Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by paukiatwee » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 10:31 AM UTC

Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows
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Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by deadgrey19 » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 10:42 AM UTC

Finally! Microsoft has realised that real developers use OS X/Linux for development and don't have or care to test on Windows machines. This is a good thing for Microsoft and a good thing for the web!

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by benburton » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 12:09 PM UTC

For even more convenience, use this script that automatically installs specific versions of IE VMs from the command line: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by jpgvm » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 12:22 PM UTC

deadgrey19 wrote: post #2

Finally! Microsoft has realised that real developers use OS X/Linux for development and don't have or care to test on Windows machines. This is a good thing for Microsoft and a good thing for the web!

This has actually been around for ages. :)

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by lanekelly » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 12:40 PM UTC

Considering this, what are the odds of MS ever shipping IE clients for OSX and Linux?

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by extra88 » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 12:52 PM UTC

lanekelly wrote: post #5

Considering this, what are the odds of MS ever shipping IE clients for OSX and Linux?

You mean ship IE for OS X again like they did before Apple made Safari? For a time, IE for Mac was the very best browser.

I could see them doing it if it was a gateway to an ecosystem the way Chrome is for Google. For "Linux" i.e. some specific variant that became popular with consumers.

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by raddevon » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 12:54 PM UTC

I notice on the page they have licensing that supersedes the Windows licensing included with the VMs. Unfortunately, I've had these VMs for a while, and they've been complaining for activation. So, although they have provided different licensing terms, they didn't bother to inform the software of this fact.

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by gaelow » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 1:54 PM UTC

benburton wrote: post #3

For even more convenience, use this script that automatically installs specific versions of IE VMs from the command line: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms

For even more convenience I don't test for IE compliance. I test for ECMA and W3C standards compliance and don't write any vendor specific code.

Re: Download test VMs of IE for OSX, Linux or Windows

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Post by 0x0 » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 4:03 PM UTC

raddevon wrote: post #7

I notice on the page they have licensing that supersedes the Windows licensing included with the VMs. Unfortunately, I've had these VMs for a while, and they've been complaining for activation. So, although they have provided different licensing terms, they didn't bother to inform the software of this fact.

I've found that booting the virtualbox VMs and then snapshotting them in a running state is pretty convenient. Restore to snapshot on every use, and you'll get at least an hour out of each session, resetting every time. Also the startup time is near instant.

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Post by pling » Sat, Jul 05, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

raddevon wrote: post #7

I notice on the page they have licensing that supersedes the Windows licensing included with the VMs. Unfortunately, I've had these VMs for a while, and they've been complaining for activation. So, although they have provided different licensing terms, they didn't bother to inform the software of this fact.

This is damn annoying. We downloaded a whole set of them and after a bit they all died so you have to download them again periodically.

Not a viable solution.

In the end we just set up an activated VM (using MSDN licenses) with RDP enabled for each config on a Win 8.1 HyperV machine that sits in the corner of the office.