#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #apple #mac #powerpc #internetExplorer #tasman

Catch of the Day: The Forbidden Apple! 🍏🪟

Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your CRT monitors, because our FrogFind radar has caught something today that feels like a relic from a parallel universe. Among all the Nintendos and Linux machines, this legendary identifier appeared:

Internet Explorer 5.17 on Mac (PowerPC)!

For everyone rubbing their eyes right now: Yes, Internet Explorer existed for the Mac, and it was a big deal! Following the historic "peace treaty" between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in 1997, Internet Explorer became the official default browser on all Apple computers for five years.

The craziest part? Mac IE was technically vastly superior to its Windows counterpart at the time! Microsoft built a completely bespoke rendering engine for Apple called Tasman, which was one of the very first to properly support CSS. Version 5.1.7 (released in the summer of 2003) was the absolute final update ever pushed for classic Mac OS 8 and 9 before Apple entirely shifted focus to their own browser, Safari.

The fact that today, over 20 years later, someone boots up an old PowerPC Mac (perhaps a colorful iMac G3?) and browses FrogFind with the Mac-exclusive Internet Explorer is a glorious time machine to an era when Microsoft and Apple surfed hand in hand.

Cheers to the Tasman engine!

Your FrogFind Team 🐸

Le plaisir lumineux et éphémère de Flavien

Une journée où le plaisir se présente à celui qui se lève tôt. Dès protron-minet, Flavien, couvert de la tête aux pieds, assiste à l'un, voire son plus beau lever de soleil. L'endroit s'y prête, l'instant est suspendu, le moment est magique.

Puis, après avoir eu le courage de se lever, il retourne un peu plus bas. Là, Flavien prend son bain de foule. Il s'étonne de voir des touristes en tenue légère et vêtus de sandales. Tous ne sont pas des baroudeurs aguerris à la recherche de faune et de flore endémiques. Ils aspirent, comme Flavien, à vivre des moments simples, mais vrais, avec un point de vue et une approche différente.

#Aoraki #Cook #flaviensaboureau #France #glacier #island #librexpression #naturaliste #naturephotograpĥy #newzealand #photography #tasman #trek #trip

https://librexpression.fr/se-geler-pour-un-lever-de-soleil-24-55

(Crédits : Bianca Gasparoto/Pexels)

Thins are looking rough in most of the Nelson / Tasman area at the top of NZ's South Island.

There are evacuations in Lower Moutere, Takaka is likely to flood, Kaiteriteri and Riwaka residents are under a conserve water notice and there are multiple power outages.

This story has more detail.

Note: It's easier to read the RNZ story on the ODT because they don't use the annoying live feed format.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/evacuations-heavy-rain-pelts-tasman-again-rnz

#NZ #ClimateChange #Flooding #Nelson #Tasman

Excited for the new Kia Tasman! They really seemed to go for the functional pick-up vibe. I particularly liked the door handle detail.

#kia #tasman #seoulmobilityshow