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Internet Explorer History & Timeline

March 7, 2011 by Amit Bhawani 5 Comments

Internet Explorer : Powering the internet since 1995!

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has come a long way since its introduction in 1995, when it was released together with the Windows 95 Plus! Pack. Internet Explorer 1.0 transformed the world by making it easy to get online, accomplishing what no other browser had done before: making the Internet accessible for the masses. The last time we had discussed about Evolution of iPod Timeline along with Logos Past to Present along with which the very same way here is the IE Timeline giving you a quick glimpse through the different versions of Internet Explorer Browser.

You can trace Internet Explorer’s roots all the way back to a web browser developed in 1987 called Mosaic, which was the first web browser to use a graphical user interface. The technology and trademarks behind Mosaic were eventually licensed to a company founded in 1990 called Spyglass. And in 1995, Spyglass licensed the source code for Mosaic to Microsoft and Internet Explorer was born.

Since then, Internet Explorer has grown to become the most widely used web browser around the world.

Relive Internet Explorer’s history in pictures and see how far we’ve come…

Internet Explorer 1.0 (1995)

Internet Explorer 1.0
Used on Windows 95, IE 1.0 was only slightly more than 1 megabyte in size and sure you could surf the internet, but not much more. In fact, you could forget about accessing video or music files, reading newsgroups or even viewing graphics.

Internet Explorer 2.0 (1995)

Internet Explorer 2.0
Released within the same year, IE 2.0 was the very first cross-platform browser that supported both Windows and Mac. It brought with it support for JavaScript, frames, cookies, giving web developers and designers tools to design secure and media-rich websites with tracking abilities.

Internet Explorer 3.0 (1996)

Internet Explorer 3.0 Logo
IE 3.0 revolutionized the world by offering Internet Mail, News 1.0, displaying graphics and playing audio files. In the six hours of its release, there were more than 32,000 downloads. By the end of the first week, more than 1 million copies of the browser were downloaded.

Internet Explorer 4.0 (1997)

Internet Explorer 4.0 Logo
Released in 1997, the Internet came to life when menus expanded with a click and images could be dragged around. IE 4.0 also included an option to enable “Active Desktop”, which displayed Internet content on the desktop itself and was updated automatically as the content changed.

Internet Explorer 5.0 (1999)

IE 5.0 helped ushered in a new era of e-commerce with its expanded programming capabilities.

This was the first browser to support bi-directional text, an important feature for international users who’s languages are written from right to left!

Internet Explorer 6.0 (2001)

IE 6.0 had all the fun stuff, with the Images Toolbar, Auto Image Resize, Print Preview and Media Bar. It was the most widely used web browser during its tenure, surpassing IE 5.0. At its peak in 2002 and 2003, IE6 attained a total market share of nearly 90%.

Internet Explorer 7.0 (2006)

Internet Explorer 7.0 Logo
IE 7.0 made Internet surfing safer with a phishing filter, stronger encryption, and a “delete browsing history” button to easily clear private data. It also introduced tabbed browsing, allowing users to do more things faster and easier with the browser.

It was the browser that truly delivered the Web 2.0 experience.

Internet Explorer 8.0 (2009)

Internet Explorer 8.0 Demo

Released in 2009, IE 8.0 remains one of the most secure browsers on the market today, introducing revolutionary security and privacy features such as InPrivate Browsing and SmartScreen phishing protection.

IE 8.0 also introduced a bunch of new user features like web slices, accelerators, automatic Tab crash recovery and inline search within pages. Users rejoice!

So what is the browser of the future going to look like?

Images Source : Internet Explorer at Wikipedia

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Comments

  1. buzzparas says

    March 7, 2011 at 9:04 am

    would like to add to it.

    World wide usage share of browsers for January 2011

    Source? I.E.? Firefox? Chrome? Safari? Opera? Mobile?

    Net Apps 56.0% 22.8% 10.7% 6.3% 2.3% 3.8%
    StatCounter 46.0% 30.7% 15.7% 5.1% 2.0% 4.3%
    W3Counter 40.0% 31.1% 14.2% 5.9% 2.0%
    Wikimedia 41.6% 28.7% 11.8% 9.3% 4.3% 6.9%
    Median 43.8% 29.7% 13.0% 6.1% 2.2% 4.3%

    such a great compilation thanx amit !!

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  2. Kavya Hari says

    March 9, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Hello Amit, its one of the informative post about internet explorer history and time line.From here, i gained a lot of info about internet explorer history and timeline. I would like to say thanks for sharing your valuable points on here.

    Reply
  3. UrbnGeek says

    March 10, 2011 at 8:45 am

    Hey Dude, You forgot Internet Explorer 9!! I Think it’s better than all of the above.(But I still use Chrome, 🙂

    Reply
  4. Preethi says

    March 14, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Actually, its one of the valuable article to all the people. I would like to say thanks for Amit for written worth full article on here.And, internet explorer is one of the widely used web browser around the globe.

    Reply
  5. Alok says

    March 15, 2011 at 11:10 am

    nice information
    thanks for sharing..

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