IPhoto 9.6.1 can't compare photos?!?!

Okay, so all of Apple's support documents say if you have two images highlighted in an album you can click the 'Edit' button & they will display side-by-side so you can compare and/or edit them.
A more complex process than on previous iPhoto version but nonetheless...
So I follow those steps word for word and... nothing.
Only one photo opens...
Any suggestions?

Strange... but although I have never done this myself (I hardly ever edited in iPhoto), and am now getting acquainted with Photos (where I see no way to do what you want), I gave it a try.
Opened an event, selected two photos and pressed the Edit-button. I do get the images side-by-side, with at the right-hand side all tools to edit. You can only edit one photo at a time, but you can switch between the two displayed photos.
OSX 10.10.3, iPhoto 9.6.1

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