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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. Gecko by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One blow for open source!

  2. AOL Gecko browser for windows by explosionhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dunno if that will happen... Didn't you read the amended EULA for Windows? Any browsers that aren't IE, are expressly outlawed, and you won't get any Service Packs if you install them... :)

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  4. Re:I wish my competitors ignored AOL... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I like Linux. It is the best. Apple is not very good because it is not open source. That is why I like Linux. It is the best because it is open source. I think that everybody should use Linux. You should too.