Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread David M. Ensteness
Dont fear it. David On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 02:07 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Tim Hodgson wrote: I found the second sentence quite, well, surprising. What's in it for MS? Long term? Bailing on the Mac platform entirely, I fear. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Inf

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
Tim Hodgson wrote: I found the second sentence quite, well, surprising. What's in it for MS? Long term? Bailing on the Mac platform entirely, I fear. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-B

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
Joe Ellis wrote: ... The article link is forbidden to my browser. Joe Ellis Looks like Mail put in a line break and didn't get the whole bit between the <>'s which is the whole URL.

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Tim Hodgson
Macintouch's report included this statement from the MacBU: "As many of you already know, this past Friday we confirmed that the MacBU would no longer develop future versions of Internet Explorer for Mac. We will, however, continue to support IE 5 and are sharing our compiled understanding of cust

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread James Rohde
On 06/15/2003 11:43 PM, Kochkodin wrote: > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31205.html I also saw this on the iMac list yesterday, but their take isn't as drastic as the Register's... --- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:34:25 -0600 Subject:Microsoft - No new versions of IE for Mac |

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Matt Peacock
You're not gonna believe this, but Microsoft have just released Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X. Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDR

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
On Monday 16 June 2003 08:08 am, Tom Roth wrote: > Where do you get an OS 9 version of Mozilla? On their website I only see > download links for OS X. You have to scroll down a little, Tom. It's not the most recent Moz but it's still a good one. -.\\<-H- -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nu

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Steve Kidd
On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 08:08 AM, Tom Roth wrote: Where do you get an OS 9 version of Mozilla? On their website I only see download links for OS X. You have to hunt for it a bit. The last version for OS 9 was 1.2.1, so go to the 1.3.1 download page, and scroll down till you find it.

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac > > IAC, since OSX is based on an entirely different (and long ago legally

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Tom Roth
Where do you get an OS 9 version of Mozilla? On their website I only see download links for OS X. -tom > -- > From: Michelle Klein-Hass > Subject: Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac > > And the fact of the matter is that even for those stuck using OS9,

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
On Sunday 15 June 2003 10:40 pm, Steve Kidd wrote: > On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 10:10 PM, Kochkodin quoted an article > > from the Register: > > Microsoft will not create a new version of Internet Explorer for Macs > > in a move that leaves Apple users in an uncomfortable spot. > > A poorly writ

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 03:17 AM, Robert Benjamin Johnston wrote: I have not used IE 5 for consistently except at work for the past six months and haven't missed it at all. I've been using Camino (formerly Chimera) for the past six months and am wildly pleased. iCab works extremely wel

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Hamlin Krewson
> > What the article isn't saying is that Microsoft is essentially stopping > development on Internet Explorer in general! They haven't updated either > their Windows browser nor the Mac browser for a forever, and they will also > cease developing IE for Windows. The only browsers they are going

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread LluĂ­s Bruch
For a deeper analysis on the subject: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html Cheers! -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale!

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-16 Thread Robert Benjamin Johnston
I have not used IE 5 for consistently except at work for the past six months and haven't missed it at all. I've been using Camino (formerly Chimera) for the past six months and am wildly pleased. iCab works extremely well on 9.x. By the way, in regards to the evil empire there was an outstanding

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-15 Thread Mark Benson
On Monday, Jun 16, 2003, at 06:10 Europe/London, Kochkodin wrote: Microsoft will not create a new version of Internet Explorer for Macs in a move that leaves Apple users in an uncomfortable spot. Jimmy Grewal, the Microsoft Mac IE lead, is fleeing Redmond and heading to Dubai due to the browser

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-15 Thread Jon Glass
on 6/16/03 7:10 AM, Kochkodin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jimmy Grewal, the Microsoft Mac IE lead, is fleeing Redmond and heading to > Dubai due to the browser's termination. Microsoft is saying it will provide > some updates to IE 5 for Macs but does not plan to release an IE 6. It > reckons us

Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-15 Thread Steve Kidd
On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 10:10 PM, Kochkodin quoted an article from the Register: Microsoft will not create a new version of Internet Explorer for Macs in a move that leaves Apple users in an uncomfortable spot. A poorly written article, filled with personal opinion. 1) There are so many b

M/S Drops IE for Mac????

2003-06-15 Thread Kochkodin
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31205.html Microsoft gives IE for Mac the boot By Ashlee Vance in San Francisco Posted: 15/06/2003 at 02:50 GMT