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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?

3 of 285 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Do we hate AOL today? by Atzanteol · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think companies are evil, per se. It's their actions that are good or bad. Here, slashdot is pointing out a favorable change in AOL. Many will think it is a Good Thing(TM). If they then mandate 20 pop-up ads when people load their software, it will be a Bad Thing(TM).

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    "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

    - Charles Darwin
  2. I use and support the following by DeadBugs · · Score: 5, Insightful
    AOL is not all bad. I use the following

    Gnutella

    WinAmp

    IM

    Mozilla

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    http://www.kubuntu.org/
  3. Re:Decent Web Designers shouldn't worry... by mccalli · · Score: 5, Insightful
    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

    Well...there are also blind web surfers. Both CSS and HTML explicitly support markup and styling for non-graphical browsers.

    Cheers,
    Ian