Amaya Toman Sekuyiminyaka engamashumi amabili emangalisayo selokhu kwethulwa i-Internet Explorer 5 ye-Mac. UJimmy Grewal, owayengomunye wamalungu aphambili eqembu elinomthwalo wemfanelo, muva nje ubeyedwa ibhulogi wabelane ngezinkumbulo zakhe zesikhathi esinzima sokuqala (nesokugcina) sokwethulwa kwesiphequluli se-inthanethi seMicrosoft yeMac. Bekuwumgwaqo omude nonzima impela oholela ekuqalisweni kwawo e-Macworld Expo ngo-2000, futhi uSteve Jobs akazange akwenze kube lula ukufika kwe-IE 5 ye-Mac.
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NgokukaGrewal, isiphequluli se-MacIE 5 sasetshenzwa yiqembu labantu abangaba ngamashumi amane "abanekhono nabazimisele" be-Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, ababezinze ngaleso sikhathi eSan Jose, eCalifornia. U-Grewal ujoyine iqembu ngemuva nje kokuphothula ekolishi ngoJuni 1999 futhi wasiza ukuklama izici ezikhethiwe zesiphequluli, kanye nokuphatha inguqulo yaso ye-Mac OS X.
Esinye sezikhubekiso nge-MacIE 5 kwaba ukufana okuqinile kwesixhumi esibonakalayo nokubukeka kwe-Aqua okudumile kwe-Mac OS X—ukufana uGrewal athi kumane kwaqondana. Umbono wokubukeka okusha kwesiphequluli wawuyingxenye yenhloso yokufanisa isofthiwe ne-hardware - uzakwabo ka-Grewal uMaf Vosburgh weza nombono wokuthi uma abantu bezosebenzisa i-IE 5 ku-Bondi Blue iMac, isiphequluli kufanele ishunwe kumklamo ofanayo. Kodwa-ke, ukubukeka okukhulunywe ngenhla kwakusesiteji sokuthuthukiswa e-Apple ngaleso sikhathi futhi kwakungaphansi kwemfihlo eqinile (nakuba kukhona nokuqagela ukuthi i-Apple, ngakolunye uhlangothi, eyaphefumulelwa yiMicrosoft ukudala ukubukeka kwe-Aqua). Imisebenzi yayingenamdlandla kakhulu ngokubukeka kwesiphequluli esishiwo, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi wayengakwazi ukuphikisana nokufana ne-interface ye-Aqua. Ngakho-ke wanquma ukuhlasela esinye sezici zesiphequluli - Ibha yamathuluzi emidiya, esetshenziselwa ukusekela ukudlalwa kweMP3 kuwebhu - athi "iqhudelana" ne-QuickTim. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Media Toolbar eshiwo ngenhla yadalwa kusetshenziswa isofthiwe ye-SoundJamp MP, eyathengwa u-Apple kamuva nje njengengxenye yokudalwa kwe-iTunes yesikhulumi.
I-Internet Explorer 5 ye-Mac yayizokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni e-Macworld ngoJanuwari 5, 2000. Kwakujwayele ukuba umkhuba ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-Microsoft yethulwe ngumuntu ovela kubaphathi be-Microsoft, kodwa esimweni se-IE 5, Imisebenzi yaphikelela ekwenzeni isethulo. yena. "Bekuyisicelo esingajwayelekile," kukhumbula uGrwal, wengeza ngokuthi i-Apple ivumelane neMicrosoft ngamaphuzu athile okwethulwa. Kodwa ekugcineni, uMisebenzi akazange akhulume noyedwa wabo esiteji. Kodwa akazange akhohlwe ukukhombisa ukuthi ukubukeka jikelele kwesiphequluli kuwumphumela wokusebenzisa izindinganiso ze-Apple.
Kodwa naphezu kwazo zonke izinkinga, u-Grewal uthi yena nethimba lakhe babeziqhenya ngokufanelekile nge-IE 5, futhi abezindaba kanye nokusabela komphakathi esingenisweni sesiphequluli kwaba kuhle kakhulu. I-Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 ye-Mac ikhishwe ngokusemthethweni ngo-March 27, 2000, inguqulo yayo yokugcina yabona ukukhanya kosuku ngo-2003. Akuphelanga sikhathi, uJimmy Grewal washiya i-Microsoft. Ukhuluma ngolwazi lwakhe lokusebenza ku-Explorer ye-Mac ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi "kwakumnandi njengomnyovu ngemuva komzimba", kodwa uthi akananzondo nge-Apple.
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