Not only is Microsoft discontinuing IE for Macs, but there is a possibility that both Apple and Microsoft will do something that will greatly effect the web today… in a negative way.
Apparently Microsoft is planning to stop releasing IE as a free browser and start packaging it with the Windows Operating System. Yep thats right, the possibility of “Update this now” may become “Buy a new OS with the update now”. Yes, microsoft is evil for doing this, but guess what… Apple may be thinking of doing the same with their new Safari browser!
I can’t make anymore points that aren’t stated here…
That is just frigin’ great… as it is now web designers are catching hell trying to design sites cross platform, cross browser and in multiple version of each browser, Now we are going to have people stuck with IE 6 becuase the can’t afford an os update, not to mention mac users like me… which is a whole nother issue… life just keeps gettin’ better
Capitolism Rocks
i think that with most companies and stuff like this is that its a business. people are competing to earn more money, even if it will make their product worse. idunno, i guess it’s kindof like cars. one company makes suvs and trucks, while another makes every type of car. the first company may put alot of effort and work into the 2 cars they make, while the second company puts less into their cars but makes more money because they sell more. they are all competing for our money, and even though it’s stupid, we have to live with it.
Yes, It seems that Power Corrupts All, Lost. That’s turning the whole WWW into a piece of junk and a total corruption, Just because of Microsoft’s new ''not-coherent-at-all" strategy. But After all, can’t we just use mozilla as what nali stated? Though am not bounded to It and not slightly sagacious if it contains any more bugs than IE. However, this process of updating into mozilla would Imperceptibly be growing and People would stick to the buggy version of IE, IMO.
Check this out…right now I live in Montreal, not only do I have to make, site cross production, I have to make English and french versions as well…
It’s is the law almost… any company doing business in Quebec via the internet must have a French version of thier site…
*Originally posted by h88 *
**Yes, It seems that Power Corrupts All, Lost. That’s turning the whole WWW into a piece of junk and a total corruption, Just because of Microsoft’s new ''not-coherent-at-all" strategy. But After all, can’t we just use mozilla as what nali stated? Though am not bounded to It and not slightly sagacious if it contains any more bugs than IE. However, this process of updating into mozilla would Imperceptibly be growing and People would stick to the buggy version of IE, IMO. **
I agree, but as for just switching to 3rd party browsers, we COULD do that, but that still doesn’t eliminate that other people would still be using the most current browsers.
For web designers could you imagine? Web designers are supposed to ensure cross browser compatibility through browser types and versions, which means web designers are almost required to keep up with the most recent browsers to make sure that it works correctly on the new browsers as well as the old.
And imagine people who use OSes like Linux, they usually download the free version of IE, but now they don’t have that option, they have no choice to switch to Mozilla or some other third party browser. I know I wouldn’t want to be forced to switch my default browser if I am used to using a certain one.
…Ol’ BillboFaggins and HandJobs seem to need a cost of living raise…say a couple hundred-thousand more per hour … that…
Or both need to be beat in public…hmmmmm
start with Billy-Boy and see if Stevie gets the hint
what a couple of Maroons, what I would hope would happen is that the open source market will flourish with such fervor that it puts them both out of bussiness … one can hope, right ? :sure:
*Originally posted by lostinbeta *
**MS makes IE why would they get in trouble for shipping their own browser with their own operating system
BTW: IE comes installed with Windows anyway. **
I thought the whole way they released Windows and IE came under that monopoly trouble a while back… weren’t they suggesting that they should split MS in two?
