Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 6 side by side [closed]?

I also use virtualisation. I've got Virtual PC 2007, which is a free download from here, on my machine and have downloaded the Internet Explorer Virual PC images from Microsoft. You can get the images here.

Microsoft does not support multiple versions of Internet Explorer on one operating system. The reason is that the operating system and Internet Explorer share certain DLLs. When you upgrade from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 7 (or Internet Explorer 8) you're actually replacing some system DLLs.

This is the reason why you "get" Internet Explorer 6 when you uninstall Internet Explorer 7. Chris Wilson, Internet Explorer architect, addressed this issue in a blog post Multiple IEs on one machine. Chris states that on-the-fly replacement of mshtml.

Dll might work for CSS rendering "...but it's not the same as having a full set of new Internet Explorer system DLLs installed" and would certainly not be considered a definitive solution. Only virtualization can provide the full DLL stack for definitive testing. Edit: On March 18, 2009, the Microsoft Expression Web team released SuperPreview, a free stand-alone application that allows cross-browser side-by-side and onionskin comparison between Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 8 - Internet Explorer7 compatibility mode, and Internet Explorer 6.

Additional browsers and an on-demand service is planned to render pages in realtime on other operating systems. Edit in response to Zac comment Thanks for the comment. Expression Web 3 (which will include SuperPreview) will allow comparison between any combination of Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, and Firefox 3.

This is according to Somasgear's blog entry Expresion Web 3 posted on June 5, 2009. In the screenshot on his blog, you'll see Firefox 3 as the base browser (left side) and Internet Explorer 6 as the comparison browser. Any browser can be placed on either side of the comparison window.

I believe with SuperPreview you can have IE6 and IE7 or IE6 and IE8, not all three. – Zac Jul 10 '09 at 8:08 I've updated my response with the latest information. – Carl Camera Jul 15 '09 at 3:03.

Try this: my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage LE: This isn't really fully compatible yet, there are a few minor issues, like it crashes on JavaScript pop-ups, but I've found it quite reliable during development. At the end of everything, I just tested the web application against a real IE6 to make sure everything's fine.

An awesome piece of kit that. – Kieron Jun 5 '09 at 12:06 Along with DebugBar, they have IETester which allows testing of pages in multiple versions of IE from 8 backwards to at least 5.5. There are some known issues but it is a great help in most cases.It also links into the DebugBar. – monkeypushbutton Jun 5 '09 at 12:14.

Virtualization is the easiest way to achieve this. It has a higher overhead, but since IE has so many hooks into the OS trying to install multiple versions of it is doomed to confusion and failure.

A very light-weight (and just released) way to do this is to use Expression Web SuperPreview. It allows you to compare IE6 and IE7 (or IE6 and IE8+IE7-compatibility-mode) side-by-side. It's currently just a preview, but I've used it with good results.

They're going to release a commercial version that enables side-by-side comparison of more browsers, but they say the IE-specific one will remain free forever.

I wonder how they've implemented it. Are they using a compatibility mode thing or are they actually shipping the IE6 modules? – jeffamaphone Mar 21 '09 at 21:16 Mighty good question.

I think they're using compatibility mode for IE7 rendering, but I they must be doing something else for IE6. Mshtml. Dll SxS?

– sblom Mar 24 '09 at 0:17 The only problem is that it doesn't support automatic Forms authentication. Without this you cannot test secure pages without having a special build setup without forms authentication enabled or else bypassed. – Brian Scott Nov 23 '10 at 9:33.

One more multiple, standalone IE option: IE Collection.

Either run it in a VM, wait untill multiples get IE8 added or, use browsershots.org/ which will take screenshots of your website from several different Operating systmes, and browsers.

What I do is use VMware with other OS with IE6. Not perfect, but it helps.

I use a utility called "Sandboxie" (free for personal use, $29 for commercial) to provide application sandboxing. One useful side-effect of this is that you can install applications (even OS-modifying ones such as IE) into the sandbox, and the parent OS is completely unaware (allowing you to have different versions of the parent OS's IE and the sandboxed IE - and both running simultaneously). The two scenarios I've used so far: Internet Explorer 7 in the parent OS, and uninstalled IE7 in the sandbox to make IE6 available Internet Explorer 6 in the parent os, and upgraded to IE8 in the sandbox Caveats: If you need more than one additional version of IE available simultaneously, then you will need to purchase the full version, as you can only have one version of IE in a sandbox, and the free version supports only one active sandbox at a time Installing a version of IE into the sandbox can take a little trial and error - IE8 was particularly tricky.

Some warnings that occur during installation (or uninstallation) are trivial, though.

I've written a step-by-step blog post showing how to run IE6, IE7 and IE8 as "virtual applications" on Windows 7 Ultimate.

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