AOL Releases Client for Mac OS X with Gecko Browser 286
DietFluffy writes "America Online released an update to their Mac OS X client. The built-in browser is powered by Gecko! However, America Online plans to stick with Internet Explorer for their Windows client.
Will this make web designers think twice about tailoring their web pages to
Internet Explorer? Or will they ignore this, given that the Windows client will
still have Internet Explorer as the default browser?" And if this goes well, will the Windows version eventually use a Gecko-based browser, too?
8.0 Uses Gecko (Score:3, Informative)
No Big Deal (Score:2, Informative)
InKonu
Re:8.0 Uses Gecko (Score:4, Informative)
We don't know that yet, and in fact the latest beta reverted to IE.
AOL has been really coy about their plans in this regard. Nobody knows what they're up to. Latest evidence suggests that Gecko will go to smaller platforms first (Compuserve, Mac) and larger platforms later on. This makes some sense for AOL, since it reduces the risk of alienating their mainstream customers.
Mac IE != Windows IE (Score:5, Informative)
On the other hand, MacIE has incomplete support for certificates - try going to a site with a certificate from an unknown (to IE) provider in MacIE and it would not let you in (in version 5.1 and under at least).
Besides, they already have a browser product that uses Gecko - the one used by their subsidiary, Compuserve. It makes sense to migrate AOL on Windows last, since there is no pressing need.
Re:Do we hate AOL today? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:8.0 Uses Gecko (Score:3, Informative)
Re:8.0 Uses Gecko (Score:3, Informative)
AOL is indirectly using Gecko under Compuserve 7.0 [compuserve.com] on Win32 already.
Since Compuserve is part of AOL, it would seem logical that AOL will follow where Compuserve has been. Whilst there is no evidence per se, it seems that this announcement [aoltimewarner.com] would pave the way for such a move.
Re:8.0 Uses Gecko (Score:3, Informative)
Re:8.0 Uses Gecko (Score:3, Informative)