Ahh yes, that is one of my fears of the future. If IE dominates so much of the market, then developers will develop apps to run on IE and not bother with other browsers. It is a vicious downhill cycle. I guess it is good that we have wine but it will definately cause problems if MS decides to integrate the two to the point where more than wine is needed to launch IE. Paul --- oliver stieber <oliverthered@oliverthered.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 07:43, Ambassador Incursio > wrote: > > I usually avoid questioning someone's reasons for > > doing something when they ask for help, but I am > > sorry, I gotta ask it here: Why? > > > > I don't mean this in a negative way; I really am > > curious why one would go through the trouble of > using > > a non-MS operating system and install the IE > browswer. > > I can understand wanting to use Outlook (because > one > > may have an exchange server), Access, Word (not > all > > files convert fully), PowerPoint and the rest. > But > > HTML pages are suppose to follow a standard that > > allows for reading across browsers. If one > insists on > > using IE why not use the operating system it is > > theoretically integrated with? > > > > I dunno, are there features in the latest IE > browser > > that are not available in other browsers? But if > so > > why insist on Unix? > > > > I am not trying to start a flame war or be rude, I > > really am curious. > > > > Paul > > The only reason I want to install IE is because sooo > many windows apps > use it. i don't actually want IE for IE. > > > > > > --- oliver stieber <oliverthered@oliverthered.com> > > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I can't seem to get IE to install under wine. > > > I've cleared down everything and created a fake > > > windows, and followed > > > just about every set of instructions for > installing > > > IE that I can find. > > > > > > IE5's installer will download everything if i > set > > > winver to 95 but > > > IE5 and IE6 cannot connect to the server with > winver > > > = 98 > > > I have tried using various Wininet's and *rpc*'s > > > etc.. from windows 2000 > > > but with no resolve. > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > wine-users mailing list > > > wine-users@winehq.com > > > > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > http://health.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > wine-users mailing list > > wine-users@winehq.com > > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@winehq.com > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
