Reviewing the various versions of the Internet Explorer browser (1)

Internet Explorer was originally derived from the early commercial commercial web browser Spyglass Mosaic. In 1996, Microsoft licensed Spyglass Mosaic from Spyglass for quarterly expenses and part of its revenue. Although Spyglass Mosaic's name is very similar to NCSA Mosaic, the first most widely used web browser, Spyglass Mosaic is relatively less well known and uses a small amount of source code from NCSA Mosaic.

Internet Explorer 3.0 and prior versions

In August 1995, the first version of Internet Explorer was released, but the first few versions were not widely used until the release of version 3.0. I began to rewrite this situation. Version 3.0 was released on August 13, 1996. It is the first version to be removed from the Spyglass source code (but still uses Spyglass's "technology", so the program's documentation still retains Spyglass's copyright information), it is also the first A mainstream browser that supports CSS technology. It introduces ActiveX controls, Java Applets, inline web multimedia, and Internet content selection platform systems to support content metadata. Compared to its main competitor Netscape Navigator at the time, these improvements are quite representative. Version 3.0 is also bundled with Internet Mail and News (predecessor for Outlook Express), NetMeeting and Windows Address Book, which also defaults to Windows 95 OSR 2. Version 3.0 is considered to be the first and most popular version of Internet Explorer, but several security and privacy vulnerabilities were discovered by hackers a few months after the release.

Internet Explorer 4.0 Version

The 4.0 version was released in September 1997. It deepens the integration of browsers and operating systems and installs 4.0 on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4. Version and selection Windows desktop update function can update the traditional Windows Explorer into a new version of Windows Explorer similar to the web browser interface. Users can also embed web browsing function on the Windows desktop through Active Desktop, but this integration behavior is also A lot of criticism (see United States v. Microsoft case), this feature has been removed in later versions of the installation (but the system pre-installed with this feature will not be removed). Version 4.0 introduces the grouping principle, which allows companies to set and lock the parameters of the browser. Internet Mail and News was replaced by Outlook Express, and Microsoft Chat and the improved NetMeeting were also bundled in IE. The first version of Windows 98 also includes this version.