IE 8 is not running in Mac OS X intel base
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arjun.graphics
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IE 8 is not running in Mac OS X intel base
I have installed the IE8 through winebottler. But I could not browsing through the IE8. No pages are opening.
Re: IE 8 is not running in Mac OS X intel base
Winebottler is not supported here; this forum is for plain Wine.arjun.graphics wrote:I have installed the IE8 through winebottler. But I could not browsing through the IE8. No pages are opening.
IE8 will install, but as you've discovered, does not work.
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jjmckenzie
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IE 8 is not running in Mac OS X intel base
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:42 AM, arjun.graphics
<[email protected]> wrote:
author and he is not responding. No new builds since Wine-1.2.2.
This status will change, of course, if Mike builds and releases a
later version of Wine.
I currently recommend using MacPorts and/or Fink to install Wine.
Ryan Woodsmall also has a script for building Wine and includes
several 'features' that are not part of Wine.
James McKenzie
<[email protected]> wrote:
I consider WineBottler abandonware. I have tried to contact theI have installed the IE8 through winebottler. But I could not browsing through the IE8. No pages are opening.
author and he is not responding. No new builds since Wine-1.2.2.
This status will change, of course, if Mike builds and releases a
later version of Wine.
I currently recommend using MacPorts and/or Fink to install Wine.
Ryan Woodsmall also has a script for building Wine and includes
several 'features' that are not part of Wine.
James McKenzie
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SpawnHappyJake
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Oh Dear!
I fell sorry for our OP having to run IE8! My dear OP, can you not get away with User Agent Switcher spoofing Mac-native FireFox to look like IE? Or what about FireFox running in WINE? The latter will also appear to be coming from Windows.
The only half-way legitimate use for running IE that I can think of is web site makers testing their websites' compatibility with IE because so many people use it. That's actually a back-door illegitimate reason because the only reason why they have to do that is because of people using IE who themselves have no legitimate reason to be using IE.
If you like IE, sorry that I offended you. That said, IE is historically slow, insecure, and actually harms the Internet. It harms the Internet because web site makers have to limit their websites to the limitations of IE to be compatible with IE surfers. If they only had to worry about FireFox compatibility, they could do much more and quicker. I'm not a web developer, but I've heard their gripes.
From what I recall, winetricks does successfully install an operable IE7.
Have you managed to find a website that truly NEEDS Internet Explorer? If so, I would like a link to try myself.
Cheers,
Jake
The only half-way legitimate use for running IE that I can think of is web site makers testing their websites' compatibility with IE because so many people use it. That's actually a back-door illegitimate reason because the only reason why they have to do that is because of people using IE who themselves have no legitimate reason to be using IE.
If you like IE, sorry that I offended you. That said, IE is historically slow, insecure, and actually harms the Internet. It harms the Internet because web site makers have to limit their websites to the limitations of IE to be compatible with IE surfers. If they only had to worry about FireFox compatibility, they could do much more and quicker. I'm not a web developer, but I've heard their gripes.
From what I recall, winetricks does successfully install an operable IE7.
Have you managed to find a website that truly NEEDS Internet Explorer? If so, I would like a link to try myself.
Cheers,
Jake
