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I have a mac with IE5.2. It doesn't react to webpages like it's Windows version. This is frustrating because I don't have a Wintel computer to test on.

I have noticed that there are some Mac users here (though it appears you also have Wintels too)

Is there a browser that acts the same or similar to Windows IE to use on Mac?
I am using OS 10.3.9. Thanks

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ngc7293's picture

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Well, I didn't try it, but I got the general idea.
Then I looked up the cost......
I'm really hoping this is not the only way. But thanks.

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Welcome to TWF. Smiling

I'm on a GNU/Linux box with no IE either. I've pretty much stopped testing for IE. Between Firefox/Mozilla/Epiphany, Opera, Konqueror, Dillo, and Links, I've usually done enough testing and built enough redundancy to be confident that IE will render something decent.

I do review pages with IE on Windows at a later stage though, if and when I get access to it. It's certainly not an integral part of my initial development process.

Of course, this is made more convenient by the fact that support for IE is not commonly a concern for me. And I avoid fancy trickery that would normally complicate matters.

For you, I guess what all this amounts to is: get a Wintel box if support for IE on Windows is important to you. Otherwise, you can probably get away with well-disciplined code and late testing.

Smiling

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If you're serious about web designing, I would set up an inexpensive (less than $500) machine that you can set up Windows XP on just for testing web pages. I did the inverse, and bought a Mac Mini for testing websites.

Abhishek, you have confidence in IE to render something decent? Sounds iffy to me. Smiling

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Well, if I was serious about web design, I'd have a job right now! Laughing out loud ..........or not.

I don't have any money to spend. I guess I'll have to stick with the awkward method. Sad

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If you have a library near you they probably have IE on at least one PC. Might be worth a try.

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Great point, dk01! The "nice" thing about IE is that most people have it on their computer, so it should be too hard to use some public computer or a friend's computer. Do you have a CD burner or USB hard drive of some sort?