* dimesio <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> [100202 04:01]: > > Tim Johnson wrote: > > > > Say what! You're saying IE is not meant for browsing! > > Obviously you are not a web programmer. Every web programmer needs > > to be testing on *both* IE and firefox. On my previous OS, I ran > > IE out of Crossover with full toolbars and menus. > > > > I was therefore able to test both html rendering and javascript > > performance. > > > > I don't mean to appear brusque here but that is not the answer I > > was hoping for. > > > > Please don't tell me that you can't run IE out of wine with > > full features... <please> > > > > > I said Wine's IE is not meant for browsing. Even if it was full-featured, it's based on the mozilla gecko engine, so it's not suitable for what you want anyway. > Real IE6 and IE7 can be installed with winetricks. IE6 mostly sort of works, last time I tried IE7 it crashed on start. > Crossover includes hacks to make some things work that don't work > in plain Wine, so real IE might work better in it. But are you > sure the browser you used under it was real IE, and not just > wine-gecko with the missing features added? (I don't know, I don't > use Crossover.) Thanks again dimesio. It appears to me that I ought to just plunk down the fee for Crossover. It is a small price to pay for the convenience. cheers -- Tim tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.akwebsoft.com
