I've just read about the release of Safari4 (beta) and its much improved Javascript engine.
I was planning to start playing with it, but I am wondering if anybody knows if both Safary 3 and Safari 4 can be run side by side.
You could run Safari 3 and use the nightly builds of Webkit to test the new engine. You'd be still missing the new features like Cover Flow and Top Sites though.
Try this
Safari normally use the Web Kit
framework found inside Mac OS X to
render web pages and execute
javascript. This means that if you
preserve an old version of Safari to
run it on a newer version of Mac OS,
it will use the newer Web Kit found in
the system and you will get the same
results as with the newer version.
However, the link has some stand alone versions that you can install.
There's also this which shows how to create your own stand alone version.
Beatnik Pad has a quick tutorial that shows how running Safari 4 Beta and Safari 3 side by side can be accomplished.
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I want to run IOS Simulator on Windows 10.
Is there a way to do this?
I dont think its possible to get the iOS simulator working on Windows. But if you are willing to explore a dual boot setup, have patience (and a supported motherboard/processor), then you could use OpenCore or Clover to get a macOS running on your pc. This will give you access to the iOS simulator and the other xcode tools.
If you take this route then you should know that macOS doesnt support ntfs writes out the box. This means that if you decide to create a shared volume that both the mac and windows partition would read and write from, then you would either need a 3rd party ntfs drive (e.g. macfuse) or to format your volume to exFAT (this gave me the best results and was free)
If you intend to run the latest macOS I would recommend going with OpenCore. The latest Clover versions ports pieces of OpenCore to it, and finding documentation on configuring the new Clover was a hassle for me. If you are fine with running Catalina and using an older xcode (and thus older iOS simulator), then I would recommend giving tonymac tools a shot. Building the installer took with very little effort. You need an account to download the tools (this is free but they ask for motherboard/gpu model for community posts and verification that you can actually run their software)
Native testing of iOS apps is only possible on an Apple device. But there are some ways to overcome that.
Some reference to external iOS simulating platforms: https://fossbytes.com/best-ios-emulators-pc-windows-mac/
We have an internal Windows server with OpenFire 4.5.1 with inVerse 6.0.1 Release 1 installed. The plugin works great from Chrome browser and Edge browser, but I really need it to also work from IE11, if possible. When initial page loads, there are 2 errors:
IE11 console image
If you can't see the image: 1. Syntax error converse.min.js (55,35487) 2. 'converse' is undefined inverse (43,17).
Looks like a show-stopper. Not sure how or if a fix is available.
Thanks!
From the Converse Github issue, we can see that there have many threads about Converse plugin not support IE browser. Such as: Support for IE 11 and iOS Safari 9.3
According to these issues, we can know that Converse uses quite a few features not supported by IE11, not just arrow functions. So, perhaps this plugin doesn't support IE browser or it needs to install some Polyfill. You could contact Converse developer team and ask them whether there have a workaround, or feedback this issue to Converse Issue forum.
I have created a cocoa application which used the base SDK OS X 10.10. Some APIs which only exists in 10.10 are called. So it doesn't run correctly in the system which version is lower than 10.10.
So, i wan't to know is there any way can make my application run correctly in OS X 10.9 except rewrite it use lower SDK.? If not, What is the value of these new API. because i can't use it. If i used it application can't work in lower system.
Thanks!
You should use 10.10 as your Base SDK, and set your deployment platform to 10.9. You can then use respondsToSelector: and NSClassFromString to know if the class/method you're trying to use is available on the current OS, and degrade gracefully (for example, only make a feature available if you're running on the latest OS).
No, you'd have to rewrite it to use API calls which are available in 10.9.
The point of adding new calls to the API is because eventually everyone will have a device running the newer software - especially with Apple products - and then you'll be able to use it. Also, some people don't mind not being able to run on an older device. If they never added anything to the API then we would still be using the same things from 20 years ago.
If you think this is bad then try writing software for Android. The majority of devices are still running old API versions.
Essentially the answer is NO. You can't make an app which is built using the latest API's for 10.10 run in 10.9.
What the value of using the latest API's is depends on what you want to achieve. If you want to take advantage of the latest Apple technologies like iCloud Drive and CloudKit then you need 10.10. However, if your project doesn't need the these technologies then it may be worth making your app using a lower SDK.
It's worth noting that OS X 10.10 is free so you probably won't be alienating anyone by using the latest SDK. It's a different story for iOS where usually only the latest few iPhone and iPad models can be upgraded (e.g. iOS 8 from iPhone 4S and upwards).
Hope this helps.
So, I'm developing my rails applications on my mac, thro WEBrick at 0.0.0.0:3000 and I need to test how the layout are showing on PC running Windows with Internet Explorer 7 and IE8.
I have tried to test it thro Wine + Wine Bottler, but I can't access that point.
And now I'm thinking to install VirtualBox to give a try, but before doing this, it will be good to know from others if it will or not work for me in this case.
Any advice?
Thanks!
I use VirtualBox for interface testing. I've had no problems with it at all. I have an external drive with various disk images for firing up various versions of Windows and thus various versions of IE as well as Firefox and Chrome. Works a treat and no complaints.
We have used VirtualBox and a program called IETester:
http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage
It works well, even for IE6 although there are some very minor differences for IE6.
Makes it very quick to test in all versions of IE as you can have a tab for each.
Give it a go.
Anyone that has installed the new IE9 know if I can keep IE8 installed? I do a lot of web testing and don't want to update to IE9 if I loose IE8.
best way is to install a Virtual Machine
Per Microsoft:
If you are running Windows Vista or
Windows 7 on your computer, you can
install the Internet Explorer 9 Beta
to replace your existing version of
Internet Explorer. After you install
Internet Explorer 9, you can uninstall
it to restore the previously installed
version of Internet Explorer.
So no, it will overwrite IE8 (at least the Beta will. I suppose this is not guaranteed to be the same for the release version).
I use Virtual PC with images of the browsers I need to test, but also and more lately, IETester, http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage. It allows you to run multiple versions of IE side by side.
If you want to be able to play with the new features of IE9 without installing the entire browser (which will replace IE8) you can install the Platform Preview. The PP is stand-alone, includes the latest features and bug fixes and has been getting updated roughly every 8 weeks. You can get the latest Platform Preview at:
www.ietestdrive.com
FYI: the production IE 9 does not accurately reproduce IE 8. I've got a CSS issue I'm chasing down now because IE 9's IE 8 mode isn't the same as real IE 8.
If you are concerned with testing how your site looks in IE8/7, you can use the Developer Tools (press F12) to switch the Browser modes and Document modes so that IE9 interacts with the web server as a different user agent, and renders the HTML document according to the version rules.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-sg/ie/ff468705(en-us).aspx#_New_Dev_Tools
IE9 beta is released as a Windows update, so after installing it and playing around, you can remove it from Programs and Features -> Installed Updates, which will recover IE8.
hit f12 on ie9, it will pop up the debug console. In the menu there is a browser mode option where you can set the browser to display as ie8 and a bunch of other versions too.
Also, if you're mouse focus is on the console and you hit ctrl+r, it will clear your browser cache... This is a feature that all the other browser debuggers lack.. ability to quickly clear cache.... I'm rambling now.
The best way to see your site on old versions of IE is that:
If you have IE9+, open your current version of InternetExplorer, press F12, click on "Browser Mode" tab, then choose the version you want.
see screenshot here:
Works better than IE-tester, and easier than using virtual machine.