AOL drops IE in latest version of AOL for OS X
Looks like they are going with Gecko. Getting back into the browser wars perhaps?
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IMHO, IE is the best browser for the Mac, but that isn't saying much at all.
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IMHO, IE is the best browser for the Mac, but that isn't saying much at all.
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Yeah... I know... I just read it back... it is even too odd for ME to believe it's possible.
Scott
Mozilla 1.0 RC2 was just released, perhaps Apple could use it as a marketting tool to show that it supports open source to some degree... (ie: f**k microsoft, buy apple).
Pres
<strong>While it's would make all of us Mac-heads happy to have iApps to do everything, I think that iBrowser would flop as ignorant-ass PC designers and other important institutions would overlook it, and we'd be in Netscape 6.0 territory with an unsupported piece of crappo.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Except that if Apple adopted Chimera, that uses the Mozilla engine to render, so it wouldn't just be a matter of supporting Apple's browser. Most notably, it looks like AOL was waiting form Moz 1.0 to adopt it for their own use, and webmasters will have to at least try to placate the great mass of AOL users. That transition will take a big bite out of MSIE's market share.
I think it's an interesting idea, myself. Take Chimera, give it a clean, polished Apple interface, and add it to the roster of open source, standards-supporting technologies under the OS X umbrella.
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Except that if Apple adopted Chimera, that uses the Mozilla engine to render, so it wouldn't just be a matter of supporting Apple's browser. Most notably, it looks like AOL was waiting form Moz 1.0 to adopt it for their own use, and webmasters will have to at least try to placate the great mass of AOL users. That transition will take a big bite out of MSIE's market share.
I think it's an interesting idea, myself. Take Chimera, give it a clean, polished Apple interface, and add it to the roster of open source, standards-supporting technologies under the OS X umbrella.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Happy 1000th Amorph!
J :cool:
No, I don't think the MBU's products are excellent, but they facilitate migration to OS X from Windows, and they are the standards that everyone uses.
Apple needs to compete with M$, but not directly. The competition must be subtle and discreet so that M$ doesn't stomp Apple out of existence. And yes, I believe if Gates wanted Apple dead, it would happen within a year.
<strong>What about OmniWeb?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Although it looks good, it rather poor support of W3C standards will make it almost unusable in a short future - especially if AOL goes Gecko. And that would a good thing for webdesigners, as it will force M$ to make a decent version of IE/Windows, which is not as good as IE 5/Mac.
It's a shame that a company CANNOT make at least SIMILAR product for several platforms - everyone else does, why can't M$? It pisses me off, really
J.