Internet Explorer 5 and 6 on a Mac!
September 2, 2008
If you don’t know why the headline of this post necessitated an exclamation mark, it’s because Microsoft stopped making Internet Explorer for a Mac at version 5. They’re now up to version 7. Why do I care? Well, if I wasn’t a web designer, I wouldn’t. I love me some Firefox, and am completely happy using it as my everyday browser. As a web designer, though, I need to test the sites I design on a variety of platforms and with different browsers. I do have a PC running Windows, but I have Explorer 7 installed on that computer and in a move that makes web designers everywhere grind their teeth into little nubs, you can’t run multiple versions of Explorer on the same machine (well, not easily). And Explorer 6 and Explorer 7 have completely different sets of bugs and quirks.
All praise YouTube. I did a Google search for “view internet explorer 6 on a Mac” and came to this video, with links to a site that allows you to have “several versions of IE installed side by side… try that on a PC ;).”
I now officially love Mike Kronenberg. A donation is headed your way shortly.
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Pingback by Internet Explorer 5 and 6 on a Mac! | aboutCREATION — September 2, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
Hey Leslie
Great blog by the way! Not sure if you ever heard of browsershots.org you can view your sites design in various browsers with out having to download them. I wrote an article about it on my blog some time ago this is the link to the article http://thegnrgroup.com/blog/view-your-blogs-design-in-different-browsers/
Comment by Glen .L .Graham — October 14, 2008 @ 10:59 am
Thanks for the info, Glen. When I try browsershots.com, though, I’m getting a page not found error. Are you able to get through?
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — October 15, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
Hey Leslie
my mistake the correct site address is browsershots.org
Enjoy.
Comment by Glen .L .Graham — October 15, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
It’s very nice of you to take the blame, Glen, but that was me typing in .com instead of .org, like you wrote. Thanks for the (very diplomatic) correction. It’s a great resource.
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — October 15, 2008 @ 8:19 pm