IEs4OSX
This application is pretty neat. When I found it I was excited and ready to put the pc dinosaur I use for testing back in the closet. But not so fast. IEs4OSX is an application that lets you run internet explorer on a mac… big deal? currently as of 4/14/2008 according to w3schools.com around %30 of the users surfing the web still use internet explorer 6 and around another %30 are using ie7. ie6 and ie7 aren’t available for OSX (the native apple operating system) until now… So now web designers can test their work on their mac with out having to check someone elses pc.
When I used the software I had to install apples x-11 user from the startup disc that came with my mac and also I had to install something called wine. After I finally got it up and running I was viewing my pages through ie6 and picking out the bugs. Then it started crashing and it wasn’t working and I had to close the app and restart. I didn’t ever really get ie7 working properly but it was better then switching back and forth from the mac and pc constantly. When using a trick I learn is, don’t minimize the ie6 browser just drag it off the screen and hit refresh later to much action causes it to crash/freeze up. I reccomend it for quick tests and the desperate who don’t have access to pc’s.