Re: [Sheflug] IE5

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Fri, 19 May 2000, Al Hudson wrote:

> Well, excluding the obvious (libre rather than gratis, etc.), I don't
> think I agree - if you see IE5 on the Mac, you *will* drool, I *guarantee*
> it. It's absolutely stunning. If Mozilla comes close (and in terms of
> standards compliance & stuff I hope/believe it will), it'll be amazing. 

At least on the Mac I would assume there won't be ActiveX exploits. Where
theres a will though...
 
> Just in case people don't realise - IE5/Mac is NOTHING like IE5/Win. It's
> INFERIOR. Compared to the Win version, IE5/Mac is like comparing Ford
> Escorts with Ferraris. IE5/Mac looks like a Mac app (no Win rubbish). It's
> standards compliant (css? yes. DOM? yes. etc.) It's a GOOD MS app, which
> is something you don't get to say often...

Maybe chucking the Windows APIs did them some good. :)


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