Do I need IE for the Mac

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pse.no.spam@gmail.com - 14 Aug 2005 18:03 GMT

I just bought a new Powerbook with the Tiger OS. I noticed that
Microsoft offers a version of Internet Explorer (v5.2.3) for the Mac.

Do I need to install IE? Will there be some web pages that Safari
cannot display properly?

I am a little wary about installing IE since even Microsoft admits that
the version for the Mac (v 5.2.3) is old and has a Java security bug.
It also does not look like MS is going to release newer versions of IE
for the Mac.

Rob

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Harri Mellin - 14 Aug 2005 21:21 GMT

> I just bought a new Powerbook with the Tiger OS. I noticed that
> Microsoft offers a version of Internet Explorer (v5.2.3) for the Mac.
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> Rob

no you don't need it at all (it's getting blocked on many websites)

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 17 Aug 2005 01:02 GMT

> no you don't need it at all (it's getting blocked on many websites)

Well, it's the only web browser that provides *some* active-x support on
MacOS X. I keep it around for these 2 or 3 sites I cannot navigate
through otherwise (once every other year).

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Kurt - 17 Aug 2005 03:03 GMT

> > no you don't need it at all (it's getting blocked on many websites)
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> Corentin

Firefox is very worth getting.

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pse.no.spam@gmail.com - 17 Aug 2005 12:57 GMT

What about Camino?

Rob

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Kurt - 17 Aug 2005 15:56 GMT

> What about Camino?
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> Rob

Haven't tried it. Firefox seems much better than Safari at handling some
of that proprietary MS javascript that some sites insist on using.
I use both. Haven't really used IE in ages.

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Corentin Cras-Méneur - 18 Aug 2005 17:09 GMT

> > > no you don't need it at all (it's getting blocked on many websites)
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> Firefox is very worth getting.

Definitively!! That's wasn't my point: FireFox does not support
Active-X.
I'm just saying that it might be worth keeping a copy of explorer around
"just in case".

I personally have OmniWeb as my default browser and use Safari and
FireFox once in a while.

Corentin

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