Test Website For Internet Explorer On Mac

Twice this week I've been asked how you can test older versions of Internet Explorer once whilst delivering a guest lecture at Stafford University and then just a few hours later via email. Here are my thoughts. By, Microsoft Technical Evangelist, Microsoft UK The first version of this article was written over four years ago, so as we approach the end of 2015 I thought it would be useful to revisit this topic.

Retro emulator lets you see backward compatibility with older versions of Internet Explorer (IE5, IE6, IE7 IE8), Netscape Navigator, FireFox, Opera, LYNX, Safari etc. Google Phone Browser Emulator for simulating Android OS smartphones, tablets and nettop PC computer with Google Android operating system and web explorer. All right, so you’ve seen our recommendations — but if you still want to know more, check out our test results below. You’ll notice we’ve dropped both Internet Explorer and Apple’s. How to Test for Internet Explorer on Android, iOS, and Mac OS X This article is part of a web dev tech series from Microsoft. Thank you for supporting the partners who make SitePoint possible. A bit of history. For a 1997 agreement between Apple and Microsoft, Internet Explorer was the default browser on Mac OS in 1998 since 2003. On 13rd of June 2003, Microsoft announced plans to discontinue the development of Internet Explorer for Mac. Each VM is capable of supporting and running its own operating system (OS). Thus, using the software you can run Windows on Mac which means you can test your website on Internet Explorer.

Developer Tools Firstly, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11 all have developer tools that you can access by pressing F12 whilst in Internet Explorer. These allow you to change your document and browser mode to go back to older rendering engines, which you can find on the emulation tab in the tools. If you are using Microsoft Edge, you will notice that it doesn't have different browser modes that you can use, as this feature is only available in IE9, IE10 and IE11. It should be noted that these tools are not the same as the rendering engines used in the original browsers, so whilst they are useful if you are trying to reproduce a reported bug, they should not be used to confirm that your site is working correctly or looking pixel perfect in an older browser. To learn more about the developer tools, head over to. Virtual Machines For the most accurate results you will want to use Virtual Machines so that you can run the browsers in a real-world environment.

This is by far and away the most popular way to do browser testing in my experience. The good folk at Modern.ie have produced VMs for all browsers and operating system combinations (IE6-IE11 and Edge on Windows 10).

These VMs run on Windows, Linux and Mac and in numerous virtualisation flavours including Parallels, VMWare, HyperV and VirtualBox. You can download the virtual machines from. Hosted Virtual Machines is a paid service that allows you to test IE6-11 and Edge (and every other major browser like Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox as well as iOS and Android emulators) inside your browser. There are also browser plugins available for Chrome and Firefox which make launching BrowserStack even easier.

With you can simply start up a new virtual machine in the cloud, running practically any OS, and then test your website in that environment. Modern.ie Scanner The uses a node.js service (which is available on GitHub) to go fetch a website and interrogate it to locate common problems. It then provides a report which details what you may need to do to fix you website so that it works well in IE and also other standards-based browsers. Further Reading Edge is Microsoft's new web browser, and the default browser in Windows 10. Since upgrades from Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 will be free for most, you can expect there has been a huge influx of Edge users. With that in mind, in which you can make sure your site rock on Edge.

Open Web Developer Advocate at Google • Tools, Performance, Animation, UX Your job doesn't end with ensuring your site runs great across Chrome and Android. Even though Device Mode can simulate a range of other devices like iPhones, we encourage you to check out other browsers solutions for emulation. TL;DR • When you don’t have a particular device, or want to do a spot check on something, the best option is to emulate the device right inside your browser. • Device emulators and simulators let you mimic your development site on a range of devices from your workstation. • Cloud-based emulators let you automate unit tests for your site across different platforms. Browser emulators Browser emulators are great for testing a site's responsiveness, but they don’t emulate differences in API, CSS support, and certain behaviors that you'd see on a mobile browser.

Test your site on browsers running on real devices to be certain everything behaves as expected. Firefox' Responsive Design View Firefox has a that encourages you to stop thinking in terms of specific devices and instead explore how your design changes at common screen sizes or your own size by dragging the edges. Edge's F12 Emulation To emulate Windows Phones, use Microsoft Edge's. Since Edge does not ship with legacy compatibility, use to simulate how your page would look in older versions of Internet Explorer. Device emulators and simulators Device simulators and emulators simulate not just the browser environment but the entire device. They're useful to test things that require OS integration, for example form input with virtual keyboards.

Android Emulator Stock Browser in Android Emulator At the moment, there is no way to install Chrome on an Android emulator. However, you can use the Android Browser, the Chromium Content Shell and Firefox for Android which we'll cover later in this guide. Chromium Content Shell uses the same Chrome rendering engine, but comes without any of the browser specific features.

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The Android emulator comes with the Android SDK which you need to. Then follow the instructions to. Once your emulator is booted, click on the Browser icon and you'll be able to test your site on the old Stock Browser for Android. Chromium Content Shell on Android Android Emulator Content Shell To install the Chromium Content Shell for Android, leave your emulator running and run the following commands at a command prompt: git clone chmod u+x./chromium-android-installer/ *.sh./chromium-android-installer/install-chromeandroid.sh Now you can test your site with the Chromium Content Shell. Firefox on Android Firefox Icon on Android Emulator Similar to Chromium's Content Shell, you can get an APK to install Firefox onto the emulator. Download the right.apk file from.

From here, you can install the file onto an open emulator or connected Android device with the following command: adb install /fennec-XX.X.XX.android-arm.apk iOS Simulator The iOS simulator for Mac OS X comes with Xcode, which you can. When you're done, learn how to work with the simulator through. Note: To avoid having to open Xcode every time you want to use the iOS Simulator, open it, then right click the iOS Simulator icon in your dock and select Keep in Dock. Now just click this icon whenever you need it. Modern.IE Modern IE VM Modern.IE Virtual Machines let you access different versions of IE on your computer via VirtualBox (or VMWare). Choose a virtual machine on the. Cloud-based emulators and simulators If you can’t use the emulators and don't have access to real devices, then cloud-based emulators are the next best thing.

A big advantage of cloud-based emulators over real devices and local emulators is that you can automate unit tests for your site across different platforms. • is the easiest to use for manual testing. You select an operating system, select your browser version and device type, select a URL to browse, and it spins up a hosted virtual machine that you can interact with. You can also fire up multiple emulators in the same screen, letting you test how your app looks and feels across multiple devices at the same time.

• allows you to run unit tests inside of an emulator, which can be really useful for scripting a flow through your site and watch the video recording of this afterwards on various devices. You can also do manual testing with your site. • doesn't use emulators but real devices which you can control remotely. This is very useful in the event where you need to reproduce a problem on a specific device and can't see the bug on any of the options in the previous guides. Feedback Was this page helpful?