I should have a copy of IE/Mac 5.2 around.  Want me to send you a
screenshot of whatever he's talking about off-list?

--benD

Jim Campbell wrote:

> Well, I have two choices then:
>
> 1) Take your word for it, or
>
> 2) get on the phone and talk a 78-year-old woman who still finds Flash pages
> "pretty" through the steps of installing VNC on OS 9 for OS X, opening up
> the correct port on the firewall I set up for her, making sure the service
> is running, then installing VNC on my machine, opening up the necessary
> ports on my router/firewall, then logging into her computer, starting OS 9
> emulation, then...
>
> You know what?  I'll take your word for it.
>
> - Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:38 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: AAARRRGGGGHHH! Stupid IE!!!!
>
> LOL! I'm not sure that file is going to last the week, much less until xmas.
>
> -Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: AAARRRGGGGHHH! Stupid IE!!!!
>
>  > I think the only Mac IE 5 I know of at this point is only accessible
>  > when you boot to OS 9 on my grandmother's 17" iMac.  I'll check it out
>  > when I'm down there for Christmas :)
>  >
>  > - Jim
>  >
>  > Kevin Graeme wrote:
>  >
>  > >Jim, I don't know if you still have IE5 on the Mac available to you, but
>  > >check out this page:
>  > >
>  > >http://soybean.cfdev.uwex.edu/layout4.cfm
>  > >
>  > >It works fine on IE6, Moz, Opera, and Safari. But IE5 on Mac? No
> way. And
>  > >it's just CSS that's throwing it.
>  > >
>  > >-Kevin
>  > >
>  > >----- Original Message -----
>  > >From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  > >Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:45 AM
>  > >Subject: Re: AAARRRGGGGHHH! Stupid IE!!!!
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >>Really?  I really liked IE on the Mac.  I don't use it now -
> Mozilla and
>  > >>Opera are too far advanced to consider it, but for OS 9, I don't think
>  > >>anything for the Mac was as good.  I didn't know about the z-index
> thing
>  > >>though... Hmmm.
>  > >>
>  > >>At risk of offending you again :)  Opera is pretty great these days.
>  > >>
>  > >>- Jim
>  > >>
>  > >>Ben Doom wrote:
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >>>Begin Browser War:
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>>I love the irony of Microsoft's Mac software being almost universally
>  > >>>>superior to their Windows software.  I prefer Office X and its suite
> of
>  > >>>>applications far more than Office XP/2003, and IE for Mac was
> probably
>  > >>>>the best browser out for OS 9 and OS X for a while (possibly the best
>  > >>>>browser, *period*), although Opera is probably the king in that
> regard
>  > >>>>now.  Well, that or Mozilla.
>  > >>>>
>  > >>>>
>  > >>>>
>  > >>>>
>  > >>>IE for Mac the best browser?  What the hell are you talking
> about?  Its
>  > >>>DOM is even less standardized than IE/Win.  Its plugin structure
> forces
>  > >>>any plugin to have an "infinite" z-index.  Its _javascript_ support is
>  > >>>even odder than IE/Win.
>  > >>>
>  > >>>I really, really don't care for this browser.  But maybe you noticed
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >that.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >>>Safari has its own set of problems, especially for developers, but
> is a
>  > >>>pretty good browser for the average end-user.  For my money (or lack
>  > >>>thereof) Mozilla is king.  Though, admittedly, I've not used Opera
> since
>  > >>>way back when.
>  > >>>
>  > >>>--benD
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >
>  >
>
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