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OscarWilde

Wed Oct 3 04:20:52 2001

There are some subtle things about the Mac version of IE that I really like but don't see in IE 5 on the PC. (not sure if IE 6 has them).
For example command-~ (tilde) allows me to cycle through windows. Yeah i could command tab, but its a pain when you have multiple windows opened in �different apps. Command tilde can do that within the app. I think its there in IE 5 for the PC but i can't find the combinations keys for it.

The other thing is the drag and drop feature.

If you guys post a link but it doesn't create a link within the post. All i have to do is select, click on the selected text. Drag it to the address bar and then hit go or enter. Viola!!! simple shit like that is great. The funny thing about this feature is that I just naturally did it the first time without even thinking about it. What struck me is that when I did it on the PC it didn't work.
There are other things about IE on the mac which i like but can't find on the PC.
I find it ammusing that there are times that Msoft makes a better product for the mac then it does for its own OS.
Why is that? Is it because of the GUI/HI api's plus the design interface philosophy rules that were made before the development started?

(Edited by OscarWilde at 9:21 pm on Oct. 2, 2001)

OscarWilde

Wed Oct 3 04:22:38 2001

well i'm off to try and download the developer tools from apple. man are their servers not being nice to me. :(

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Wed Oct 3 04:34:34 2001

I have no idea.

IE is by far the best browser I have used for Windows though.

Socrates

Wed Oct 3 05:43:09 2001

The only reason MS does anything is if they are pushed.

The only reason IE 6 is out and faster is the threat of linux.

In about a year, the market will be open again for Apple to write it's own browser. I suspect you will love it.

Socrates

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Wed Oct 3 06:47:54 2001

The only reason IE 6 is out and faster is the threat of linux.

How is Linux a threat to a browser?

Imitation Gruel

Wed Oct 3 06:52:00 2001

Myabe he thinks Konq or some other Linux browser is evolving faster and thus Microsoft has to put out IE6 so as not to eat Konq's dust. Or something.

DuffMan

Wed Oct 3 08:03:03 2001

I think what socrates meant is that they are fearfull of Lynx, the greatest browser ever made.

Socrates

Wed Oct 3 08:14:39 2001

What I meant was, about a year ago I tried Linux and the browsers offered gave a considerable increase in speed, on the same hardware, as any MSFT product. That's no longer the case.

Part of this could be that Redhat configs don't take advantage of avaliable hardware resources as well as they used to, or, MSFT is getting better.

Come on now, you guys don't know that MSFT has declared war on Linux with their internal memos?
You really think MSFT is going to put up with someone that has 40% of the server market, without trying to take the 0 off that number?

MSFT wants Linux marketshare to = Mac market share= 4%

Nothing new.

However, the end result is 2000 and 98 are the best they have every been, and may well be better then nearly anything out there, for most anything.

Without Linux, we wouldn't have this kind of improvement.

Socrates

DuffMan

Wed Oct 3 08:24:05 2001

I don't think Linux really spurred on much of the development in 98, or anything in regards to IE, or any desktop technology.

You could say that they might have spurred on server side developments like AD, the improved security options in 2000, the improvements in group policy, ect.

Socrates

Wed Oct 3 19:14:20 2001

This is probably a question for PDampier.
Socrates

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