#internetexplorer — Public Fediverse posts
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One of the biggest curses in #techsupport is that #microsoft called it WINDOWS Explorer and INTERNET explorer in #windows and 9/10 users don’t know what the windows explorer is (resp. don’t know its name) …
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One of the biggest curses in #techsupport is that #microsoft called it WINDOWS Explorer and INTERNET explorer in #windows and 9/10 users don’t know what the windows explorer is (resp. don’t know its name) …
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One of the biggest curses in #techsupport is that #microsoft called it WINDOWS Explorer and INTERNET explorer in #windows and 9/10 users don’t know what the windows explorer is (resp. don’t know its name) …
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One of the biggest curses in #techsupport is that #microsoft called it WINDOWS Explorer and INTERNET explorer in #windows and 9/10 users don’t know what the windows explorer is (resp. don’t know its name) …
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One of the biggest curses in #techsupport is that #microsoft called it WINDOWS Explorer and INTERNET explorer in #windows and 9/10 users don’t know what the windows explorer is (resp. don’t know its name) …
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📢⚠️ Despite #InternetExplorer’s retirement, hackers are abusing the legacy MSHTA utility in stealthy fileless malware attacks targeting Windows users.
Read: https://hackread.com/microsoft-retired-ie-tool-mshta-fileless-malware-attack/
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📢⚠️ Despite #InternetExplorer’s retirement, hackers are abusing the legacy MSHTA utility in stealthy fileless malware attacks targeting Windows users.
Read: https://hackread.com/microsoft-retired-ie-tool-mshta-fileless-malware-attack/
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📢⚠️ Despite #InternetExplorer’s retirement, hackers are abusing the legacy MSHTA utility in stealthy fileless malware attacks targeting Windows users.
Read: https://hackread.com/microsoft-retired-ie-tool-mshta-fileless-malware-attack/
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📢⚠️ Despite #InternetExplorer’s retirement, hackers are abusing the legacy MSHTA utility in stealthy fileless malware attacks targeting Windows users.
Read: https://hackread.com/microsoft-retired-ie-tool-mshta-fileless-malware-attack/
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📢⚠️ Despite #InternetExplorer’s retirement, hackers are abusing the legacy MSHTA utility in stealthy fileless malware attacks targeting Windows users.
Read: https://hackread.com/microsoft-retired-ie-tool-mshta-fileless-malware-attack/
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🎓🤖 Oh no, the brave souls attempting to discuss #AI at graduations were met with boos! Apparently, the #crowd couldn't handle the radical notion that in the future, their jobs might be as relevant as Internet Explorer. 🗞️💻
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/multiple-commencement-speakers-booed-for-ai-comments-during-graduation-speeches-263486021518 #Graduation #Discourse #Reaction #InternetExplorer #FutureOfWork #HackerNews #ngated -
🎓🤖 Oh no, the brave souls attempting to discuss #AI at graduations were met with boos! Apparently, the #crowd couldn't handle the radical notion that in the future, their jobs might be as relevant as Internet Explorer. 🗞️💻
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/multiple-commencement-speakers-booed-for-ai-comments-during-graduation-speeches-263486021518 #Graduation #Discourse #Reaction #InternetExplorer #FutureOfWork #HackerNews #ngated -
🎓🤖 Oh no, the brave souls attempting to discuss #AI at graduations were met with boos! Apparently, the #crowd couldn't handle the radical notion that in the future, their jobs might be as relevant as Internet Explorer. 🗞️💻
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/multiple-commencement-speakers-booed-for-ai-comments-during-graduation-speeches-263486021518 #Graduation #Discourse #Reaction #InternetExplorer #FutureOfWork #HackerNews #ngated -
🎓🤖 Oh no, the brave souls attempting to discuss #AI at graduations were met with boos! Apparently, the #crowd couldn't handle the radical notion that in the future, their jobs might be as relevant as Internet Explorer. 🗞️💻
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/multiple-commencement-speakers-booed-for-ai-comments-during-graduation-speeches-263486021518 #Graduation #Discourse #Reaction #InternetExplorer #FutureOfWork #HackerNews #ngated -
🎓🤖 Oh no, the brave souls attempting to discuss #AI at graduations were met with boos! Apparently, the #crowd couldn't handle the radical notion that in the future, their jobs might be as relevant as Internet Explorer. 🗞️💻
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/multiple-commencement-speakers-booed-for-ai-comments-during-graduation-speeches-263486021518 #Graduation #Discourse #Reaction #InternetExplorer #FutureOfWork #HackerNews #ngated -
Forget gas prices… the real price we pay as society at gas stations is having to use #InternetExplorer…
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Forget gas prices… the real price we pay as society at gas stations is having to use #InternetExplorer…
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Forget gas prices… the real price we pay as society at gas stations is having to use #InternetExplorer…
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Forget gas prices… the real price we pay as society at gas stations is having to use #InternetExplorer…
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Forget gas prices… the real price we pay as society at gas stations is having to use #InternetExplorer…
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #apple #mac #powerpc #internetExplorer #tasman
Catch of the Day: The Forbidden Apple! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your CRT monitors, because our FrogFind radar has caught something today that feels like a relic from a parallel universe. Among all the Nintendos and Linux machines, this legendary identifier appeared:Internet Explorer 5.17 on Mac (PowerPC)!
For everyone rubbing their eyes right now: Yes, Internet Explorer existed for the Mac, and it was a big deal! Following the historic "peace treaty" between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in 1997, Internet Explorer became the official default browser on all Apple computers for five years.
The craziest part? Mac IE was technically vastly superior to its Windows counterpart at the time! Microsoft built a completely bespoke rendering engine for Apple called Tasman, which was one of the very first to properly support CSS. Version 5.1.7 (released in the summer of 2003) was the absolute final update ever pushed for classic Mac OS 8 and 9 before Apple entirely shifted focus to their own browser, Safari.
The fact that today, over 20 years later, someone boots up an old PowerPC Mac (perhaps a colorful iMac G3?) and browses FrogFind with the Mac-exclusive Internet Explorer is a glorious time machine to an era when Microsoft and Apple surfed hand in hand.
Cheers to the Tasman engine!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #apple #mac #powerpc #internetExplorer #tasman
Catch of the Day: The Forbidden Apple! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your CRT monitors, because our FrogFind radar has caught something today that feels like a relic from a parallel universe. Among all the Nintendos and Linux machines, this legendary identifier appeared:Internet Explorer 5.17 on Mac (PowerPC)!
For everyone rubbing their eyes right now: Yes, Internet Explorer existed for the Mac, and it was a big deal! Following the historic "peace treaty" between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in 1997, Internet Explorer became the official default browser on all Apple computers for five years.
The craziest part? Mac IE was technically vastly superior to its Windows counterpart at the time! Microsoft built a completely bespoke rendering engine for Apple called Tasman, which was one of the very first to properly support CSS. Version 5.1.7 (released in the summer of 2003) was the absolute final update ever pushed for classic Mac OS 8 and 9 before Apple entirely shifted focus to their own browser, Safari.
The fact that today, over 20 years later, someone boots up an old PowerPC Mac (perhaps a colorful iMac G3?) and browses FrogFind with the Mac-exclusive Internet Explorer is a glorious time machine to an era when Microsoft and Apple surfed hand in hand.
Cheers to the Tasman engine!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #apple #mac #powerpc #internetExplorer #tasman
Catch of the Day: The Forbidden Apple! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your CRT monitors, because our FrogFind radar has caught something today that feels like a relic from a parallel universe. Among all the Nintendos and Linux machines, this legendary identifier appeared:Internet Explorer 5.17 on Mac (PowerPC)!
For everyone rubbing their eyes right now: Yes, Internet Explorer existed for the Mac, and it was a big deal! Following the historic "peace treaty" between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in 1997, Internet Explorer became the official default browser on all Apple computers for five years.
The craziest part? Mac IE was technically vastly superior to its Windows counterpart at the time! Microsoft built a completely bespoke rendering engine for Apple called Tasman, which was one of the very first to properly support CSS. Version 5.1.7 (released in the summer of 2003) was the absolute final update ever pushed for classic Mac OS 8 and 9 before Apple entirely shifted focus to their own browser, Safari.
The fact that today, over 20 years later, someone boots up an old PowerPC Mac (perhaps a colorful iMac G3?) and browses FrogFind with the Mac-exclusive Internet Explorer is a glorious time machine to an era when Microsoft and Apple surfed hand in hand.
Cheers to the Tasman engine!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #apple #mac #powerpc #internetExplorer #tasman
Catch of the Day: The Forbidden Apple! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your CRT monitors, because our FrogFind radar has caught something today that feels like a relic from a parallel universe. Among all the Nintendos and Linux machines, this legendary identifier appeared:Internet Explorer 5.17 on Mac (PowerPC)!
For everyone rubbing their eyes right now: Yes, Internet Explorer existed for the Mac, and it was a big deal! Following the historic "peace treaty" between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in 1997, Internet Explorer became the official default browser on all Apple computers for five years.
The craziest part? Mac IE was technically vastly superior to its Windows counterpart at the time! Microsoft built a completely bespoke rendering engine for Apple called Tasman, which was one of the very first to properly support CSS. Version 5.1.7 (released in the summer of 2003) was the absolute final update ever pushed for classic Mac OS 8 and 9 before Apple entirely shifted focus to their own browser, Safari.
The fact that today, over 20 years later, someone boots up an old PowerPC Mac (perhaps a colorful iMac G3?) and browses FrogFind with the Mac-exclusive Internet Explorer is a glorious time machine to an era when Microsoft and Apple surfed hand in hand.
Cheers to the Tasman engine!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #apple #mac #powerpc #internetExplorer #tasman
Catch of the Day: The Forbidden Apple! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your CRT monitors, because our FrogFind radar has caught something today that feels like a relic from a parallel universe. Among all the Nintendos and Linux machines, this legendary identifier appeared:Internet Explorer 5.17 on Mac (PowerPC)!
For everyone rubbing their eyes right now: Yes, Internet Explorer existed for the Mac, and it was a big deal! Following the historic "peace treaty" between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in 1997, Internet Explorer became the official default browser on all Apple computers for five years.
The craziest part? Mac IE was technically vastly superior to its Windows counterpart at the time! Microsoft built a completely bespoke rendering engine for Apple called Tasman, which was one of the very first to properly support CSS. Version 5.1.7 (released in the summer of 2003) was the absolute final update ever pushed for classic Mac OS 8 and 9 before Apple entirely shifted focus to their own browser, Safari.
The fact that today, over 20 years later, someone boots up an old PowerPC Mac (perhaps a colorful iMac G3?) and browses FrogFind with the Mac-exclusive Internet Explorer is a glorious time machine to an era when Microsoft and Apple surfed hand in hand.
Cheers to the Tasman engine!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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@ramon IE shitty . Who could have known. #internetExplorer
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@ramon IE shitty . Who could have known. #internetExplorer
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@ramon IE shitty . Who could have known. #internetExplorer
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@ramon IE shitty . Who could have known. #internetExplorer
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@ramon IE shitty . Who could have known. #internetExplorer
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macos #internetexplorer #internetexplorer5
Catch of the Day: A Beta Look Back! 🍏🔍
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, the FrogFind radar caught a true software fossil that will make Apple historians' eyes light up: Internet Explorer 5.0b1 on a Mac!
Wait... b1? Exactly! The "b1" stands for Beta 1. We are not talking about the regular Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac (which was released in 2000 and, with its revolutionary Tasman engine, was the best Mac browser for a long time). No, this is an unfinished, shaky test version (Beta 1) from the summer or fall of 1999!
Whoever is running this machine today probably popped in an old "Macworld" magazine CD, installed this pre-release version, and is happily surfing through the Frog pond. Such leaks and early beta builds are often full of amusing bugs, placeholder graphics, and unfinished rendering routines. But FrogFind is tough and serves up the finest, most digestible HTML even to this beta relic.
We love it when you dig deep into your software archives!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macos #internetexplorer #internetexplorer5
Catch of the Day: A Beta Look Back! 🍏🔍
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, the FrogFind radar caught a true software fossil that will make Apple historians' eyes light up: Internet Explorer 5.0b1 on a Mac!
Wait... b1? Exactly! The "b1" stands for Beta 1. We are not talking about the regular Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac (which was released in 2000 and, with its revolutionary Tasman engine, was the best Mac browser for a long time). No, this is an unfinished, shaky test version (Beta 1) from the summer or fall of 1999!
Whoever is running this machine today probably popped in an old "Macworld" magazine CD, installed this pre-release version, and is happily surfing through the Frog pond. Such leaks and early beta builds are often full of amusing bugs, placeholder graphics, and unfinished rendering routines. But FrogFind is tough and serves up the finest, most digestible HTML even to this beta relic.
We love it when you dig deep into your software archives!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macos #internetexplorer #internetexplorer5
Catch of the Day: A Beta Look Back! 🍏🔍
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, the FrogFind radar caught a true software fossil that will make Apple historians' eyes light up: Internet Explorer 5.0b1 on a Mac!
Wait... b1? Exactly! The "b1" stands for Beta 1. We are not talking about the regular Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac (which was released in 2000 and, with its revolutionary Tasman engine, was the best Mac browser for a long time). No, this is an unfinished, shaky test version (Beta 1) from the summer or fall of 1999!
Whoever is running this machine today probably popped in an old "Macworld" magazine CD, installed this pre-release version, and is happily surfing through the Frog pond. Such leaks and early beta builds are often full of amusing bugs, placeholder graphics, and unfinished rendering routines. But FrogFind is tough and serves up the finest, most digestible HTML even to this beta relic.
We love it when you dig deep into your software archives!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macos #internetexplorer #internetexplorer5
Catch of the Day: A Beta Look Back! 🍏🔍
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, the FrogFind radar caught a true software fossil that will make Apple historians' eyes light up: Internet Explorer 5.0b1 on a Mac!
Wait... b1? Exactly! The "b1" stands for Beta 1. We are not talking about the regular Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac (which was released in 2000 and, with its revolutionary Tasman engine, was the best Mac browser for a long time). No, this is an unfinished, shaky test version (Beta 1) from the summer or fall of 1999!
Whoever is running this machine today probably popped in an old "Macworld" magazine CD, installed this pre-release version, and is happily surfing through the Frog pond. Such leaks and early beta builds are often full of amusing bugs, placeholder graphics, and unfinished rendering routines. But FrogFind is tough and serves up the finest, most digestible HTML even to this beta relic.
We love it when you dig deep into your software archives!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macos #internetexplorer #internetexplorer5
Catch of the Day: A Beta Look Back! 🍏🔍
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, the FrogFind radar caught a true software fossil that will make Apple historians' eyes light up: Internet Explorer 5.0b1 on a Mac!
Wait... b1? Exactly! The "b1" stands for Beta 1. We are not talking about the regular Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac (which was released in 2000 and, with its revolutionary Tasman engine, was the best Mac browser for a long time). No, this is an unfinished, shaky test version (Beta 1) from the summer or fall of 1999!
Whoever is running this machine today probably popped in an old "Macworld" magazine CD, installed this pre-release version, and is happily surfing through the Frog pond. Such leaks and early beta builds are often full of amusing bugs, placeholder graphics, and unfinished rendering routines. But FrogFind is tough and serves up the finest, most digestible HTML even to this beta relic.
We love it when you dig deep into your software archives!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#InternetExplorer のコマンドラインオプションは以下の通り
Appendix C - Batch-Mode File Syntax and Command-Line Switches https://web.archive.org/web/20010223222516/http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/IE/reskit/ie5/part6/appxccmd.asp?
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#InternetExplorer のコマンドラインオプションは以下の通り
Appendix C - Batch-Mode File Syntax and Command-Line Switches https://web.archive.org/web/20010223222516/http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/IE/reskit/ie5/part6/appxccmd.asp?
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #windowsCE #pocketPC #InternetExplorer #InternetExplorer4
Catch of the Day: The Pocket PC Revival! 📟🖋️
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, our FrogFind radar caught a true gem from the early mobile era: Internet Explorer 4.01 on Windows CE (Pocket PC)!Who doesn't remember the turn of the millennium, proudly pulling a Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada, or Casio Cassiopeia out of a suit pocket? These devices ran Windows CE, featured resistive touchscreens operated with a tiny plastic stylus, and often boasted a whopping 32 or 64 megabytes of RAM.
The integrated "Pocket Internet Explorer" was a marvel back then, but is completely lost on the modern web. If it encounters even a kilobyte too much of modern JavaScript, the tiny processor immediately gives up. But this is exactly where FrogFind shines! On the classic 240x320 pixel displays of these PDAs, pure, fast HTML is rendered—and suddenly, the internet of 2026 is usable again on hardware from 1999.
Cheers to the saviors of classic PDAs! Keep a close eye on your styluses!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #windowsCE #pocketPC #InternetExplorer #InternetExplorer4
Catch of the Day: The Pocket PC Revival! 📟🖋️
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, our FrogFind radar caught a true gem from the early mobile era: Internet Explorer 4.01 on Windows CE (Pocket PC)!Who doesn't remember the turn of the millennium, proudly pulling a Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada, or Casio Cassiopeia out of a suit pocket? These devices ran Windows CE, featured resistive touchscreens operated with a tiny plastic stylus, and often boasted a whopping 32 or 64 megabytes of RAM.
The integrated "Pocket Internet Explorer" was a marvel back then, but is completely lost on the modern web. If it encounters even a kilobyte too much of modern JavaScript, the tiny processor immediately gives up. But this is exactly where FrogFind shines! On the classic 240x320 pixel displays of these PDAs, pure, fast HTML is rendered—and suddenly, the internet of 2026 is usable again on hardware from 1999.
Cheers to the saviors of classic PDAs! Keep a close eye on your styluses!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #windowsCE #pocketPC #InternetExplorer #InternetExplorer4
Catch of the Day: The Pocket PC Revival! 📟🖋️
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, our FrogFind radar caught a true gem from the early mobile era: Internet Explorer 4.01 on Windows CE (Pocket PC)!Who doesn't remember the turn of the millennium, proudly pulling a Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada, or Casio Cassiopeia out of a suit pocket? These devices ran Windows CE, featured resistive touchscreens operated with a tiny plastic stylus, and often boasted a whopping 32 or 64 megabytes of RAM.
The integrated "Pocket Internet Explorer" was a marvel back then, but is completely lost on the modern web. If it encounters even a kilobyte too much of modern JavaScript, the tiny processor immediately gives up. But this is exactly where FrogFind shines! On the classic 240x320 pixel displays of these PDAs, pure, fast HTML is rendered—and suddenly, the internet of 2026 is usable again on hardware from 1999.
Cheers to the saviors of classic PDAs! Keep a close eye on your styluses!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #windowsCE #pocketPC #InternetExplorer #InternetExplorer4
Catch of the Day: The Pocket PC Revival! 📟🖋️
Hey Retro Fans!
Today, our FrogFind radar caught a true gem from the early mobile era: Internet Explorer 4.01 on Windows CE (Pocket PC)!Who doesn't remember the turn of the millennium, proudly pulling a Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada, or Casio Cassiopeia out of a suit pocket? These devices ran Windows CE, featured resistive touchscreens operated with a tiny plastic stylus, and often boasted a whopping 32 or 64 megabytes of RAM.
The integrated "Pocket Internet Explorer" was a marvel back then, but is completely lost on the modern web. If it encounters even a kilobyte too much of modern JavaScript, the tiny processor immediately gives up. But this is exactly where FrogFind shines! On the classic 240x320 pixel displays of these PDAs, pure, fast HTML is rendered—and suddenly, the internet of 2026 is usable again on hardware from 1999.
Cheers to the saviors of classic PDAs! Keep a close eye on your styluses!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #FrogFind #microsoft #apple #internetexplorer #macos
Catch of the Day: Microsoft's Masterpiece... for the Mac?! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Today we have a true exotic in the logs, reminding us of one of the most fascinating (and bizarre) eras in computer history. We recorded a solid 31 hits from Internet Explorer 5.0 running on a Mac!Yes, you read that right: Microsoft and Apple united on one screen.
Those who remember 1997 might recall the historic deal between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that saved Apple from bankruptcy back then. Part of that deal: Internet Explorer became the default browser on all Macintosh computers for the next few years – long before Safari even existed!The craziest part about it? The Mac version wasn't just a lazy port of the Windows software. Microsoft's dedicated "Macintosh Business Unit" built a completely new rendering engine under the hood called Tasman. This led to the absurd situation where Internet Explorer 5.0 for the Mac, upon its release in 2000, was widely considered the most advanced, best-looking, and most standards-compliant browser on the entire market – it was technically vastly superior to Microsoft's own Windows version!
The fact that this historic piece of software is still being used today to surf the Frog pond is a wonderful homage to the crazy late 90s.
Stay retro and always think "Different"!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸 -
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #FrogFind #microsoft #apple #internetexplorer #macos
Catch of the Day: Microsoft's Masterpiece... for the Mac?! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Today we have a true exotic in the logs, reminding us of one of the most fascinating (and bizarre) eras in computer history. We recorded a solid 31 hits from Internet Explorer 5.0 running on a Mac!Yes, you read that right: Microsoft and Apple united on one screen.
Those who remember 1997 might recall the historic deal between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that saved Apple from bankruptcy back then. Part of that deal: Internet Explorer became the default browser on all Macintosh computers for the next few years – long before Safari even existed!The craziest part about it? The Mac version wasn't just a lazy port of the Windows software. Microsoft's dedicated "Macintosh Business Unit" built a completely new rendering engine under the hood called Tasman. This led to the absurd situation where Internet Explorer 5.0 for the Mac, upon its release in 2000, was widely considered the most advanced, best-looking, and most standards-compliant browser on the entire market – it was technically vastly superior to Microsoft's own Windows version!
The fact that this historic piece of software is still being used today to surf the Frog pond is a wonderful homage to the crazy late 90s.
Stay retro and always think "Different"!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸 -
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #FrogFind #microsoft #apple #internetexplorer #macos
Catch of the Day: Microsoft's Masterpiece... for the Mac?! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Today we have a true exotic in the logs, reminding us of one of the most fascinating (and bizarre) eras in computer history. We recorded a solid 31 hits from Internet Explorer 5.0 running on a Mac!Yes, you read that right: Microsoft and Apple united on one screen.
Those who remember 1997 might recall the historic deal between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that saved Apple from bankruptcy back then. Part of that deal: Internet Explorer became the default browser on all Macintosh computers for the next few years – long before Safari even existed!The craziest part about it? The Mac version wasn't just a lazy port of the Windows software. Microsoft's dedicated "Macintosh Business Unit" built a completely new rendering engine under the hood called Tasman. This led to the absurd situation where Internet Explorer 5.0 for the Mac, upon its release in 2000, was widely considered the most advanced, best-looking, and most standards-compliant browser on the entire market – it was technically vastly superior to Microsoft's own Windows version!
The fact that this historic piece of software is still being used today to surf the Frog pond is a wonderful homage to the crazy late 90s.
Stay retro and always think "Different"!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸 -
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #FrogFind #microsoft #apple #internetexplorer #macos
Catch of the Day: Microsoft's Masterpiece... for the Mac?! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Today we have a true exotic in the logs, reminding us of one of the most fascinating (and bizarre) eras in computer history. We recorded a solid 31 hits from Internet Explorer 5.0 running on a Mac!Yes, you read that right: Microsoft and Apple united on one screen.
Those who remember 1997 might recall the historic deal between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that saved Apple from bankruptcy back then. Part of that deal: Internet Explorer became the default browser on all Macintosh computers for the next few years – long before Safari even existed!The craziest part about it? The Mac version wasn't just a lazy port of the Windows software. Microsoft's dedicated "Macintosh Business Unit" built a completely new rendering engine under the hood called Tasman. This led to the absurd situation where Internet Explorer 5.0 for the Mac, upon its release in 2000, was widely considered the most advanced, best-looking, and most standards-compliant browser on the entire market – it was technically vastly superior to Microsoft's own Windows version!
The fact that this historic piece of software is still being used today to surf the Frog pond is a wonderful homage to the crazy late 90s.
Stay retro and always think "Different"!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸 -
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #FrogFind #microsoft #apple #internetexplorer #macos
Catch of the Day: Microsoft's Masterpiece... for the Mac?! 🍏🪟
Hey Retro Fans!
Today we have a true exotic in the logs, reminding us of one of the most fascinating (and bizarre) eras in computer history. We recorded a solid 31 hits from Internet Explorer 5.0 running on a Mac!Yes, you read that right: Microsoft and Apple united on one screen.
Those who remember 1997 might recall the historic deal between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that saved Apple from bankruptcy back then. Part of that deal: Internet Explorer became the default browser on all Macintosh computers for the next few years – long before Safari even existed!The craziest part about it? The Mac version wasn't just a lazy port of the Windows software. Microsoft's dedicated "Macintosh Business Unit" built a completely new rendering engine under the hood called Tasman. This led to the absurd situation where Internet Explorer 5.0 for the Mac, upon its release in 2000, was widely considered the most advanced, best-looking, and most standards-compliant browser on the entire market – it was technically vastly superior to Microsoft's own Windows version!
The fact that this historic piece of software is still being used today to surf the Frog pond is a wonderful homage to the crazy late 90s.
Stay retro and always think "Different"!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸
