Whats newest IE update for Mac??

[Rhobes]

Hi all--

Whenever I use IE (to view new web pages I create) I always get notices somewhere to upgrade to a newer version. I know I can't use IE 8, but I haven't seen anything newer than what I have ( IE 5.2.3) that I can upgrade to for free. Is there anything newer available?

 

[RoninXI]

5.x is the most current one there is no 6+ and never will be according to microsoft. What I do to check what I have coded is use a VM (Parallels or VMWare will work) and have different versions of IE on each so I can test in 6,7 and 8. The Mac version of IE was never rendering the same as it's Windows counterpart any way.

 

[KingYaba]

Any specific reason you're still running Internet Explorer? I suggest switching to Firefox 2.

 

[brand]

Any specific reason you're still running Internet Explorer? I suggest switching to Firefox 2.

Any specific reason you're still running Firefox 2? I suggest switching to Firefox 3.

 

[r.j.s]

No, IE for Mac is dead. Has been for years.

 

[RoninXI]

He said he is running it to check sites he has made. Basically a useless venture any way since it is nothing like how a site will look in IE6/7/8 for Windows

 

[r.j.s]

He said he is running it to check sites he has made. Basically a useless venture any way since it is nothing like how a site will look in IE6/7/8 for Windows

True, OP, you will need to use either Boot Camp or virtualization to see how IE renders your site.

 

[Rhobes]

Thanks for the comments-

 

[Steve1496]

Before shelling out money for VMWare/Parallels or boot camp, check this out:
http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

You will need to install darwine (just follow those directions on the right hand side of the page), and then you will be able to use IE6 or IE7 to test pages. Give it a shot.

Steve

 

[miles01110]

Isn't there a FF plugin that allows you to view a website as it appears in IE? Maybe it's only for older versions.

 

[RoninXI]

Before shelling out money for VMWare/Parallels or boot camp, check this out:
http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

You will need to install darwine (just follow those directions on the right hand side of the page), and then you will be able to use IE6 or IE7 to test pages. Give it a shot. Also it is not able to render IE7 at all yet

Steve

I have tried that in the past, in my experience it looks nothing like it does in windows. Could be due to font smoothing/DirectX filters/fonts available

Isn't there a FF plugin that allows you to view a website as it appears in IE? Maybe it's only for older versions.

If I remember correctly that was a windows plugin, it would make that 1 tab render like IE6 called "run as IE" or something like that.

You may want to check out the Web Design and Development section they have a lot of nice stuff about this subject in there.

 

[miles01110]

Ah yes, only for windows. (It's called IEView)