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Ticket #12946 (new enhancement)

Opened 13 months ago

Last modified 10 months ago

RFP: IEs4Linux / IEs4Mac

Reported by: alej.chow@… Owned by: ryandesign@…
Priority: Normal Milestone: Port Requests
Component: ports Version: 1.5.0
Keywords: Cc: alej.chow@…
Port:

Description

IEs4Linux allows for Microsoft Internet Explorer to run on a linux-based system without requiring Wine. Of the various end users, this would be helpful for any web developer who needs to test on various browsers but does not have a Windows-based machine.

Change History

Changed 13 months ago by ryandesign@…

  • cc alej.chow@…, ryandesign@… added
  • owner changed from macports-dev@… to ryandesign@…

I was working on a port for IEs4Linux but got stuck on something and forgot about it. I'll see if I can finish it up.

Note that Microsoft's legalese says you must own a copy of Windows in order to use IE, even if you're using IE through IEs4Linux.

Changed 10 months ago by ryandesign@…

  • cc ryandesign@… removed
  • summary changed from RFP: IEs4Linux to RFP: IEs4Linux / IEs4Mac

Good news: It looks like a) IEs4Linux 2.99.0 works better on Mac OS X, and b) soon there will be IEs4Mac.

Changed 10 months ago by ryandesign@…

I have spent a very long time trying to make this work today. And it doesn't work yet. Moreover, the current version of IEs4Linux in their Subversion repository has changed quite a bit, and does seem to work better than 2.99.0. We may just have to wait for version 3.0 before a portfile gets made. Though I should attach what I've got so far to this ticket.

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