Internet Explorer emulator?
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From: Darrell Stec on 5 May 2008 15:02 Riberto wrote: > I have been a Suse Linux user for several years now. > Currently use OpenSuse 10.3 looking forward to 11.0 > > For work I HAVE to use that other stuff cause my Company uses some > programs written for that stuff and we ARE required to use it WITH OUT > messing with it! > > Heck its their money so what can I say!!! > > Recently their glorious IT department made some changes in their website > and I am told we must use Internet Explorer to access these new > features. They are right, I have tried and failed to have full use with > Firefox, Galeon, Konqueror and Opera. > > Is there a program or a way to adjust any of these popular web browsers > to emulate Internet Explorer? Firefox has an add-on called User Agent switcher where you can pick what browser is is supposed to pretend to be. Also there is IE4Linux which is a simple install and uses various versions of IE running under Wine. The installation is easy. > There are times I need to access these sites for WORK and hate to switch > over to the WRONG side of my laptop's partition. > > Your input will be greatly appreciated! > > > Thanks, -- Later, Darrell Stec darstec(a)neo.rr.com Webpage Sorcery http://webpagesorcery.com We Put the Magic in Your Webpages
From: Darrell Stec on 5 May 2008 15:06 Vahis wrote: > On 2008-05-05, Riberto <riberto(a)ml1.net> wrote: >> I have been a Suse Linux user for several years now. >> Currently use OpenSuse 10.3 looking forward to 11.0 >> >> For work I HAVE to use that other stuff cause my Company uses some >> programs written for that stuff and we ARE required to use it WITH OUT >> messing with it! >> >> Heck its their money so what can I say!!! >> >> Recently their glorious IT department made some changes in their website >> and I am told we must use Internet Explorer to access these new >> features. They are right, I have tried and failed to have full use with >> Firefox, Galeon, Konqueror and Opera. >> >> Is there a program or a way to adjust any of these popular web browsers >> to emulate Internet Explorer? >> There are times I need to access these sites for WORK and hate to switch >> over to the WRONG side of my laptop's partition. >> >> Your input will be greatly appreciated! >> >> >> Thanks, >> > > You can run IE in Linux with wine: > http://www.winehq.org/ > > Or you can run the whole windows in Linux with VMware. > I've made instructions to put it in openSUSE: > > http://waxborg.servepics.com/english/linux/vmware.en.html > > There's also VirtualBox, included in openSUSE which does the same thing. > I've been happy with VMware, so I've got no experience with the latter. > > I'd reckon just for the browser, use Wine :) > > Vahis But that requires that they purchase Winders. And none of those virtual machines will work with many modern computers because the manufacturers do not provide Windows disks anymore. A great many of them have a restoration partition that wipes out the harddrive and restores the computer to its pristine, just bought condition. Even if the VM is free, it is going to cause an outlay of cash for the Winders disks. -- Later, Darrell Stec darstec(a)neo.rr.com Webpage Sorcery http://webpagesorcery.com We Put the Magic in Your Webpages
From: houghi on 5 May 2008 15:44 Darrell Stec wrote: > But that requires that they purchase Winders. And none of those virtual > machines will work with many modern computers because the manufacturers do > not provide Windows disks anymore. A great many of them have a restoration > partition that wipes out the harddrive and restores the computer to its > pristine, just bought condition. Even if the VM is free, it is going to > cause an outlay of cash for the Winders disks. IE is not available legaly for free, or is it? I asume that officialy if you want to run IE, you should read the licence. No winders licence, no IE. houghi -- This was written under the influence of the following: | Artist : Supertramp | Song : Rudy | Album : Paris
From: Nikos Chantziaras on 5 May 2008 17:01 houghi wrote: > Darrell Stec wrote: >> But that requires that they purchase Winders. And none of those virtual >> machines will work with many modern computers because the manufacturers do >> not provide Windows disks anymore. A great many of them have a restoration >> partition that wipes out the harddrive and restores the computer to its >> pristine, just bought condition. Even if the VM is free, it is going to >> cause an outlay of cash for the Winders disks. > > IE is not available legaly for free, or is it? I asume that officialy if > you want to run IE, you should read the licence. No winders licence, no > IE. Question is, who cares? ;)
From: jack on 5 May 2008 17:44
Riberto wrote: > I have been a Suse Linux user for several years now. > Currently use OpenSuse 10.3 looking forward to 11.0 > > For work I HAVE to use that other stuff cause my Company uses some > programs written for that stuff and we ARE required to use it WITH OUT > messing with it! > > Heck its their money so what can I say!!! > > Recently their glorious IT department made some changes in their website > and I am told we must use Internet Explorer to access these new > features. They are right, I have tried and failed to have full use with > Firefox, Galeon, Konqueror and Opera. > > Is there a program or a way to adjust any of these popular web browsers > to emulate Internet Explorer? > There are times I need to access these sites for WORK and hate to switch > over to the WRONG side of my laptop's partition. > > Your input will be greatly appreciated! > > > Thanks, > Before spending money, try this. Open Konqueror web browser, go to configure, and try setting the browser identification as Internet Explorer for the company website. If there are no active x tags it should work. Jack |