Amaya Toman Zakhala zodabwitsa zaka makumi awiri kuchokera kukhazikitsidwa kwa Internet Explorer 5 kwa Mac. Jimmy Grewal, yemwe anali m'modzi mwa otsogolera gulu lotsogolera, posachedwapa wakhala ali yekha blog adagawana zomwe adakumbukira za nthawi yovuta yotsegulira koyamba (komanso komaliza) kwa Microsoft pa intaneti ya Mac. Unali msewu wautali komanso wovuta wotsogolera ku Macworld Expo mu 2000, ndipo Steve Jobs sanapangitse kubwera kwa IE 5 kwa Mac kukhala kosavuta.
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Malinga ndi Grewal, msakatuli wa MacIE 5 adagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi gulu la anthu pafupifupi 1999 "aluso komanso otsimikiza" ochokera ku Mac Business Unit ya Microsoft, yomwe inali nthawiyo ku San Jose, California. Grewal adalowa nawo gululi atangomaliza maphunziro awo ku koleji mu June XNUMX ndipo adathandizira kupanga mawonekedwe asakatuli, komanso kuyang'anira mtundu wake wa Mac OS X.
Chimodzi mwazopunthwitsa ndi MacIE 5 chinali kufanana kwakukulu kwa mawonekedwe ake ndi mawonekedwe otchuka a Aqua a Mac OS X - kufanana komwe Grewal akuti kudangochitika mwangozi. Lingaliro la mawonekedwe atsopano a msakatuli linali gawo la cholinga chofananitsa pulogalamuyo ndi hardware - mnzake wa Grewal Maf Vosburgh adabwera ndi lingaliro lakuti ngati anthu angagwiritse ntchito IE 5 pa Bondi Blue iMac, osatsegula ayenera kukhala. kusinthidwa ndi mapangidwe ofanana. Komabe, mawonekedwe omwe atchulidwawa adakali pachitukuko ku Apple panthawiyo ndipo anali obisika kwambiri (ngakhale palinso zongopeka kuti ndi Apple, kumbali ina, yemwe adauziridwa ndi Microsoft kuti apange mawonekedwe a Aqua. ). Ntchito sizinali wokondwa kwambiri ndi maonekedwe a msakatuli wotchulidwa, koma panthawiyo sakanatha kutsutsana ndi kufanana ndi mawonekedwe a Aqua. Kotero iye anaganiza kuukira mmodzi wa osatsegula a mbali - ndi Media Toolbar, ntchito kuthandiza MP3 kubwezeretsa pa intaneti - amene anati anali "kupikisana" ndi QuickTim. N'zochititsa chidwi kuti tatchulawa Media Toolbar analengedwa ndi ntchito SoundJamp MP mapulogalamu, amene Apple anagula kenako pang'ono monga mbali ya chilengedwe cha iTunes nsanja.
Internet Explorer 5 ya Mac idayenera kuperekedwa mwalamulo ku Macworld pa Januware 5, 2000. Kale kunali chizolowezi kuti zinthu za Microsoft ziziwonetsedwa ndi munthu wochokera ku Microsoft management, koma pankhani ya IE 5, Jobs adaumirira kuti awonetse. mwiniwake. "Inali pempho lachilendo," Grewal akukumbukira, ndikuwonjezera kuti Apple idagwirizana ndi Microsoft pamfundo zinazake zomwe zidawonetsedwa. Koma pamapeto pake, Jobs sanatchule aliyense wa iwo pa siteji. Koma sanaiwale kuwonetsa kuti mawonekedwe onse a msakatuli ndi chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito miyezo ya Apple.
Koma ngakhale panali zovuta zonse, Grewal akuti iye ndi gulu lake anali onyada ndi IE 5, ndipo atolankhani komanso kuyankha kwa anthu pamayambiriro a msakatuliwo kunali kwabwino kwambiri. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for Mac inatulutsidwa mwalamulo pa Marichi 27, 2000, mtundu wake womaliza unawonekera mu 2003. Pasanapite nthawi, Jimmy Grewal adachoka ku Microsoft. Akunena za zomwe adakumana nazo akugwira ntchito pa Explorer for Mac kuti nthawi zina "zinali zokondweretsa ngati mavu kumbuyo kwa thupi", koma akuti sasunga chakukhosi ndi Apple.
Chitsime: Apple Insider
