[Ieview] About making IE View work on Linux and WINE

[david]

Many of us Linux web designers use IEs4Linux as a convenient way to
install and run IE 5.0, 5.5, and IE6 (IE7 support is in progress). One
difference is that IEs4Linux doesn't do a full WINE install and
configuration, it just does what's needed to run the different IE versions.

I had to modify the iexplore-launcher script by replacing:

wine "c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "$@" &

with the path and executable that IEs4Linux uses to launch IE6:

/home/[your user id]/bin/ie6 "$@" &

You might consider adding a feature to IE View that would let you select
multiple "IE"s, or even other browsers (such as Opera). It would be very
handy to be able to right click a page, select a menu item like "View
This Page In" and have a flyout menu with options like "IE 6.0," "IE
5.5", "IE 5.0", "Opera 9", etc.

In the meantime, thanks for the extension, it's pretty cool!

-- 
David
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