Editing Tasman (browser engine) (section)

{{short description|Discontinued browser engine}}
{{Not to be confused with|Tasmania}}
'''Tasman''' is a discontinued [[browser engine]] developed by [[Microsoft]] for inclusion in [[Internet Explorer for Mac#Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition|the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 5]]. Tasman was an attempt to improve support for web standards, as defined by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]]. At the time of its release, Tasman was seen as the layout engine with the best support for web standards such as [[HyperText Markup Language|HTML]] and [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]].<ref name="PowerofThree">{{cite web | url=http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20030616.php | title=The power of three | author=CodeBitch | date=June 16, 2003 | work=MacEdition.com | access-date=2007-04-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061020223035/http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20030616.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-10-20}}</ref> Internet Explorer for Mac is no longer supported, but newer versions of Tasman were incorporated in some other Microsoft products.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jan00/MacWorldIE5.asp | title=Microsoft Unveils Faster, Simpler and More Reliable Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition | date=January 5, 2000 | work=Microsoft press release | access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref>

In 2003, Microsoft stopped development for Internet Explorer for Mac. In 2005, they discontinued support for the browser and in 2006 removed the application from the available Microsoft downloads site.

[[Tantek Çelik]] led the software team that developed the Tasman engine.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tantek.com/projects/resume.html | title=Tantek Çelik resumé | author=Tantek Çelik | year=2004 | work=Tantek's Thoughts | access-date=2007-04-01 }}</ref> Tasman later became used as the layout engine for the [[MSN for Mac OS X]] and [[Office 2004 for Mac]].