u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • 1 month agoNetscape browser is back... as a shitty Chromium fork.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square36arrow-up1208arrow-down10file-textstarcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageNetscape browser is back... as a shitty Chromium fork.i.imgur.comu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square36file-textstarcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareToes♀linkfedilink4•1 month agoHad to refresh my knowledge of that era. But it was Netscape version 8 that let users use the Trident engine (internet explorer). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(software) Under use cases. arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink3•1 month ago to render web pages in IE mode Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility reasons back when websites had that “Best viewed in Internet Explorer” badge Plus, 8 wasn’t the last release either arrow-up13arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareToes♀linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month ago Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility Yeah it was, I don’t know if they kept the feature in v9. It stopped being relevant a long time before that either way. I never made a claim to the accuracy. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink1•1 month agoi was just saying that i don’t think they ever became an ie skin lol arrow-up11arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Had to refresh my knowledge of that era.
But it was Netscape version 8 that let users use the Trident engine (internet explorer).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(software)
Under use cases.
Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility reasons back when websites had that “Best viewed in Internet Explorer” badge
Plus, 8 wasn’t the last release either
Yeah it was, I don’t know if they kept the feature in v9. It stopped being relevant a long time before that either way.
I never made a claim to the accuracy.
i was just saying that i don’t think they ever became an ie skin lol