Although bearing a name similar to NCSA Mosaic, which was the first widely used browser, Spyglass Mosaic was relatively unknown in its day and used the NCSA Mosaic source code only sparingly. In 1995, Microsoft licensed Spyglass Mosaic from Spyglass for a quarterly fee plus a percentage of Microsoft's revenues for the software. Internet Explorer was originally derived primarily from Spyglass Mosaic, an early commercial web browser. Only the Windows version remains in active development the Mac OS X version is no longer supported.

There is a version for Windows CE and Mobile called Pocket Internet Explorer.Īfter the first release for Windows 95, additional versions of Internet Explorer were developed for other operating systems: Internet Explorer for Mac and Internet Explorer for UNIX (the latter for use through the X Window System on Solaris and HP-UX). Versions of Internet Explorer prior to 6.0 SP2 are also available as a separate download for versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. It is also included in the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

The most recent release is version 7.0, which is available as a free update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1. Though released in 1995 as part of the initial OEM release of Windows 95, Internet Explorer was not included in the first retail, or shrink-wrap, release of Windows 95. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999. Windows Internet Explorer, previously Microsoft Internet Explorer, abbreviated IE, or MSIE, is a graphical web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Main Wikipedia page using Internet Explorer 7 running Windows XP Related subjects: Software Windows Internet Explorer

Internet explorer 5.5 download for mac