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Short name
IE1
IE2
IE3
IE4
IE5
IE6
IE7
IE8
IE9
IE10
Name
Internet Explorer 1Internet Explorer 2Internet Explorer 3Internet Explorer 4Internet Explorer 5Internet Explorer 6Internet Explorer 7Internet Explorer 8Internet Explorer 9Internet Explorer 10
Release date
Aug. 16th 1995 Nov. 1st 1995 Aug. 13th 1996 Sep. 1st 1997 Mar. 18th 1999 Aug. 27th 2001 Oct. 1st 2006 Mar. 19th 2009 Mar. 14th 2011 2012
Features
SSL Support
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Cookies support
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
VRML support
YesYes
Newsgroups support
YesYes
Favicons support
YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
FTP support
YesYesYesYesYesYes
Full screen mode
YesYesYesYesYes
Tab browsing
YesYesYesYes
RSS Support
YesYesYesYes
Private browsing
YesYesYes
Session management
YesYes
Download manager
YesYes
Key user features added
RSS Support
Tab browsing
PNG alpha transparency
Security improvements
Private browsing
Accelerators
Developer tools
Automatic Tab crash recovery
HTML5
CSS3
SVG
Better Javascript engine
Better CSS3 support,
Spell-checking,
Auto-correction
Platforms
Windows
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
macOS
NoYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
Other
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