eHelpAnnoyed by the poor support for Macintosh browsers? Wish you could open BroncoDirec...uh, the offending pages in Internet Explorer for Windows without having to install all of Windows in Bootcamp or Parallels? If you have an Intel Mac, installing Internet Explorer is a snap, and you'll even get better print support for frames than most Windows users will get.
Although the procedures outlined here have worked without problems for many, many users, and undoing the install is as simple as dragging some items to the trash can, the use of this method is not supported by the Help Desk, and you undertake it at your own risk.
Xterm is a terminal emulator for the graphical X Windows System (also called X11). This software is a part of OS X and is supported by Apple.
If you are running OS X 10.5 (Leopard), Xterrm is installed by default. For previous versions, you'll need to install it from the OS X installation CD/DVD. The instructions below are for OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
Darwine is the OS X version of wine, a program designed to allow Windows programs to run on Intel computers running Linux or other Unix operating systems. The version of Darwine provided at this link is beta software It is not an official release of the Wine project, but it is remarkably easy to install.
Go to http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/ and dowload Darwine. Open the package and drag the Darwine folder to your Applications folder.
This version of Internet Explorer is designed to work with the Darwine installation above. It has some issues with fonts and some ActiveX components, but it appears to work correctly on all Cal Poly Pomona web sites.
Go to http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/ and follow the directions (you have already completed steps 1-3). Choose Internet Explorer 6.0.
You have now completed the installation of Internet Explorer. You may double-click the icon on the desktop to open it. If you have trouble shutting it down, you can close xterm, which will automatically close IE.
