--- type: Article title: Microsoft drops Explorer for Mac description: Microsoft have announced that they will no longer develop new versions of their web browser Internet Explorer for the Apple Mac - what are the implications? resource: https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-06-18-microsoft-drops-explorer-for-mac/ tags: [Shorticles, Web] timestamp: 2003-06-18 --- Microsoft have announced that they will no longer develop new versions of their web browser Internet Explorer, for the Apple Mac. In some respects this is a pity as IE is a good browser on the Mac platform - however Apples own Safari browser - still in beta - is already a far better browser and is more standards compliant that IE and what we do need is a set of browsers across all platforms that follow the [standards](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.webstandards.org/) to the letter - not some bizarre interpretation of them. On the Mac we still have the [choice](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mac&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=MacOSX&search=web+browser) of running [Netscape](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14860), [iCab](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.icab.de/), [Safari](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.apple.com/safari/), [Mozilla](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.mozilla.org/) and of course the mighty [Opera ](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.opera.com/) but the reality for PC users is that IE will become even more integrated with the operating system and this will mean more dominance for IE which then causes [problems](https://web.archive.org/web/20091129234732/http://www.silicon.com/opinion/500013-500001/1/4696.html?nl=20030618) such as helping to spread virus's quickly due to commonly found code and common system builds. I like to see a large diverse range of browsers but as a site designer I also want to see them all following the same CSS standards so that I don't have to fix browser bugs with page code. [Read full article](https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-06-18-microsoft-drops-explorer-for-mac/)