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  • #152
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,659 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Achilles wrote: »
    I installed Internet Explorer via Wine on Ubuntu for testing purposes once.

    I still feel dirty to this day...
    Oddly enough if you want multiple versions of IE on one desktop without having to resort to multiple VM's this is probably the way to go.

    But patches and add on's aren't so easy


    http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
    We currently support IE6, IE5.5 and IE5. There is also beta support for IE7, IE8 and IE9.


  • #153
    MrVestek
    Registered Users Posts: 9,196 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Oddly enough if you want multiple versions of IE on one desktop without having to resort to multiple VM's this is probably the way to go.

    But patches and add on's aren't so easy


    http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
    We currently support IE6, IE5.5 and IE5. There is also beta support for IE7, IE8 and IE9.

    I wasn't worried about that so much it was literally a case of 'ohh this doesn't render like arse in IE, that's cool...'

    *ninja edit

    Just checked out the link in your sig... man I could have done with those scripts back in 2004 ;-)


  • #154
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Oddly enough if you want multiple versions of IE on one desktop without having to resort to multiple VM's this is probably the way to go.
    [/I]

    If it's for testing purposes then you could just use adobe browserlabs and avoid any actual installation.


  • #155
    filmbuffboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭filmbuffboy


    I use IE9 and find it great. I still do think overall Chrome is a superior browser, but for some reason my laptop doesn't seem to like it. It kept freezing up when I used to use it!


  • #156
    DesperateDan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭DesperateDan


    smash wrote: »
    All you have to do is look at the random toolbars that can attach themselves to IE.

    Eh, you just need to uncheck the 'install toolbar' box, I have no toolbars on IE9 and have never had a rogue toolbar installed on it.
    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    look at how often there is a patch that prevents an attacker taking complete control of you computer

    my understanding is that IE is such an integral part of the OS that it's impossible to sandbox it

    Well as mentioned before IE is used in the majority of companies, (you know, those things Anonymous keep trying to take down) and is one of the largest in the world so obviously it needs patching like anything these days does. Chrome is on version 18.0.1025.168 so apparently it gets patched quite a bit too :rolleyes:


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  • #157
    robbie1876
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭robbie1876


    I noticed that a search for 'download chrome' on IE default search (bing) brings up the first three results (ie paid ads) all with the words 'Fix Chrome Issues' in them. Lol.


  • #158
    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,381 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    robbie1876 wrote: »
    I noticed that a search for 'download chrome' on IE default search (bing) brings up the first three results (ie paid ads) all with the words 'Fix Chrome Issues' in them. Lol.

    Yeah, its funny but Chrome can and does cause issues in a corporate environment..


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