IE 4 was bundled with Windows 98 First Edition, and Windows 95 OSR 2.5. With version 4, Microsoft began referring to IE as an 'operating system component'. But is archived here, as much software (stupidly) requires it. Internet Explorer is freely redistributable. Something that would have been unthinkable back then. In 1998, Microsoft was hit with an antitrust suit, much of which involved their browser bundling.īy around 2004, Microsoft had destroyed most of their competition, dominated the browser market, and let IE stagnate until released Firefox.Īfter Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft supplanted IE with 'Microsoft Edge' which eventually switched to the Google Chrome rendering engine. Microsoft fiercely pushed third party products to bundle Internet Explorer, and web sites to work only in Internet Explorer. Microsoft aggressively and abusively positioned Internet Explorer as part of their 'browser war' to eliminate all competition. Home Internet access was still somewhat new and competed against proprietary services like CompuServe, AOL, and Microsoft's own MSN. At various points, Internet Explorer was also available for MacOS, Solaris, and HP-UX.Īt its 1995 release, Internet Explorer competed with the Mosaic web browser and Netscape Navigator. It was initially based on Spyglass Mosaic.

Internet Explorer 11 is currently available in the following LIP languages.Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser application created by Microsoft primarily for Microsoft Windows. For more information, see Download languages for Windows. In order to download a LIP for Internet Explorer, you need to have a matching Windows LIP. Windows 7 Language Interface Packs (LIPs) provide a translated version of the most widely used areas of the user interface. If you find that you’re not running the most current version of Internet Explorer for your operating system, you can download it using one of the available links at the Internet Explorer Download Center. To find out which version of Internet Explorer you should be running, check the info for your version of Windows. If any site you visit needs Internet Explorer 11, you can reload it with Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge. Support for Internet Explorer ended on June 15, 2022.

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