I can understand the earlier choice of using IE as engine. Although now
the market is changing, MS is being forced to de-attach IE from windows
most likely; I feel its time for a change, especially now when we start
to notice our users are having issues with the old IE6 engine.

Cheers,
-----Original Message-----
From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
[mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of
gamead...@127001.org
Sent: donderdag 4 juni 2009 14:01
To: crazy_canu...@rogers.com; 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing
list'
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] New browser engine support for steam?

No, it's to do with the fact that on a windows box, it's the one
embeddable
browser you can guarentee will be installed.  Nothing to do with
brainwashed
or bribed programmers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com 
> [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf 
> Of Crazy Canucks
> Sent: 04 June 2009 12:37
> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] New browser engine support for steam?
> 
> I'll second and third this.  It seems that most game 
> developers make use 
> of the IE browser engine.  Might have something to do with the way M$ 
> has bought its way into our educational systems...
> 
> Craig H wrote:
> > It would certainly be nice.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Saint K. 
> <sai...@specialattack.net> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I have a request. Most likely a bit radical for your 
> design, but very
> >> much wanted.
> >>
> >> The problem is as following. Steam uses IE as engine to 
> display stuff in
> >> the store, the motd etc etc.
> >> As you know, IE is used less and less, and people now a 
> days chose not
> >> to install or update IE at all because their using an alternative
> >> browser. (Our webstats show that IE is by far no longer 
> the most used
> >> browser).
> >>
> >> Now to come to our problem, because we don't install or update IE
> >> anymore, we get faced with all sorts of render problems 
> caused by the
> >> old IE engine (IE6). Widespread webmasters are fully dropping IE6
> >> supports because their tired of having to implement 
> countless hacks to
> >> make it browser compatible.
> >>
> >> Could steam please consider implementing or supporting alternative
> >> browser engines?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
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