Why would you want to do something like install Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 on Apple's OS X? Well, the sad truth is that IE6 is still the most prevalent web browser in the world, and web designers-even the Mac kind-can't afford to start ignoring it yet. Unsurprisingly, the trick to getting IE to run on OS X is based on IEs4Linux, a tool with the same purpose, but for Linux. For the Mac, however, it takes a bit more fiddling, as described in this thread on the Ars Technica forums. Not exactly a one-click install, but probably preferable for some to actuall getting Windows.Run Internet Explorer 6 on Mac OS X
Why would you want to do something like install Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 on Apple's OS X? Well, the sad truth is that IE6 is still the most prevalent web browser in the world, and web designers-even the Mac kind-can't afford to start ignoring it yet. Unsurprisingly, the trick to getting IE to run on OS X is based on IEs4Linux, a tool with the same purpose, but for Linux. For the Mac, however, it takes a bit more fiddling, as described in this thread on the Ars Technica forums. Not exactly a one-click install, but probably preferable for some to actuall getting Windows.
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6-07-2006 @ 5:28PM
Twist said...
Wonder how long it will take someone to make a package installer for this.
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6-08-2006 @ 12:02AM
dmcknight said...
This is for brand-stinking-new Intel (drm) Mac's only, apparently.
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6-08-2006 @ 6:43AM
Mike said...
Absolutely unnecessary. Both Safari and Opera can use IE sites. There are two issues here: design for IE and functionality for IE. As I wrote, Safari and Opera both render IE-designed sites quite well. If webmasters of these sites were smarter, they would use CSS to detect the brower and send it the right stylesheet. For functionality: screw them. I'll find a competitor and use them instead.
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6-17-2006 @ 9:36PM
Eliakim Littell said...
Well - if you're an out of market baseball fan and want to watch MLB TV with it's embedded media player, Safari, Netscape and Firefox just don't work right. Explorer might just be the answer for me!
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