Internet Explorer on the Mac is dead. Support officially ceases some time in 2005 (only a few more days left to get your bug reports and feature requests in!), and in a little more than a month it will no longer even be available for download.

 

The _javascript_ interpreter in IE for the Mac doesn’t even support array.push and many other standard methods. It wasn’t ever really a viable _javascript_ development platform, unless you want to bend over backwards to write all your _javascript_ code to avoid the most common standard functions, and work around its many other bugs. (Note: dynamically adding a push method to array is not a viable work around because it breaks iteration over dictionary keys, returning “push” as a key of every dictionary, so you have to write “array[array.size] = val instead of array.push(val), and call global functions to simulate the other missing methods like pop, shift and unshift.) MacIE doesn’t have a serious _javascript_ interpreter -- it’s just a cruel joke.

 

There’s no reason for anyone to be using IEMac, when Firefox is widely available for free.

 

Any educational institution still insisting on using MacIE must be so backwards that they also teach intelligent design!

 

Here it is from the horse’s mouth:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.aspx?pid=internetexplorer

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER FOR MAC USERS

In June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005. In accordance with published support lifecycle policies, Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31st, 2005, and will provide no further security or performance updates.

Additionally, as of January 31st, 2006, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download from Mactopia. It is recommended that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.

 

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