple IE. It was like a life saving piece of software for designing websites with backward compatibility.
But since the Beta release of Internet Explorer 8, you have had the choice of either designing your website in IE7 or IE8 and doing a few backward compatible fixes for IE6. You couldn’t have IE6, IE7 & IE8 all running at the same time.
Then I found this:
Suddenly you can test every Internet Explorer browser from IE 5.5 to IE8. A firefox plugin that can do this would be great, but this is definitely a second best choice.
I still use browsershots.org but without paying their fees, you have to wait hours for the screen shots to appear.
With this software you can simply refresh the page and see it rendered in your chosen Internet Explorer version on the fly!
You will need to have at least IE7 installed on your system and there is a support forum for any problems which you might have.
Absolutely Excellent! - Do you have any comments? Feel free to post them below.
January 13th, 2009 at 6:40 am
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January 13th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Also My Debug Bar works well in Vista whereas Multiple IE does not.
If only they could get the Web developer toolbar to work in IE Tester and it would be perfect.
January 13th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Actualy Multiple IE doesn’t work in Vista at all. - I tested it on Vista Home Premium SP1 and it simply would not function. Works fine on my XP machines though.
I tested your software on Windows XP SP3 and Vista Home Premium and it seemed to perform fine and stable on both O/S’s.
True, but have you thought about incorporating a Firefox rendering engine into the software, that way developers would be able to use your browser as a more general day to day application as opposed to a simple testing tool?