The History of Internet Explorer has now completed a span of about twelve years and reached an unbelievable peak of success. Internet Explorer or IE, as it is known in short, is a web browser that was launched in 1995 by Microsoft to provide supplementary support to Windows 98. The IE was a direct descendant of Mosaic web browser. But as Mosaic was exclusively meant for the use of NCSA, Mark Andreessen had to change the name when he entered into external business contract. Today after nearly seven generations of evolution you have the highly advanced Internet explorer 7.0 that brings you facilities such as streamlined interface, tabbed browsing, and much more! The many versions of Internet Explorer were meant to revolutionize the way Web browser was used by the word.
The history of Internet Explorer Versions has been briefed as follows:
• Internet Explorer 1.0
• Internet Explorer 2.0
• Internet Explorer 3.0, Internet Explorer 3.0 (Windows 95 OSR2), 3.01,3.02 and 3.02a
• Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 1.0 (PP1), Platform Preview 2.0 (PP2), 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1 (Windows 98), 4.01 Service Pack 2
• Internet Explorer 5 Developer Preview (Beta 1),5.0, 5.0 (Office 2000), 5 (Windows 98 Second Edition), 5.01 (Windows 2000 Beta 3, build 5.00.2031), 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC1, build 5.00.2072) 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC2, build 5.00.2128), etc.
• Internet Explorer 6 Public Preview (Beta),6 Public Preview (Beta) Refresh, 6 (Windows XP) Service Pack 1 (Windows XP SP1), 6 for Windows XP SP2, 6 for Windows Server 2003 RC1, etc.
• 7.00.5730.1100 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and 7 for Windows Vista.
Internet Explorer today has a whopping 95% share in the market of web browser making it an unbelievable achievement in the
history of Internet Explorer . This success has been possible due to the constant upgradation and renewal of he web browsing facilities, and the success of Windows computers. The Internet Explorer was originally meant for Macintosh or Windows computers, UNIX on HP-UX and UNIX on Sun Solaris.
