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menardmam
menardmam

Reputation: 9986

Test IE6 on Mac OS X

I like to be able to fully test compatibility of my web pages on Mac OS X. I have installed Parallels desktop. It works fine, but it uses a lot a of resources...

So I would like to be able to test everything inside OS X. In fact I am looking for Explorer 6 for the Mac.

Any suggestions around?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 13889

Answers (10)

Thomiweb
Thomiweb

Reputation: 21

Adobe Browser Lab lets you test your design in a large variety of browsers, and different platforms. Browser Lab returns an image of how your site is going to look in the chosen browser.

Upvotes: 2

Timon Schroeter
Timon Schroeter

Reputation: 31

IE Mac PRO may help you, see http://www.ie-mac.com/ . It allows you to use the Internet Explorer 6 you asked for, and also 7, 8 and 9 on your Mac, without a VM or using a lot of resources. It needs an internet connection though, because it IE is provided via RDP.

Upvotes: 3

Brian
Brian

Reputation: 123

Another option is to use a tool like BrowserShots (browsershots.org). I find it to be superb for basic compatibility testing. You don't need to install anything on your machine, and you can get on with something else while you wait for your screenshots to download.

Downside is you can't use it for full web application testing, but from your original question, I don't think you need this.

Upvotes: 4

metalrush
metalrush

Reputation: 11

Remote Desktop Connection can be a light way to do that, it is not need to run a virtual machine, but a extra pc is needed.

Upvotes: 1

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 1836

I use VirtualBox with valid MS vhd images. It is by far the best solution I've used. Follow this screencast to get up and running properly.

Upvotes: 3

Alokito
Alokito

Reputation: 1040

I tried using the microsoft vhd image under virtualbox, but it wanted me to register and the registration system claimed that it had a bad windows id or something. If you want to try it, you can download the vhd from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en

and virtual box from www.virtualbox.org .

It loads and runs the vhd unmodified, but you run into problems the first time you reboot.

Upvotes: 1

Alokito
Alokito

Reputation: 1040

I have found crossover mac http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/ to be very easy to use, and they have a 30 day free trial.

Upvotes: 0

menardmam
menardmam

Reputation: 9986

ie net render 0.9, firefox addon... make the page on remote computer, and show you as an image what it will look like... my #1 solution right now

Upvotes: 1

runako
runako

Reputation: 6152

IE 6 was never written for the Mac.

You might try VMWare Fusion instead of Parallels; you might have better results with resource usage.

The other solution, as other posters will indicate, is to run IE on OS X via Wine. However, IE 6 on Wine is nothing like guaranteed to be the same as running it on Windows via a VM (VMWare or Parallels). The Wine Apps DB lists IE 6 at the Bronze level (lowest level) of compatibility for Wine. This may not be how you want to validate your application on the IE platform.

Upvotes: 9

vartec
vartec

Reputation: 134551

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/news/49 "full Mac OS X support"

Upvotes: 0

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