Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (IE5) is the fifth version of the Internet Explorer graphical web browser, the successor to Internet Explorer 4 and one of the main participants of the first browser war. Its integration with Windows and distribution methods were involved in the United States v. Microsoft antitrust case. Launched on March 18, 1999, it was the default browser in Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows Me and can replace previous versions of Internet Explorer on Windows 3.1x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and the original release of Windows 98. Although Internet Explorer 5 ran only on Windows, its siblings Internet Explorer for Mac 5 and Internet Explorer for UNIX 5 supported Mac OS X, Solaris, and HP-UX.[1]
IE5 presided over a large market share increase over Netscape Navigator between 1999 and 2001, and offered many advanced features for its day. In addition, it was compatible with the largest range of OSes of all the IE versions. However, support for many OSes quickly dropped off with later patches, and IE5 was not supported from Windows XP onward because of inclusion of later IE versions.
IE5 attained over 50% market share by early 2000, taking the lead over other browser versions including IE4 and Netscape.[2] 5.x versions attained over 80% market share by the release of Internet Explorer 6 in August 2001.[3] 5.0x and 5.5 were surpassed by Internet Explorer 6, dropping it to the second most popular browser, with market share dropping to 34% by mid-2003.[4]
History[]
United States v. Microsoft Corp.[]
Features[]
References[]
- ↑ "Microsoft Unveils Faster, Simpler and More Reliable Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition". Microsoft PressPass. Microsoft. January 5, 2000. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000.
- ↑ "The Counter, March 2000". TheCounter.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2004.
- ↑ "The Counter, August 2001". TheCounter.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2001.
- ↑ "The Counter, August 2003". TheCounter.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005.
External links[]
- Internet Explorer 5 (Retired) at Microsoft Download Center
- Internet Explorer 5 at Wikipedia
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