![]() I should explain that my background was at a BBC spinoff called “MMC”, coding Mac multimedia software for CD-ROMs like “3D Atlas” and Douglas Adams’ “Last Chance to See”. ![]() I was supposed to go work for Apple in Cupertino, but the Apple recruiter screwed up my offer paperwork, and Microsoft snapped me up. In the summer of 1998 I moved from London to San Jose, California to write code for Mac IE 5 at Microsoft. New Look : How I set the look of Mac IE 5, possibly kickstarted Aqua (sorry), and invented translucent blurred windows, in the 1990s. This history has been compiled by Maf Vosburgh, the developer who conceived and executed the implementation of this major UI redesign: ![]() I also want to share a detailed history of MacIE 5’s bold UI design, dubbed “New Look” internally. Here are some anecdotes and thoughts from an insider’s perspective. This was both the most important release of Internet Explorer for the Mac, and the last release. I’ve just posted a Twitter thread that goes into some details bout the events leading up to and just after the unveiling of MacIE 5 by Steve Jobs:ġ/ Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 5 for Mac. Rather I want to focus on the inside story of how and why it was developed, and some of the people and personalities that shaped it’s success and eventual demise. I don’t want to delve into the details of what made MacIE 5 special because my friend Tantek Çelik has already documented that on his blog. I was 22 years old and I was thrown into the deep end of the browser wars, the Microsoft anti-trust trial, and the love/hate relationship between Microsoft and Apple. This anniversary is also significant for me as MacIE 5 was first product I worked on when I started working at Microsoft in summer of 1999. It was also the first large third-party Mac application to ship for Mac OS X, and the first mainstream web browser to embrace standards compliant web content. This was both the most important release of Internet Explorer for the Mac and the last. Remember to shut down the machine and change to your Mac after using the browser.Today (Jan 5th, 2020) marks the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition (MacIE 5). When you need to use IE on Mac, just start the virtual machine. Step 7: Download and install Internet Explorer on Mac. ![]() Now you're given the access to use Internet Explorer on Mac. Step 6: Relaunch the Virtual Machine and setup Windows. Step 4: Drag and drop the Windows IOS file into the dialogue window. Step 3: During the installation, select "Create a new custom virtual machine". Step 1: Download VMware fusion and the Windows IOS file on your Mac. When the virtual machine is installed and launched successfully, you can use Internet Explorer on Mac. Use a virtual machine to get IE on MacĪ virtual machine is equivalent to a full copy of Windows on your Mac, while the Windows is launched as an app in the macOS. Now you can use a simulated Internet Explorer on MacĢ. The current website will be automatically switched to your selected browser. Step 5: Find User Agent and select Internet Explorer. ![]() Step 4: Open Safari's menu bar and go to the Develop menu. Now you're able to access the Develop Tool menu. Step 3: Tick " Develop menu in the menu bar" at the bottom of the Advanced window. Step 2: Click Preferences and then Advanced. This operation will tell the website you are using Windows rather than Mac so that you can view websites in IE on Mac. Safari can simulate Internet Explorer or other browsers as long as you change the user agent. View websites in Internet Explorer on Mac How to Clear Cookies on Mac (Safari, Chrome and Firefox)ġ. If you just switch from Windows to Mac and find that you're not able to install or use Internet Explorer as a browser on MacBook, iMac or Mac Mini, while you are a developer who is using a Mac but needs to check how your web pages or web app look like in Internet Explorer, or you are visiting a site that requires Internet Explorer precisely, there are 2 workarounds for you to use Microsoft Internet Explorer on Mac. That means, as long as your Mac is running on a version of macOS that is newer than Mac OS X 10.6, Internet Explorer or the earlier Microsoft Edge is unavailable for your Mac. You probably don't know that Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) used to be the default browser on Mac computer, but since the release of Apple's own browser, Safari, Microsoft has stopped any support for Internet Explorer for Mac in 2005. ![]()
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