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`Washington Apple Pi Journal, May/June 2000, pp. 22-25, reP-rint information
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`When Microsoft sent some representatives to Washington Apple Pi in January, they
`showed off a late beta version of Internet Explorer 5 for the Macintosh. The result
`was unexpected: even the die-hard Netscape fans admitted that, at least during the
`demo, IE Sleeked real, real slick. Visually, at least, quite striking.
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`Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 asks you if you want to make it your
`default browser. If you say "No," it doesn't argue with you. The
`checkbox allows you to turn off this question; otherwise, you'll be
`asked each time you launch it.
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`Impressing an early Saturday morning crowd on a cold January day is an
`accomplishment. People tend to be very skeptical at th is time of day, wondering to
`themselves, "Should I have stayed in bed? Where can I get a cup of hot cocoa? Why
`didn't I attend the January MacWorld, in sunny San Francisco?" But the semi-frozen
`General Meeting audience was genuinely impressed.
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`There were some nagging doubts, however. It was, after all, a demo. Childhood
`chores are a demo; a career is the real thing. In January, the Microsofties did not
`actually use Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet (there was no network line or
`phone line on stage), so essentially the Microsoft representatives demonstrated a
`beta version of the software running on simulated data. The "real" version was
`slated to ship in February, they said.
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`Macintosh users are famous for being fond of esthetics, so
`giving the user the option of selecting the browser's color
`trim is a nice touch. Even if you wouldn't dream of using
`anything but blueberry, the thought of setting your
`supervisor's browser to strawberry or lime is all but
`irresistible.
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`So, on the last Monday in March, 2000, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 appeared on
`Microsoft's Web site, a month late. So late, in fact, that Washington Apple Pi Labs
`had almost no time to write this article before shipping it off for publication. So late,
`to tell the truth, that almost as much time was spent writing this article as trying out
`IE 5. "We don't have time to review it, so let's just say we looked at it."
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`And it is, indeed, a looker. Installing it on an unguarded blueberry iBook, we
`launched Internet Explorer and noticed that the icons, highlights and other visual
`elements were all blueberry. Curious, we then installed it on an unguarded iMac, with
`an original Bondi Blue case. When IE 5 launched, everything was trimmed in Bondi
`Blue. Neat! So we crept up on a blue-and-white Power Mac G3, and installed it on
`that machine. When IE 5 launched, it was decked out in blueberry, once again.
`Finally, we installed it on a grape iMac that someone had foolishly asked us to
`examine: it came up in -- blueberry.
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`As it ships, Internet Explorer 5 displays Web pages using a non-standard
`(for Macintosh, at least) screen resolution, non-standard fonts, and in
`unusually large points sizes. Fortunately, you can reset everything to more
`comfortable, reasonable defaults.
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`Having used up a huge portion of our available time installing the program on
`unsuspecting computers, we've come to the conclusion that, on a Bondi Blue iMac,
`at least, IE 5 will be trimmed in Bondi Blue at launch. On everything else we tried
`(blue and white G3, blueberry iBook, exciting beige Power Mac 8600, etc.), IE 5 took
`on blueberry colors at launch. We wanted to experiment a bit more but (a) people
`were beginning to give us very strange looks and (b) there were probably other,
`more interesting things to note besides color.
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`Color, as it turns out, is configurable. If you don't want a blueberry IE 5 browser on
`your blueberry iBook, you can use the View menu to select from a range of colors:
`blueberry, bondi, grape, graphite, lime, PowerBook black, PowerBook bronze,
`strawberry or tangerine. This strikes us as a very Mac-like feature: while some
`Windows users worry about colors on their machines, Mac people are often
`obsessed with such details. The only possible problem with nine color choices: some
`people will want 900.
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`If you look at a Web page in Internet Explorer 5, first in the
`over-large sizes that it uses as defaults (top), and later in
`Macintosh-standard sizes (bottom), you'll quickly see that
`Microsoft's initial settings show far less of a page, requiring the
`user to scroll around more.
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`Once you get beyond the striking colors, the next thing you notice is: the size.
`Everything in the IE browser window looks like it was magnified. As it turns out, it
`has been magnified: IE 5 ships with settings that essentially give you a 96 dpi (dots
`per inch) view of the Web, making everything about a third larger than the usual
`Macintosh 72 dpi standard.
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`If this isn't unsettling enough, Microsoft compounds the problem by selecting non-
`standard fonts and larger than average font sizes for displaying everything. Since
`Macs first started browsing the Web, the "standard" display font size has been 12
`points, with Times used for proportional text and Courier for monospaced text.
`Microsoft changes these to the more Windows-like Times New Roman and Courier
`New fonts, and bumps the point size up to 16 points. It also adds Arial as the default
`sans-serif font, Script MT Bold as the default cursive font (default cursive font?), and
`Old English Text MT as the default fantasy font (fantasy font?).
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`These changes can be a bit disconcerting. When you visit your usual Web pages,
`you'll notice that IE 5 displays only about two-thirds of what you are used to seeing;
`you now need to scroll (up and down as well as sideways) to see all the material.
`Visually, everything looks uncomfortably large, reminding you of kindergarten books.
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`Fortunately, you can control the look, dropping everything back to "normal" after
`going to the Edit menu, selecting Preferences, and then fiddling with the
`Language/Font section. This will be critical for those with "small" monitors (less than
`800 x 600 pixels), as the new IE 5 defaults chew up way, way too much screen
`space. Of course, if you have poor eyes and you want the larger print, you can leave
`everything alone.
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`By clicking a single button on the favorites bar, most of the
`default toolbars and other screen clutter disappear. Set up like
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`this, Internet Explorer 5 is easily the most screen-efficient
`browser on the Macintosh.
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`Those with small screens will appreciate another IE 5 feature: you can turn off most
`of the screen clutter. As it ships, IE 5 has a button bar, an address bar, a favorites
`bar, an explorer bar and a status bar, all active at the same time and all taking up
`space on the screen. You can make all of these, except a thin quarter-inch bar on
`the left edge of the screen, disappear with a single click. Those with smaller
`monitors will greatly appreciate this feature.
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`IE 5 seems a bit more civilized than past versions. When you launch it for the very
`first time, it asks if you want to make it your default browser, and has a check box
`you can use to keep it from asking this question again. Even better, it pays attention
`to your answer: if you say "No," it believes you.
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`It is also better behaved when it comes to adding System Folder clutter. A few things
`are added to the Extensions folder, but the bulk of the additions are placed in the MS
`Preferences Panels folder. IE 5 uses Apple's MRJ (Macintosh Runtime for Java)
`rather than Microsoft's own Java package (which, on the Windows side, at least, has
`been constantly plagued with security and compatibility problems). Similarly,
`Microsoft's Active X technology, another security vulnerability, is turned off by
`default; if you want it, you must explicitly turn it on. IE 5 installs a current version (as
`of this writing) of Apple's QuickTime browser plug-in. The installer also asks if you
`want it to install some Microsoft fonts; if you say "no," it doesn't pout about it.
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`Speed is difficult to judge because the Internet does not operate at a steady rate.
`But IE 5 at least seems faster than earlier versions, and in some cases it is most
`definitely faster than Netscape Communicator 4.7. Keep in mind, however, that, by
`the time this article appears in print, Netscape may have something else in the
`running; browser speed is, in any case, of lesser importance than the speed of the
`Internet link.
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`One reason we installed IE 5 on so many machines, by the way, was the ease of
`installation. IE 5 ships as a "self mounting image" file, and to install it, you merely
`drag it onto your hard drive. The rest of the configuration takes place the first time
`you launch the browser. Users of Microsoft Office 98 will recognize the technique
`(Office 98 is also installed by just dragging it to the hard drive), and it is both quick
`and easy.
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`Given the severe time constraints, we didn't have the opportunity to discover much
`else. Internet Explorer 5 is visually quite attractive, very customizable, and appears
`to be more civilized and more obedient than past versions, and quick. It comes in
`only one flavor, Power Macintosh, so owners of older machines will have to look
`elsewhere. The odd defaults of a 96 dpi screen, using 16 point type, were
`disconcerting, but it is easy to fix (provided you take the time to find out how).
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`At first blush (in one of nine colors), Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for the Macintosh
`looks like a winner. There are some cosmetic elements to suggest it will be equally
`at home on a Macintosh running Mac OS X later this year.
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