Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer , commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE ) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows operating system, beginning in 1995.
The first version of Internet Explorer, (then called Microsoft Internet Explorer , later referred to as Internet Explorer 1 ) debuted on August 17, 1995. This reworked version of Spyglass Mosaic , licensed by Microsoft from Spyglass Inc., like many other companies who started developing the browser. It was first released as part of an additional Plus package! for Windows 95 that year. The newer versions are available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in Windows 95 OEM service releases and newer versions of Windows.
Initially Microsoft Internet Explorer only runs on Windows using Intel 80386 (IA-32) processors. The current version also runs on x64, 32-bit ARMv7, PowerPC and IA-64. Versions on Windows already support MIPS, Alpha AXP and 16-bit and 32-bit x86 but currently only support 32-bit or 64-bit. There is a version for Xbox 360 called Internet Explorer for Xbox using PowerPC and an embedded OEM version called Pocket Internet Explorer, then renamed Internet Explorer Mobile, which is currently based on Internet Explorer 9 and made for Windows Phone using ARMv7, Windows CE, and earlier , based on Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Mobile. It stays in the joint development of the desktop version.
Internet Explorer has supported other operating systems with Internet Explorer for Mac (using Motorola 68020, PowerPC) and Internet Explorer for UNIX (Solaris using SPARC and HP-UX using PA-RISC), which has been discontinued.
Since its first release, Microsoft has added features and technologies such as basic table view (in version 1.5); XMLHttpRequest (in version 5), which adds dynamic webpage creation; and Internationalized Domain Name (in version 7), which allows Web sites to have an address-a native language with non-Latin characters. The browser has also received oversight throughout its development for the use of third-party technologies (such as Spyglass Mosaic source code, used without royalty in early versions) and security and privacy vulnerabilities, and both the United States and the EU have accused the Integration of Internet Explorer with Windows harmful to other browsers.
The latest stable release has an interface that allows it to be used both as a desktop application, and as a Windows 8 app.
Video Internet Explorer version history
OS compatibility
The IE version, over time, has a lot of OS compatibility, ranging from being available to multiple platforms and multiple versions of Windows to just a few versions of Windows. Many versions of IE have support for older OS but stop getting updates. The increasing growth of the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s meant that the current browser with a small market share had more users than the entire market from the start. For example, 90% of market share in 1997 will be around 60 million users, but in early 2007 90% market share will be equivalent to more than 900 million users. The result is that newer versions of IE6 have more users than all the initial versions put together.
The release of IE7 at the end of 2006 resulted in the fall of IE6's market share; in February 2007, market share showed statistics show IE6 about 50% and IE7 at 29%. Regardless of the actual market share, the most compatible (operating system-wide) version of IE is 5.x, which has Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, Unix, and most versions of Windows available and supported for a short time at the end 1990s (although 4.x has a more integrated code base across versions). In 2007, IE had a much narrower OS support, with the latest version supporting only Windows XP Service Pack 2 and above. Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0 (Experimental) have also been unofficially ported to the Linux operating system from the IEs4Linux project.
Maps Internet Explorer version history
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer (later referred to as Internet Explorer 1) debuted on August 17, 1995. This is a re-version of the Microsoft-licensed Spyglass Mosaic, like many other companies that started browser development, from Spyglass Inc. It came with the purchase of Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 and with at least some OEM releases of Windows 95 without Plus !. It's installed as part of the Internet Jumpstart Kit on Plus! for Windows 95. The Internet Explorer team started with about six people in initial development. Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.5 was released a few months later for Windows NT and added support for rendering basic HTML tables. By entering it free of charge to their operating system, they do not have to pay royalties to Spyglass Inc., which resulted in a lawsuit and settlement of US $ 8 million on January 22, 1997.
Although not included, this software can also be installed on the original release of Windows 95.
Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 1.x) is no longer supported, or available for download from Microsoft. However, archived software versions can be found on various websites.
Features
Microsoft Internet Explorer comes with an installation routine that replaces the manual installation required by many existing web browsers.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 was released for Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, and NT 4.0 on November 22, 1995 (after 2.0 beta in October). It displays support for JavaScript, SSL, cookies, frames, VRML, RSA, and Internet newsgroups. Version 2 was also the first release for Windows 3.1 and Macintosh System 7.0.1 (PPC or 68k), although the Mac version was not released until January 1996 for PPC, and April for 68k. Version 2.1 for Mac came out in August 1996, although at this time, Windows already earned 3.0. Version 2 was included in Windows 95 OSR 1 and Microsoft Internet Starter Kit for Windows 95 in early 1996. Launched with twelve languages, including English, but in April 1996, it expanded to 24, 20, and 9 for Win 95, Win 3.1, and Mac, respectively. Version 2.0i supported double-byte character sets.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 was released on August 13, 1996 and later became much more popular than its predecessor. Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 is the first major browser with CSS support, although support is only partial. It also introduces support for ActiveX controls, Java applets, inline multimedia, and PICS systems for content metadata. Version 3 is also bundled with Internet Mail and News, NetMeeting, and early versions of the Windows Address Book, and itself included with Windows 95 OSR 2. Version 3 proved to be the first and more popular version of Internet Explorer, bringing increased surveillance. Within months of being released, a number of security and privacy vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers and hackers. This version of Internet Explorer is the first to have a 'blue e' logo. The Internet Explorer team consists of about 100 people during the three month development. The first major IE security hole, Princeton Word Macro Virus Loophole, was discovered on August 22, 1996 in IE3.
Backward compatibility is handled by allowing users who upgrade to IE3 to keep using the previous version, since the installation renamed the old version (incorporates the old version number) and stores it in the same directory.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 , released in September 1997, deepens the level of integration between the web browser and the underlying operating system. Installing version 4 on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 and selecting Windows Desktop Update will result in traditional Windows Explorer being replaced by a version more similar to the web browser interface, as well as the Windows desktop itself being web-enabled via Active Desktop. Integration with Windows, however, is subject to many packaging criticisms (see United States v. Microsoft). This option is no longer available with the installer for newer versions of Internet Explorer, but not removed from the system if it is installed. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 introduces support for Group Policy, which allows companies to configure and lock many aspects of browser configuration as well as support for offline search. Internet Mail and News replaced with Outlook Express, and Microsoft Chat and NetMeeting enhancements are also included. This version is also included with Windows 98. New features that allow users to save and retrieve posts in the comment form are added, but they are not used at this time. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 offers new features such as 128-bit encryption that is easier. It also offers dramatic stability improvements over previous versions, especially the 68k version, which is very susceptible to freezing.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 , launched on March 18, 1999, and then included with Windows 98 Second Edition and bundled with Office 2000, is another significant release that supports two-way text, ruby, XML, XSLT, and the ability to save web pages in MHTML format. IE5 is bundled with Outlook Express 5. Also, with the release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft released the first version of XMLHttpRequest, giving birth to Ajax (although the term "Ajax" was not created until many years later). This is the last one with the 16-bit version. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, a bug fix version included in Windows 2000, was released in December 1999. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 was followed in July 2000, improved print preview capabilities, standard CSS and HTML support, and developer APIs; this version is bundled with Windows ME. However, version 5 is the last version for Mac and UNIX. Version 5.5 is the last to have Compatibility Mode , which allows Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 to run side by side with 5.x. The IE team consisted of more than 1,000 people in 1999, with funding on the order of US $ 100 million per year. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was released on August 27, 2001, a few months before Windows XP. This version includes DHTML enhancements, inline frame content, and partial support from CSS level 1, DOM 1, and SMIL 2.0 levels. MSXML engine is also updated to version 3.0. Other new features include new versions of the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK), Media bar, Windows Messenger integration, error collections, auto image resizing, P3P, and new look-and-feel aligned with Luna visual style of Windows XP, when used in Windows XP. Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 offers some security enhancements and coincides with the release of Windows XP SP1 patch. In 2002, the Gopher protocol was disabled, and support for it was dropped in Internet Explorer 7. Internet Explorer 6.0 SV1 came out on August 6, 2004 for Windows XP SP2 and offered a variety of security enhancements and new color buttons on the user interface. Internet Explorer 6 updated the original 'blue e' logo into a brighter, more 3D blue display. Microsoft now considers IE6 an obsolete product and recommends that users update to Internet Explorer 8. Some corporate IT users have not upgraded though this, in part because some are still using Windows 2000, which will not run Internet Explorer 7 or above. Microsoft has launched its website, http://ie6countdown.com/, with the goal of getting Internet Explorer 6 usage to drop below 1 percent worldwide. Its use is 6% globally as of October 2012, and now around 6.3% since June 2013, and depending on the country, its usage is very different: while usage in Norway is 0.1%, it is 21.3% in the People's Republic of China.. On January 3, 2012, Microsoft announced that the use of IE6 in the United States fell below 1%.
Windows Internet Explorer 7
Windows Internet Explorer 7 was released on October 18, 2006. This includes bug fixes, improvements to support for web standards, tabbed exploration with tab preview and management, multi-machine search box, web feed reader, Domain Name Support International (IDN), Extended Validation Certificate support, and anti-phishing filter. With IE7, Internet Explorer has been separated from Windows Shell - unlike previous versions, Internet Explorer ActiveX controls are not hosted in the Windows Explorer process, but run in separate Internet Explorer processes. It is included with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and is available for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later, and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and later. The initial release of Internet Explorer 7 requires computers to pass the Windows Genuine Advantage validation test before installing, but on October 5, 2007, Microsoft removed this requirement. As some statistics show, by mid-2008, Internet Explorer 7's market share exceeded Internet Explorer 6 in some areas.
Windows Internet Explorer 8
Windows Internet Explorer 8 was released on March 19, 2009. This is the first version of IE to pass the Acid2 test, and the last of the major browsers to do so (in later Acid3 Test, only 24/100 score). According to Microsoft, security, ease of use, and enhancements in support of RSS, CSS, and Ajax are priorities for IE8.
Internet Explorer 8 is the latest version of Internet Explorer to run on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP; the following versions, Internet Explorer 9, work only on Windows Vista and later. Support for Internet Explorer 8 is tied to the built-in version of Windows lifecycle as it is considered an OS component, so it is not supported on Windows XP because end of support is extended for the last one in April 2014. Effective January 12, 2016, Internet Explorer 8 is no longer supported on every client or server version of Windows, because the new policy specifies that only the latest versions of IE available for supported versions of Windows will be supported. However some versions of Windows Embedded will still be supported up to EOL each, unless otherwise specified.
Windows Internet Explorer 9
Windows Internet Explorer 9 was released on March 14, 2011. The development of Internet Explorer 9 started shortly after the release of Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft first announced Internet Explorer 9 in PDC 2009, and spoke primarily about how to take advantage of acceleration hardware on DirectX to improve the performance of web applications and the quality of web typography. On MIX 10, Microsoft shows and publicly released the first Platform Preview for Internet Explorer 9, a frame for IE9 machines that do not contain any browser UI. Leading the release of the final browser, Microsoft released an updated platform preview, each featuring an enhanced JavaScript compilation (32-bit version), improved scores on the Acid3 test, as well as additional HTML5 standard support, approximately every 6 weeks. In the end, eight previewed platforms were released. The first public beta was released at a special event in San Francisco, with the theme of "web beauty". The release candidate was released on February 10, 2011, and featured improved performance, improvements to the UI, and further standard support. The last version was released during the South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive conference in Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2011.
Internet Explorer 9 is only supported on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2, and is supported on Windows Vista SP2. It supports several CSS 3 properties (including border-radius, box-shadow, etc.), and support of vCV2 or v4 color profiles embedded through Windows Color System. The 32-bit version has a faster JavaScript performance, this is caused by a new JavaScript engine called "Chakra". It also displays hardware accelerated rendering using Direct2D, hardware accelerated text rendering using DirectWrite, hardware accelerated video rendering using Media Foundation, imaging support provided by the Windows Imaging Components, and high-accuracy printing supported by XPS printing pipes. IE9 also supports HTML5 video and audio tags and Open Web Font Format. Internet Explorer 9 originally scored 95/100 on the Acid3 test, but has scored 100/100 since the test was updated in September 2011.
Internet Explorer must be removed from Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in Europe, but Microsoft eventually includes it, with a browser option screen that allows users to select one of several web browsers (including Internet Explorer).
Internet Explorer is now available on Xbox 360 with Kinect support, as of October 2012.
Windows Internet Explorer 10
Windows Internet Explorer 10 became publicly available on October 26, 2012, along with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, but is now supported on Windows Server 2012, while Windows Server 2012 R2 only supports Internet Explorer 11. It becomes available for Windows 7 on February 26, 2013. Microsoft announced Internet Explorer 10 in April 2011, at MIX 11 in Las Vegas, releasing the first Platform Preview at the same time. On the show, it is said that Internet Explorer 10 is about 3 weeks in development. This release further enhances standard support, including HTML5 Drag & amp; Decrease and CSS3 gradient. Internet Explorer 10 drops support for Windows Vista and will only run on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and later. Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview is also released on Windows 8 Release Preview platform.
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 11 is displayed in Windows 8.1 update released on October 17, 2013. It includes an incomplete mechanism to sync tabs. This is a great update for its developer tools, scaling for high DPI screens, HTML5 preview and prefetch, hardware accelerated JPEG decode, closed captions, full HTML5 screen, and is the first Internet Explorer to support WebGL and Google SPDY protocols (starting in v3 ). This version of IE has features dedicated to Windows 8.1, including cryptography (WebCrypto), adaptive bitrate stream (Media Source Extension) and Encrypted Media Extension.
Internet Explorer 11 is made available to Windows 7 users for download on November 7, 2013, with Automatic Updates in the following weeks.
The user agent string of Internet Explorer 11 now identifies the agent as "Trident" (the underlying layout engine) instead of "MSIE". It also announces compatibility with Gecko (Firefox layout engine).
Microsoft claims that Internet Explorer 11, running the WebKit SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, is the fastest browser on October 15, 2013.
Release history for desktop OS Windows version
- Service plans are not included unless significant.
See also
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer Features
- Internet Explorer History
References
Further reading
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