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IE8 for Macintosh?
worker201:
--- Quote from: davidnix71 on 26 March 2009, 02:51 ---Of course, renaming an .exe file to .dmg might not work exactly as planned.
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LOL
piratePenguin:
wine works on os x right? i wonder does ie8 work on wine... actually wait i dont care.
edit: and i wonder will MS ever fix another of the major problems with IE being that it works on only one platform.... yeah yahoo, great recommendation.
Lead Head:
Provided you could properly convince IE8 that you are installing it on a Windows Vista/7 install, I think it should work. Internet Explorer no longer seems to be integrated as much into windows as it once was. For instance, if your in "My Computer", and type www.google.com into the address bar, it no longer just turns the window into IE, it launches your default browser to that URL you typed in. In my case it started firefox up right to the google main page.
worker201:
IE8 probably uses a lot of .NET and graphiclayer stuff that will never run properly in wine. The only reason to use IE over some other browser is to have unrestricted access to system components. Of course, that's also one of the reasons it's such a virus whore.
davidnix71:
There is an IE8 app that runs from the desktop in OSX on Intel Macs only. There is also a plugin for FF2-3 that adds the new features of IE8 to Firefox. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Firefox-Extensions/IE8-Activities-for-Firefox-38709.shtml
This fix involves a little work converting Microsofts' free beta VPC/IE8 image so it will run under VMWare or Parallels: http://blog.mozmonkey.com/2008/vpc-ie6-ie7-ie8-on-mac-os-x/
http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/ This one runs in Darwine on Intels Mac. It does not include Windows, it's just a standalone browser app that runs from the desktop in X11.
And if you are a little warped mentally you can add the ActiveX plugin for Firefox then embed the Windows Media Player in Firefox to make an IE only website work completely. http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206213
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