ie5.0 for unix

[svarga]

Hi,
I work in a web design studio and we are trying to test the sites we create in as many browsers as possible...
Few days ago I have downloaded Microsuck IE 5.0 for unix (they have even put their outlook into it-- can't even imagine how out can it look  )...
Can anyone tell, is it possible to install it in Linux (we have RedHat 7.0 and Mandrake 8.0)...

Thanks!

2Webmaster.
by the way, you've forgotten to add Lynx to your Browser Alternatives list    Think it's the best thing to view the news sites.

[voidmain]

I can't imagine why you would want to test IE on UNIX.  How many people are running it? 1?  I didn't realize they were still trying to port it.  I installed it on Sparc/Solaris about 2 years ago when they first ported it (for giggles).  It did nothing but lock up when I tried to run it.

Test IE on Mac and MS,  Test Netscape/Mozilla on all platforms,  Test Opera on all platforms, test Konqueror/Galeon on Linux.  And if you want me to be happy you will also test Lynx on Linux.  

[dbl221]

Wow ie for Unix.......thats just wrong.

Is the source code in a tar-ball or are you just installing a binary?

The general rule to install from source (tar ball) is:

  ./configure
  make
  make install

Thats about it unless you have some option like
 prefix=/home/apache

[voidmain]

Heh heh!  Source code for IE, that's funny...  MS doesn't give *any* source away (they might have to release IE source soon though if the States are successful in the monopoly case).

[eXor]

ROFL! I almost choked on my breakfast....

[voidmain]

Speaking of "lynx", let's see if fuckmicrosoft.com is lynx approved. Yep, seems to work just fine!

[svarga]

VoidMain,
surely there's almost none use MSIE at Unix, to say the truth I just wanted to compare how much it supports JavaScript events (compairing to Win) and JavaScript in general (they say almost the same as for general win version features-- i want to know what this almost means)...
As for other browsers you've listed, I use most of your list... by the way i use lynx for win also  

As for MS sources... I don't know if win98/me etc will be open source (at least in 10-30 years  ), but as for nt/2k/xp-- they surely won't never...
Most of people know that MS researched the Linux code... So I suspect that they've just stolen things they could combine with there idiot win 3.11/95... so they got nt etc..    

thanks for your comments!

[voidmain]

Well there's no doubt with every release of Win they've added more *NIX features, however crippled they are.  I actually sort of got off on the MS track for a while thinking there was hope.  But then I woke up and smelled the coffee (java?).  I still have to do a little NT/2K server, terminal server and cluster work but I don't have to like it.  I now refuse to let that take up the majority of my time.  Now I am focusing on replacing all of that sort of stuff with Linux wherever possible.  As far as MS porting IE, if I recall the article on the page when I downloaded it, they hired a single Linux coding guru and he did the entire port.  Needless to say, how the product worked was directly proportional to the number of resources they put toward it.