Web Browsers - Internet Explorer (IE)

Internet Explorer 6 is the most used internet browser, even if he has lost ground to Firefox. It was first launched in 1995 and is integrated into the Windows operating system. Internet Explorer is also available for the Mac operating system.

Internet Explorer History

Internet Explorer 1.0: launched in 1995. It is so old that nobody uses it anymore.

Internet Explorer 2.0: also launched in 1995 and  nobody uses it anymore.

Internet Explorer 3.0: launched in 1996 and still used by 0.1% of the IE users. It will shortly disappear from the WWW.

Internet Explorer 4.0: launched in 1997. It was the first release accepting the cascading style sheets (CSS) but doesn't offer any XML support. It still used by 1% of the IE users.

Internet Explorer 5.0: launched in 1999, it was the first release with XML support.

Internet Explorer 5.5: launched in 2000.

Internet Explorer 6.0: launched in 2001, it is the most commonly used web browser

Internet Explorer 7.0: the Microsoft reaction to Firefox. It has been released in September 2006.

Where Can I get IE?

Internet Explorer 7.0: <click here>

Internet Explorer for Mac: <click here>