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Microsoft Ends IE on the Mac

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the clearly-macs-are-more-secure-now dept.

ron_ivi writes "Microsoft is to cease IE support for Apple's Mac on Dec 31st of this year." And with this change, every mac on the internet will become even more secure than their Windows based counterparts. CT Deja Vu 'eh? Sorry.

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  1. Sigh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So here I am, obsessively refreshing Slashdot, as we do, and what do I see at the top of the page? Ya sure, I've got mod points, no I haven't meta modded lately. What ho, free day pass?

    So I see a big blank page, thanky adblock plus, hit the continue to free day pass link, and what I see? Bright red dupe. Oh wait, but this time with trolling in the janitor's comments!

    Hotness. So this is what being a Slashdot subscriber is all about? I'm sold.

    1. Re:Sigh by mkw87 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What was funny for me was that I left work with my browswer open to slashdot, and at the time the last story was yesterdays post of this. I came in, sat down, hit refresh, and virtually the same damn article was still at the top.......I was very confused.

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  2. Would you like that article in English? by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Insightful
    In case you noticed, the linked article read like a bad translation from Chinese to English. Probably because it was.

    If you'd like a better article regarding this, try out this article which is easier and it also contains a relevant quote:
    "It is recommended that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari," Microsoft said.
    Instead of having to put up with awkward sentences like the following from The People's Daily article:
    IE will not be a problem for Apple users because most of them have applied different browsers on their computers.


    I hope everyone has "applied" firefox by now.

    I'm not going to say anything about this remark:
    And with this change, every mac on the internet will become even more secure than their Windows based counterparts.
    Other than this is an arguable statement. It's possible that whatever browser has the highest usage rating will have the most virii written for it. If Firefox becomes the dominant browser, it might even be safer to have IE installed on your computer to avoid the latest virus. Yes, a Firefox virus is fixed faster than an IE virus, but it's still a liability.
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  3. Cancelled TWICE? by JonTurner · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's bad enough MSFT cancelled it once, but to do it twice, why that's just cruel.

    1. Re:Cancelled TWICE? by Pope · · Score: 5, Funny

      Mac IE was so bad, they had to cancel it twice just to be safe!

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  4. This just in... by Billosaur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft no longer to support IE for Apple

    In a related story, Apple IE users will no longer be supported.

    And in business news, Microsoft announced it will discontinue support for IE on the Apple platform.

    Thank you and good night.

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    1. Re:This just in... by BushCheney08 · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, anyone know when IE6 for Mac is coming out?

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  5. Back in 1999 it was a very good browser by YA_Python_dev · · Score: 5, Informative

    Everyone please remember that IE/Mac is a very different browser than IE/Win, and back in 1999/2000 it was one of the most standards-compliant browsers around.

    According to The Web Standards Project it helped to start the "CSS layout revolution".

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  6. suggestion by lovebyte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am a subscriber.
    I sent an email to tell it's a dupe 20 minutes before the story appeared to everyone.
    I was hoping it mattered.
    I am disappointed.

    Since during the last duped story someone suggested a way to avoid dupes, let me add my idea:
    During the time the story is not yet fully released:
    Allow subscribers to post.
    Automatically give 5 moderation points to all subscribers and allow moderation.
    Editors, please check the subscribers posts before releasing the story to everyone.
    If all is ok, remove the subscribers posts and release story.

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    1. Re:suggestion by sydneyfong · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only on slashdot would somebody pay for the "priviledge" to do work that editors are supposed to be paid to do.

      Meanwhile, CmdrTaco continues playing WoW...

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  7. Same freaking article title, much worse snarking by frankie · · Score: 5, Informative

    Quick refresher course in web history: 5 years down the road, Mac IE is outdated and in desperate need of retirement. But back in 2000, Mac IE5 was far and away the most standards compliant browser available. It had little or nothing to do with Win IE, except that IE6 was later based on Mac IE's rendering engine. It did not support ActiveX, and has no higher security risk than anything from Mozilla and pals.

    Sheesh, the very latest article for Jebus' sake!

  8. Re:from the-dupe-dept. by Dun+Malg · · Score: 5, Informative
    why must all 12 posters in my example above think that they were the first (and only) person to realize it was a duplicate story?

    They don't think that. It's just that since it is a dupe, the actual content has already been extensively commented on elsewhere, leaving nothing but its status as a dupe to talk about. If you want to read about MS discontinuing IE for the Mac, go back to the original article on the subject. The de facto topic under discussion in duped articles always reverts to "dupes and the lazy, unprofessional /. editors who post them".

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  9. Two negatives make a positive, correct? by rolfwind · · Score: 5, Funny

    So IE work on the Mac must be continuing!

  10. Not again! by roman_mir · · Score: 5, Funny

    So let me get this straight. They ended IE support of Mac, then they restarted IE support for Mac and then they ended IE support of Mac all over again and all of this within the course of 2 days? Sneaky bastards!

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  11. I TOLD THEM IT WAS A DUPE!!!! by FyRE666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    For christ's sake! I'm a subscriber and get to tell these clowns when they're about to post a dupe. So not only does Taco not bother reading any articles posted the previous day, he doesn't even bother reading emails telling the idiot he's about to post a damned dupe! What's the point?!!

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