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Running Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on the same machine

I am testing my website on different versions of Internet Explorer. What is the best tool to perform the test on the same machine?

I came across a tool called IETester. Is this tool recommended?

How do you typically perform this type of test?

Note: I have tried http://spoon.net/browsers/. It looks very promising.

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  • make it work on IE8 and then stop caring. – Jason Sep 23 '10 at 21:11
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    @Jason, and forget about the rest? I am with you on IE is a POS, especially pre-IE8. However, the real world needs to accommodate to all valid platforms. Especially those damned government employees :) – Dustin Laine Sep 23 '10 at 21:16
  • i develop in firefox (for firebug purposes), check in chrome, and when i'm done, make sure it looks ok/functions mostly correctly in IE8. If I'm feeling particularly ambitious, I'll make sure it works in IE7. past that, I don't care. Google, YouTube, and many other big-name sites have dropped support for IE6 and below, so there's no reason you should support them either. – Jason Sep 23 '10 at 21:22
  • I follow the exact same process, but I can't exclude IE6/7. I wish and can't wait till I can. Spend more time fixing IE6 then building the damn site to begin with. – Dustin Laine Sep 23 '10 at 21:44
  • Possible duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1921205/how-can-i-test-my-webpage-in-different-ie-versions http://stackoverflow.com/questions/574463/running-ie6-ie7-and-ie8-on-the-same-machine – Drahakar Sep 23 '10 at 21:51

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I personally run VM's for all the different environments/browsers. However I recently ran across spoon.net, which allows you to load applications with no install. They have all browsers that I would care to test in.

http://www.spoon.net/Browsers/

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