I just downloaded the Mac version of Internet Explorer 5.2.3, the last version created since June 2003.

Not because I actually want to use it, no, so far I’ve exclusively used Safari, but for the historical value, I guess (whatever small amount there might be). Other Mac users might want to do the same if they care, as after January 31, 2006 it will disappear forever from Microsoft’s Mactopia site.

The Syndey Morning Herald:

A Macintosh user in Sydney who wished to remain anonymous said it was no big deal. He said IE on the Mac was a poorly made piece of software and now that Safari and Firefox were available to OS X users, he did not think that too many Mac users would miss IE.

Yesterday, I posted elsewhere a link to a brief movie featuring a giant turd thing and ZipIE advertising Mac IE that was a front page digg: “It’s ugly, ooey computer control freak!”