Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 (IE3) is a graphical web browser and the third version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It was released on August 13, 1996 for Windows and on January 8, 1997 for Apple's Mac OS. It was available for Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Mac OS System 7, and Mac OS 8.
It was the first more widely used version of Internet Explorer, although it did not surpass Netscape or become the browser with the most market share. During its tenure, IE market share went from roughly 3–9% in early 1996 to 20–30% by the end of 1997.[1][2][3] It was superseded by Internet Explorer 4 in September 1997.
IE3 was the first commercial browser with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) support.[4] It introduced support for ActiveX controls, Java applets, inline multimedia, and the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) system for content metadata. This version was the first version of Internet Explorer to use the blue 'e' logo, which later became a symbol of the browser. Version 3 came bundled with Internet Mail and News, NetMeeting, and an early version of the Windows Address Book, and was itself included with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2. There were 16-bit and 32-bit versions depending on the OS.
References[]
- ↑ Jones Thompson, Maryann (8 October 1998). "Behind the numbers: Browser market share". CNN. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ Kubaitis, Ed (June 1996). "Browser Statistics for June 1996". Engineering Workstations Lab. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on 7 May 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ Browser wars: High price, huge rewards
- ↑ Håkon Wium Lie; Bert Bos. "Chapter 20 – The CSS saga". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
External links[]
- Internet Explorer 3.0.1 at Microsoft (archived 1996-10-27)
- Internet Explorer 3 at Wikipedia
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