browsers

[nectar]

Is it possible to have more than one of the same browser in a pc?
I would like to have ie 5.5 added to my 6 which I got and netscape 6 added to 7 that I got. So that I can see my work in various editions of the same browser. But when I go to run the program tells me that it cant because a newer version is detected.
Anyone know a way of doing this, or of seeing the work in various editions of the browsers?
Thanks

[bacterozoid]

Hrm...well if you can find downloads for the older versions, then you can just save them to different directories and it will work fine. The problem I see is finding the different versions.

Maybe if you find a fairly old version, save it. Copy the files into a directory, then upgrade to the next version. Save those files to a dir., then upgrade...etc, until you get to the most recent version.

[STDestiny]

The problem with I.E. is it won't let you have multiple versions any more. If you try to install an older version, you get an error box saying you already have a newer version. If you install a newer version, it automatically overrides the older one (without any way to change it).

-Andrew

P.S. There are probably hacks for it. I just haven't had the inclination to look.

[brothercake]

There aren't hacks for it - IE is part of windows, so trying to install an older version is liking trying to downgrade windows, which isn't possible - arguably it should be possible to remove update components, but, well, whatever.

What you need is virtual machine software so that you can run multiple versions of windows. Or if you're happy with just two - like IE6 and IE5 - you could run an older version of windows in a partition and set your machine up as a dual-boot.

[giz]

As it wasn't stated above, just a quick comment to say that you usually don't get many problems if you install multiple versions of Mozilla, Netscape, and other stand-alone browsers made by people other than M$.

[brothercake]

IE for Windows is like this because it isn't an application at all, it's just a Windows shell extension. In my opinion that's a sound way of doing it - makes a lot of sense conceptually to lose the notion of "browser", because after all, it is All Just Data ™.

It's the same principle as Safari and OmniWeb 4.5 for OSX, as it is for Konqueror in KDE linux.

The problem is the quality of the rendering component itself - which in IE's case is, well, it's just way behind the times, buggy and proprietary. But it could be worse - remember when Netscape 4 was the dominant browser ...

[giz]

>> ...because after all, it is All Just Data ™. <<

Umm. If that is the case then the OS should also include full desktop publishing, animation studios, tax and accountancy software, an enclycopedia, spreadsheets, presentation building software, and so on.... that is all just data too. In my universe those are all done as separate applications, and long may it stay that way.

[brothercake]

Originally posted by giz
Umm. If that is the case then the OS should also include full desktop publishing, animation studios, tax and accountancy software, an enclycopedia, spreadsheets, presentation building software, and so on.... that is all just data too.
Exactly :thumbsup:

[meow]

LOL! I also read that thread on thelist. Mixed opinions there. :D