Mar 31, 2020 While most of the web is free to access through any browser you'd like, there are occasionally websites (particularly older ones) that need you to use browsers like Internet Explorer, or worse yet, would like you to be on a Windows PC. Test and Debug Websites in Internet Explorer 11 on a Mac Using VirtualBox and Serveo. Posted on Dec 11, 2018. As of this posting, the global usage of IE 11 stands at 2.5% according to caniuse.com. If that percentage is still too high for you to ignore, then you'll need to test your website in IE 11. Many developers use Macs for web development. Simulate Internet Explorer on Mac with Safari. Most of the time, if you need to use Internet Explorer on Mac, it's probably for testing purposes, to see how certain websites or web apps perform, or to access websites that require you to use IE (yes, those still exist). Both of those use cases could be easily performed by Safari.
Full disclosure: I'm not a web developer. I do, however, consider myself something of a DIY front-end web 'meddler' (for lack of a better word). Basically, all that means is that I've set up/created enough smaller WordPress websites that I know my way around most basic-to-intermediate HTML, CSS, and PHP.
Microsoft access for mac os x. Despite my lack of formal training in web development, I've done enough projects to discuss one major gripe that afflicts web developers everywhere: the pain of designing for the differences between web browsers. Specifically, designing a website to look good on all major browsers plus the ever-finicky Internet Explorer.
That's where we come in. With a Windows virtual machine in Parallels Desktop, you can easily test IE on Mac.
The Parallels website in three separate browsers: Google Chrome on the upper left; Safari on the upper right; and in Internet Explorer on the bottom center.
In the screenshot above, I checked the Parallels website in three different browsers: Google Chrome, Safari and IE. If you look closely, you can see some subtle differences in the fonts. In this case, that's an intentional choice by the Parallels web team, but it's still a good indicator of just how important it is to check your site in multiple browsers, particularly Internet Explorer.
You're not limited to the latest version of Windows, either. You can see how your website looks in Internet Explorer in Windows XP all the way to Microsoft Edge in Windows 10. (Heck, you're not even limited to just Windows, but that's a whole other post.)
If you're going to use Parallels Desktop for testing purposes, we highly recommend the Pro Edition—it's less than your subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud and is the most powerful choice for developers, designers, and other power users. Plus, you can even tune your VM performance to reflect what it is you want to do:
Best of all, you can test IE on Mac right now with our 14-day free trial.
Test Ie On Mac 2018 Update
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