Mac + VMware Fusion + Win XP + IE6

August 08, 2008 by carmelyne

IE6 testing stack on Mac

IE Breakdown

Initially, I used to install a whole stack on Mac VMWare Fusion to run the rails app via folder share. This was the whole list:

With suggestions from my R Team, I've gotten it down to this list:

Just go to the Terminal, type ifconfig. Grab the IP. The swing back to Win XP running on VMWare Fusion. Type the IP on your IE browser for example http://123.123.12.1:3000. Just append your port to the ip and there you have it! You can go ahead and proceed with testing IE while on your Mac.

Tags: Dev Tools, Ruby / Rails, Thoughts

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