History Internet Explorer

1 history

1.1 internet explorer 1 – internet explorer 8
1.2 internet explorer 9
1.3 internet explorer 10
1.4 internet explorer 11
1.5 end of life

history

the internet explorer project started in summer of 1994 thomas reardon, who, according massachusetts institute of technology review of 2003, used source code spyglass, inc. mosaic, commercial web browser formal ties pioneering national center supercomputing applications (ncsa) mosaic browser. in late 1994, microsoft licensed spyglass mosaic quarterly fee plus percentage of microsoft s non-windows revenues software. although bearing name similar ncsa mosaic, spyglass mosaic had used ncsa mosaic source code sparingly. microsoft sued synet inc. in 1996, on trademark infringement.

internet explorer 1 – internet explorer 8

internet explorer 1

the first version of internet explorer, microsoft internet explorer (later referred internet explorer 1) made debut on august 16, 1995. reworked version of spyglass mosaic, microsoft licensed spyglass inc., many other companies initiating browser development. installed part of internet jumpstart kit in microsoft plus! windows 95 , plus!. internet explorer team began 6 people in development. internet explorer 1.5 released several months later windows nt , added support basic table rendering. including free of charge on operating system, did not have pay royalties spyglass inc, resulting in lawsuit , us$8 million settlement on january 22, 1997.

internet explorer 9

internet explorer 9 released on march 14, 2011. development internet explorer 9 began shortly after release of internet explorer 8. microsoft first announced internet explorer 9 @ pdc 2009, , spoke how takes advantage of hardware acceleration in directx improve performance of web applications , quality of web typography. @ mix 10, microsoft showed , publicly released first platform preview internet explorer 9, frame ie9 s engine not containing ui of browser. leading release of final browser, microsoft released updated platform previews, each featuring improved javascript compiling (32-bit version), improved scores on acid3 test, additional html5 standards support, approximately every 6 weeks. ultimately, 8 platform previews released. first public beta released @ special event in san francisco, themed around beauty of web . release candidate released on february 10, 2011, , featured improved performance, refinements ui, , further standards support. final version released during south southwest (sxsw) interactive conference in austin, texas, on march 14, 2011.

internet explorer 9 supported on windows 7, windows server 2008, , windows server 2008 r2, , supported on windows vista sp2. supports several css 3 properties (including border-radius, box-shadow, etc.), , embedded icc v2 or v4 colour profiles support via windows color system. 32-bit version has faster javascript performance, being due new javascript engine called chakra . features hardware accelerated graphics rendering using direct2d, hardware-accelerated text rendering using directwrite, hardware-accelerated video rendering using media foundation, imaging support provided windows imaging component, , high fidelity printing powered xps print pipeline. ie9 supports html5 video , audio tags , web open font format. internet explorer 9 scored 95/100 on acid3 test, has scored 100/100 since test updated in september 2011.

internet explorer omitted windows 7 , windows server 2008 r2 in europe, microsoft included it, browser option screen allowing users select of several web browsers (including internet explorer).

internet explorer available on xbox 360 kinect support, of october 2012.

internet explorer 10

internet explorer 10 (app-style version) in windows 8

internet explorer 10 became available on october 26, 2012, alongside windows 8 , windows server 2012, supported on windows server 2012, while windows server 2012 r2 supports internet explorer 11. became available windows 7 on february 26, 2013. microsoft announced internet explorer 10 in april 2011, @ mix 11 in las vegas, releasing first platform preview @ same time. @ show, said internet explorer 10 3 weeks in development. release further improves upon standards support, including html5 drag & drop , css3 gradients. internet explorer 10 drops support windows vista , run on windows 7 service pack 1 , later. internet explorer 10 release preview released on windows 8 release preview platform.

internet explorer 11

internet explorer 11 featured in windows 8.1 update released on october 17, 2013. includes incomplete mechanism syncing tabs. major update developer tools, enhanced scaling high dpi screens, html5 prerender , prefetch, hardware-accelerated jpeg decoding, closed captioning, html5 full screen, , first internet explorer support webgl , google s protocol spdy (starting @ v3). version of ie has features dedicated windows 8.1, including cryptography (webcrypto), adaptive bitrate streaming (media source extensions) , encrypted media extensions.

internet explorer 11 made available windows 7 users download on november 7, 2013, automatic updates in following weeks.

internet explorer 11 s user agent string identifies agent trident (the underlying layout engine) instead of msie . announces compatibility gecko (the layout engine of firefox).

microsoft claimed internet explorer 11, running webkit sunspider javascript benchmark, fastest browser of october 15, 2013.

end of life

microsoft edge, officially unveiled on january 21, 2015, has replaced internet explorer default browser on windows 10. internet explorer still installed in windows 10 in order maintain compatibility older websites , intranet sites require activex , other microsoft legacy web technologies.

according microsoft, development of new features internet explorer has ceased. however, continue maintained part of support policy versions of windows included.