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Windows Internet Explorer (known before as Microsoft Internet Explorer) is a Internet browser by Microsoft. It has been part of the Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows 95 and could be installed on older Windows versions. Versions for non-Windows operating systems like Mac OS and Solaris were available, but have been discontinued.

Features

In it's early days, Internet Explorer played an important role in creating and establishing web standards.

(there have to be some I can't think of)

Criticism

Internet Explorer often has been criticized, for example because of the poor compliance to open web standards, support for proprietary extensions like in-page ActiveX controls and security issues. Especially Internet Explorer 6 has been an annoyance for web designers due to it's bad behavior on standard-compliant code and it's widespread usage due to it being included in Windows XP. Microsoft has attempted to rectify the major problems with releases since Internet Explorer 7 and 8. The current version Internet Explorer 9 features support for some HTML5 and CSS3 elements, but lacks support for Windows XP.

Versions

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-'''Windows Internet Explorer''' (known before as '''Microsoft Internet Explorer''') is a Web Internet browser created by [[Microsoft]] for the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows operating system]].
+'''Windows Internet Explorer''' (known before as '''Microsoft Internet Explorer''') is a Internet browser by [[Microsoft]]. It has been part of the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system since [[Windows:95|Windows 95]] and could be installed on older Windows versions. Versions for non-Windows operating systems like [[Mac OS]] and [[Solaris]] were available, but have been discontinued.
+== Features ==
+In it's early days, Internet Explorer played an important role in creating and establishing web standards.
+(there have to be some I can't think of)
+== Criticism ==
+Internet Explorer often has been criticized, for example because of the poor compliance to open web standards, support for proprietary extensions like in-page ActiveX controls and security issues. Especially [[Internet Explorer:6|Internet Explorer 6]] has been an annoyance for web designers due to it's bad behavior on standard-compliant code and it's widespread usage due to it being included in [[Windows:XP|Windows XP]]. Microsoft has attempted to rectify the major problems with releases since [[Internet Explorer:7|Internet Explorer 7]] and [[Internet Explorer:8|8]]. The current version [[Internet Explorer:9|Internet Explorer 9]] features support for some HTML5 and CSS3 elements, but lacks support for Windows XP.
 == Versions ==
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 * [[Internet Explorer:9|Windows Internet Explorer 9]]
 * [[Internet Explorer:10|Windows Internet Explorer 10]]
-* [[Immersive Browser|Windows Immmersive Browser - Metro IE10]]
+* [[Immersive Browser|Windows Immmersive Browser (Metro IE10)]]
-== Criticism ==
-Internet Explorer has been criticized by many people for it's poor compliance of web standards and it's support for in-page ActiveX controls, amongst other things such as lack of updates. In recent years, Microsoft has attempted to rectify most of the problems, with releases such as Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9. Internet Explorer 9 features HTML5 support.
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