Perfect Harmony?

Perfect Harmony?, originally uploaded by lonesome cowboy glen.

The latest version of Parallels Desktop for Mac offers a feature called Coherence which means that you can run Windows apps on your Mac desktop. It’s really handy, especially when you need to do some browser testing. Also, it means Windows XP is hidden from your view which is a nice bonus

Run multiple versions of Internet Explorer on Windows

Windows has always been a bit of a pain when it comes to Internet Explorer versions: it only allows you to have one installed. This makes testing problematic: it means, for instance, that I have to have several Windows XP installations in Parallels Desktop and load them up when needed. However, there now seems to be a solution:

Run IE5, IE6, and IE7 at the Same Time - Even On a Mac

Just three installs and you are done! IE3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 and 7 on one copy of Windows! Lovely!