testing ColdFusion

[John Barrett]

Hi,
Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages for windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use parallels to use windows.

Thanks,
John

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[AndrewClarke]

If you can find Microsoft (formerly Connectix) Virtual PC 7 or  
earlier, it worked on PPC Macs and will let you run Windows on your  
Mac.  It's slow but it works in a pinch.  Unfortunately in the latest  
versions Microsoft discontinued Mac support for the product so you'll  
have to find an older version.

You can also use Remote Desktop or VNC to remotely access a Windows  
computer if you have access to one.

- Andrew.

On 14-Jan-09, at 02:21, John Barrett wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac  
> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages  
> for windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use  
> parallels to use windows.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>

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[phipps_73-2]

Although I do have Parallels, I am running it with IE8beta2 and so can  
only really check back as far as IE7, so when I just want to check a  
layout to make sure a design is working I use the following site:

http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/index.php

You can view your pages in a variety of IE browsers. The only problem  
I have run into is when the page requires url variables. It accepts  
the first one after the '?' but doesn't seem to pass the subsequent  
vars after an '&'.

Dave

On 14 Jan 2009, at 07:21, John Barrett wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac  
> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages  
> for windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use  
> parallels to use windows.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>

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[Ben Arledge]

You could boot up an Amazon EC2 instance (Windows 2k3) for a few minutes to
check how the site looks in IE7, then terminate the instance when you're
done.

This is also good for remote testing, does not require you buying a windows
license or installing any software, and is relatively cheap.

Ben

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM, John Barrett <barrjohnm@...> wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac
> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages for
> windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use parallels to
> use windows.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>

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[John Barrett-5]

Hi Andrew,
I have never used the virtual PC, as I usually focus on Mac and  
Linux, but my latest project has a lot of windows users.
I will look into the remote desktop, hopefully my boss will spring  
for that as I do have access to a windows machine at school.
Thanks,
John
On Jan 14, 2009, at 1:33 AM, Andrew Clarke wrote:

> If you can find Microsoft (formerly Connectix) Virtual PC 7 or
> earlier, it worked on PPC Macs and will let you run Windows on your
> Mac.  It's slow but it works in a pinch.  Unfortunately in the latest
> versions Microsoft discontinued Mac support for the product so you'll
> have to find an older version.
>
> You can also use Remote Desktop or VNC to remotely access a Windows
> computer if you have access to one.
>
> - Andrew.
>
> On 14-Jan-09, at 02:21, John Barrett wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac
>> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages
>> for windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use
>> parallels to use windows.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>>
>
>

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[John Barrett-5]

Hi Dave,
Thanks for the link, as this gave a idea of what the site looks like  
in windows. I check it on 5.5 to 8 and they look about the same.

Thanks`-`
John
On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:56 AM, David Phipps wrote:

> Although I do have Parallels, I am running it with IE8beta2 and so can
> only really check back as far as IE7, so when I just want to check a
> layout to make sure a design is working I use the following site:
>
> http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/index.php
>
> You can view your pages in a variety of IE browsers. The only problem
> I have run into is when the page requires url variables. It accepts
> the first one after the '?' but doesn't seem to pass the subsequent
> vars after an '&'.
>
> Dave
>
> On 14 Jan 2009, at 07:21, John Barrett wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac
>> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages
>> for windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use
>> parallels to use windows.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>>
>
>

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[John Barrett-5]

HI Ben,
Thanks for this, I will look into this.

I will talk to my boss tomorrow about the ideas here(this one, remote  
desktop) to see his thoughts. Would love to get the macBook, but I  
know he won't spring for that!

Thanks so much for your help,
john
On Jan 14, 2009, at 5:53 AM, Ben Arledge wrote:

> You could boot up an Amazon EC2 instance (Windows 2k3) for a few  
> minutes to
> check how the site looks in IE7, then terminate the instance when  
> you're
> done.
>
> This is also good for remote testing, does not require you buying a  
> windows
> license or installing any software, and is relatively cheap.
>
> Ben
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM, John Barrett  
> <barrjohnm@...> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac
>> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test  
>> pages for
>> windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use  
>> parallels to
>> use windows.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>>
>
>

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[AndrewClarke]

Remote Desktop is a free download from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

- Andrew

On 15-Jan-09, at 02:42, John Barrett wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> I have never used the virtual PC, as I usually focus on Mac and
> Linux, but my latest project has a lot of windows users.
> I will look into the remote desktop, hopefully my boss will spring
> for that as I do have access to a windows machine at school.
> Thanks,
> John
> On Jan 14, 2009, at 1:33 AM, Andrew Clarke wrote:
>
>> If you can find Microsoft (formerly Connectix) Virtual PC 7 or
>> earlier, it worked on PPC Macs and will let you run Windows on your
>> Mac.  It's slow but it works in a pinch.  Unfortunately in the latest
>> versions Microsoft discontinued Mac support for the product so you'll
>> have to find an older version.
>>
>> You can also use Remote Desktop or VNC to remotely access a Windows
>> computer if you have access to one.
>>
>> - Andrew.
>>
>> On 14-Jan-09, at 02:21, John Barrett wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Does anybody know of a way to test how CF pages will look in non-Mac
>>> browsers, namely IE. I am wondering if there is a way to test pages
>>> for windows using a Mac? I am using the powerPC,and so I can't use
>>> parallels to use windows.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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