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"Until version 5.0, no PNG support, the last major browser to add this functionality."
Uhh, hold on. The last major browser to add PNG support is IE for Windows, which still does not have full PNG support, 4 years after the Mac version gained it.
In fact, IE 5 for Mac was one of the earliest browsers to gain built-in full PNG support (e.g. support for alpha channels).
-- tooki 18:04, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Well, the IE for Mac I just used was version 5.2, and it didn't have any support for PNG images. — Quin 23:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't suppose it is possible to get a more up-to-date screenshot for this article? Jon Harald Søby \ no na 16:55, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Why should "differences between revisions" pages on MediaWiki software be particularly troublesome for IE for Mac? It seems like an unlikely item on the list. I would imagine that such pages are essentially tables and links, which shouldn't pose a problem for any browser produced in the last 10 years or so. -- pne (talk) 15:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm a wiki noob and doing work research so I don't care to read formating rules, yet I want to help. Both links are bad. The first WANTS to link to a web page for mac software Microsoft put out, but it goes to its generic page, not MacIE and the only other article links to a Slashdot personal (first hand research) account. I don't think either should count. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.242.209.2 ( talk) 13:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
This should seriously be a section. And this should be the content. I added it, but it got removed:
"This web browser was likely THE WORST browser ever made. Microsoft and Macintosh discontinued their joint venture due to a vast array of technical complications, much like an incestuous birth being terminated due to its parents both being terribly malnourished and simply very, very ugly."
It's very true and relevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.221.184.197 ( talk) 22:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Since I don't get why my contribution was removed, I'll add it here:
A group of people have ported Internet Explorer 6 from Linux. Runs everything, including movies, Java and Flash. Since it requires Wine (Darwine), it will only run on Intel Macs.
Can somebody provide Version-numbering to the layout engines? mabdul 0=* 15:13, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Just had a wee look around to see if I could find anything definitive. Failed so far. However I did find this 1998 email from Ben Waldman, who at the time was running the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft, saying they are investigating porting Trident to the Mac. In mid 1998, so they can't have been using it as their rendering engine on pre-Tasman Mac IE. http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/594.pdf My guess is Mac IE before Tasman, was using whatever Win IE was using before Trident. Only a guess though. AlistairMcMillan ( talk) 18:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
The info box says 68k CPUs were supported "up to 4.5" but the text says support was already gone in version 4.5? What gives? In any case the wording should be made clearer. -- 92.229.232.212 ( talk) 20:06, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
The update subscriptions feature of IE for Mac is one which has never been made available in any other Macintosh browser, and it is missing to the present day from Safari, Firefox, Camino, etc. For a description of this feature, see e.g. my.safaribooksonline.com/0-7897-2904-0/316 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.79.28.68 ( talk) 16:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
IE Mac has been discontinued for some time and will not even run under current OSX. What little unique content here can be easily included in a separate section under the main article with links to individual version articles.— Preceding unsigned comment added by OMPIRE ( talk • contribs) 16:42, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
In the info box i can see this:
"Last release 11.0.9600.17843 (October 14, 2016; 40 days ago) [±]"
There is some serious technical(?) error because the Mac version is indicated beeing stopped years ago. I dont know how to fix that. Too much templates in use! --09:30, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Was the product ever actually called "Internet Explorer for macOS"? AlistairMcMillan ( talk) 23:09, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
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"Until version 5.0, no PNG support, the last major browser to add this functionality."
Uhh, hold on. The last major browser to add PNG support is IE for Windows, which still does not have full PNG support, 4 years after the Mac version gained it.
In fact, IE 5 for Mac was one of the earliest browsers to gain built-in full PNG support (e.g. support for alpha channels).
-- tooki 18:04, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Well, the IE for Mac I just used was version 5.2, and it didn't have any support for PNG images. — Quin 23:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't suppose it is possible to get a more up-to-date screenshot for this article? Jon Harald Søby \ no na 16:55, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Why should "differences between revisions" pages on MediaWiki software be particularly troublesome for IE for Mac? It seems like an unlikely item on the list. I would imagine that such pages are essentially tables and links, which shouldn't pose a problem for any browser produced in the last 10 years or so. -- pne (talk) 15:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm a wiki noob and doing work research so I don't care to read formating rules, yet I want to help. Both links are bad. The first WANTS to link to a web page for mac software Microsoft put out, but it goes to its generic page, not MacIE and the only other article links to a Slashdot personal (first hand research) account. I don't think either should count. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.242.209.2 ( talk) 13:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
This should seriously be a section. And this should be the content. I added it, but it got removed:
"This web browser was likely THE WORST browser ever made. Microsoft and Macintosh discontinued their joint venture due to a vast array of technical complications, much like an incestuous birth being terminated due to its parents both being terribly malnourished and simply very, very ugly."
It's very true and relevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.221.184.197 ( talk) 22:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Since I don't get why my contribution was removed, I'll add it here:
A group of people have ported Internet Explorer 6 from Linux. Runs everything, including movies, Java and Flash. Since it requires Wine (Darwine), it will only run on Intel Macs.
Can somebody provide Version-numbering to the layout engines? mabdul 0=* 15:13, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Just had a wee look around to see if I could find anything definitive. Failed so far. However I did find this 1998 email from Ben Waldman, who at the time was running the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft, saying they are investigating porting Trident to the Mac. In mid 1998, so they can't have been using it as their rendering engine on pre-Tasman Mac IE. http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/exhibits/594.pdf My guess is Mac IE before Tasman, was using whatever Win IE was using before Trident. Only a guess though. AlistairMcMillan ( talk) 18:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
The info box says 68k CPUs were supported "up to 4.5" but the text says support was already gone in version 4.5? What gives? In any case the wording should be made clearer. -- 92.229.232.212 ( talk) 20:06, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
The update subscriptions feature of IE for Mac is one which has never been made available in any other Macintosh browser, and it is missing to the present day from Safari, Firefox, Camino, etc. For a description of this feature, see e.g. my.safaribooksonline.com/0-7897-2904-0/316 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.79.28.68 ( talk) 16:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
IE Mac has been discontinued for some time and will not even run under current OSX. What little unique content here can be easily included in a separate section under the main article with links to individual version articles.— Preceding unsigned comment added by OMPIRE ( talk • contribs) 16:42, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
In the info box i can see this:
"Last release 11.0.9600.17843 (October 14, 2016; 40 days ago) [±]"
There is some serious technical(?) error because the Mac version is indicated beeing stopped years ago. I dont know how to fix that. Too much templates in use! --09:30, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Was the product ever actually called "Internet Explorer for macOS"? AlistairMcMillan ( talk) 23:09, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
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