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[Lion7718]

Source: CNET

The minority of Mac users still browsing with Internet Explorer need to consider moving to another browser very quickly, as Microsoft plans to discontinue support for IE beginning Dec. 31.

The news, which came in a statement on Friday, may not have come as a complete surprise to Mac users: Microsoft announced back in June 2003 that it was ending Mac support for IE. Microsoft has not upgraded the software in three years, leaving IE 5--rather than version 6, which is available for Windows--as the most recent version available to Mac users.

While IE for Mac will continue to be available for another month after support ends, Microsoft is advising all users to move to "more recent browsing technology such as Apple's Safari."

The lack of support for IE is unlikely to be an issue for Apple users, most of whom already use alternatives. The only potential difficulty could lie with some sites that have been designed to work with IE only.

This affects a minority of sites, but the issue hasn't completely gone away. In June, for example, Web-testing company SciVisum said that one in 10 Web sites in the U.K. failed to work properly with Firefox, the popular open-source browser.

Firefox, Safari and other browsers such as Opera are available for Mac OS X.


Colin Barker of ZDNet UK reported from London.

[greffov]

finally. we can stop supporting the ugly bitch.

[Roadblock]

Firefox, Safari and other browsers such as Opera are available for Mac OS X

Aren't those the only real browsers anyway?

Oops, I forgot about Konqueror.

[greffov]

Firefox, Safari and other browsers such as Opera are available for Mac OS X

Aren't those the only real browsers anyway?

Oops, I forgot about Konqueror.

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Psssst... Safari is more or less Konqueror with a good Aqua skin...

[«Kingly»]

Firefox, Safari and other browsers such as Opera are available for Mac OS X

Aren't those the only real browsers anyway?

Oops, I forgot about Konqueror.

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Psssst... Safari is more or less Konqueror with a good Aqua skin...

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whats konqueror? is there a windows version i could check out?

[Roadblock]

Konqueror is the default browser for Linux KDE. I'm not aware of a windows version. Firefox or Mozilla would be closest.

[greffov]

Konqueror is the default browser for Linux KDE. I'm not aware of a windows version. Firefox or Mozilla would be closest.

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Not at all!

You can download/install kde for windows using cygwin I think. However, the experience isn't stunning that way. Better plug in a LiveCD or something