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Jimmy's Blog
Personal blog · jimmy.grew.alwebhistoryculture
Jimmy's Blog is a personal blog at jimmy.grew.al about web, history and culture. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “I set the look of Mac IE 5, possibly kickstarted Aqua”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's post on Internet Explorer 5 for Mac, which says the Mac version used a different browser engine (Tasman) from the Windows version. The comment cites it as a source.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Talking tech & life since 2002.
Most-linked posts?
- I set the look of Mac IE 5, possibly kickstarted Aqua3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-01-07
What Hacker News says?
I don't know about the early versions, but I believe the final version of IE for Mac, though also numbered 5, used an entirely different browser engine from that on Windows. Tasman http://jimmy.grew.al/macie5-twentieth-anniversary/
Comment linking /macie5-twentieth-anniversary/
on “Hetzner Apple Mac Mini Offering”Submitted I set the look of Mac IE 5, possibly kickstarted Aqua as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Internet Explorer 5 for Mac: twentieth anniversary as a story · 2 points
HN discussion