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matthijs
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IE on mac

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Just found out about this: ie4osx. Let's you install IE5, 5.5, 6 and 7 on your intel Mac. Haven't tested it yet, but might be very useful for us developers on a mac.
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Josh1billion
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That's like getting the worst of both worlds. ;)


(no offense to you Mac or IE advocates out there.. I know you're out there.. :o)
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Post by matthijs »

Josh1billion wrote:That's like getting the worst of both worlds. ;)


(no offense to you Mac or IE advocates out there.. I know you're out there.. :o)
Why?

As a web developer / designer I must test in IE. If I can do that without having to turn on my pc and without having to run XP, that would be so much better.
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One of the main pains with developing is getting things to work the same on at least the latest versions of IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari. With each having potentially different CSS problems as well as the slight possibility of "glitches" in javascript (admit very rare) you would be foolish to release a site without testing on at least these four. In an ideal world you should obviously test more, such as different operating systems, older versions etc. One site I had contact with (large conglomerate of companies) testing was going on up to three browser versions back to ensure the site would work for as many people as possible.
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Post by Josh1billion »

matthijs wrote:As a web developer / designer I must test in IE.
Same here. The joke is just that someone would want to make their poor OS choice worse by using a poor browser choice. :wink:
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