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[Peter Deep]

> On 9/5/06, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mac has a built-in browser - Safari
>>
>> Firefox has a native version for Mac.
>>
>> What can IE do that those can't?
>>
>
> One word: ActiveX.
>
> There is a particular web-based application I run that will run in
> nothing but Internet Explorer on Windows. I know it uses ActiveX
> compoents. It's not an "optional" web application, either, it's a
> critical tool I have no choice but to use it.

My two cents: this is so true. I live and work in Mexico now and you  
would not believe how many web sites, particularly banking and  
financial, require IE for Windows. When I lived in the US this was  
nearly unheard of, but it's a big world out there, and it's a Windows  
world where a Mac is a curiosity. I brought a Mac to the office and  
no one had ever seen one before. (Aside: I made logins and people  
started using it; they've forsaken their Windows computers and  
there's a waiting line for the Mac.)

My point is, some parts of the world do not consider cross-platform  
necessary or worthwhile (hopefully there's a "yet" that belongs  
here). This was the main reason I wanted CX Mac. Sadly, I cannot get  
IE to work on it.



>
>
>> Just a suggestion (Not that I doubt the abilities of the CX  
>> engineers,
>> but getting IE running properly on a Mac seems not only *wrong*, but
>> time-consuming).
>>
>
> My expectation is that CX Mac should support IE at least as well as CX
> Linux. Right now, it doesn't, and I consider that a problem.
>
> -- PhoneBoy