The History of Internet Explorer

As Microsoft celebrates the 15th birthday of Internet Explorer, lets dive into the past and see how it all started…

Internet Explorer 1

Back in August 16, 1995, Microsoft has released the very first version of Internet Explorer which was essentially just a reworked version of Mosaic web browser.
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IE9 Platform Preview 4 Beats Safari 5, Acid3 95/100

In what appears to be the final platform preview of Internet Explorer 9, IE Team has highlighted a bunch of improvements that were made during the course of its development.

In the previous versions, JavaScript engine (codename: Chakra) was working as a separate component. Starting from IE9 Platform Preview 4, it is now integrated into IE core itself boosting overall JS performance.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, August 2nd

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• Leaked IE9 Screenshots: Download Manager, Speed Dial
Earlier this week, Microsoft has confirmed Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta launch for September.

• Firefox 4 Beta 2 Released
Mozilla has recently announced the availability of Firefox 4 Beta 2 web browser which can be downloaded…
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Leaked IE9 Screenshots: Download Manager, Speed Dial

Earlier this week, Microsoft has confirmed Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta launch for September. According to leaked slides however, it was supposed to be ready sometime in August.

Anyway, for your enjoyment, folks at Chinese web site called cnBeta.com have posted a couple of possible Internet Explorer 9 screenshots. So lets dive in.
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Track Web Site Changes in IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and More

Now, there are quite a few extensions to track web page changes. Unfortunately, they are made for certain web browsers only.

What’s the solution?
Try Diphur.com. It is a simple bookmarking service that will do this for you. Therefore, you will be able to use it on any web browser.

Not ideal, but still, better than nothing.

Internet Explorer 8 Keeps Crashing? Get Rid of Add-Ons

Sometime ago, Microsoft has published a paper called “Enhancing the performance of Windows Internet Explorer 8″ (download here), which states that add-ons are responsible for more than 70% of IE8 crashes and browser sluggishness.

In addition, company has also shared a list of 20 most popular IE8 extensions: Read more

Microsoft MIX10 Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Videos

Microsoft MIX10 videos were just released . You can now watch and/or download them (~2GB total) via visitmix.com

• Dean’s Day 2 Keynote about IE9
• In-depth Look at Internet Explorer 9 with John Hrvatin and Ted Johnson
• HTML5: High-Performance Best Practices for Web Sites with Jason Weber
• HTML5: Cross-Browser Best Practices with Tony Ross
• Internet Explorer Developer Tools with Jon Seitel
• Advanced Web Debugging with Fiddler with Eric Lawrence

Alternatively, you can visit our YouTube channel and watch them there.

Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for the news tip.

Steam Replaces Internet Explorer with WebKit

Steam, one of the most popular content delivery platforms is ditching Internet Explorer rendering engine in favor of Webkit.

“We swapped out the Internet Explorer rendering engine with WebKit, which gives us a bunch of size, stability and performance benefits,” John Cook, Director of Steam Development at Valve said.

Who’s next?

If you would like to try a new version of Steam (beta), please visit the following page.

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 14th

• Microsoft CSS Vendor Extensions
• Mozilla exec urges Firefox users ditch Google for Bing
• Mobile Firefox release candidate coming as early as next week
• Move the Close Tab Button in Firefox
• 6 Killer Extensions for Google Chrome
• Why Mac Google Chrome is Better
• Opera on Google Chrome OS: what me worry?
• Opera Mobile 10 Comes to Android Via Carriers and Manufacturers
• Opera Mini Minor Server Upgrade
• Google’s Mac browser whips Firefox and Opera, lags Apple’s Safari
• WebGL Draft Specification Now Available

Thanks to Rob for links.

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), Silverlight 4 Plans to Emerge Tomorrow

Neowin reports that Microsoft VP Steven Sinofsky is going to announce plans for Internet Explorer 9 tomorrow, at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC).

Also, Scott Guthrie shall reveal more details about Silverlight 4.

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