IE is discontiuned on *windows* too...
IE is discontiuned on *windows* too...
Posted Dec 23, 2005 13:35 UTC (Fri) by dps (guest, #5725)Parent article: Two discontinued browsers
If you do not use windows XP then IE 6.5 is the last version avialable. IE 7 came out for windows XP only (although the binary might work on windows 2000). Given the insecurity of IE 6.5 you might suggest that M$ is leaving a lot of people the lurch, hoping that the path of least resistance is to upgrade to XP (and increase microsoft's profits in the process).
Incidently mozilla, firefox, seamonkey, etc are still the only browsers to support multipart/replace-media (aka server push). You *can* implement progress meters with client pull (I have) but it much harder and less reliable.
Hopefully the number of people that can use IE will dwindle to something small enough that IE only website design is unsustainable. M$ can fail: active X controls got absolutely not market share whatsoever, modulo applications like billing your credit card.