On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > david <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I believe there are also virtual machine images available from MS that >>> can be used under MS' proprietary VM "player", that include differing >>> versions of IE. >> Oliver wrote: >> Found the link on the TheFreeCountry.com website (many good >> tutorials/info there): >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en. > > It says they expire in April and/or 120 days. > Not sure what is up with that. Do they let you renew? > > Nancy
Yes the images are specifically for *testing* websites with IE. That's why each one has a different version of IE. So in principle you don't need to install anything at all (they even used to come with IE toolbar too AFAIK, but page doesn't say if they still do). The expiry makes it impractical for any non-testing use, how would Microsoft control use otherwise? Every 3 months MS puts out a new image, you just download and run it from VPC so there's really not much to do. But so far I'm quite happy with IE Controller, just install once and use. I will go with VPC solution only if I run into limitations (unstable, not real rep of IE rendering, etc). Oliver ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
