Internet Explorer 5
Encyclopedia
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated as IE5) was a graphical web browser
released in March 1999 by Microsoft
, primarily for Microsoft Windows
, but initially with versions available for Apple Macintosh, Sun
Solaris, and HP-UX
. (See also Internet Explorer for Mac, Internet Explorer for UNIX
)
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
. It was superseded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
in August 2001, although IE5.x remains the last version for Windows 3.1x
, Windows NT 3.x
, and Windows 95
. Version 5.0 was included with Windows 98 Second Edition (using the Trident II
layout), and 5.5 with Windows Me
(Trident III) when they were introduced. The Mac edition came out in 2000 and was included with Mac OS X
, and the Tasman
layout engine.
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 largest range of OS of all the IE versions. However, support for many OS quickly dropped off with later patches, and Windows XP
and later Windows versions are not supported, because of inclusion of later IE.
The 1999 review in PC World
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 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
s. Internet Explorer 5 is no longer available for download from Microsoft. However, archived 16- and 32-bit versions are publicly available on the Evolt.org browser archive.
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
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 for Windows was released in July 2000, bundled with Windows Me
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 continued to support Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows 2000 SP4, according to its Support Lifecycle Policy however as with Windows 2000 this support was removed on July 13, 2010.
Version 5.0, launched on March 18, 1999, and subsequently included with Windows 98 Second Edition
and bundled with Office 2000
, was a significant release that supported bi-directional text
, ruby character
s, XML
, XSLT
and the ability to save web pages in MHTML
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. The bug
was fixed in Internet Explorer 6
when running in standards-compliant mode.
With the release of Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft released the first version of XMLHttpRequest
(XHR), giving birth to Ajax
(even though the term "Ajax" was not coined until years later.) XMLHttpRequest is an API
that can be used by JavaScript
, and other Web browser
scripting language
s to transfer XML
and other text data between a page's client side
and server side
, 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
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
component introduced in IE4.
An "HTML Application
" (HTA) is a Microsoft Windows
application written with HTML
and Dynamic HTML
and introduced with IE5. Internet Explorer 5.0 also introduced favicon
support and Windows Script Host
, which provides scripting capabilities comparable to batch file
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
in Orlando, Florida
, 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
. Version 5.5 also includes support for 128-bit encryption. Although it is no longer available for download from Microsoft directly it can also be installed with MSN Explorer 6.0 as msnsetup_full.exe. The full version of MSN Explorer can be downloaded only if you use Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000 if Internet Explorer 5.5 has not yet been installed. The full version will work on also Windows ME and Windows XP but you will need to download it on Windows 2000 or earlier and transfer the setup file to the newer operating system. If you still want to download it on a newer operating system the only way is to use an outdated web browser such as Netscape 4.8.
Although newer browsers have been released, IE5 rendering mode continues to have an impact, as a 2008 Ars Technica article notes:
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
" 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
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. , although nineteen states have agreed to the settlement, Massachusetts
was still holding out.
IE5 introduced many new or improved features:
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.
, Windows NT 3.x
, Windows NT 4.0
(Service Pack 3 or later). Support for NT 3.x was dropped after that, as well as support for HP-UX, Solaris, Mac OS, and Mac OS X. Windows 2000
was the last to support IE 5.0 (with which it was released) well after support in other Windows systems was deprecated. IE 5.5 SP2 is the last for Windows 95
. In addition, users of Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, and Windows 2000 could upgrade to IE 6.0 SP1. IE5 was not developed for 68k
Macs, support for which had been dropped in Internet Explorer 4.5.
shipped with Internet Explorer 5.1 as the default Web Browser.
Mac OS:
Mac OS X:
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
released in March 1999 by Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, primarily for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, but initially with versions available for Apple Macintosh, Sun
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
Solaris, and HP-UX
HP-UX
HP-UX is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V and first released in 1984...
. (See also Internet Explorer for Mac, Internet Explorer for UNIX
Internet Explorer for UNIX
Internet Explorer for UNIX was a proprietary graphical web browser that was available free of charge 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 civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation pursuant to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 Section 1 and 2 on May 8, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states. Joel I. Klein was the lead prosecutor...
. It was superseded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6 is the sixth major revision of Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft for Windows operating systems...
in August 2001, although IE5.x remains the last version for Windows 3.1x
Windows 3.1x
Windows 3.1x is a series of 16-bit operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. The series began with Windows 3.1, which was first sold during March 1992 as a successor to Windows 3.0...
, Windows NT 3.x
Windows NT 3.x
Windows NT 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:*Windows NT 3.1*Windows NT 3.5*Windows NT 3.51...
, 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 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 version 4.0 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 graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft, and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006....
(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 series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
, and the Tasman
Tasman (layout engine)
Tasman was a layout engine developed by Microsoft for inclusion in the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer 5. Tasman was an attempt to improve support for web standards, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium. At the time of its release, Tasman was seen as the layout engine with the best...
layout engine.
IE5 presided over a large market share increase over Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared...
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 an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and later Windows versions are not supported, because of inclusion of later IE.
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 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
In computing, 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 W3C and IETF standards in standards mode....
s. Internet Explorer 5 is no longer available for download from Microsoft. However, archived 16- and 32-bit versions are publicly available on the Evolt.org browser archive.
History
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
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 for Windows was released in July 2000, bundled with Windows Me
Windows Me
Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft, and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006....
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 continued to support Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows 2000 SP4, according to its Support Lifecycle Policy however as with Windows 2000 this support was removed on July 13, 2010.
Overview
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
and bundled with Office 2000
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
, was a significant release that supported bi-directional text
Bi-directional text
Bi-directional text is text containing text in both text directionalities, both right-to-left and left-to-right . It generally involves text containing different types of alphabets, but may also refer to boustrophedon, which is changing text directionality in each row.Some writing systems of the...
, ruby character
Ruby character
are small, annotative glosses that can be placed above or to the right of a Chinese character when writing languages with logographic characters such as Chinese or Japanese to show the pronunciation...
s, XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
, XSLT
XSLT
XSLT is a declarative, XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is created based on the content of an existing one. The new document may be serialized by the processor in standard XML syntax or in another format,...
and the ability to save web pages in MHTML
MHTML
MHTML, short for MIME HTML, is a web page archive format used to combine resources that are typically represented by external links together with HTML code into a single file. The content of an MHTML file is encoded as if it were an HTML e-mail message, using the MIME type multipart/related...
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. The bug
Internet Explorer box model bug
The Internet Explorer box model bug refers to the way in which earlier versions of Internet Explorer handle the sizing of elements in a web page, which differs from the standard way recommended by the W3C for the Cascading Style Sheets language...
was fixed in Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 6 is the sixth major revision of Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft for Windows operating systems...
when running in standards-compliant mode.
With the release of Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft released the first version of XMLHttpRequest
XMLHttpRequest
XMLHttpRequest is an API available in web browser scripting languages such as JavaScript. It is used to send HTTP or HTTPS requests directly to a web server and load the server response data directly back into the script. The data might be received from the server as XML text or as plain text...
(XHR), giving birth to Ajax
Ajax (programming)
Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...
(even though the term "Ajax" was not coined until years later.) XMLHttpRequest is an API
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
that can be used by JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
, and other Web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
scripting language
Scripting language
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
s to transfer XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
and other text data between a page's client side
Client (computing)
A client is an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network....
and server side
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
, 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 was a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0's optional Windows Desktop Update that allows the user to add HTML content to the desktop, along with some other features. This function was intended to be installed on the then-current Windows 95 operating system...
component introduced in IE4.
An "HTML Application
HTML Application
An HTML Application is a Microsoft Windows program whose source code consists of HTML, Dynamic HTML, and one or more scripting languages supported by Internet Explorer, such as VBScript or JScript. The HTML is used to generate the user interface, and the scripting language is used for the program...
" (HTA) is a Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
application written with HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
and Dynamic HTML
Dynamic HTML
Dynamic HTML, or DHTML, is an umbrella term for 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.DHTML...
and introduced with IE5. Internet Explorer 5.0 also introduced favicon
Favicon
A favicon , also known as a shortcut icon, Web site icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one small icons, most commonly 16×16 pixels, associated with a particular Web site or Web page...
support and 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...
, which provides scripting capabilities comparable to batch file
Batch file
In DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, batch file is the name given to a type of script file, a text file containing a series of commands to be executed by the command 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 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 city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, 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 graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft, and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006....
. Version 5.5 also includes support for 128-bit encryption. Although it is no longer available for download from Microsoft directly it can also be installed with MSN Explorer 6.0 as msnsetup_full.exe. The full version of MSN Explorer can be downloaded only if you use Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000 if Internet Explorer 5.5 has not yet been installed. The full version will work on also Windows ME and Windows XP but you will need to download it on Windows 2000 or earlier and transfer the setup file to the newer operating system. If you still want to download it on a newer operating system the only way is to use an outdated web browser such as Netscape 4.8.
Although newer browsers have been released, IE5 rendering mode continues to 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 could not 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 NavigatorNetscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared...
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
The usage share of a web browser is the proportion, often expressed as a percentage, of users of all web browsers who use that particular browser. This figure can only be estimated, typically by determining the proportion of visitors to a group of websites that use a particular web browser...
" 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 the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
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. , although nineteen states have agreed to the settlement, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
was still holding out.
Major features
- Web Page, Complete
- Web Archive (MHTML) (only with Microsoft Outlook ExpressOutlook ExpressOutlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9...
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)
- AutoCompleteAutocompleteAutocomplete is a feature provided by many web browsers, e-mail programs, search engine interfaces, source code editors, database query tools, word processors, and command line interpreters. Autocomplete involves the program predicting a word or phrase that the user wants to type in without the...
Feature - Windows Radio Bar Toolbar
- Ability to set a default HTML EditorHTML editorAn HTML editor is a software application 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. For example, many HTML editors work not only with HTML, but also with related...
- Internet Explorer Repair Tool
- FTP Folders allows browsing of FTPFile Transfer ProtocolFile Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...
and Web-Based Folders from Windows ExplorerWindows ExplorerThis article is about the Windows file system browser. For the similarly named web browser, see Internet ExplorerWindows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface...
. (see Shell extension) - Approved Sites (PICSPlatform for Internet Content SelectionThe 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. The W3C Protocol for Web Description Resources project integrates PICS concepts with RDF...
not required for listed sites option) - HotmailHotmailWindows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL". It was one of the first...
Integration - There was also a Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Resource Kit
- Compatibility Option allowed Internet Explorer 4Internet Explorer 4Microsoft 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 Mac OS, Solaris, and HP-UX and marketed as "The Web the Way You Want It".It was one of the main participants of the first...
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 PlayerWindows Media Player
Windows Media Player is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images 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.
Adoption capability overview
Internet Explorer 5.0 is the last version to support Windows 3.1xWindows 3.1x
Windows 3.1x is a series of 16-bit operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. The series began with Windows 3.1, which was first sold during March 1992 as a successor to Windows 3.0...
, Windows NT 3.x
Windows NT 3.x
Windows NT 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:*Windows NT 3.1*Windows NT 3.5*Windows NT 3.51...
, Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 is a preemptive, graphical and business-oriented operating system designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor computers. It was the next release of Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems and was released to manufacturing on 31 July 1996...
(Service Pack 3 or later). Support for NT 3.x was dropped after that, as well as support for HP-UX, Solaris, Mac OS, and Mac OS X. Windows 2000
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
was the last to support IE 5.0 (with which it was released) well after support in other Windows systems was deprecated. IE 5.5 SP2 is the last for 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 Windows products...
. In addition, users of Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, and Windows 2000 could upgrade to IE 6.0 SP1. IE5 was not developed for 68k
68k
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Macs, support for 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/66 MHz 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 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
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shipped with Internet Explorer 5.1 as the default Web Browser.
| Major version | Minor version | Release date | Significant changes | Shipped with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version 5 | 5.0 Beta 1 | June 2, 1998 | Support of more CSS2 features. | |
| 5.0 Beta 2 | November 15, 1998 | Support of bi-directional text, ruby character, XML/XSL and more CSS properties. | ||
| 5.0 | March 18, 1999 | Final release. Last version supported on Windows 3.1x and Windows NT 3.x. | Windows 98 SE | |
| 5.01 | November 8, 1999 | Bug fix release. Support ended on July 13, 2010. | Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the... |
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| 5.5 Beta 1 | December 25, 1999 | Support of more CSS properties. Minor changes to support of frames. | ||
| 5.5 | July 8, 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 Windows products... . |
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| 5.6 | August 18, 2000 | Unique version with Windows Whistler (XP) 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 and Windows 95/98)
- 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)
- 5.00.3700.1000 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
- Internet Explorer Architecture
- Internet Explorer Community—The official Microsoft Internet Explorer Community
- Internet Explorer History
Windows versions
- Internet Explorer 5.01 (16-bit only)
- Internet Explorer 5.0 (32-bit)
- Internet Explorer 5.01 (32-bit)
- Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
- Internet Explorer 5.5 (32-bit)
- Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
- Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
- Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (NT only)
Mac OS Classic versions
- Internet Explorer 5.0: OldApps.com, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.01: OldApps.com, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.1: OldApps.com, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.1.4: OldApps.com, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.1.5: OldApps.com, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.1.6
- Internet Explorer 5.1.7
Mac OS X versions
- Internet Explorer 5.1.3
- Internet Explorer 5.2.2
- Internet Explorer 5.2.3: OldApps.com, Evolt.org
UNIX versions
- Internet Explorer 5.0 for HP-UX
- Internet Explorer 5.0 for Solaris: Evolt.org, Cilinder.be
- Internet Explorer 5.0 Service Pack 1 beta for Solaris (March 13th, 2001): Internet Archive Wayback Machine, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.0 Service Pack 1 for HP-UX: Cilinder.be, Evolt.org
- Internet Explorer 5.0 Service Pack 1 for Solaris: Cilinder.be, Evolt.org