Small hack to run different versions of Internet Explorer

Introduction:

While doing testing across multiple browsers, we tend to have an interest of testing on different versions of browsers.  But due to lack of adequate hardware resources, this is pushed as a low priority and often not tested. But this hack will help you run different versions of Internet Explorer, i.e. IE7, IE8 and IE9.

Pre-requisite for this hack:

Ensure IE9 should be installed on your machine.

Steps:

1. Open IE.


2. Press F12 to Open IE Developer Toolbar.


3. Once IE Developer Toolbar is opened, change the browser mode option as shown in the image.


4. That’s it. Now start typing the webpage url and render. The pages will be rendered as if it was rendered in IE7 or IE8.


5. Note: Do not close the browser after changing the browser mode. Everytime the browser is opened, it is always rendered in IE9 mode by default.

Posted in: Custom Web, Hacks, Internet Explorer 9, Multiple Versions of IE, Others, Testing