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Posted by Neredbojias on 12/22/05 09:12
With neither quill nor qualm, Alan J. Flavell quothed:
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> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Neredbojias wrote:
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> (snip stuff about MacIE...)
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> > You have to remember that IE isn't a browser.
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> And *you* need to remember that MacIE is not WinIE.
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> > It's a browser-like something that works something like a browser.
>
> I would accept that statement about WinIE. And probably add a free
> extra portion of raspberries.
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> Although I don't happen to use Macs, I'm aware that when it was
> introduced and being supported, MacIE was a good, standards-oriented,
> CSS-ish-supporting browser for the Mac, which stood up well against
> the then-current opposition on any platform.
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> Time has moved on, and MacIE has not; so, nowadays it's quite a
> disappointment as measured against other *current* browsers. But
> tossing it casually into the same pot as the browser-like operating
> system component for Windows would be a big mistake, and would tend to
> discredit anything else which the contributor was trying to say.
Apparently MS had a different team working on the Mac IE. I can't be
all that rueful, though, since Mac as a computer is like Yugo as an
automobile, anyway.
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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.
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