Mac based viewing Program for Windows?
I use Windows based PCs on everything I do at home, and for webpages. I was wondering if there was a program that would allow me to view my webpages as if I was using a Mac computer so that I could see how it looks and feels to Mac users. I am almost certain that I heard of such a program but can't remember where. Of course I'd rather NOT have to buy a Mac computer just to test my webpages.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Renegade posted this at 22:59 — 2nd March 2005.
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Well, instead of buying a or getting a program, you could always submit it here in the Web Critique area and how it looks.
timjpriebe posted this at 13:29 — 3rd March 2005.
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I've only tried it out once, but browsercam.com shows you screenshots of what your site looks like on a variety of computers/browsers. I think you're limited to a certain amount of time using their service, though.
Tim
http://www.tandswebdesign.com
andy206uk posted this at 15:46 — 3rd March 2005.
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Theres a freebie for seeing stuff in Safari available at http://www.danvine.com/icapture/
Firefox renders almost identically to it's PC version and don't even bother trying to make complex designs work in IE for the mac as Microsoft stopped development quite a few years back and it can be a royal pain in the backside.
Andy
NewTechGuy posted this at 16:10 — 3rd March 2005.
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Thanks, I'll check that option out. I appreciate your input.
andy206uk posted this at 11:40 — 4th March 2005.
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Of course... if you do a lot of web design, you might want to consider buying a mac. The new Mac mini is brilliantly priced in my opionion.
I recently purchased a mac mini myself for cross browser testing, however after using OSX for 10 minutes I fell in love with the thing completely and now I use the mac as my main machine and the PC just for testing!!
Andy
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