End nears for Mac version of IE

zippyjuan · 12-20-2005, 01:22 AM

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End nears for Mac version of IE

The minority of Mac users on IE will need to switch
Microsoft has advised Mac users of Internet Explorer (IE) to switch to rival browsers such as Apple's Safari.
The advice came as the software giant formally announced the end of IE for Apple Macs.

Microsoft initially said it had stopped work on the browser in June 2003.

No more security updates will be provided as from the New Year. The browser itself will be removed from Microsoft's Mactopia site and no longer be available for download.

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The current version of IE for Macs is effectively three years old, making it an outdated browser compared to its Windows equivalent.

In June 2003, Microsoft said it had stopped work on developing the browser.

It has now put the final nails into the coffin, announcing that it will not provide any further security updates as from the end of the year.

The browser itself will be removed from Microsoft Mactopia download site from 31 January.

On its website Microsoft recommended that Mac users switch to "more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari".

Other alternative browsers include Firefox and Opera.

The only potential problem for Mac users could be with websites designed to work exclusively with IE.

In June, web-testing firm SciVisum surveyed 100 UK websites and found that one in 10 of them failed to work properly on the Firefox browser.

Airencracken · 12-20-2005, 09:03 AM

pfft. big deal, IE sucks.

zero2dash · 12-20-2005, 10:36 AM

Anyone running OSX and using IE over Safari needs to be beaten.

Anyone running OS9 or prior should upgrade and if they can't do that, then they should still be using something *other* than IE.

Hell even the newer Netscapes are available for pre-OSX Macs; I don't think Firefox is though unless maybe there's an unsupported build out there?.

Jcranmer · 12-20-2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by zero2dash

Anyone running OSX and using IE over Safari needs to be beaten.

Anyone running OS9 or prior should upgrade and if they can't do that, then they should still be using something *other* than IE.

Hell even the newer Netscapes are available for pre-OSX Macs; I don't think Firefox is though unless maybe there's an unsupported build out there?.

There is a pre X build somewhere, I remember having to find it for my previous job. It's not an offical release, but it works pretty well, even if it's an older version.

12-20-2005, 09:03 AM	#2
Airencracken Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: California Posts: 6,681	pfft. big deal, IE sucks. __________________ "I remember my first orgasm, I just wish someone was there to share it with me..."11-05-2003 05:33 AM - Topane They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx Hell is other people - Jean-Paul Sartre

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12-20-2005, 10:36 AM	#3
zero2dash Commander Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fenton, MO - but I wish I was at the beach. ANY beach. Posts: 1,367	Anyone running OSX and using IE over Safari needs to be beaten. Anyone running OS9 or prior should upgrade and if they can't do that, then they should still be using something other than IE. Hell even the newer Netscapes are available for pre-OSX Macs; I don't think Firefox is though unless maybe there's an unsupported build out there?.

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