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Internet Explorer [a] (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer [b] and Windows Internet Explorer, [c] commonly abbreviated as IE or MSIE) is a retired series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft that were used in the Windows line of operating systems.
However, Internet Explorer 4 created a controversy with its shell integration with Windows Explorer. With later versions, removal (or inability to do so) became more complicated. With the release of Internet Explorer 7, shell integration began being reduced, such as changing ActiveX hosting and a different look than Windows Explorer.
In a May 7, 2003 Microsoft online chat, Brian Countryman, Internet Explorer Program Manager, declared that on Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer would cease to be distributed separately from the operating system (IE 6 being the last standalone version); [10] it would, however, be continued as a part of the evolution of the operating system, with updates coming bundled in operating system ...
Internet Explorer, the once-popular web browser from tech giant Microsoft, has died. The software program was 26. Internet Explorer, also known as “IE,” is survived by Microsoft Edge, the ...
The first version of Internet Explorer, (at that time named Microsoft Internet Explorer, later referred to as Internet Explorer 1) made its debut on August 24, 1995. [1] It was a reworked version of Spyglass Mosaic , which Microsoft licensed from Spyglass Inc. , like many other companies initiating browser development.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is a web browser developed by Microsoft for Windows operating systems. Released on August 24, 2001, it is the sixth, and by now discontinued, version of Internet Explorer and the successor to Internet Explorer 5.
It was the last version of Internet Explorer to be released for Windows XP. Internet Explorer 8 scored 20/100 in the Acid3 test, which was much worse than all major competitors at the time. [33] In October 2010, StatCounter reported that Internet Explorer had for the first time dropped below 50% market share to 49.87% in their figures. [34]
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