on 6/16/01 5:13 PM, Scott Stevenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This issue is more complex than it may seem on the surface. A direct
> port of Windows IE is not practical for developers or users.
Yes, that may be so, but to be perfectly fair, a better original focus on
WHAT exactly to provide would have avoided much of this, if the goal had
been to provide, at a minimum, feature parity with the Windows version
(which is well-designed browser).
In all fairness, though, if that had been done, we would also be missing a
variety of features that are Mac-only, and which set the Mac version apart
from the Windows version.
On the other hand, I still believe that the purely arbitrary decision that
has led to the exclusion of private certificates (which are supported under
both Netscape, both platforms, and the WinIE version) is a bit inexcusable -
and not an issue of resources allocation, if this had been set as a feature
from day-one).
Nevertheless, I stay by my earlier statement, that I understand the reasons
Jimmy has given for the current version, and situation, and look forward to
the day that IE will support this feature (probably roughly 7 years after
everyone else has had it working flawlessly, but still) - currently, they
have their hands and feet full just fixing Apple's mess, and making their
product work well with the basic feature set.
My guess:
1. OS X version of IE 5.1
2. port to the OS 9 version of IE 5.1
3. new version (IE 5.5?) for both platforms with new features.
This appears to jive with what Jimmy has alluded to.
Harry
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