[thelist] Mac - which browsers/OS to test?

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>I'm going to be working on a site which needs to work for Mac users.
>Which browsers and OS versions is it most important to test with?

Explorer 5. It is completely different from Explorer 5 on Windows. See
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/index.html?browsers.html for my browser notes
which will help you get started.

>Are there any differencees between OSX and the earlier MacOS'es which
>influence the way the browsers work, or is it OK to test only on either
>9.* or on OSX?

As far as I know there are only a few differences. See
http://www.macedition.com/cb/ie5macbugs/ for some CSS stuff you need to know
about. I myself test only on OS9 and haven't yet encountered any problems.

>Are there any other browsers besides IE 5.0 and Netscape 6.* I should test
>with on Mac?

You can try Opera for Mac, it's slightly worse than Opera for Windows. If
you want to be really thorough you could also test in iCab (www.icab.de) and
OnmiWeb for OS X (www.omnigroup.com), but since these browsers are not very
good (iCab still in development, OmniWeb is simply buggy) they aren't much
used.
ppk

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