IE 5.5 & 6.0 on same WinNT4.0 machine?

[msimmons]

I'm quite sure I can't do it on the same profile but can you switch profiles and install a different version of IE? Some of my users are making the switch so I have to start testing compatibility. Its the one thing NS has over IE.
Thanks in advance,
Michael

[JoshT]

I don't think so either, as IE components are considered part of the OS...

[msimmons]

MS needs a page that lets us developers know all the things that will now be broken when users upgrade.
Michael

[JoshT]

Actually IE 5.5 is broken, and you can use the !DOCTYPE tag to put IE6 in "standards compliant" mode so that it renders the page correctly. Else it will render the page in the same incorrect way as IE 5~ does, IIRC. I think the Mac versions don't have this problem.

[JungleMan]

Originally posted by JoshT
Actually IE 5.5 is broken, and you can use the !DOCTYPE tag to put IE6 in "standards compliant" mode so that it renders the page correctly. Else it will render the page in the same incorrect way as IE 5~ does, IIRC. I think the Mac versions don't have this problem.

Which incorrect ways are you referring too?

Seen a lot more flub-ups in Opera or Nutscape

[scoutt]

Originally posted by JoshT
Actually IE 5.5 is broken, and you can use the !DOCTYPE tag to put IE6 in "standards compliant" mode so that it renders the page correctly. Else it will render the page in the same incorrect way as IE 5~ does, IIRC. I think the Mac versions don't have this problem.

what does that have to do with running 2 IE's on the same machine.

msimmons, you can't run 2 IE's on the same machine as they have said, but it shouldn't do anything to the webiste as IE6 will run what ever IE5.5 has. you shouldn't notice any difference.

[msimmons]

One thing that IE6 does (good or bad is up to you) that IE 5.5 (and below) does/dosent (again, your call...) is the cookies are turned off by default... This messed me up when a user decided they were going to upgrade then told my that my app no longer worked.... since I didnt have access to IE6 at the time I couldent find out so I put together an old comp just to run IE6 on, but it is so slow that I hate to use it (plus I am lazy (isnt that why we are programmers, to get the computer to do things for us) so I hate to go to a different desk)...
thanks
michael

[scoutt]

well by default IE6 will ask you if you want to accept 3rd party cookies and then it wil turn off if you say no. so it is still the user that has to decide. but always can turn it on again. but I see what you are talking about.

[msimmons]

Guess I didnt read that prompt
thanks
michael

[JoshT]

Originally posted by scoutt

what does that have to do with running 2 IE's on the same machine.

msimmons, you can't run 2 IE's on the same machine as they have said, but it shouldn't do anything to the webiste as IE6 will run what ever IE5.5 has. you shouldn't notice any difference.

What I'm saying is that you don't need two IE's as IE6 will render pages the same way as IE 5.5 unless the HTML specifically tells it not too.

[JoshT]

Originally posted by jpbtennisman


Which incorrect ways are you referring too?

Seen a lot more flub-ups in Opera or Nutscape

Doesn't support CSS as well (ie - min-width, element:hover), bug in the <button> tag, supports all sorts of incorrect syntax (colored scrollbars, when the style isn't marked as a proprietary extension), deliberately renders pages incorrectly without the !DOCTYPE set correctly.

Plus a security hole every week, and is "smart" enough to put Knowledgebase number in the UA string.

Mozilla blows IE away as far as supporting the standards.

[scoutt]

Originally posted by JoshT


Doesn't support CSS as well (ie - min-width, element:hover), bug in the <button> tag, supports all sorts of incorrect syntax (colored scrollbars, when the style isn't marked as a proprietary extension), deliberately renders pages incorrectly without the !DOCTYPE set correctly.

Plus a security hole every week, and is "smart" enough to put Knowledgebase number in the UA string.

Mozilla blows IE away as far as supporting the standards.

thanks Josh, that is what I thought after I mad that reply. also I have been telling everybody that NS was a lot better but does anybody listen...... noooooo <whiny voice>I like IE</whiny voice>