Designers only looking at their sites on their MacBook Pros is exactly what prod...

Mtinie · on Aug 23, 2017

Adding a "Yes, but..."

Microsoft's refusal, or inability, to release a version of Edge (or even a port of an earlier IE) for macOS exacerbates this situation.

I virtualize Windows on my MacBook for IE/Edge testing of my designs and code, but it requires a workflow and context shifting that I'd perfer I didn't have to do.

Edit: s/I.E./IE

mediumdeviation · on Aug 23, 2017

Ironically we have the exact same problem, except worse with Safari, since it has (relatively) poor support for some cutting edge APIs, and unlike Edge/IE we can't even legally test it in a VM because Apple doesn't even allow their OS to be put in a virtual machine.

At least Microsoft has the good grace to put up free VMs for browser testing - https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/v...

sampath-lokuge · on Aug 23, 2017

You can rent a MAC server here: http://www.macincloud.com/

hungerstrike · on Aug 23, 2017

At least you don't have to buy a whole different computer to do your job. I have to buy a Mac just to test websites and compile apps for iOS.

The only way for me to avoid using the Macintosh OS or having to buy a Mac is to switch careers or specialize.

Thankfully, cross-platform kits such as Cordova and React-Native let me use my preferred OS for development most of the time!

jeffhuys · on Aug 23, 2017

With Parallels that's at least a bit less painful, but yeah, we shouldn't need to virtualize at all.