SuperPreview: Microsoft has done something good for a change

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
SuperPreview

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You can call it ghetto or whatever you want. But I was storing 3 VMware instances of Windows XP on my MacBook Pro. All so that I could test my websites in the 3 most recent versions of Internet Explorer.

Thanks to SuperPreview by Microsoft, I am able to remove 2 of those instances. I saved quite a bit of space on my hard drive by essentially removing 2 whole computers’ worth of data. And now I can test my websites in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, and 8. Win-win!

Take a look at the sexiness of comparing 2 versions side-by-side (click to view larger):

Gotta fix that one. Thanks Microsoft!

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5 Responses to “SuperPreview: Microsoft has done something good for a change”

  1. todd sharp Says:
    October 13th, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Have you tried browser lab from Adobe?  It’s pretty frakkin sweet…
    https://browserlab.adobe.com/index.html

  2. Chris Peters Says:
    October 13th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    Yes, I looked into Browser Lab afterward. Pretty nice, and I love that it’s browser-based.

  3. Bash Says:
    October 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    How about IE Tester
    http://my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

  4. Chris Peters Says:
    October 15th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    I know of some people who swear by IE tester, but I have one single problem with it. When I load it in my VMware Fusion Windows XP instance, it crashes on load. :(

  5. Vasya Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 10:11 am

    If you want a similar tool which is available now take a look at BrowserSeal. It supports Firefox, Safari, IE6, IE7 and IE8.

    Free trial version can be downloaded from http://www.browserseal.com

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