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AOL Releases Client for Mac OS X with Gecko Browser

Posted by pudge on from the and-here-i-am-using-a-plain-old-isp dept.

DietFluffy writes "America Online released an update to their Mac OS X client. The built-in browser is powered by Gecko! However, America Online plans to stick with Internet Explorer for their Windows client. Will this make web designers think twice about tailoring their web pages to Internet Explorer? Or will they ignore this, given that the Windows client will still have Internet Explorer as the default browser?" And if this goes well, will the Windows version eventually use a Gecko-based browser, too?

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  1. aol users are unimportant to web development by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    most web developers would happily ban aol from their sites as most of the users from that particular service dont have a clue.

    Thusly so they're not worth the tech support needed to sell to them and in the end no one cares what they do.

    Aol could switch to opera for all i'd care. Im still not going to write software for their insignificant and ignorant group

  2. Decent Web Designers shouldn't worry... by bushboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If your worth your weight as a Web Designer, you designs should work with all the latest browsers on all platforms and at least be viewable on older browsers. (with the exception of Netscape 4x, which we all know sucks so badly it should be relegated to the 'worst software ever released/do not support this crap' category)

    Oh yeah - all web designs should also work with Lynx, because we really love those geeky people who feel the need to surf in text and cry foul whenever they see something approaching a decent graphical interface...

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    A slashdotting - you get the stick first and then the carrot !
  3. Market trick by jukal · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Selecting Gecko for MacOSX is just a good market trick. It's market share is minimal, and I have understood the users (exactly one that I know) of MacOSX are already used to not being able to view everything similarly as the majority. Therefore, no-one looses, and AOL gets credit.

  4. Re:Gecko? Don't make me laugh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No, Gecko. Not Mozilla. If you have trouble understanding the difference, may I suggest a Computer Science course?

  5. Why don't you just get a REAL browser... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...instead of screwing around with crap named after animals?

    Internet Explorer is by far the fastest, most stable and most compatible browser on earth! If you use another browser, you may find that certain pages will not render correctly because other browsers are not standards compliant.

    Couple this with MSN (or I guess AOL) and you've got a combination that can't be beat!