I wouldn't suggest anyone use IE voluntarily under any circumstances. Be that as it may, to get into it in a bit more depth, what exactly is preventing other browsers from using this tool? Is it just browser detection, or does the tool in question actually require activex underpinnings or some other lunacy?

Safari has the ability to report itself as other user agents. Under the Develop menu, you can select whatever user agent you want to present to a server.

If it actually requires a doze environment to function, either have them get a cheapass laptop with doze on it, or let them log in to a doze box somewhere. Either will be a cheaper, faster solution in this case. While you can run doze on a Mac, or emulate IE in several hacktastic ways, both are a more expensive or more annoying and time consuming solution.

 

As Simba mentions, the primary issue with web app operability is almost always centered around user agent checks. There's relatively little out there that requires IE7 (or any other specific browser) to be honest. Try spoofing the agent, and see if that gets you through without issue.

 

Here is the message I get when I try to access it in Chrome, and they say they get the same messages in any browser other than IE. The web portal allows viewing of documents that are stored on our server and it seems that they will only render in IE7.

I will suggest changing the user agent, but one would hope the geniuses would have thought of that...

One of the sales reps is buying Windows and going with a dual boot. She is in CO, so she is on her own.


Thanks for the ideas!

 

Another solution - IE add-on for Firefox --- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419/