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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical web browser
Web browser

A Web browser is a application software which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network....
 released in March 1999 by Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
, primarily for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
, but initially with versions available for Apple Macintosh, Sun
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
 Solaris, and HP-UX
HP-UX

HP-UX 11i is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary software implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V . It runs on the HP 9000 PA-RISC-based range of central processing unit and HP Integrity Intel's Itanium-based systems, and was also available for later Apollo/Domain systems....
. (See also Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer

Windows Internet Explorer , commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical user interface web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995....
 for Mac
Internet Explorer for Mac

Internet Explorer for Mac was a Proprietary software web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer....
 or for Unix
Internet Explorer for UNIX

Internet Explorer for UNIX is a Proprietary software graphical user interface web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for use in the X Window System on Solaris or HP-UX....
.)

It was one of the main participants of the first Browser war. Its distribution methods and Windows integration were involved in United States v. Microsoft
United States v. Microsoft

United States v. Microsoft was a set of consolidated civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S....
. It was superseded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 , is a graphical user interface web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 lines of operating systems....
 in August 2001, although IE5.x remains the last version for Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3
Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix....
, and Windows 95
Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Microsoft Windows products....
.






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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical web browser
Web browser

A Web browser is a application software which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network....
 released in March 1999 by Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
, primarily for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
, but initially with versions available for Apple Macintosh, Sun
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
 Solaris, and HP-UX
HP-UX

HP-UX 11i is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary software implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V . It runs on the HP 9000 PA-RISC-based range of central processing unit and HP Integrity Intel's Itanium-based systems, and was also available for later Apollo/Domain systems....
. (See also Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer

Windows Internet Explorer , commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical user interface web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995....
 for Mac
Internet Explorer for Mac

Internet Explorer for Mac was a Proprietary software web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer....
 or for Unix
Internet Explorer for UNIX

Internet Explorer for UNIX is a Proprietary software graphical user interface web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for use in the X Window System on Solaris or HP-UX....
.)

It was one of the main participants of the first Browser war. Its distribution methods and Windows integration were involved in United States v. Microsoft
United States v. Microsoft

United States v. Microsoft was a set of consolidated civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S....
. It was superseded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 , is a graphical user interface web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 lines of operating systems....
 in August 2001, although IE5.x remains the last version for Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3
Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix....
, and Windows 95
Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Microsoft Windows products....
. Version 5.0 was included with Windows 98 Second Edition (using the Trident II
Trident (layout engine)

Trident is the name of the layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer. It was first introduced with the release of Internet Explorer 4 in October 1997; it has been steadily upgraded and remains in use today....
 layout), and 5.5 with Windows Me
Windows Me

Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical operating system released on 14 September 2000 by Microsoft....
 (Trident III) when they were introduced. The Mac edition came out in 2000 and was included with Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
, and the Tasman
Tasman (layout engine)

Tasman is the name of a layout engine developed by Microsoft, introduced with the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 5, a new feature in the development of Internet Explorer for Mac ....
 layout engine.

IE5 presided over a large market share increase over Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator and Netscape are the names for the proprietary software web browser popular in the 1990s, and the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation, and the dominant web browser in terms of Usage share of web browsers....
 between 1999 and 2001, and offered many advanced features for its day. In addition, it was compatible with largest range of OS of all the IE versions. However, support for many OS quickly dropped off with later patches, and Windows XP
Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptop, and media centers....
 and later Windows versions are not supported, because of inclusion of later IE versions.

The 1999 review in PC World
PC World (magazine)

PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services....
 noted, "Credit the never-ending game of browser one-upsmanship that Netscape and Microsoft play. The new IE 5 trumps Netscape Communicator with smarter searching and accelerated browsing."

Internet Explorer 5 attained over 50% market share by early 2000, taking the lead over other browser versions including IE4 and Netscape. 5.x versions attained over 80% market share by the release of IE6 in August 2001. 5.0x and 5.5 were surpassed by Internet Explorer 6.0, dropping it to the second most popular browser, with market share dropping to 34 percent by mid 2003. In addition, by early 2005 Firefox 1.0 had overtaken it in market share. Version 5.x market share fell below 1% by the end of 2006.

Microsoft spent over a 100 million dollars (USD) a year in the late 1990s, with over 1000 people working on IE by 1999 during the development of IE5.

Internet Explorer 5.x rendering behavior lives on in other browsers' quirks mode
Quirks mode

Quirks mode refers to a technique used by some web browsers for the sake of maintaining backward compatibility with web pages designed for older browsers, instead of strictly complying with World Wide Web Consortium and Internet Engineering Task Force standards in standards mode....
s.

History

Internet Explorer Usage Data
The actual release of Internet Explorer 5 happened in three stages. Firstly, a Developer Preview was released in June 1998 (5.0B1), and then a Public Preview was released in November 1998 (5.0B2). Then in March 1999 the final release was released (5.0). In September it was released with Windows 98 Second Edition. Version 5.01, a bug fix version, was released in December 1999. Windows 2000
Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on business desktops, Laptop, and Server . Released on 17 February, 2000, it was the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the final release of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation....
 includes this version. Version 5.0 was the last one to be released for Windows 3.1x or Windows NT 3.x. Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition had been released a few months earlier on March 27, 2000, and was the last version of Internet Explorer to be released on a non-Windows platform. Version 5.5 was released in July 2000, bundled with Windows Me
Windows Me

Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical operating system released on 14 September 2000 by Microsoft....
 and 128-bit encryption but had no support for several older Windows.

A 1999 review of IE5 by Paul Thurrott described IE5 in ways such as, "Think of IE 5.0 as IE 4.0 done right: All of the rough areas have been smoothed out..", "....comes optionally bundled with a full suite of Internet applications that many people are going to find irresistible.", "IE 5.0 is a world-class suite of Internet applications.."

Microsoft ended all support for Internet Explorer 5.5, including security updates, on December 31, 2005. Microsoft may continue to support Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows 2000 SP4, according to its Support Lifecycle Policy.

Overview

Oe Ie5 Unix
Version 5.0, launched on March 18, 1999, and subsequently included with Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows 98

Windows 98 is a graphical operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid 16-bit application/32-bit application monolithic product based on MS-DOS....
 and bundled with Office 2000
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a popular set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services. Microsoft Office is collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems....
, was a significant release that supported bi-directional text
Bi-directional text

Bi-directional text is used as some writing systems of the world, notably the Arabic alphabet , Persian_alphabet and Hebrew alphabet scripts, are written in a form known as right-to-left , in which writing begins at the right-hand side of a page and concludes at the left-hand side....
, ruby character
Ruby character

are small, annotative glosses that can be placed above or to the right of a Chinese character when writing logogram languages such as Chinese language or Japanese language to show the pronunciation....
s, XML, XSLT and the ability to save web pages in MHTML
MHTML

MHTML, short for MIME HTML, is a web page archive format used to Binding resources which are typically represented by external links together with HTML code into a single file....
 format. There was enhanced support for CSS Level 1 and 2. The first release of Windows 98 in 1998 had included IE4. However, Internet Explorer 5 incorrectly includes the padding and borders within a specified width or height; this results in a narrower or shorter rendering of a box. An issue related to the Internet Explorer box model bug
Internet Explorer box model bug

The Internet Explorer box model bug is a software bug in the implementation of Cascading Style Sheets in earlier versions of Microsoft?s Internet Explorer web browser for Microsoft Windows....
, and only more fully resolved in Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 7

Windows Internet Explorer 7 is a web browser released by Microsoft in October 2006. Internet Explorer 7 is part of a long line of versions of Internet Explorer and was the first major update to the browser in more than 5 years....
.

With the release of Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft released the first version of XMLHttpRequest
XMLHttpRequest

XMLHttpRequest is a Document Object Model Application programming interface that can be used inside a web browser scripting language, such as Javascript, to send an Hypertext Transfer Protocol directly to a web server and load the Response data directly back into the scripting language....
 (XHR), giving birth to Ajax
Ajax (programming)

Ajax, or AJAX , is a group of interrelated web development techniques used to create interactive web applications or rich Internet applications....
 (even though the term "Ajax" wasn't coined until years later.) XMLHttpRequest is an API
Application programming interface

An application programming interface is a set of subroutine, data structures, class and/or Protocol provided by library and/or operating system Service s in order to support the building of applications....
 that can be used by JavaScript
JavaScript

JavaScript is a scripting language widely used for client-side web development. It was the originating Programming language dialect of the ECMAScript standard....
, and other web browser
Web browser

A Web browser is a application software which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network....
 scripting language
Scripting language

A scripting language, script language or extension language, is a programming language that allows some control of a single or many Application software....
s to transfer XML and other text data between a web page's Client-Side
Client-side

In computer networking, the term client-side refers to operations that are performed by the Client in a client-server relationship.Typically, a client is a computer application, such as a web browser, that runs on a user 's local computer or workstation and connects to a server as necessary....
 and Server-Side
Server-side

Server-side refers to operations that are performed by the server in a client-server relationship in computer networking.Typically, a server is a software program, such as a web server, that runs on a remote server , reachable from a user's local computer or workstation....
, and was available since the introduction of Internet Explorer 5.0 and is accessible via JScript, VBScript and other scripting languages supported by IE browsers. Windows Script Host
Windows Script Host

The Microsoft Windows Script Host is an automation technology for Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides scripting capabilities comparable to batch files, but with a greater range of supported features....
 was also installed with IE5, although later on Viruses and malware would attempt to use this ability as an exploit, which resulted pressure to disable it for security reasons. Smart Offline Favorites feature was added to the Active Desktop
Active Desktop

Active Desktop is a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4's optional Windows Desktop Update that allows the user to add Hypertext Markup Language content to the desktop metaphor, along with some other features....
 component introduced in IE4.

HTML Application
HTML Application

An HTML Application is a Microsoft Windows application written with HTML and Dynamic HTML. The ability to write HTAs was introduced with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0....
 (HTA) is a Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 application written with HTML
HTML

HTML, an Acronym and initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for Web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document?by denoting certain text as links, headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on?and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded '...
 and Dynamic HTML
Dynamic HTML

Dynamic HTML, or DHTML, is a collection of technologies used together to create interactive and animated web sites by using a combination of a static markup language , a client-side scripting language , a presentation definition language , and the Document Object Model....
 and introduced with IE5. Internet Explorer 5.0 also introduced Favicon
Favicon

A favicon , also known as a website icon, shortcut icon, url icon, or bookmark icon is a 16x16 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage....
 support. Windows Script Host
Windows Script Host

The Microsoft Windows Script Host is an automation technology for Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides scripting capabilities comparable to batch files, but with a greater range of supported features....
 was introduced, which provides scripting capabilities comparable to batch file
Batch file

In DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, a batch file is a text file containing a series of Command intended to be executed by the Command line interpreter....
s, but with a greater range of supported features.

Version 5.5 followed in July 2000. First released to developers at the 2000 Professional Developers Conference
Professional Developers Conference

Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference is a conference for software developers, normally Microsoft Windows developers.It covers new and upcoming technology from Microsoft, and so only occurs in the years when there is something new to talk about....
 in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, then made available for download, version 5.5 focused on improved print preview capabilities, CSS and HTML standards support, and developer APIs; this version was bundled with Windows Me
Windows Me

Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical operating system released on 14 September 2000 by Microsoft....
. Version 5.5 also includes support for 128-bit encryption.

Although newer browsers have been released, IE5 rendering mode continues have an impact, as a 2008 Ars Technica article notes:
IE5.5 (and below) was decidedly nonstandard in its rendering behavior. Hundreds of millions of web pages were written to look "right" in IE5.5's broken rendering. The result was something of a quandary for Microsoft when it came to release IE6. They wanted to improve the standards conformance in IE6, but couldn't afford to break pages dependent on the older behavior.


The solution was the "doctype switch". The doctype switch allowed IE6 to support both the old IE5.5 behavior—"quirks mode"—and new, more standards-conforming behavior—"standards mode."


United States v. Microsoft


On April 3, 2000, Judge Jackson issued his findings of fact that Microsoft had abused its monopoly position by attempting to "dissuade Netscape from developing Navigator
Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator and Netscape are the names for the proprietary software web browser popular in the 1990s, and the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation, and the dominant web browser in terms of Usage share of web browsers....
 as a platform", that it "withheld crucial technical information", and attempted to reduce Navigator's usage share by "giving Internet Explorer away and rewarding firms that helped build its usage share
Usage share of web browsers

Usage share, in web browser statistics, is the percentage of visitors to a group of web sites that use a particular browser. For example, when it is said that Internet Explorer has 67% usage share, it means Internet Explorer is used by 67% of visitors that visit a given set of sites....
" and "excluding Navigator from important distribution channels".

Jackson also released a remedy that suggested Microsoft should be broken up into two companies. This remedy was overturned on appeal, amidst charges that Jackson had revealed a bias against Microsoft in communication with reporters. The findings of fact that Microsoft had broken the law, however, were upheld. The Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice is a United States Cabinet department in the United States government of the United States designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans ....
 announced on September 6, 2001 that it was no longer seeking to break up Microsoft and would instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty. Several months later the Department of Justice agreed on a settlement agreement with Microsoft. As of 2004, although nineteen states have agreed to the settlement, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 is still holding out.

Major features


IE5 introduced many new or improved features:

  • Web Page, Complete
  • Web Archive (MHTML) (only with Microsoft Outlook Express
    Outlook Express

    Outlook Express is an e-mail client/news client that was included with Internet Explorer versions Internet Explorer 4.0 through Internet Explorer 6.0....
     5)
  • Language Encoding (new options such as Install On Demand)
  • History Explorer Bar (new search and sort options)
  • Search Explorer Bar (new options for searching)
  • Favorites (make available offline)
  • AutoComplete
    Autocomplete

    Autocomplete is a feature provided by many source code text editors, word processors, and web browsers. Autocomplete involves the program predicting a word or phrase that the user wants to type in without the user actually typing it in completely....
     Feature
  • Windows Radio Bar Toolbar
  • Ability to set a default HTML Editor
    HTML editor

    An HTML editor is a application software for creating web pages. Although the HTML markup of a web page can be written with any text editor, specialized HTML editors can offer convenience and added functionality....
  • Internet Explorer Repair Tool
  • FTP Folders allows browsing of FTP
    File Transfer Protocol

    File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet.FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging and manipulating files over a Transmission Control Protocol computer network....
     and Web-Based Folders from Windows Explorer
    Windows Explorer

    Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards....
    . (see Shell extension)
  • Approved Sites (PICS
    Platform for Internet Content Selection

    The Platform for Internet Content Selection is a specification created by W3C that uses Metadata to label webpages to help parents and teachers control what children and students can access on the Internet....
     not required for listed sites option)
  • Hotmail
    Hotmail

    Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free webmail service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group....
     Integration
  • There was also a Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Resource Kit
  • Compatibility Mode allowed Internet Explorer 4
    Internet Explorer 4

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 is a graphical web browser released in September 1997 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows, but also with versions available for Apple Macintosh, Solaris , and HP-UX....
     to be run side by side with IE5, although IE 5.5 would be the last version with this feature.


Bundled Software


IE5 for Windows came with Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player is a digital media media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing sound reproduction, video and viewing s on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices....
 6.0 (with new Real Audio codecs), NetMeeting 2.11, and Chat 2.5, FrontPage Express 2.0. Other optional installs included Offline Browsing Pack, Internet Explorer Core Web Fonts, and Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) support. Internet Explorer versions 5.0 and 5.5 are no longer available from Microsoft.

System and hardware requirements


Adoption capability overview

Internet Explorer 5.0 had support for Windows 3.1, Windows 95
Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Microsoft Windows products....
, Windows 98
Windows 98

Windows 98 is a graphical operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid 16-bit application/32-bit application monolithic product based on MS-DOS....
, Windows Me
Windows Me

Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical operating system released on 14 September 2000 by Microsoft....
 and Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0

Windows NT 4.0 is a Preemption , Graphical user interface and business-oriented operating system designed to work with either uniprocessor or Symmetric multiprocessing computers....
 and Windows 2000
Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on business desktops, Laptop, and Server . Released on 17 February, 2000, it was the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the final release of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation....
. However, OS releases after Windows Me, such as Windows XP
Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptop, and media centers....
, included Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 , is a graphical user interface web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 lines of operating systems....
 (or higher). Support for NT 3.x and Win 95 support was dropped, as well as support for HP-UX, Solaris, Mac OS, and Mac OS X. In addition, users of Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me and Windows 2000 could upgrade to at least the first version of IE 6.0 or IE 6.0 SP1. Also, IE5 never supported 68k
68k

The Motorola 680x0/m68k/68k/68K is a family of 32-bit Complex instruction set computer microprocessor central processing unit chips and was the primary competition for the Intel x86 family of chips in personal computers of the 1980s and early 1990s....
 Macs, which had been dropped in Internet Explorer 4.5.

PC software


  • Windows 32-bit versions, including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT version 3.51, Windows NT version 4.0, and Windows 2000
  • Windows 16-bit versions, including Windows version 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
  • Note Although Windows NT version 3.51 is a 32-bit platform, it must run the 16-bit version of Internet Explorer.
  • UNIX, including Sun Solaris 2.5.1, Sun Solaris 2.6, and Hewlett Packard HP-UX


PC hardware


  • Internet Explorer 5.0 for 32-bit Windows Operating Systems
    • Minimum Requirements: 486DX/66MHz or higher, Windows 95/98, 12MB RAM, 56MB disk space.
    • Download Size: 37MB
    • There was also a 380K active installer that only downloaded selected components


  • Internet Explorer 5.0 for 16-bit Windows Operating Systems
    • Minimum Requirements: 486DX or higher, Windows 3.1 or NT 3.5, 12MB RAM for browser only installation (16MB RAM if using the Java VM). 30MB disk space to run setup.
    • Download Size: 9.4MB


Apple Macintosh

Internet Explorer 5 for Apple
Apple Computer

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an United States multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products....
 Macintosh requirements.
  • PowerPC processor
  • Mac OS version 7.6.1 or later
  • 8 MB RAM plus Virtual Memory
  • 12 MB hard disk space
  • QuickTime 3.0 or later
  • Open Transport 1.2 or later


Versions


Overview

Also, Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems....
 shipped with Internet Explorer 5.1 as the default Web Browser. (see Internet Explorer for Mac
Internet Explorer for Mac

Internet Explorer for Mac was a Proprietary software web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer....
)

Major version Minor version Release date Significant changes Shipped with
Version 5 5.0 Beta 1 June 1998 Support of more CSS2 features. 
5.0 Beta 2 November 1998 Support of bi-directional text, ruby character, XML/XSL and more CSS properties. 
March 1999 Final release. Last version supported on Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.x. Windows 98 SE
November 1999 Bug fix release. Windows 2000
Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on business desktops, Laptop, and Server . Released on 17 February, 2000, it was the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the final release of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation....
5.5 Beta 1 December 1999 Support of more CSS properties. Minor changes to support of frames. 
July 2000 Final release. Last version supported on Windows 95
Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Microsoft Windows products....
.		 Windows Me
Windows Me

Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical operating system released on 14 September 2000 by Microsoft....
5.6 August 2000 Unique version with Windows Whistler beta. Windows Whistler build 2257


Mac OS:

  • Version 5.0 – March 27 2000
  • Version 5.1 – December 18 2001
  • Version 5.1.4 – April 16 2002
  • Version 5.1.5 – July 5 2002
  • Version 5.1.6 – September 25 2002
  • Version 5.1.7 – July 2003


Mac OS X:

  • Version 5 – May 15 2000 released with Mac OS X DP4
  • Version 5.1.1 – May 23 2001
  • Version 5.1.2 – September 25 2001 released with Mac OS X 10.1
  • Version 5.1.3 – October 2001
  • Version 5.2 – June 17 2002
  • Version 5.2.1 – July 5 2002
  • Version 5.2.2 – September 25 2002
  • Version 5.2.3 – June 16 2003


Extended


Shdocvw.dll version numbers plus related notes.

  • 5.00.0518.5 Internet Explorer 5 Developer Preview (Beta 1)
  • 5.00.0910.1308 Internet Explorer 5 Beta (Beta 2)
  • 5.00.2014.213 Internet Explorer 5
  • 5.00.2314.1000 Internet Explorer 5 (Office 2000)
  • 5.00.2516.1900 Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000 Beta 3, build 5.00.2031)
  • 5.00.2614.3500 Internet Explorer 5 (Windows 98 Second Edition)
  • 5.00.2919.800 Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC1, build 5.00.2072)
  • 5.00.2919.3800 Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC2, build 5.00.2128)
  • 5.00.2919.6307 Internet Explorer 5.01 (Office 2000 SR-1)
  • 5.00.2920.0000 Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000, build 5.00.2195)
  • 5.00.3103.1000 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 (Windows 2000 SP1)
  • 5.00.3105.0106 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 (Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0)
  • 5.00.3314.2100 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2 (Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0)
  • 5.00.3315.2879 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2 (Windows 2000 SP2)
  • 5.00.3502.5400 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 (Windows 2000 SP3 only)
  • 5.00.3700.6668 Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 (Windows 2000 SP4 only)
  • 5.50.3825.1300 Internet Explorer 5.5 Developer Preview (Beta)
  • 5.50.4030.2400 Internet Explorer 5.5 & Internet Tools Beta
  • 5.50.4134.0100 Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows Me (4.90.3000)
  • 5.50.4134.0600 Internet Explorer 5.5
  • 5.50.4308.2900 Internet Explorer 5.5 Advanced Security Privacy Beta
  • 5.50.4522.1800 Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
  • 5.50.4807.2300 Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2


External links

  • — The official Microsoft Internet Explorer Community


See also

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