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[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

I vaguely recall its last version was an internet explorer skin too. So, 2 steps forward 1 step back?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

sauce?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Had to refresh my knowledge of that era.

But it was Netscape version 8 that let users use the Trident engine (internet explorer).

Under use cases.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

to render web pages in IE mode

Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility reasons back when websites had that "Best viewed in Internet Explorer" badge

Plus, 8 wasn't the last release either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility

Yeah it was, I don't know if they kept the feature in v9. It stopped being relevant a long time before that either way.