[Ti] [OT] Microsoft to quit web browsers for Mac

[David Remahl]

> On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 12:50 AM, S. Moussly wrote:
>
>> Safari has matured pretty fast. And frankly for a beta, its pretty 
>> damn
>> good :)
>
> yes, but there are TOO many things that Safari does NOT do...

Like what? Spinning beach ball of death is one of the tricks IE does 
better...

Apart from that, all I can think of is that Internet Explorer is 
_still_ more forgiving towards incorrect HTML (for example, tags not 
matching up, incorrect tables).

Besides....You are still free to continue to use Internet Explorer. 
Since it has barely been updated since Mac OS X 10.0 - and basically is 
the same browser that shipped with Public Beta - there has been no 
actual change. The browser won't disappear from your harddrive, and you 
will be able to copy it with you when you install Panther.

Microsoft's excuse for discontinuing development was pathetic too. They 
clamed that "customers request a browser that is better integrated into 
the OS - something only Apple can provide." Safari doesn't do anything 
that isn't available to any developer on the planet. There is no magic 
in Safari, since it is just an application like any other. Microsoft's 
excuse was just an attempt to make their decision to drop stand alone 
installers for IE for Windows and increase the "integration" between 
the OS and the browser further (creating an unfair environment for 
other browsers such as Firebird and Netscape.). M$ thinks they're out 
of the woods now that they settled the lawsuit with AOL. Now they can 
do whatever they want...

/ Regards, David