I have a linux box. How do I see how my html pages look as rendered in Microsoft Internet Explorer? How do I test javascript functionality in IE?
I don't want to install a VM and a copy of the Windows OS.
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Your best friend as a Linux web developer: http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page (IEs 4 Linux), which uses WINE to run different versions of IE
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Check out this page to see how your page will look across browsers and OS'
To actually interact with your web site though I would suggest something like Wine or a VM like Xen.
Also see this link: How to install internet explorer on Ubuntu or see this page IEs4Linux.
Blorgbeard : Doesn't wine use Gecko, rather than reimplementing IE?Brian R. Bondy : You can run windows programs on Wine including IE.Eddie : If you run IE under Wine, then you are using IE, not Gecko. -
I use linux at work and do web development that has to support IE6+ and Firefox2+.
IE4Linux is not really good enough for properly testing IE browser rendering as it doesn't work exactly as IE does in Windows. You could use something like browsershots but I would recommend running Windows in a VM and test using that for IE testing. I've done that for awhile and it works great as long as you have a spare 512MB ram for XP.
tpdi : Great suggestion, but my primary box these days is a netbook. Spare ram I do not have.SCdF : ouch, then I dunno dude. I've tried using IE4Linux before but I've had incorrect CSS, CTDs (from JS no lesS) and various rendering issues with it before. It might be good enough for a base santiy check with more detailed checks on XP done only so often. -
Another Service similiar to browsershots but faster is http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/. Otherwise - if you have a copy of windows lying around why not use a virtual machine? Suns virtualbox is nice enough: http://www.virtualbox.org/
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