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Re: Internet Explorer Browser Collection

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Post by ascagnel_ »

mostlysimilar wrote: post #52
userbinator wrote: post #8

For some reason, that domain name arouses my suspicion... if I saw that in the search results I'd probably think "SEO spam site" and skip over it. One of the obvious things you can see between the versions is the gradual trend of dumbing-down and flattening the UI, most apparent between 8 and 9. The older versions' UI give the impression that they are very customisable and powerful , while the newer ones seem to be i…

> One of the obvious things you can see between the versions is the gradual trend of dumbing-down and flattening the UI, This has been my experience for the majority of software, from native to web and mobile to desktop. Less options, less tools, less customization. I think it's partly because software has become more mainstream over time, and instead of trying to teach people to use more complex things, developers h…

I disagree -- the difference between IE8 and IE9 is that IE8 expects the user to interact with the browser's interface, while IE9 attempts to get the browser out of the way of the user and instead puts the browser's content front-and-center.

Personally, I like this thought-line a little better. Users ultimately want to interact with the application only with regards to their content, not the applications that house that content.

Re: Internet Explorer Browser Collection

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Post by jdsully »

kccqzy wrote: post #58
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah they should be; both Microsoft and Intel have a big reputation when it comes to backwards compatibility in their operating systems and instruction sets. It's only been fairly recently that they're starting to break with that, notably with Edge. Not sure about Windows yet, but, wouldn't be surprised if eventually they just put an older windows VM in there - if they haven't already.

Nah, you can't run 16-bit executables or NE executables in modern 64-bit Windows any more. The virtual 8086 mode that was being used is basically unavailable in long mode.

It should be noted that AMD designed the 64-bit extensions not Intel. One of the rare cases Intel had to accept third party instructions.

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Post by dspillett »

kalleboo wrote: post #55
dspillett wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it being September so I guess college? Yes. September was the month that many new users discovered the Internet for the first time, because they were given access at University and other higher education establishments, which had many and varied implications. For instance there was an influx of beginner questions in Usenet groups, questions to which the answer was "please read the FAQ before asking more questions".…

IIRC the Eternal September specifically referred to when AOL added Usenet access, so it was users who didn't even know they were using the Internet

That certainly rings a bell here too, though I remember the phrase coming to be more general than trying to AOL users.

Re: Internet Explorer Browser Collection

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Post by runciblespoon »

Actually Internet Explorer 1.0 was a rebranded Spyglass browser . After failing to get an exclusive license from Mosaic Netscape and failing to get an exclusive license from the NCSA, Microsoft does get a non-exclusive license for a browser from Spyglass, that was 'given away' with Windows as Internet Explorer 1.0 around 1994. As such Microsoft deemed it unnecessary to actually pay Spyglass. Mosaic Netscape was released in 1994, despite this factoid, in 1996 we have Bill Gates welcoming Netscape into the Industry.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120618054817/http://www.nation...

https://www.cnet.com/news/gates-draws-roadmap-for-intranet/

Re: Internet Explorer Browser Collection

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Post by chrismorgan »

24gttghh wrote: post #51
chrismorgan wrote: post #29

In 2012 I worked with a Windows 2000 Server machine that had IE5.5, and had to make a UI for a simple task on it. I chose to go with HTA. I tried to make my life easier by installing IE6, but failed to install it. It took me a while to even find an IE6 installer (the original links were all dead), and once I finally did, I couldn’t install it (it asked the internet for something as part of the process, and that part…

If you could find what the installer was actually looking for, you could setup a proxy server to rewrite the URL and point it to someplace that has it e.g. locally.

I have no idea whether what it sought was important or not. Half of the difficulty in doing any debugging of anything was that most tools even in 2012 were no longer supporting 2000. Even Wireshark may not have run there; but I didn’t try it. I just gave up after a couple of hours of trying to get it working, and stayed on IE5.5.
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