I make my web sites and need to view in IE browser format.
I use Firefox and Opera. I know about virtualbox (VB) and Wine. I would not like to install VB or VM. I want to use OpenSuse 10.3 to view my HTML files. I write in CSS. The page looks great in Linux and Mac.
I ask my Window friend to view the page and it miss aligned and some functions do not work.
Is there a way to use my OpenSuse 10.3 to view in IE browser format.
THX
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You could install Internet Explorer via CrossOver office, or maybe just
‘wine’. Whether or not it will be exact is hard to say, though. Write
pages using good standards and it should be close and then use a windows
VM if needed to refine those areas where IE doesn’t adhere to the
standards properly.
Good luck.
cerpher wrote:
| I make my web sites and need to view in IE browser format.
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| I use Firefox and Opera. I know about virtualbox (VB) and Wine. I
| would not like to install VB or VM. I want to use OpenSuse 10.3 to
| view my HTML files. I write in CSS. The page looks great in Linux and
| Mac.
|
| I ask my Window friend to view the page and it miss aligned and some
| functions do not work.
|
| Is there a way to use my OpenSuse 10.3 to view in IE browser format.
|
| THX
|
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cerpher wrote:
>
> I make my web sites and need to view in IE browser format.
>
> I use Firefox and Opera. I know about virtualbox (VB) and Wine. I
> would not like to install VB or VM. I want to use OpenSuse 10.3 to
> view my HTML files. I write in CSS. The page looks great in Linux and
> Mac.
>
> I ask my Window friend to view the page and it miss aligned and some
> functions do not work.
>
> Is there a way to use my OpenSuse 10.3 to view in IE browser format.
>
> THX
>
>
Try ‘ie4linux’ at http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
it’s a near automatic install of a customized wine, and one (or several)
versions of Internet Explorer.
works on 32bit and 64bit systems.
L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
Yes. It works great! IEs4Linux. I install all version of IE for web development (what a shame — internet exploder I call it)
IE versions
5.0
5.5
6.x
Thank you all for the reponses. I forgot to state I did not want to install Wine either. I guess I will try it.
For Suse
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux
Well, the thing is that you still have to install Wine if you want to use ies4linux.
Now, what you can do is trick the server into thinking you are using Internet Explorer on Windows. That is done by changing ths user-agent from your browser (this is tha identification of your system that gets sent to the server with every http request).
On Firefox, this can be achieved by playing around with about:config or by installing an extension called User Agent Switcher.
Also, if you are using KDE, KDE’s browser Konqueror already have this feature. You just have to set it up on “Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Browser Identification”. Just put the name of the site you want, and what user-agent you want it to be used for that site. Or you can user “Tools -> Change Browser Identification” and choose the one you want.
Cheers!
cerpher wrote:
>
> Thank you all for the reponses. I forgot to state I did not want to
> install Wine either. I guess I will try it.
>
> For Suse
> http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
>
> tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
> cd ies4linux-*
> ./ies4linux
>
>
{Smile}
Think of Wine as a ‘necessary evil’, needed to execute ANY windows based
program in linux. the system calls for windows and linux are nothing alike,
and something like wine is needed to ‘translate’ between the two so they can
play together.
Of course, you could always install Xen, VirtualBox, VMWare, qemu… and THEN
install an ENTIRE windows operating system, taking large amounts of space,
requiring its own care and feeding, and of course… the {cue ominous
music!!!} KEY needed to even MAKE any relatively recent windows installation
work.
Add to that the boot time, updates, viruses, icky stuff… nah…
Wine… near instant start of programs, integrates into your own desktop,
small memory footprint (relatively!!)… and so on…
But wait… there’s MORE!!
well, probably… but I’m sure I’ve rambled on enough.
I’m hoping to hear your successes with ie4linux and getting Internet
Explo[rd]er working for you.
Take Care,
Loni
L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
On 2008-07-08, cerpher <cerpher@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> I make my web sites and need to view in IE browser format.
>
> I use Firefox and Opera. I know about virtualbox (VB) and Wine. I
> would not like to install VB or VM. I want to use OpenSuse 10.3 to
> view my HTML files. I write in CSS. The page looks great in Linux and
> Mac.
>
> I ask my Window friend to view the page and it miss aligned and some
> functions do not work.
Don’t know what exactly you are using to write those pages, but the way to
run IE goes trough WINE.
Also read this: http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
–
The sand remembers once there was beach and sunshine
but chip is warm too
– haiku from Effector Online, Volume 1, Number 6
A great addon to have on Firefox is IE Tab. This addon allows you view a webpage in the format of Internet Explorer. I know how much of a pain it can be to have problems with cross-browser compatibility. I script in CSS and have the same problem a lot. But this addon makes it a lot easier since you don’t have to open a new program to view it: you can just open a new tab in an already open Firefox. I think you may need to upgrade to the latest version of Firefox if you haven’t already.
IE Tab requires IE to be installed and that you’re on a Windows machine
I just installed IEs4Linux and it works great.
Unseen-Ghost wrote:
> A great addon to have on Firefox is ‘IE Tab’
> (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419). This addon
> allows you view a webpage in the format of Internet Explorer. I know
> how much of a pain it can be to have problems with cross-browser
> compatibility. I script in CSS and have the same problem a lot. But
> this addon makes it a lot easier since you don’t have to open a new
> program to view it: you can just open a new tab in an already open
> Firefox. I think you may need to upgrade to the latest version of
> Firefox if you haven’t already.
>
>
>
>
> Try ‘ie4linux’ at http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
great thanks…but, i have a question: i just went to
http://www.buglabs.com/ in my firefox and get most of a front page but
just hangs saying it loading, in Opera i get nothing but a flat gray, in
Konqueror the same hang as firefox…
but in ie4linux it want to “install and run Adobe Flash Player
Installer”, my question: will that break my machine somehow OR will
WINE ‘catch’ it and know how to place code in my new (pretend) C:
drive…(sorry if it is a stupid n00b question, but i had NO wine, nor
M$ software/experience until yesterday, when i loaded ie4linux)
tia
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
DenverD wrote:
>> Try ‘ie4linux’ at http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
>
> great thanks…but, i have a question: i just went to
> http://www.buglabs.com/ in my firefox and get most of a front page but
> just hangs saying it loading, in Opera i get nothing but a flat gray, in
> Konqueror the same hang as firefox…
>
> but in ie4linux it want to “install and run Adobe Flash Player
> Installer”, my question: will that break my machine somehow OR will
> WINE ‘catch’ it and know how to place code in my new (pretend) C:
> drive…(sorry if it is a stupid n00b question, but i had NO wine, nor
> M$ software/experience until yesterday, when i loaded ie4linux)
>
> tia
>
Uh… well, it should catch it. But if it doesn’t, download the installer
for windows, run ‘wine flashinstaller.exe’, and it will be executed in
the ‘pretend’ C: drive.
L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
> Uh… well, it should catch it. But if it doesn’t, download the installer
> for windows, run ‘wine flashinstaller.exe’, and it will be executed in
> the ‘pretend’ C: drive.
thanks, i let’er rip and my machine didn’t melt…BUT, i still can’t
get past the opening page of http://www.buglabs.com/
i now suppose it wasn’t just an IE-only site (due to coding issues)…
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
DenverD wrote:
>> Uh… well, it should catch it. But if it doesn’t, download the
>> installer for windows, run ‘wine flashinstaller.exe’, and it will be
>> executed in the ‘pretend’ C: drive.
>
> thanks, i let’er rip and my machine didn’t melt…BUT, i still can’t
> get past the opening page of http://www.buglabs.com/
>
> i now suppose it wasn’t just an IE-only site (due to coding issues)…
>
Uh, oops… my “I’ve said something almost correct” sense is tingling…
{sigh}
ie4linux is installed in it’s own “wine environment”, and the wine command
defaults to using the environment in .wine (as opposed to the one
in .ie4linux)
Hmmm, I just installed ie4linux, it had a checkbox to install flash 9 on the
installer. When it finished, I loaded ie6 and went to ‘www.buglabs.com’…
ie6 then prompted me to install adobe flashplayer… so I said yes… it
downloaded, installed, and then showed the weird blue flash template that is
buglabs front page.
Page looks identical to that displayed by konqueror and firefox. no text in
text box, a clock in bottom right corner, no other content or clickable
items.
Page not finished? Seems like it.
I tested ie6/flash by going to miniclip.com… yup, plays “Black Knight” just
fine. (I love the king’s speeches)
Dunno… “Works for me” ™… {Smile}
Loni
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
> Page not finished? Seems like it.
same here
> I tested ie6/flash by going to miniclip.com… yup, plays
same here
> Dunno… “Works for me” ™… {Smile}
me too, thanks for helping!
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
I know this is so late as a reply but guess I wanted to post what I did.
OpenSuse 11.0 using VirtualBox at VirtualBox. Installed Windows my Dell CD which does a 30 day registration. It is quick to check the web content.