Ok kids, no more questions about IE for mac, it's dead :)

[dornoforpyros]

http://cultofmac.com/index.php/2005/...s_own_software

So no more questions!

[Mr. Anderson]

And who said the Cold War was over.....

Bleh - pretty silly/sad/funny

D

[sushi]

Originally Posted by Mr. Anderson

And who said the Cold War was over.....

Bleh - pretty silly/sad/funny

D

Somehow I get the feeling that this was going to happen anyway.

Good thing Apple had the foresight to come up with Safari before IE was discontinued.

Sushi

[russed]

Originally Posted by sushi

Somehow I get the feeling that this was going to happen anyway.

Good thing Apple had the foresight to come up with Safari before IE was discontinued.

Sushi

but would MS have stopped IE if safari hadnt come about - i somewhat doubt it, but then again it was pretty much obvious that apple made their own browser.

[sushi]

Originally Posted by russed

but would MS have stopped IE if safari hadnt come about - i somewhat doubt it, but then again it was pretty much obvious that apple made their own browser.

The 64 dollar question!

Microsoft seemed to be updating IE for the PC but not for the Mac back then. IE for the Mac became more and more outdated.

Why was Microsoft doing this?

Don't know.

But it is obvious that Apple was concerned and thus came up with Safari to fill the gap.

Thankfully now, we also have FireFox to play with!

Sushi

[kgarner]

Originally Posted by russed

but would MS have stopped IE if safari hadnt come about - i somewhat doubt it, but then again it was pretty much obvious that apple made their own browser.

IIRC, IE for Mac had already sat dormant for QUITE some time before Safari was announced. I remember at the time I was tired of waiting for an update and had already switched over to Camino (I think it was still Chimera back then). Once Safari hit, it wasn't long before MS dropped IE for Mac. But, like I said, I don't think it had been updated in like a year or more before then.

[Danksi]

All you need to do is get the Safari Debug menu. Once done, you can tell Safari to act as IE when visiting sites. The secret handshake is made with the host and you can log in.

Where's this 'act as IE' option?

I've only really used Firefox since I received my iMac, perhaps I should take a better look at Safari!

EDIT: Googled - I'll download Safari Enhancer and remove that IE rubbish.

[russed]

Originally Posted by kgarner

IIRC, IE for Mac had already sat dormant for QUITE some time before Safari was announced. I remember at the time I was tired of waiting for an update and had already switched over to Camino (I think it was still Chimera back then). Once Safari hit, it wasn't long before MS dropped IE for Mac. But, like I said, I don't think it had been updated in like a year or more before then.

but obviosuly MS and apple know a bit more inadvance than we do, so did MS slow down development of IE after they head about safari?

[dmw007]

Nice, even M$ is warning people to not use/discontinue use of IE.

[Lord Blackadder]

Not a huge surprise - IE effectively died in '03, they just finally pulled the plug. Fortunately Safari and the Mozilla-based stuff are excellent.