Internet Explorer identity crisis
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I recently took this at work. Yes, that's IE6, IE7, and IE8 running on the same computer at the same time, without virtualization. What, you haven't heard about [url=http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm]The IE Collection[/url]?
[url=http://tinypic.com/r/ipblvq/4](linky; this bugger's HUGE)[/url]
<embed src="http://tinypic.com/i/input.swf" mce_src="http://tinypic.com/i/input.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="" id="flash-html-code" bgcolor="transparent" quality="high" name="flash-html-code" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="ipt=%5BIMG%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fi38.tinypic.com%2Fipblvq.png%5B%2FIMG%5D&trk=copy_details_img" height="19" width="262">So IE7 thinks it's IE8, and gives IE6's User-Agent. Okay...
(I later did some investigation, and it seems the UA thing was just caching. It DOES render like IE7 i.e. all the bugs are there so it serves my purpose.)
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Careful.. we found hacks like this and MultipleIEs don't quite cut it because they have to hack about with the registry so much - VMs are the only way to go for browser testing.
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http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm: "Warning: Never use Internet Explorer as primary browser."
That's all I need to see on a website to know that I shouldn't be visiting it.
Also, TRWTF is you thinking that doing something that's totally unsupported is a WTF. It's hardly a surprise things are a bit weird and don't look right. Enjoy your random IE crashes on JavaScript heavy sites from now on.
Edit: Tinypic will apparently sell you mugs that can render animated GIFs. Do want.
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Cute, they work with IE developer toolbar. I'm betting the same as everyone else for stability though.
I usually use [url=http://my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage]IE Tester[/url] which is crashy as hell.
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@roothorick said:
Great! IE6, IE7, and IE8 running on the same computer at the same time, without virtualization! Here's a link! It is so quirky it's not usable for any kind of serious testing!
(I took a few liberties with your post)
What was your point again?
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There's a link to another good daily dose of crazy on that IE Collection site, too: Edskes Software Silent Setup for Mozilla Firefox
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@db2 said:
There's a link to another good daily dose of crazy on that IE Collection site, too: Edskes Software Silent Setup for Mozilla Firefox
Impressive amount of "awards" at the bottom. What's that article again where a dude posts a completely empty executable to many of such software sites and receives a 5 star rating from most of them?
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My favorite line:
Since it always works and is very simple to use, you can include it on your website, so you don't have to code for non-standard compliant browsers anymore.
Because that's the way web development works: Forcing users to install software so you don't have to develop cross-platform. Whew. That makes my job so much easier.
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@dhromed said:
Saw them myself and thought "I wonder how many of those sites are still up and running?"@db2 said:
There's a link to another good daily dose of crazy on that IE Collection site, too: Edskes Software Silent Setup for Mozilla Firefox
Impressive amount of "awards" at the bottom.
@dhromed said:
What's that article again where a dude posts a completely empty executable to many of such software sites and receives a 5 star rating from most of them?
This one? http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/