I need to test sites for mac compatibility, particularly on Safari, but do not have access to a mac. Does anybody know of a free browser compatibility tool, or another solution?
2007-10-01 15:31:07 · 5 answers · asked by liver_n_jello 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Safari is now available for Windows. if the page renders properly in that, it should be ok on the Mac side.
2007-10-01 15:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by Me 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are three types of rendering engines in common use today. One type is used by Netscape, Firefox, Camino and Mozilla. Another type is used by Safari and a third type is used by Internet Explorer. In addition to that, there is some variance in compliance to basic standards. The Windows versions of Safari and Firefox will show web pages virtually the same as the Mac versions so download them. Firefox and Safari keep very close to the standards of the W3C. Microsoft has the lowest level of compliance with standards but more people use it because it is the only browser that has ever come with Windows computers. No modern Mac has Internet Explorer.
Your first goal should be to validate your Web pages for W3C conformity. Links below are for HTML and CSS validators and some other links about how to avoid problems in design. After that, you can tweak your pages if necessary to work correctly with Internet Explorer.
You should also ask a few friends to take a look at your Web pages on their systems. Monitor resolution and connection speed affect the experience. Just because your 2GHz dual-core system on a cable modem loads a Flash-filled page quickly doesn't mean it won't make another person loose patience because they are using a dial-up on an 800 MHz computer.
2007-10-02 23:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Safari loads just about everything twice a fast as internet explorer. Plus you can download firefox which loads everything internet explorer does. Mac is worth every penny. They run 10 times faster then windows. And they have zero viruses. Windows has 117,000 viruses!
2007-10-01 15:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by JBrown07 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Consider using an emulator like qemu to install mac on a virtual machine and try out your pages under it.
This should give you access to every browser on every platform since you can create and destroy virtual machines very easily.
2007-10-02 01:02:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just download Safari for windows, then you'll be able to add Safari to your browser list in Dreamweaver. (assuming thats what you need it for).
2007-10-03 03:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋