I am a beginner HTML/CSS coder and I have noticed that the most problematic browser is IE6. Now I want to install IE6 on my computer, to be able to perform live test, but when I try to install IE6 a notification appears saying that it's not possible to install IE6 on 64bit.
Is there a way I can do it?
Try this:
IETester
You get a pseudo IE version emulation, instead of installing (downgrading) IE version
You will need a virtual machine. I know microsoft hosts a version themself. Right now the link isn't working for me but you might want to try this:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en%3e&id=11575
Also if you have an old windows xp disk you can just install virtualbox
And then install Windows XP on it.
It is not directly an answer to your question but if you want to test various different Internet Explorer versions you may use a tool like IE Tester:
http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
You may test IE5.5 up to 10 with this single application.
Microsoft provide virtual machines for testing specific versions of Internet Explorer. This page has all the links and information you need.
You could start off by writing one simple Selenium script and test your website immediately in all browsers.
For example on http://testingbot.com you can run your browser test on all browsers at once.
This way you're not only testing ancient browsers, but also the newer ones.
If you don't want to bother setting up a VM, you can use a service like Sauce Lab's scout. It's free service, though you have to register an account. I've used it for quick testing of designs on older browsers:
https://saucelabs.com/docs/scout/getting-started
(It actually spins up a VM in the cloud and gives you limited remote control).
ie6 is dying and almost dead... meanwhile, you can maybe install virtual xp machine and get ie6 there for test...
also, there's Adobe browser lab with all existing browsers...
There's a VirtualBox image with Internet Explorer 6 in it available here:
http://www.npackd.org/p/xp-ie6-virtualbox/2014.10.27
You can download VirtualBox here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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I need to emulate an older version of chrome. I want to avoid the solution where I have to uninstall the current version and install the desired one each time I need to test my app. I came across this article but it doesn't quite answer my question. Thank you!
It's not possible to emulate older versions of Chrome from within DevTools, as is possible in IE. It's not very reliable to emulate them anyway. I've used IE 8 emulator in the past, and on occasion it has provided different results from the version I installed on an XP VM.
In theory, it should be possible to install multiple Chrome instances side-by-side because the installation directory is OS user based. However, I don't think the installations are fully isolated from one another. At least in Windows, the application would likely write to the same registry keys. In OSX, you might be alright, provided you modify the user directory path.
An alternative solution would be trying the portable versions of Chrome that appear over the Internet, usually illegally. Everything is self contained in a directory, but it will likely perform differently from normal installations. Check out PortableApps.
I think the best solution would be to set up some VMs for the different environments and browsers you want to test with. You can manually set up these, using VirtualBox or similar. Many hosted providers will allow you to spin up fresh VMs with automated tasks to install applications and services. You have to pay for these though.
If you just need to check what server returns for old browsers (not full emulation), you can set User-Agent in Network Conditions (for now, chrome 67).
Just for completeness, here is a link (September 2021) that provides historical snapshots of the 'chromium' browser, sorted per operating system and per 'position'. I needed this when I had to test on an 8-year old version of Chrome(~ium)
https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html
The URL looks legit (googleapis.com) to me, but please check for yourself before downloading. At your own risk.
Updated on 21/03/2019
I have found the following link which contains links to previous Google Chrome Versions (32bit, 64bit and Linux).
https://www.slimjet.com/chrome/google-chrome-old-version.php
Old post
Just found out that different versions of Google Chrome can be installed.
You will have to uninstall your existing version.
Download the package from here - https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
Follow the instructions and install.
Hope this helps someone. The downside is you have to uninstall your current version.
Cheers!
Today you can run Windows Sandbox to avoid installing malicious programs. (Windows Professional or Enterprise Edition is required).
more info:
Windows Sandbox Doc
While I don't have a way to emulate a different version, I did find a way to have a current and an old version installed at the same time. For the 'current' version I installed Chrome Beta. Then I set the regular version of Chrome to the older version I needed.
Google's docs didn't put all the information in one place, so here are the steps for a normal Chrome user in Windows 10:
Download the Google Update policy template (alternatively Chrome Enterprise also contains the files you'll need) and unzip it.
Copy the .admx and .adml files into %systemroot%/PolicyDefinitions (.admx files go there and .adml in the language subfolder (en-US) as found in the zip you downloaded)
Open Group Policy editor and the required settings now exist
In Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Google->Google Update->Applications->Google Chrome,
set Rollback to target version to enabled
set the Target version prefix override to enabled and your desired version
(e.g. 86. for version 86)
Finally open Chrome, go to Settings->About and let it check for updates. Chrome will automatically download the target version and prompt you to restart.
Do note that this deletes local user profiles and recreates them from remote including redownloading browser extensions, so use with caution. Remember to go back to the normal version of Chrome by unsetting the Group Policy settings and letting Chrome update itself when you're done.
As I understand, as Windows XP support was officially dropped, the newest versions of SSL certificates used in certain websites cannot be accessed by Chrome and IE on WinXP due to incompatibility. However, Firefox apparently still does support Windows XP and can access those websites freely.
I don't quite understand how the SSL certificates compatibility works, how is it possible that on Chrome and IE it requires you to switch to a new OS altogether but that's not needed when just using a different browser? Why can't a simple community developer just create a "patch" for Chrome and IE if Firefox can support them? What's the connection between the browser and the OS? Where do I draw the line?
OK, so looking at the example of mpql.net, we start with the SSL Labs analysis.
The problem appears to be that the server only supports elliptic curve cryptography (the various TLS_ECDHE_xxx suites) and, according to the MSDN articles Secure Sockets Layer Protocol and TLS Cipher Suites, Windows XP doesn't include any of the elliptic curve protocols. This is not related to the certificates per se, but to the way the web server is configured.
Firefox still works because it uses its own cryptographic library rather than using the SSL support built into Windows. Of course, if you were using a version of Firefox as old as Windows XP is, it probably wouldn't work either. :-)
Solution for this problem in XP is installing KB3055973-v3 that adds support for TLS 128-bit & 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher suites.
Google for this solution and beware it is natively for English OS version, otherwise you need to modify the installation files.
Note that I installed "Windows Embedded POSReady 2009" before.
certain websites cannot be accessed by Chrome and IE on WinXP due to incompatibility. However, Firefox apparently still does support Windows XP and can access those websites freely.
Chrome and IE use the CA store of windows while Firefox uses it's own independent store.
Why can't a simple community developer just create a "patch" for Chrome and IE if Firefox can support them?
It might be that some developer can do it, but why should somebody invest its time to support an OS which is dead and insecure just to support browsers which are no longer supported (Chrome will drop support end of 2015). If you feel this needs to be done anyway just do it. Otherwise, drop XP or at least use Firefox with it.
Although I cant say im 100% correct I believe ssl has everything to do with the browser and not much to do with the actual operating system. So I ran into an issue where the very opposite from what you are asking. A client was on a windows 7 machine and needed to access time warner business email through chrome but couldn't because of a SSL issue. The problem was that Chrome dropped support for the older version of SSL and so her options where use IE or Firefox or downgrade and hope chrome doesn't force its self to update. Microsoft is wanting users to upgrade so of course they are not going to keep IE up to date and google isn't going to support an outdated operating system. Firefox is open source so it makes sense that people would keep the browser compatible with as many devices as possible. Hope this helps.
I'm testing a web site on symbian_belle_sdk_1.0 emulator, but the installed browser version is too old for me. Alerting the userAgent returns me "NokiaBrowser 7.4.2.4". Is there a way to update the browser to "NokiaBrowser 8.3.1.4" or any other way to test with newer NokiaBrowser?
I have never heard about upgrading browser in emulator, but for other ways to test it: first is, of course, real device. And second option is Remote device access.
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I'm currently designing a website on a Mac. The design works fine in Chrome, Safari and Firefox. Now I'm about to test it with different versions of Internet Explorer. The problem is that I don't have access to a Windows machine at the moment. What's the best way to test a webdesign for IE on a Mac?
I use BrowserStack.com, which is pretty cool. But the debugging tool (Firebug) gets really slow on IE7 and IE8.
So here it is a way to have IE7, 8 and 9 working in your mac:
1) Download & Install VirtualBox
2) Launch the Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities/)
3) Decide which versions of Internet Explorer you want to download and install – each version of Internet Explorer is contained within a separate virtual machine that runs within VirtualBox. In other words, if you want to run Internet Explorer 7, 8, and 9, you will need to download three separate VM’s, which may take a while so keep that in mind. Select the text below and copy it:
3.1) Install ALL versions of Internet Explorer: IE7, IE 8, and IE 9
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
3.2)Install Internet Explorer 7 Only
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="7" bash
3.3) Install Internet Explorer 8 Only
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="8" bash
3.4)Install Internet Explorer 9 Only
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="9" bash
Copy and paste the selected command from above into the Terminal and hit return, this will start the download and conversion process. How long this takes depends on your internet connection and how many versions of Internet Explorer you chose to install
Launch VirtualBox and boot Windows & Internet Explorer – select the virtual machine corresponding to the version of Internet Explorer you intend to use: IE7, IE8, IE9, then click on the “Start” button to boot that Windows machine with that version of Internet Explorer.
Remember that the default Windows admin password is “Password1″, it’s also the password hint within the VM should you forget it.
That’s really all there is to it. These commands are part of the ievsms script from xdissent and it manages the entire download, conversion, and installation procedure, it doesn’t get much easier.
VM Snapshots Circumvent Microsofts 30 Day Limitation
The other great thing about this method is that it circumvents Microsofts 30 day limitation by utilizing snapshots, a feature built into VirtualBox. This preserves the original Windows VM state and allows you to continuously use the IE virtual machine without any time limitation simply by reverting to the original snapshot once the 30 day lock occurs.
To use a snapshot after the 30 day Windows expiration, just open VirtualBox, select the IE VM, and click on the “Snapshots” button. From here you can boot from the original snapshot that was created and use IE again for another 30 days. You can do this indefinitely, effectively having a clean IE test environment forever.
Source:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet-explorer-for-mac-ie7-ie8-ie-9-free/
You can use a virtual machine, such as VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/). Or you can use Wine (http://www.winehq.org/).
Both systems also allow you to then test IE7 and lower, possibly using IETester. I find IETester to be excellent.
I've used them both and they worked for my needs.
Crossover sounds interesting.
To get completely deluxe, you can download Firebug Lite (http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite), which lets you inspect the DOM kind of like Firebug. It's not quite as nice, but a good augmenter for Developer Tools in IE.
You could use Adobe BrowserLab.
Your options are basically, in order of quality:
Run Windows under virtualization.
Run browsers remotely using a tool like browsershots.org.
Ask a friend running Windows to look at the site for you.
Run Explorer via WINE / Crossover Desktop.
Install Crossover, which will allow you to run IE on your Mac without the overhead of a full VM.
http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=4225
I would try out the trial first, because IE8 is listed as "Bronze" compatibility level which is not the greatest.
If running under Wine, you will want to install each version of IE into its own prefix without other programs, and insure that various pre-requisites are available. Google for details.
It works reasonably well then, though new wine updates often can cause it to crash-- alas.
Oracle VirtualBox works very well. Working with it is pretty basic, and best of all it's free:
Download Oracle VirtualBox
Install Internet Explorer
Open Oracle VirtualBox
Done!
For detailed instructions reference this Internet Explorer mac testing guide. There's no point in reposting everything here it's kind of detailed.
Update October 2012:
I just found browserling.com which seems to be quite convenient. Basic test are free, for more intensive once there's a subscription.
I used to test with Parallels, but I've grown tired of updating Windows versions (not to mention buying Windoes just for IE is ridiculous) and keeping up with IE version clashes etc. so a subscription based service seems to be a more convenient solution.
I know this is old but for anyone who does this regularly enough a service like litmus.com is also an option. Of course having an actual install in some sort of virtual machine is the way to go if you're needing it a lot.
The best way to run ie7 - ie10 on a mac that I found is to run oracle virtual machine and install all versions of the browswer. This route is completely free and runs outside the browser like some of these other options.
The only downside to this method is it takes up a lot of space.
Here is the easy to follow tutorial:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet-explorer-for-mac-ie7-ie8-ie-9-free/
HI All,
I m a web designer and working in html and css so i m using linux machine as our company provide us, The problem is that when i am going for compatibility with windows it gets very problematic to me so plz tell me is there any site where i can check my web site in all browser of windows and mac where i get a good result as expected .........
Thanks
take a look at browsershots.org
hi you can try one of these according your machine.. cross browser compatibility
You can also try http://crossbrowsertesting.com/ which not only allows you to see a screenshot of the website but also to actually try it in different OS/browsers through a VPN connection. Works very well.
As for Windows, you can always install a virtual machine with Windows on your computer (e.g. Sun VirtualBox) so you can use Linux and Windows at the same time with no need to reboot or anything.