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IE For Linux?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 4 comments
InternetNews.com; By Sean Michael Kerner
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been the dominant Web browser (almost) since the birth of the Web. It runs on Microsoft's Windows and on Apple's Mac, but it has never been officially supported on Linux. A nascent open source effort called IEs 4 Linux is trying to change that. This week, the group released its latest version of IEs 4 Linux 2.01, which is more stable than its predecessors and fixes some bugs.

[This is mainly for testing websites. I have seen a number of comments from web developers who keep IE around for that purpose. - dcparris]

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Comments (4)

Well he has done good work. But it is contraproductive. Just drop all support for IE since it refuses to follow standards.

Its bnot hard to convince people to change from IE to Firefox. It is just to point out how bad it is. I do that nearly everyday. The hard thing maybe to dare doing it. But i'm sure most customers understand the cost of lost working hours because of virus. Money talks. And also let them know that they are on there own if they run the most unsecure system in the world (Windows). Well thats my method and it works belive me.
If you can convice my clients to do that then I'd hire you immedately. Untill such time I will happly run IEs4Linux to test my new web designs in.
Sander has a good point. Making sure a site's design and functionality are all right in IE is always a priority for the groups I design web sites for, including myself, just because so many people use IE. Since I despise working on a Windows machine, IEs4Linux is a very useful tool.
This is the same problem you see with those who recoil at seeing proprietary software on a Linux desktop.

Personally, my belief is that freedom does you no good if freedom does you no good.

Kind of like being marooned on a desert island out in the middle of the ocean. All the freedom in the world -- to do what?

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