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Re: [LUG] Linux browser with IE engine

 

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Ed Rackham wrote:
> Hey thanks for the reply,
> 
> Maybe I will try WINE then... but just for the record, I only want to test my 
> sites in an IE emulating browser so my sites don't look bad for those that 
> persist to use it ;-)
> 
> Any other tips will be greatly appreciated, but other than that I think I'll 
> try WINE.
> 
> Ed.
> 
> On Saturday 03 Jun 2006 13:04, Simon Williams wrote:
>>> Being a web developer, and developing mainly using CSS for layouts, IE
>>> likes to break my layouts (as they STILL can't get the CSS right!) and as
>>> such I need to test my layouts in an IE-rendering type browser.
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a browser that can do this without using WINE?
>> WINE has got IE running at gold standard (I haven't tried it though). In
>> all honestly I don't think you are going to find anyone that:
>> 1. Can tell you how IE "works"
>> 2. Can find out
>> 3. Wants their browser to "work" like IE anyway
>> Not even someone from M$ ;)
> 

Better still, setup a nice piece of code that inserts a message at the
top of the site if the browser is IE, warn the user that 'oweing to
software non-compliance' the page might not display correctly.

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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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