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I have a G4 Mac in my test pool, ans IE5 for Mac OS X is one of the best browsers ever made. IE5 is also the most ported IE ever, it was ported to close to 10

• bombcar 6y ago
  I suspect porting had something to do with the quality; software that is actually _ported_ (as opposed to Java or Electron write-once-run-everywhere) often ends up better for the exercise.
  • forgotmypw17 6y ago
    That's a great point, I haven't thought about that much. It's like you're re-raking the code with every port, essentially doing a partial rewrite and refactor, with all the benefits that come with that. IE5 is one of the most solid browsers I know.
  • klodolph 6y ago
    Internet Explorer wasn't ported to Mac, though. Instead, a new piece of software with the same name was created. This is not some kind of nitpick or technicality; they were really quite different.
    • forgotmypw17 6y ago
      It's true, and it's acknowledged up-thread. All the other "IE5" releases are Trident ports, however, and I believe there are up to nine of them, depending on how you count: Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Solaris, and HP-UX. In addiion, as you mention, an "IE5" of different lineage is also available for both Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X. Here is another thing which may seem crazy in today's world: IE 5.01 was officially supported by Microsoft on Windows 2000 until 2010, more than 10 years after IE5.0's release!