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06/16/2003, 2:50am, EDT
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MS to release IE 5.2.3 for OS X later today
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Microsoft later today will release Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X users, an update to its web browser. The update will offer security and performance enhancements, as well as improved browser compatibility for enterprise users who work on a network with secure authentication or with proxy servers, according to the MacBU. It will be made available as a free update on its Website, while Internet Explorer 5.1.7 for Mac OS 8/9 users will be available in the next month with similar security and performance improvements. On Friday, we noted that Microsoft is discontinuing future Mac development of IE: "We will, however, continue to support IE 5 and are sharing our compiled understanding of customer requirements with Apple's Safari team, who is working to meet Mac users' future browser needs."
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posted by MacNN.com Reader
trying to cull my favor eh? suck my big toe MS. and mac BU, for shame! you guys suck.
posted by MacNN.com Reader
not me. and not a whole bunch of people who have already found sollace in moz, safari, omni, et all.
blah, this gets more and more pathetic as it goes. way to kick that dead horse MacBU
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posted by MacNN.com Reader
The death of a rendering engine aside, I still think IE sucked and I +hate+ Microsoft.
The rendering engine probably should be "monopolized" with a single, royalty-free open source standard while browser developers should put their focus not on the rendering engine itself but usability and features.
posted by MacNN.com Reader
IE 5 for Mac sucks ass, and this rinky-dink update won't change that.
posted by MacNN.com Reader
I'm also glad to hear that MS will be helping Apple get Safari 'up to speed' as more & more I have to switch to my PC to get sites to load properly...
So much for the 'world-wide' web - MS appears to be winning the battle...
posted by MacNN.com Reader
Huh? Microsoft is surrendering the web browser battle on the Mac platform. The battle will continue between Safari, Mozilla bowsers, and possibly Opera, but Microsoft certainly will not be the winner.
On the Intel/AMD PC side, Microsoft has never really competed on the Linux platform and so the only area where they could even potentially be winning the battle is on the Windows platform. However, although they are currently dominate there, all indications are that they are beginning to lose ground. Their recent announcement regarding discontinuation of a stand alone browser indicates that they are not going to make any signifigant changes to the Windows IE browser until Longhorn comes out in 2005. It is almost as if Microsoft has decided that the browser war is not even worth fighting any longer.
They are not winning the war; they are quitting the war.
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posted by MacNN.com Reader
I would be nice if apple allowed it by default though.
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