[dba-Tech] Internet Explorer Data Leakage (versions 6 to 10)

Probably not. It was developed by a different team and doesn't even share the same rendering engine (IE on Mac used the Tasman engine, while IE on Windows has been using the Trident engine since IE 4.0). But, even if it was, IE on Mac has been discontinued since 2003, so if anyone is still using a browser on their Mac that has been dead for a decade, well, they deserve it as much as someone running Windows ME for a good experience. :)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_Mac


- Hans


On 2012-12-13, at 8:30 PM, "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> wrote:

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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian
> Andersen
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:35 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Internet Explorer Data Leakage (versions 6 to 10)
> 
> 
> I tried it for fun in the 3 main other browsers for fun (Chrome, Safari,
> Firefox) and it didn't work. And, saying that, it won't affect any other
> browsers for these 2 reasons:
> [---] Thanks for that.
> 1. The .fireEvent() method is a Microsoft proprietary bit of javascript. No
> other browser understands what this means.
> 
> 2. All the other browsers seem to respect the principle that you should not
> be able to track the location of the mouse once it leaves the boundaries of
> the browser window or the window is no longer in focus (ie. minimised).
> 
> It has been speculated that the reason that IE does this is because it has
> some deep hooks into the Windows API that other browsers do not and this is
> also probably why Microsoft appears to be reluctant to fix it (for now).
> [---] This just begs the question: does this affect IE on a Mac?
> 
> [---] John B
> 
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