Comments on: IE/Mac: The Final Nail http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/12/19/farewell-ie-mac/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:03:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Farewell, Netscape! | K-Squared Ramblings http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/12/19/farewell-ie-mac/#comment-38270 Farewell, Netscape! | K-Squared Ramblings Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:26:22 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1154#comment-38270 [...] the demise of IE/Mac, it’s more of a symbolic end than one of substance. In my opinion, the true [...] [...] the demise of IE/Mac, it’s more of a symbolic end than one of substance. In my opinion, the true [...]

]]> By: Brion http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/12/19/farewell-ie-mac/#comment-8034 Brion Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:28:11 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1154#comment-8034 Spend some time with Mac IE's JavaScript error reportage and you'll understand my enthusiasm. Alas, this is just a symbolic victory. IE has been out of circulation on new Macs and OS upgrades for two whole years; people still using it mostly have old systems and can't be bothered to upgrade. Or, worse, their IT department can't be bothered to upgrade, and won't let them install Firefox. I've got a guy who keeps reporting problems accessing Wikipedia from work, apparently he's not even able to upgrade to the most recent IE release (June 2003). They'll continue on for years, like Netscape 4, slowly dwindling as old machines get replaced. It's like a radioactive halflife; the last user might not be gone for another 30,000 years but eventually we can consider it dead enough to stop making workarounds for it. Spend some time with Mac IE’s JavaScript error reportage and you’ll understand my enthusiasm.

Alas, this is just a symbolic victory. IE has been out of circulation on new Macs and OS upgrades for two whole years; people still using it mostly have old systems and can’t be bothered to upgrade. Or, worse, their IT department can’t be bothered to upgrade, and won’t let them install Firefox. I’ve got a guy who keeps reporting problems accessing Wikipedia from work, apparently he’s not even able to upgrade to the most recent IE release (June 2003).

They’ll continue on for years, like Netscape 4, slowly dwindling as old machines get replaced. It’s like a radioactive halflife; the last user might not be gone for another 30,000 years but eventually we can consider it dead enough to stop making workarounds for it.

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/12/19/farewell-ie-mac/#comment-8033 Kelson Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:45:59 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1154#comment-8033 Wow... no ambiguity to <em>that</em> reaction! Wow… no ambiguity to that reaction!

]]> By: Brion http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/12/19/farewell-ie-mac/#comment-8031 Brion Tue, 20 Dec 2005 04:04:43 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1154#comment-8031 DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD! DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!

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