Posted by JDS on 12/21/05 17:24

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:18:31 +0000, Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> 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.

But the same could have been said of WinIE 5. IMO, Netscape died not
because of (well, not *just* because of) underhanded, sneaky, monopolistic
practices of Microsoft[1]. Netscape died because it sucked as
compared to MSIE 5. Really, compare the browsing experience of MSIE5 to
NS4. Hello? Can you say Netsuck?

But, of course, Microsoft being what it is, "innovation" only occurs when
there is a market to monopolize, and MSIE stagnated and langoured in its
market dominance, and by today's standards, MSIE is the "lame duck" so to
speak. (Or does "lame duck" have to much of a political connotation to
use there? But I digress).

In any case, the degree of "innovation" from MSIE5 -> 5.5 -> 6 has been
miniscule in comparison to what other browsers have been doing in that
time frame. And we're talking, like, 5-6 years here. Hard to believe
that MSIE 5 was released in 1999. And IE 6 in 2001. 4+ years ago for
the last major update from Microsoft?? Ugh! But I digress again.

happy whatever-o-days to all.




[1] Need an example? See this 9 year old news.com.com story:
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-240546.html

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