As the Apple Turns: Scene 2232: IE Meets Mozilla (4/16/00)

IE Meets Mozilla (4/16/00)

Hot on the heels of last week's revelation about Microsoft's web server Easter egg, we've been told about an Easter egg in the latest version of Internet Explorer for the Mac. The web server back door was as potentially harmful as it was amusing: reportedly typing the phrase "Netscape engineers are weenies" into the FrontPage web editing software grants illicit access to tons of web sites out there running under Windows NT. In contrast, this IE5 Easter egg is completely harmless (as far as we can tell, anyway), but it's still kinda cool. You may have seen it already, but it was new to us. Here are the directions on how to trigger it, as sent on by faithful viewer GORDYmac:

Open up the "Search" tab. Make a mental note of the options present. Close it.

Open up the "Preferences" window and select "Language/Fonts"

Select "Add"

Select "User Defined"

Type in "ie-ee"

Select it on the list of languages and click "Move Up"

Close Preferences

Open The "Search" Tab

Click the Customize Button

Did you see it?

Now, close the window and look at the options again.

Cool, huh?

Cool indeed, though the implications of a giant Internet Explorer logo crushing Netscape's mascot take on a dark and sinister tone when examined in light of the "Redmond Justice" case. Personally, we'd have thought a giant cartoony Bill Gates bloodily chewing off Mozilla's head might have been more appropriate, but hey, we just work here.

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The above scene was taken from the 4/16/00 episode:

April 16, 2000: Markets got you down? Cheer up-- get some free ice cream from Ben & Jerry's and enjoy their iMovie, to boot. Meanwhile, Palm and Microsoft prepare for the next stage in their tussle for handheld supremacy, while Apple continues to sit on the sidelines, and while it doesn't grant access to missile launch codes or let you post a scanned photo of your butt on NASA's web site, the Easter egg buried in MSIE5 is still pretty nifty...

Other scenes from that episode:

2230: Something To Live For (4/16/00) So you're out there on the ledge, tie flapping in the breeze, your expensive coiffure ruined by your compulsive hair-tearing as you watched the Dow and the NASDAQ duke it out in the financial equivalent of a limbo contest...
2231: Sitting Out The War (4/16/00) And while we poor, optimistic schmucks continue to wait impatiently for Apple's promised re-entry into the handheld computer market, neither Palm nor Microsoft is standing still. In fact, the rumors making the rounds about Palm's next move sound familiar in a very Applesque way...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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