How safe is IE for mac?

Mister-Twoster · Mister-Twoster #1 (**permalink**)

07-12-2006, 03:27 AM

I use Firefox for almost everything, but sometimes IE is required... just how safe is it for a mac?

christm · christm #2 (**permalink**)

07-12-2006, 09:16 AM

i dont know how safe it is on mac. but why do you want to use IE sometimes?

try safari or opera instead

jhelm007 · jhelm007 #3 (**permalink**)

07-12-2006, 09:29 AM

Its my understanding that IE for mac is no longer officially supported by microsoft. There are some places to download the last available version on the web, but you can't get it from M$ anymore.

If you do have it installed, IE is not as tightly integrated with the OS as it is in windows and does not make itself such an inviting target for security attacks.

So its pretty safe, but its sort of a moot point. Its probably better to stick with Safari, Opera, Firefox and some of the other modern browsers.

Mister-Twoster · Mister-Twoster #4 (**permalink**)

07-12-2006, 12:28 PM

Thanks for the replies. After installing IE, its very slow... I dont think ill be keeping it.

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #5 (**permalink**)

07-12-2006, 02:52 PM

Nah, it bites...

It's only fun to see how many W3c compliant sites crash it...

mac57 · mac57 #6 (**permalink**)

07-12-2006, 04:14 PM

What about Microsoft's ActiveX Controls? Do any browsers in the Mac universe support these? I have to use a few web sites that REQUIRE these beasts. Thanks.

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #7 (**permalink**)

07-13-2006, 02:47 AM

No - Active X is strictly a Windows thing... AFAIK it isn't supported on OS X, Linux or any other OS. It is also being phased out by Microsoft due to all the security flaws it has.

If you have sites that require it, you'll have to use Virtual PC (on a powerPC based mac) or boot camp / parallels if you have an intel based mac.

christm #2 (permalink)
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mac57 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	07-12-2006, 04:14 PM What about Microsoft's ActiveX Controls? Do any browsers in the Mac universe support these? I have to use a few web sites that REQUIRE these beasts. Thanks. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Munich Posts: 9,075 Mac Specs: Aluminium Macbook 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM, SSD 24" Samsung Display, iPhone 4, iPad 2	07-13-2006, 02:47 AM No - Active X is strictly a Windows thing... AFAIK it isn't supported on OS X, Linux or any other OS. It is also being phased out by Microsoft due to all the security flaws it has. If you have sites that require it, you'll have to use Virtual PC (on a powerPC based mac) or boot camp / parallels if you have an intel based mac. Mac-Forums Twitter \| Mac-Forums Blog My Twitter \| Jetplane Journal
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Mister-Twoster #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 23, 2005 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 80 Mac Specs: 2.16ghz 15" MacBook Pro, black 30gb ipod video, black 2gb Nano.	07-12-2006, 03:27 AM I use Firefox for almost everything, but sometimes IE is required... just how safe is it for a mac?
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Member Since: Nov 23, 2005 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 80 Mac Specs: 2.16ghz 15" MacBook Pro, black 30gb ipod video, black 2gb Nano.	07-12-2006, 12:28 PM Thanks for the replies. After installing IE, its very slow... I dont think ill be keeping it.
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