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Internet Explorer: is dead
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Good riddance to it I say. It causes more issues on Windows than any other bit of software. I know the OSX version doesn't open up the same security holes as it's cousin does, but now that virtually all websites are being recoded to support Firefox the lack of IE for Mac isn't an issue, and gives Microsoft one less club to try and beat Apple with.
Umm, IE for Mac has been dead for a few years now.
Not to mention SpyWare has never been an issue on Macs, yet pop-ups are becoming a problem of the past.
Not to mention SpyWare has never been an issue on Macs, yet pop-ups are becoming a problem of the past.
GimmeSlack12 said:
And even that's somewhat misleading because it hadn't seen any major development since 2000
Never use it, and I don't care about MS software in general. I use Camino, Shiira, SeaMonkey, Opera and Mozilla, in that order. I never use FireFox, looks too PC and takes forever to open. Even on my older computers, I trash the IE app after downloading iCab (system 7.6 to 8.6). MS puts too much BS in the system. I tell anybody who uses a PC to try alternatives and never open IE. Once they do, they thank me.
I always hated using IE for Mac. How anything could be made so ugly I will never understand. Unfortunately there are a few uni online things that require IE to run certain sites, so I have to use it occasionally. 
The only good thing about IE over Safari is the way IE allows you to
customise the way file types are displayed.
For instance, MPEG streams can be made to open up within an application
rather than being stuck in the browser window, the same with WMV files
and the like. I can make PDF's autosave onto the desktop unlike Safari
which insists on opening it within a browser window.
If that appeared in Safari, it'd be no.1, but I use both depending on what
i am doing...
customise the way file types are displayed.
For instance, MPEG streams can be made to open up within an application
rather than being stuck in the browser window, the same with WMV files
and the like. I can make PDF's autosave onto the desktop unlike Safari
which insists on opening it within a browser window.
If that appeared in Safari, it'd be no.1, but I use both depending on what
i am doing...
PatrickF said:
It hasn't been bundled with any Mac since Tiger. But I'm missing the obvious reason behind it not being bundled with Intel Macs.
It is obviously not bundled with new Macs because of Safari, not to mention MS and Apple's agreement from 1997 was the only reason that IE came on Macs at all. That agreement was over in 2001 or something like that.
I couldn't remember if it came with my sister's iBook a few months back or not, but that makes sense.ManchesterTrix said:
Well considering IE Mac has been practically dead for 5-6 years now there's no Universal Binary. I doubt Apple would have pre-installed the PPC version of IE on the Intel Macs.
