Microsoft To Cease IE Support For Mac

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited December 2005 in Science & Tech
A while ago, Microsoft stopped updating IE for the Mac, freezing it at version 5. According to Microsoft's webpage, all support will cease for the browser December 31, 2005, and any official distribution with cease January 31, 2006.

View: Micorosft Internet Explorer For Mac Webpage
"...Macintosh users [should] migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari." says Microsoft.
Source: Slashdot

Comments

  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    In other words, they're flipping Mac users the bird.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    Not really. Mac users haven't been using IE for years. It's an exercise in futility, as most sites don't support IE5 anyway.
  • CrimguyCrimguy Cave Creek, AZ
    edited December 2005
    It used to be a great product when released, with a better interface than it's pc counterpart.

    Now, it's a POS that only the uninformed use. Painfully slow.
  • triliniumtrilinium Auckland, New Zealand!
    edited December 2005
    Well no right-minded mac users would have been using Internet Explorer anyway....
  • stabfacestabface
    edited December 2005
    haha, this is a funny bit of news
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