This may be OT & if so I apologize in advance.
In researching compatable operating systems & verifying that the available versions of IE would work with them I discovered that Microsoft will NOT be overing any later versions of IE beyond 5.1
Also support will end for al MAC IE products within one year.
I guess Apple pissed them off.
M$ has just released office 2004 apart from many other mac produts including VPC. Where's Appleworks for the mac, I've been waiting a long time.
IE5.1.x was the last for the classic OS just as Moz 1.3 or 4. whatever and NS7.1 something was the last, sorry no mac up to check version numbers. OS10.3 doesn't run well if at all on so many "macs" it deserves the the title "new world" or new mac? The fact its the last has been well known for a good amount of time now and I dont see it as a great surprise, there's no IE for nix. ;)
You may find a browser for X from M$ later on when the mac finally settles, whats wrong with Safari or that skinned browser?
Why does a mac user care when a most degraded (by rep) product reaches a end and since IE is part of windows why should you get a browser for free from M$, I paid for mine or so I'm told. ;)
I wonder what Apple hasn't made available thats required by M$ for the next IE version release, nah, nothing to do with it.
All said with a smile, I dont really know or care. IE5 doesn't run on 68k macs, a shame you cant skin it on a compatible mac (oldworld) the same as you can on a pc, frankly M$ support for many of its old line is coming to an end. Thats not a bad thing as some things are beyond repair in the end. ;) IE5.1 is actually my browser of choice for ppc macs, silly me.
Very Off-topic, flame me offlist please
Cheers
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