Internet Explorer
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Windows Internet Explorer Initially called Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE). Internet explorer is one of the first graphical-based Web browsers developed by Microsoft part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released for Windows 95 that year. The latest stable release is Internet Explorer 9, which is available as a free update for Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Versions | Released Date | Included OS | Features |
IE - 01 | 16 August 1995 | Windows 95 and the OEM release of Windows 95 | It was a reworked version of Spyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft had licensed |
IE - 02 | 22 Nov. 1995 | Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, and NT 4.0 | It support for SSL, cookies, VRML, RSA, and Internet newsgroups. |
IE - 03 | 13 August 1996 | It included with Windows 95 OSR 2. Version 3 | It also introduced support for ActiveX controls, Java applets, inline multimedia, and the PICS system for content metadata. |
IE - 04 | September 1997 | ------------ | Internet Mail and News was replaced with Outlook Express, and Microsoft Chat and an improved NetMeeting were also included |
IE - 05 | 18 March 1999 | Windows 98 Second Edition and bundled with Office 2000, | It supported bi-directional text, ruby characters, XML, XSLT, and the ability to save web pages in MHTML format. IE5 was bundled with Outlook Express 5 |
IE - 06 | 27 August 2001 | Used in Windows XP | included DHTML enhancements, content restricted inline frames, and partial support of CSS level 1, DOM level 1, and SMIL 2.0 |
IE - 07 | 18 October 2006 | 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. | its support for web standards, tabbed browsing with tab preview and management, a multiple-engine search box, a web feeds reader, Internationalized Domain Name support (IDN), Extended Validation Certificate support, and an anti-phishing filter. |
IE - 08 | 19 March 2009 | It is supported in Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures | It includes much stricter compliance with web standards, including a planned full Cascading Style Sheets 2.1 compliance for the release version. All of these changes allowed Internet Explorer 8 to pass the Acid2 test |
IE - 09 | 14 March 2011 | Update of Windows 7, server 2008,vista | It supports several CSS 3 properties (including border-radius, box-shadow, etc.), embedded ICC v2 or v4 color profiles support via Windows Color System. More Click Here |
IE - 10 | releasing the first Platform Preview at the same time | Update -Windows Vista and will only run on Windows 7 and Windows 8 | This release further improves upon standards support, including CSS3 gradients. Internet Explorer 10 drops support for Windows Vista and will only run on Windows 7 and Windows 8 |
Features Compare between Internet Explorer 7, 8, and 9
IE 7 | IE 8 | IE 9 | |
Performance improvements that can help you get work done quickly | yes | yes | Improved to other |
View and manage add-ons performance | yes | yes | Improved to other |
Fast startup and shutdown to allow more browsing time | yes | Improved to other | |
New JavaScript engine that loads pages faster and improves overall performance | yes | Improved to other | |
Full hardware acceleration for text, graphics, and video to provide a rich web experience | yes | ||
Automatic notification when add-ons slow browser performance | yes | ||
Fully hardware-accelerated HTML5 for rich web experiences | yes | ||
Easy and intuitive browsing | yes | yes | yes |
One-click access to common tasks and favorite sites | yes | yes | |
Privacy settings put you in control of what information gets sent to search providers | yes | yes | |
Suggested Sites and visual search suggestions | yes | Improved to other | |
Seamless web experience on Windows 7 with features like Jump Lists and taskbar previews | yes | Improved to other | |
Combined search and Address bar for easy searching or surfing | Improved to other | ||
Unobtrusive, informative messages that don't interrupt your browsing | Improved to other | ||
Simplified browsing using fewer controls | Improved to other | ||
Increased webpage viewing area | Improved to other | ||
Enhanced tab experience with Tear-off tabs and Aero Snap | Improved to other | ||
Quick navigation to favorite sites from the Windows 7 taskbar | Improved to other | ||
Helps protect against phishing attacks | yes | yes | yes |
Corrects display problems with older sites | yes | yes | yes |
Gives you better control over your browsing privacy and whether certain third-party websites can track your browsing activity | yes | yes | |
Helps protect against socially engineered malware attacks | yes | yes | |
Isolates crashes in one tab from all other tabs and automatically reloads crashed pages | yes | Improved to other | |
Helps protect against malicious cross-site scripting attacks | yes | Improved to other | |
Highlights domain names in the Address bar to alert you to potentially deceptive websites | yes | Improved to other | |
Resumes incomplete downloads after restarting | Improved to other | ||
Provides a single location to monitor and interact with the files you download | Improved to other | ||
Helps you monitor and manage your add-ons | Improved to other | ||
Tab recovery with messaging and prompting in the Notification Bar | Improved to other |