sandbox to test browser versions

By the way I just remembered the other websites as well.

http://browsershots.org/ - shows a thumbnail of each browser so you can see if there is a large diff

http://crossbrowsertesting.com/ - Looks very promising but I haven't used it myself

Scissors85- that was nice .

but these only show static website snapshots which is great still.

but any where I can work with a get a feel of actually using the web browser and not having it installed. basically I want to test (and open/run the applet etc) an app in the browser without having to actually install each browser in the local machine.

The first link I posted http://www.spoon.net/Browsers/      will allow you to create a free account and then use the plugin associated with it. It will then allow you to download through the plugin the browser on the network but not on your harddrive. Essentially it only works Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari but those are the 4 main browsers that 99% of consumers will be using.

actually, i saw that, but alas, the only one i need tested is ie - i wonder why they left out ie, as microsoft says that is the most used browser in the world (are they right- but that is another topic of its own)

that works! thanks again.