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Is there any way to run multiple versions of Safari under Windows XP? I'm interested in running Safari versions 3.1 and 4.

Specifically, i want to debug this type of problem with Safari 3.1 which does not occur on my current version:

INVALID_NODE_TYPE_ERR in jQuery when doing multiple selectors on Chrome

Thanks, Dan

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Dan
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    while i have no idea if running 2 versions of safari works on XP, (got vista myself) i use a virtual xp to debug many things. i have firefox 2.x, IE6, and safari 3.1 installed on a virtual pc instance which i boot to test those 3, while i have firefox 3.5, IE7 and safari 4 on my own pc. it is my opinion that this is the easiest way to target the most browsers to test in. and these are then only the windows browsers... – Sander Jul 29 '09 at 10:49
  • I voted to close the question as a duplicate of [Cross-browser testing: All major browsers on ONE machine](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10541225/cross-browser-testing-all-major-browsers-on-one-machine). Multiple Safari browsers without a Virtual machine **is possible**, and covered in [section 8](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10541225/cross-browser-testing-all-major-browsers-on-one-machine#10541484). – Rob W May 21 '12 at 16:08

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Looks like BrowserSeal.BrowserPack is what you need. It includes, among other browsers, Safari 3.23. and 4.0.4

Demiurg
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It doesn’t look like it. I tried installing Safari 3.2.3 on Windows XP when Safari 4.0.3 was already installed. The installer refused to run due to a later version of Safari being installed.

So it looks like you’ll need a virtual machine to run another copy of Windows. Microsoft has made available some Virtual PC images with old versions of Internet Explorer on them, and there’s a free version of Virtual PC that runs on Windows XP Pro, so that might be a good way to go.

On the Mac, Michel Fortin has made some builds of Safari that are equivalent to older versions: see Multi-Safari.

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Just wanted to mention I found a portable version of Safari 5 online (unofficial, you can google for it), but it didn't work too well. But it is an option for those that want multiple versions w/o having to use a virtual machine.

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Agreed with Paul...
Another definitive "no" answer from Apple's dicussion boards

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