Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Microsoft Internet Explorer



Internet Explorer arrived at a time when Netscape was the master of the game. Internet Explorer 1.0 When Windows 95 first made its appearance in July 1995 it included inbuilt support for dial-up networking and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) plus other key technologies for connecting to the Internet. Internet Explorer 2.0 arrived in November 1995 and was the first cross platform browser released by Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 technology introduced Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol as well as support for HTTP cookies, Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
The next big Microsoft browser release was IE 3.0 in August 1996, which had a completely rebuilt core and considered one of the best browsers of the time. This browser was designed for Windows 95 and included features that users immediately took to such as Internet Mail and News 1.0 and WindowsAddress Book. IE 7 which was scheduled for release along with Longhorn willnow be released prematurely.

No comments:

Post a Comment