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Rails Application and SSL Problem in Internet Explorer
Recently we ran across a very annoying problem when deploying a Ruby on Rails application running under SSL when viewed in IE7. When we loaded the page in Internet Explorer 7 there was a content security error. This made no sense at all as everything was secure, and even when we hard coded absolute links the problem still persisted. What could possibly be causing this problem.
Thinking perhaps it was some random HTTP link sitting in the code, the developers went over everything with a fine tooth comb and could not find the problem. Knowing that a secure content error could be the result of a number of things we broke parts out of the page and rebuilt the page one line at a time until we recreated the content error. Low and behold we found a single JS file that was causing this problem!
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Crossover, IE6 and Flash on Mac
Want to test a website in IE 6 on a MAC or Linux box?
Start by going to codeweavers.com and download Crossover Mac or Crossover Linux.
Once installed, you will launch it and install software. For IE, once you choose install, you can select it from a list of applications that they have ready to deploy to a bottle. By default, IE6 installs into a Windows 98 bucket. Once this completes you have a working IE 6 on your MAC.
The next step is to install the Flash 9 Active X control (Flash Player 9 for Unsupported Operating Systems) to the bottle so that we can see flash content. Please note that Flash 10 is not compatible with a Windows 98 bottle, so do not try it.
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