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| Microsoft's weapon in the browser wars. Licensed from Spyglass Mosaic and bundled free with Windows, Internet Explorer eventually achieved over 95% market share. Its deep OS integration was both its greatest strength and the basis of a landmark antitrust case. | ||
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| Version | Platform | Description | Download | Size |
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| 1.0 | Windows | Microsoft's first web browser. Shipped with the Windows 95 Plus! pack. | Archive.org | 1.0M |
| 2.0 | Windows | Added SSL, cookies, and JScript. First IE to be freely downloadable. | Archive.org | 1.1M |
| 3.0 | Windows | First browser with CSS support, ActiveX controls, and Java VM. | Archive.org | 2.3M |
| 3.03 | Windows_16bit | 16-bit version for Windows 3.1. One of the last browsers to support it. | Archive.org Win 3.1 | 4.5M |
| 4.01 | Windows | Active Desktop, DHTML, deep Windows shell integration. The antitrust version. | Archive.org | 13.3M |
| 5.5 | Windows | CSS2 features, print preview, shipped with Windows ME. | Archive.org | 74.0M |
| 6.0 | Windows | Peak IE. 95% market share. Bundled with Windows XP. Microsoft disbanded the IE team after this. | Archive.org | 76.7M |
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