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| About the Browser | Internet Explorer is created by
Microsoft and was originally based on the Spyglass Mosaic code. It has
quickly come to prominence with rapid product cycles and is a growing
contender in the browser market.
The time line represented below is for the 32 bit versions. Other IE platforms, including 16-bit windows, do not ship simultaneously with the 32-bit versions. Consequently there have been some intermediate version numbers on other platforms that are not detailed here. IE 1.5: Includes HTML Table support, but no IE 2.0 HTML extensions such as Marquees and BGSounds. IE 2.1: Supports frames and complex tables but no Javascript, Java or ActiveX ability. IE 2.5: The features of 2.1 plus Javascript support, but still no Java ability and ActiveX. |
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| Version | Released | Features |
| 1.0 | Aug. 1995 | This was the base release included in the Windows 95 PLUS pack release. |
| 2.0B1 | Oct. 1995 | The Beta release of 2.0 came very soon after the 1.0 version and added support for tables and several new HTML tags |
| 2.0 | Nov. 1995 | Version 2.0 Final Release |
| 3.0A1 | Mar. 1996 | This limited release of 3.0 adds full support for the current HTML tables specification, frames and more HTML tags |
| 3.0B1 | May. 1996 | The first public release of 3.0 added scripting support (VB and Java) as well as more HTML support in addition to the features available in the first Alpha |
| 3.0B2 | Jul. 1996 | The second beta release of 3.0 added support for Style Sheets and Java applets. |
| 3.0 | Aug. 1996 | Version 3.0 Final Release |
| 3.01 | Oct. 1996 | Version 3.0 Update Release. Among other things, fixed a major behavioral bug in style sheet margin treatment. |
| 4.0B1 | Apr. 1997 | Also known as the Platform Preview, this is the first release of a major update to the browser. Improved style sheet support and Microsoft's Document Object Model add many new attributes and display control to the browser. |