Comments on: Testing Browser Compatibility on Macs, IE 7 http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/ The Lime Blog helps you improve your corner of the net - design, traffic, usability, and conversion Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:23:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Testing Multiple Versions of IE Simultaneously - The Lime Blog http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/#comment-12025 Testing Multiple Versions of IE Simultaneously - The Lime Blog Thu, 31 May 2007 03:59:36 +0000 http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/#comment-12025 [...] I just need a Mac so I can test small changes on Safari (For final testing on a Mac (not incremental), see my post about testing on Safari). [...] […] I just need a Mac so I can test small changes on Safari (For final testing on a Mac (not incremental), see my post about testing on Safari). […]

]]> By: Michael Ebert http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/#comment-4646 Michael Ebert Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:52:45 +0000 http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/#comment-4646 John, The whole reason that IE7 got released is because it was getting skewered for its aging features and interface and its poor support for modern web standards and conventions. Assuming your daughter's nursing program files are built like normal web pages, they should open in any modern web browser. (A) Unfortunately, there are ways to block all but a certain browser. There are scripts that you can write that will check your browser and deliver different content based on which browser you have. It's an extremely poor practice to block browsers besides the one you want, but people who build pages and applications for Internet Explorer are notorious for doing it. (B) It's possible that your daughter misinterpreted the requirements to be absolute where it may have been a suggestion or something of that nature. Has she tried using Safari or another web browser yet? (C) There are workarounds, but they tend to get a bit messy. I haven't ever used a Mac except for twice for about 10 minutes each time, so this is definitely not my strength. Your daughter might need to find the help of a local Mac guru to help get her through a workaround. If IE7 is indeed required for the nursing CD-ROMs and other options have been blocked, then I would really love to verbally chew out whoever it was who developed those CDs—that would truly be utterly horrible design from virtually every usability, accessibility, and user-friendliness angle possible. Good Luck! John,

The whole reason that IE7 got released is because it was getting skewered for its aging features and interface and its poor support for modern web standards and conventions.

Assuming your daughter’s nursing program files are built like normal web pages, they should open in any modern web browser.

(A) Unfortunately, there are ways to block all but a certain browser. There are scripts that you can write that will check your browser and deliver different content based on which browser you have. It’s an extremely poor practice to block browsers besides the one you want, but people who build pages and applications for Internet Explorer are notorious for doing it.

(B) It’s possible that your daughter misinterpreted the requirements to be absolute where it may have been a suggestion or something of that nature. Has she tried using Safari or another web browser yet?

(C) There are workarounds, but they tend to get a bit messy. I haven’t ever used a Mac except for twice for about 10 minutes each time, so this is definitely not my strength. Your daughter might need to find the help of a local Mac guru to help get her through a workaround.

If IE7 is indeed required for the nursing CD-ROMs and other options have been blocked, then I would really love to verbally chew out whoever it was who developed those CDs—that would truly be utterly horrible design from virtually every usability, accessibility, and user-friendliness angle possible.

Good Luck!

]]> By: John Leary http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/#comment-4638 John Leary Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:24:50 +0000 http://www.diamondlime.com/blog/archives/2006/04/testing-browser-compatibility-on-macs-ie-7/#comment-4638 My daughter is starting a college nursing program. She just bought (at great cost to herself) a MACBOOK. Now she finds that some of the CDROMs provided to her by her nursing program supposedly "require" IE7 to be read. (A) is this possible, (b) could she be mis-interpreting a requirement for a PC based browser to access files because of file formats, etc? (c) if true, is there a workaround for owners of new MACBOOKS? thanks My daughter is starting a college nursing program. She just bought (at great cost to herself) a MACBOOK. Now she finds that some of the CDROMs provided to her by her nursing program supposedly “require” IE7 to be read.

(A) is this possible,
(b) could she be mis-interpreting a requirement for a PC based browser to access files because of file formats, etc?
(c) if true, is there a workaround for owners of new MACBOOKS?

thanks

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