Running IE6, IE7 and IE8 standalone
14 Comments 18th MAR 2009 | Posted by Željko Prša in Tools
If you are looking for an easy solution for running multiple IEs (IE6 standalone, IE7 standalone and IE8 standalone.) or any other popular browsers versions side by side AND all of that right from your browser, check out the Xenocode’s page or read on before jumping off.
Update!
Browser sandbox has been moved to this place.
Be patient the first time you use any of the browsers and it will pay off next time it runs
Quote from their site
The Xenocode Browser Sandbox allows all popular Windows browsers to be run simultaneously, directly from the web. Web designers, system administrators, and other users can now evaluate Internet Explorer 8, 7, and 6, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, and Google Chrome directly from the web in a risk-free manner. Unlike traditional software applications, Xenocode WebApps do not require any software to be installed and allow multiple application versions to run side-by-side on any version of Windows.
If you want to use them on your desktop it’s free to download and use any time.
Upsides:
- Fast and lightweight
- No installation (online and desktop version)
- Multiple browsers
- Build your own app/browser
Downsides:
- Appart from occasionally Windows exlporer hick-ups…
- … no real downsides detected
Link to xenocode’s browsers page: Xenocode
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June 7th, 2009 at 22:15
Wow it does works nicely… Thanks for the tip. No more virtual pc for me
June 24th, 2009 at 13:54
I’ll remove IEtester immediately
July 23rd, 2009 at 20:01
Hmmm…what am I missing here? Clicking on any of the applications/browsers directly, gets me redirected to the product website (i.e. Microsoft, or Mozilla, or Opera, etc), and the only other thing to click on I can seem to find is where it tells me to install the “Spoon Plugin”.
August 5th, 2009 at 1:42
Exactly what i needed for cross browser compatibility testing. Thanks
August 17th, 2009 at 4:24
I assume this Spoon plugin is spyware right? It doesnt even mention what the hec it is on the Xenocode site.
September 1st, 2009 at 23:48
Apparently Xenocode has changed their M.O., and “replaced” their executables with the Spoon plugin. Actually, they’re just caching the .exe on your machine: get the skinny here: http://www.fluxhq.com/archives/149
September 9th, 2009 at 12:30
@Darren No, fortunately it is not
Thanks Dale, be sure to check the updated URL to the “Browser sandbox”. http://spoon.net/Browsers/
September 28th, 2009 at 5:47
The browser cache would be great, if it actually worked…
December 1st, 2009 at 23:43
I would like to know if I can legally run IE6 virtualized on windows 7?
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:26
@Robert K – As long as you have a legal copy of Windows 7 you can run any of the IE browser you want.
January 21st, 2010 at 10:59
Nice technology, but as far as cross browser testing is concerned – why bother if you can actually install all these browsers locally using, for instance, our free BrowserSeal.BrowserPack package?
February 16th, 2010 at 8:33
Hello man..thanks for the nice solution but i can’t see any setup file..or download link..please guide me for the same….Thanks in advance.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:27
@Pushkar Please read the follow up on this at http://www.fluxhq.com/archives/149
March 11th, 2010 at 17:44
I have a friend that ie7 @ spoon running with flash in winxp.
I can’t get flash to work, also in winxp.
The Adobe flash install keeps popping up, but it keeps refreshing the page when i try install it.
Anyone with similar experiences or solutions?