Not my fault! I was demo'ing our DHTML capabilities using Panic's
website (makers of Audion and Transmit). They have a section on their
website that only works in MacIE 5.x which allows you preview the
various skins for their MP3 player.
Of course, some journalist thought that meant that IE 5.1 supported
skins.
:(
-Jimmy
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Crevier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 8:16 PM
To: MacIE-Talk
Subject: Re: Two Relevant 10.1 Updates
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.
>
>
> --
> Scott Stevenson
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