Versions of the Internet Explorer web browser software program from 1995 to 2009. Other versions include releases for Unix, Apple Mac, and Windows CE/Windows Mobile.
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pink | Old test release; unsupported |
| Red | Old release; unsupported |
| Orange | Old release; extended support only[Note 1] |
| Yellow | Old release; supported |
| Green | Current release |
| Purple | Test release |
| Blue | Future release |
| Major version | Minor version | Release date | Significant changes | Shipped with |
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| Version 1 | 1.0 | August 1995 | Initial release. | Plus! for Windows 95 |
| 1.5 | January 1996 | Compatible with Windows NT 3.5 | ||
| Version 2 | 2.0 Beta | October 1995 | Support of HTML tables and other elements. | |
| 2.0 | November 1995 | SSL, cookies, VRML, and Internet newsgroups. | Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95 OSR1 Internet Starter Kit |
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| 2.01 | Unknown | Bug fix release. | ||
| Version 3 | 3.0 Alpha 1 | March 1996 | Improved support of HTML tables, frames, and other elements. | |
| 3.0 Alpha 2 | May 1996 | Support of VBScript and JScript. | ||
| 3.0 Beta 2 | July 1996 | Support of CSS and Java. | ||
| 3.0 | August 1996 | Final release. | Windows 95 OSR 2 | |
| 3.01 | October 1996 | Bug fix release. | ||
| 3.02 | March 1997 | Bug fix release. | ||
| 3.03 | 1997 | Bug fix release. | ||
| Version 4 | 4.0 Beta 1 | April 1997 | Improved support of CSS and Microsoft DOM. | |
| 4.0 Beta 2 | July 1997 | Improved support of HTML and CSS. | ||
| 4.0 | September 1997 | Improved support of HTML and CSS. | Windows 95 OSR 2.5 | |
| 4.01 | November 1997 | Bug fix release. | Windows 98 | |
| 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. | ||
| 5.0 | March 1999 | Final release. Last version supported on Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.x. | Windows 98 SE | |
| 5.01 | November 1999 | Bug fix release. | Windows 2000 | |
| 5.5 Beta 1 | December 1999 | Support of more CSS properties. Minor changes to support of frames. | ||
| 5.5 | July 2000 | Final release. Last version supported on Windows 95. | Windows Me | |
| 5.6 | August 2000 | Released for Windows Whistler build 2257. | Windows Whistler | |
| Version 6 | 6.0 Beta 1 | March 2001 | More CSS changes and bug fixes to be more W3C-compliant. Add new feature Smart tag | |
| 6.0 | August 27, 2001 | Final release. remove the Smart tag again. | Windows XP | |
| 6.0 SP1 | September 9, 2002 | Vulnerability patch. Last version supported on Windows NT 4.0, 98, Me or 2000. | Windows XP SP1 | |
| 6.0 SP2 | August 25, 2004 | Vulnerability patch. Popup/ActiveX blocker. Add-on manager. Support ended on July 13, 2010. | Windows XP SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP1 |
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| 6.0 SP3 | April 21, 2008 | Latest updates included with XP SP3. Supported until April 8, 2014. | Windows XP SP3 | |
| Version 7 | 7.0 Beta 1 | July 27, 2005 | Support of PNG alpha channel. CSS bug fixes. Tabbed browsing. Support for EV SSL certificate. Phishing filter. | Windows Vista Beta 1 |
| 7.0 Beta 2 Preview | January 31, 2006 | More CSS fixes. Web feeds platform integration. New GUI. Quick Tabs. | ||
| 7.0 Beta 2 | April 24, 2006 | Feature complete. More CSS fixes. Application compatibility fixes. | ||
| 7.0 Beta 3 | June 29, 2006 | Fixes rendering issues for CSS. | ||
| 7.0 RC 1 | August 24, 2006 | Improvements in performance, stability, security, application compatibility and final CSS adjustments. | ||
| 7.0 | October 18, 2006 | Final release. | Windows Vista | |
| Version 8 | 8.0 Beta 1 | March 5, 2008 | CSS 2.1, Contextual Services. Accelerators. Web Slices. Tab isolation and DEP protection enabled by default. Automatic crash recovery. Improved phishing and malware filter (SmartScreen). Uses 6 HTTP server connections for improved website responsiveness. | |
| 8.0 Beta 2 | August 27, 2008 | CSS 2.1 bug fixes. InPrivate browsing. Smart address bar. Search suggestions. Tab color grouping. Caret browsing. | Windows 7 pre-Beta | |
| 8.0 Pre-RC 1 | December 11, 2008 | CSS bug fixes. Improved Developer Tools. Changes in Compatibility View. Improved Favorites management and other minor changes to UI. Changes to InPrivate browsing and blocking modes. | Windows 7 Beta | |
| 8.0 RC1 | January 26, 2009 | CSS bug fixes. Minor changes in favorites management and search bar. | ||
| 8.0 | March 19, 2009 | Final release. Last version supported on Windows XP. | Windows 7 | |
| Version 9 | 9.0 Platform Preview 1 v1.9.7745.6019 |
March 16, 2010 | Support for some CSS3 selectors (including border-radius property), HTML5 and SVG. New JavaScript engine (code name Chakra). Added support for graphics and web rendering hardware acceleration, using Direct2D and DirectWrite. | |
| 9.0 Platform Preview 2 v1.9.7766.6000 |
May 5, 2010 | Support for more functions in SVG, HTML5, DOM. Added support for all CSS3 selectors. JavaScript performance improvements. | ||
| 9.0 Platform Preview 3 v1.9.7874.6000 |
June 23, 2010 | Support for HTML5 <audio>, <video> and <canvas> tags. Support for WOFF fonts. JavaScript and graphics performance improvements. |
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| 9.0 Platform Preview 4 v1.9.7916.6000 |
August 4, 2010 | CSS bug fixes. Support for ECMAScript5 (ES5). JScript engine integrated into the core browser components (architectural change). Performance improvements. | ||
| 9.0 Beta & 9.0 Platform Preview 5 v1.9.7930.16406 |
September 15, 2010 | New UI, Download manager, New Tab page, Search in the address bar, Notification Bar, Add-on Performance Advisor | ||
| 9.0 Platform Preview 6 v1.9.8006.6000 |
October 28, 2010 | CSS3 2D transforms and HTML5 semantic tags. | ||
| 9.0 Platform Preview 7 v1.9.8023.6000 |
November 17, 2010 | Better JavaScript performance. | ||
| 9.0 Release Candidate & 9.0 Platform Preview 8 1.9.8080.16413 |
February 10, 2011 | Performance improvements, Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, paste and navigate, enhancements to user interface, and support for the W3C Geolocation API. | ||
| 9.0 | March 14, 2011 | Improved performance, improved Tracking Protection, and the option to pin multiple targets per page. | ||
| Version 10 | 10.0 Platform Preview 1 v2.10.1000.16394 |
April 12, 2011 | Support for CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 gradients, and ES5 strict mode. | |
| 10.0 Platform Preview 2 v2.10.1008.16421 |
June 29, 2011 | Support for Positioned Floats, CSS stylesheet limit lifted, CSSOM Floating Point Value support, Improved hit testing APIs, Media Query Listeners, HTML5: Support for async attribute on script elements, HTML5 Drag and Drop, HTML5 File API, HTML5 Sandbox, HTML5 Web Workers, and some Web Performance APIs. | ||
| 10.0 Developer Preview (Platform Preview 3) | September 13, 2011 | Support for Windows 8, CSS 3D Transforms, CSS Text shadow, SVG Filter Effects, Spellchecking, Autocorrection, local storage with IndexedDB and the HTML5 Application Cache, Web Sockets, HTML5 History, and InPrivate tabs. | Windows 8 Developer Preview |
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