The Internet Explorer Browser
Internet Explorer is one of the most popular internet browsers
today.
Internet Explorer Version Statistics
The following table is a breakdown of the Internet Explorer numbers from our Browsers Statistics:
| 2010 |
Total |
IE 8 |
IE 7 |
IE 6 |
| April |
33.4 % |
16.2 % |
9.3 % |
7.9 % |
| March |
34.9 % |
15.3 % |
10.7 % |
8.9 % |
| February |
35.3 % |
14.7 % |
11.0 % |
9.6 % |
| January |
36.2 % |
14.3 % |
11.7 % |
10.2 % |
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| 2009 |
Total |
IE 8 |
IE 7 |
IE 6 |
| December |
37.2 % |
13.5 % |
12.8 % |
10.9 % |
| November |
37.7 % |
13.3 % |
13.3 % |
11.1 % |
| October |
37.5 % |
12.8 % |
14.1 % |
10.6 % |
| September |
39.6 % |
12.2 % |
15.3 % |
12.1 % |
| August |
39.3 % |
10.6 % |
15.1 % |
13.6 % |
| July |
39.4 % |
9.1 % |
15.9 % |
14.4 % |
| June |
40.7 % |
7.1 % |
18.7 % |
14.9 % |
| May |
41.0 % |
5.2 % |
21.3 % |
14.5 % |
| April |
42.1 % |
3.5 % |
23.2 % |
15.4 % |
| March |
43.3 % |
1.4 % |
24.9 % |
17.0 % |
| February |
43.6 % |
0.8 % |
25.4 % |
17.4 % |
| January |
44.8 % |
0.6 % |
25.7 % |
18.5 % |
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| 2008 |
Total |
IE 7 |
IE 6 |
IE 5 |
| December |
46.0 % |
26.1 % |
19.6 % |
0.3 % |
| November |
47.0 % |
26.6 % |
20.0 % |
0.4 % |
| October |
47.4 % |
26.9 % |
20.2 % |
0.3 % |
| September |
49.0 % |
26.3 % |
22.3 % |
0.4 % |
| August |
51.0 % |
26.0 % |
24.5 % |
0.5 % |
| July |
52.4 % |
26.4 % |
25.3 % |
0.7 % |
| June |
54.2 % |
27.0 % |
26.5 % |
0.7 % |
| May |
54.4 % |
26.5 % |
27.3 % |
0.6 % |
Internet Explorer
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Internet Explorer is a free web browser from Microsoft,
and is one of the most popular internet browsers today.
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Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 8 was released on March 19th 2009.
Microsoft claims that their new browser is faster, safer, and has better
support for W3C standards.
New features in Internet Explorer 8:
- Accelerators - quick access to web services. On a restaurant web site,
for example, you can click within the page to get maps, news,
information about the restaurant, blog about it, or share it on Facebook
- Web Slice - keep up with changes to the sites you care about most
- Compatibility View - for web pages designed for older browsers
- Search Suggestions - get suggested content as you type
- New Tab features - allow you to open accidentally closed tabs,
and group related tabs together using color codes
- Tab isolation - prevents a faulty web site from crashing the
whole browser. Only the tab with the faulty page will close
- InPrivate - browsing the web without saving any data
(like passwords, cookies, browsing history, etc.)
- SmartScreen - protects you against installation of malware, or
malicious software which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity,
and also damaging your computer and valuable data
Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 8 will interpret web pages
according to strict W3C standards by default.
Previously, Microsoft announced that IE 8 would use the "IE7 standard" as default, and that
interpreting web pages according to strict W3C standards
would be a secondary option. This created strong reactions in the web developer community, as the
"IE 7 standard" does not completely conform to W3C standards. However, Microsoft have now reversed this decision, and it looks like
Internet Explorer 8 will be truly standards-compliant.
IE 8 has full support for CSS 2.1. In addition, it
has fixed many cross-browser inconsistencies such as get/set/removeAttribute,
default attributes, Attribute object and the <q> tag.
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 7.0 was released in November 2006, and became the standard
browser in Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
Internet Explorer 7 provides tabbed browsing, web
search from the toolbar, advanced printing, easy discovery, reading and
subscription to RSS feeds.
New features:
- Advanced printing (automatically scales a webpage for printing)
- Instant Search box
- Favorites Center
- RSS feeds (automatically detects RSS feeds)
- Tabbed browsing (view multiple sites in a single browser window)
- Quick Tabs
- Tab Groups
- Page zoom
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6.0 was the standard browser in Windows XP. It was released in August 2001.
Windows XP is built on Windows 2000 and is the successor to Windows
98, Millennium, and Windows 2000.
Older Internet Explorer Versions
Older versions of Internet Explorer are no longer in use by any majority
of users. Web developers will ignore them. Their functionality is
outdated.
Version 5.5 (released in 2000) Support for XML/XSL,
CSS, print preview and HTC behaviors.
Version 5.01 (released in 1999) Primarily a bug fix for 5.0.
Version 5.0 (released in 1999) The first major browser with XML support.
Version 4.0 (released in 1997). Support for CSS and DOM.
Version 3.0 (released in 1996) is now used by less than 0.1%.
Version 2.0 (released in 1995). It is too old. Nobody uses it.
Version 1.0 (released in 1995). Does anyone remember it?
Internet Explorer for Macintosh
Version 5.1.7 (released in 2003) is the latest version of Internet Explorer for Mac OS 8
and 9.
Internet Explorer for Mac is no longer available for download!
Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31st,
2005. On January 31st, 2006, Internet Explorer for Mac was no
longer available for download. Mac
users where recommended to use other browsers, such as Apple's Safari.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Resources
Microsoft's Support
Site
Microsoft's searchable knowledgebase. Download Center. FAQ by product. Assisted support directory.
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