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New Internet Explorer on Longhorn 4051

Guest post by Matt Brewer 2003-12-12 Internet Explorer 82 Comments

The new version of Internet Explorer in Longhorn 4051 is version 6.05.4051.0. Even though Longhorn is many years away (if ever!) the folks at Microsoft have realized that people want more from their browser, due to popularity of the competition, ex. Mozilla. UPDATE: Longhorn 4051 review.

IE Bug Lets Fake Sites Look Real

Eugenia Loli 2003-12-11 Internet Explorer 68 Comments

Microsoft on Tuesday said it was looking into reports of a potential bug in its Web browser that could help malicious hackers design convincing Web site spoofs. On other browser news, Opera 7.23 for Linux was released.

Developers Gripe About IE Standards Inaction

Submitted by Masao[RY] 2003-10-09 Internet Explorer 33 Comments

Web developers want to light a fire under Microsoft to get better standards support in the company's Internet Explorer browser, but they can't seem to spark a flame. Elsewhere, Eolas Technologies, which has the rights to a browser plug-in patent, has filed a motion to permanently stop Microsoft distributing Internet Explorer browsers that infringe the patent.

IE Patent Endgame Detailed

Eugenia Loli 2003-09-13 Internet Explorer 63 Comments

Microsoft has suffered another legal setback in the patent dispute with software developer Eolas and is now advising developers on workarounds, as new details emerge of its plans to tweak Internet Explorer.

Microsoft’s IE 6 Global Usage Share Continues to Rise

Eugenia Loli 2003-07-28 Internet Explorer 125 Comments

Today it was reported that IE6's global usage share continues to rise. Internet Explorer 6 has shown a fast adoptation rate with a global usage share of 66.3% and it has a total global usage share of 95.4%.

Will Microsoft’s Browser Engine Backfire?

Eugenia Loli 2003-06-30 Internet Explorer 33 Comments

Some experts say Microsoft's plan to integrate Internet Explorer into the operating system may bring "unwelcome side effects" and drive customers into the arms of the competition.

Microsoft Drops the Ball with Internet Explorer

Eugenia Loli 2003-06-01 Internet Explorer 100 Comments

WinInformant informs us that Microsoft will be intergrating Internet Explorer to the OS from now on, instead of offering it as a standalone application.

Microsoft will Ease Access to Rival Browsers

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-04 Internet Explorer 40 Comments

Microsoft Corp., bowing to federal government demands, will make it easier for computer users to substitute rival Web browsers for the company's Internet Explorer, people familiar with the matter said.

Microsoft Posts IE, XP Patches

Eugenia Loli 2003-02-06 Internet Explorer 19 Comments

Microsoft has issued two security advisories for widespread products: the Internet Explorer browser and Windows XP. The patch posted Wednesday points to a "critical" flaw in several versions of IE, regardless of the version of the Windows operating system it runs under. Microsoft also issued an alert regarding a less severe problem with Windows XP.

Internet Explorer for UNIX Discontinued

Guest post by Ken Crandall 2002-09-20 Internet Explorer 20 Comments

According to Mozillazine, IE for UNIX has been discontinued by Microsoft. There's no details other than the removal of links from Microsoft's UNIX page, but the direct link to the download page still works.

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 Released

Submitted by Mark 2002-09-09 Internet Explorer 20 Comments

Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is the most recent version of the Internet Explorer 6 core technologies in most Windows OSes.Total download size for a typical installation is approximately 25 MB. However, because setup downloads only those files that are necessary for your computer, this size can vary between 11 and 75 MB. In the beset case, users who have already applied the WindowsXP SP1, might only need to download a few KBs.

IE on the Rise; Netscape’s Share Continues to Shrink

Eugenia Loli 2002-08-28 Internet Explorer 90 Comments

Netscape browsers have continued to lose market share at a steady clip, falling to a new low of 3.4 percent as of this week, according to new figures. A year ago, Netscape's market share stood at 13 percent, but fell steeply to 7 percent by March, as IE 6 gained popularity. IE has now reached 96 percent market penetration, according to StatMarket, up from 87 percent a year ago. Mozilla gained some market share when it finally reached a 1.0 release earlier this year, but browsers such as Mozilla and Opera still only accounted for less than 1 percent of the market, StatMarket said.

‘Serious Flaw’ Found in Internet Explorer

Eugenia Loli 2002-08-13 Internet Explorer 22 Comments

The IE problem has been around for at least five years and could allow an attacker to intercept credit card and/or personl data when a user is making a purchase. Konqueror also had the same problem, but Waldo Bastian fixed the problem 95 minutes after it was reported. You can get the fixed Konqueror version from the KDE CVS, or if you wait for KDE 3.03 next week. Read about the IE flaw at ZDNews.

Microsoft Releases Fifth Beta Version of IE 6.0 SP1 To Testers

Eugenia Loli 2002-07-10 Internet Explorer 18 Comments

Microsoft yesterday released a new beta build 2800.1067 of Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 to its set of external testers. The email sent to testers states that this new beta build includes all IE 6 security patches up to and including the security patch released on May 15th which addresses Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-023. The report was found at ActiveWin.

Sites Genuflect to Browser King

Submitted by JBQ 2002-07-08 Internet Explorer 50 Comments

Standards mean little to developers looking for the biggest audience online: Internet Explorer users.
Our Take: OSNews serves more pages to Internet Explorer users than to all the rest, however, being faithful to the multi-platform nature of OSNews, our site is hand-coded and compatible with all mainstream browsers. We include support for WAP and Unix text-mode browsers, AvantGO and other, older (and sometimes... obscure), browsers. More info, in our recent discussion here.

Microsoft Updates Internet Explorer for OS X, Classic

Eugenia Loli 2002-07-07 Internet Explorer No Comments

Microsoft posted updates the Internet Explorer for Mac. Two separate downloads are available from Microsoft's Web site, one for the Classic Mac OS and one specifically for Mac OS X. IE 5.2.1 provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for IE 5 for Mac OS X, according to information posted on Microsoft's Web site. IE 5.1.5 for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x provides enhanced support for HTTP and resolves all security vulnerabilities in previous versions of IE 5.

Microsoft Releases IE 5.2 for Mac

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-17 Internet Explorer 58 Comments

"Microsoft on Moday released an updated version of its Internet Explorer Web browser software for the Macintosh. Version 5.2 of IE for the Mac is available for free from Microsoft's Mactopia Web site. New features include better handling of fonts through OS X 10.1.5's Quartz graphics engine." Read the report at ZDNews. Our Take:The (since forever) text input/form bugs, are still not fixed though...

OmniGroup Questions the IE Future for the Mac Platform

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-12 Internet Explorer 36 Comments

Late last week in an online article The OmniGroup president, William Shipley (makers of OmniWeb for MacOSX) opined that Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) would eventually stop development of Internet Explorer for the Macintosh.

AOL Drops IE from MacOSX Beta

Eugenia Loli 2002-05-17 Internet Explorer 21 Comments

America Online has dropped Internet Explorer from a test version of its software for MacOSX, the latest sign that the Internet giant wants a rematch in the browser wars with Microsoft. Read more at ZDNews.

Survey Shows IE 5/5.50/6 Dominating 97% of the Browser Market

Eugenia Loli 2002-04-30 Internet Explorer 56 Comments

From ZDNews: "Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 was the most popular browser on the Web last month, with a total global usage share of 44.7 percent, according to Net analysis company OneStat.com. Microsoft IE 5.5 took the second spot with 26 percent of the global usage share, followed by IE 5.0 with 25 percent, AOL Time Warner's Netscape Navigator 4.x with 1.6 percent, Netscape Navigator 3.x with 0.5 percent and Opera 6.x with 0.4 percent. The numbers show that 'Microsoft dominates the browser market with a total global usage share of 97% on the Web,' said Niels Brinkman, one of the founders of OneStat.com." Let's wait and see if the release of Mozilla next month will at least overthrown Netscape 4.x which currently holds 1.6%. Konqueror and OmniWeb can only deliver better scores if their perspective operating systems they run on gain more popularity (Linux ~1%, MacOS <3%).

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