No, it doesn't support skins. I don't know how what Jimmy did to give the
journalist that impression :-)
Dan
On 7/21/01 11:45 AM, "Scott Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Saturday, July 21, 2001, at 09:46 AM, Harry Zink wrote:
>
>> That's even better - so IE 5.1 is done and finished then? Can we get
>> the 9.x
>> version now, please :-)
>
> This is so short that I'll just post the whole thing. They seemed to
> have spelled Jimmy's name wrong, though. Maybe it's just the way it's
> phrased, but I don't quite understand what is meant by the skins
> comment. Is the browser itself skinnable now?
>
> - Scott
>
> ---------
> http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0107/20.ie51.shtml
>
> MWNY: Internet Explorer 5.1 to come with Mac OS X 10.1
> Dennis Sellers, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> July 20, 2001, 12:15 pm ET
>
> The final version of Internet Explorer 5.1 will come with Mac OS X 10.1
> when it ships this fall, said Kevin Browne, general manager of
> Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit in a special Macworld New York
> presentation. He said it will be a fully native Mac OS X application.
> Meanwhile, a version for Mac OS 8/9 is due this fall.
>
> Jimmy Grewall, Microsoft product manager, said that IE 5.1 for Mac OS X
> would take advantage of the operating system's power to add several new
> features. Users will be able to preview "skins" (appearance altering
> interface themes) on the browser using Web standards. There'll be live
> window resizing.
>
> "Internet Explorer 5.1 reflows the content of the page and reformats it
> multiple times per second," Grewall said. "It combines the power of Mac
> OS X and power of the browser."
>
> He also promised that the next incarnation of IE would make it possible
> to view the "richest Java content out there." It will also come with
> fully Carbonized plug-ins for QuickTime and Flash built-in.
>
> Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac OS X is now available in a preview release
> edition.
>
>
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> Scott Stevenson
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