LXer: IE 7 on Linux with Wine

LXer · 02-04-2009, 03:40 AM

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Windows Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is a web browser released by Microsoft in October 2006. Internet Explorer 7 is part of a long line of versions of Internet Explorer and is the first major update to the browser in over 5 years. And now web developers and end users of Linux can use IE 7 on their favorite operating system. IE 7 should also run on BSD systems with Wine 1.1.4 installed.

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rkelsen · 02-04-2009, 04:47 AM

With all of the superior options available, why would you bother?

IE has to be the worst browser currently available.

XavierP · 02-04-2009, 06:50 AM

Which is why web devs need it unfortunately - if you stick to standards the most widely used browser can't display them. Look at the source code for most sites, they all have horrible hacks with the comment "do this to make it work on IE"...