If I want to test my webpage with Internet Explorer, is there a way to do that if I work on a Mac?
Internet Explorer is not being supported on the Mac anymore; which you probably know.
Beyond testing ... or at least validating ... your code within Dreamweaver, you can upload your files to a server and check them out online. You'll still need to be looking at it ON a PC.
In my experience, Macs can read PC disks/media while PCs or Windows machines cannot read Mac-formatted media. So, you could get a PC flash drive, which your Mac should recognize, and put your files on it. Then carry it to a PC and check the page out in IE. (This is what we would now call a "sneaker net"...presuming that you are wearing the sneakers)
I found something called "browsershots":
http://browsershots.org/ which will show your page in tons of browsers, but it requires that the site/page be online.
Also,
http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesign/multiplebrowsers.shtmlIt seems, though, that some of those sites take only a snapshot, which makes it difficult to actually test function...beyond look...
Best way seems to be actually looking at it with a windows machine.
Ironic, isn't it, that Mac is a great developing environment, but most of the world uses Windows*. Dust off that corner of the desk and install a PC. Or grab one out of your neighbor's attic. PC users upgrade frequently, and you might find one cheap on Craigslist.
At this w3schools site, you can also find statistics
- by OS (operating system) platform
- display resolution and color depth
- statistics and descriptions of different IE versions
- Netscape, Mozilla (which is not a browser)
- Firefox
- Opera
- Chrome.
Other browsers apparently sport such low usage numbers that they are not treated. The Browser home page (http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/default.asp) describes each browser generally.
This is a good page/site to get to know. It will help you when you are deciding what size 'viewport' you want to be working within.
