Internet Explorer Mobile (formerly named Pocket Internet Explorer ; later called IE Mobile ) was a mobile version of Internet Explorer developed by Microsoft , based on versions of the MSHTML (Trident) layout engine . IE Mobile comes loaded by default with Windows Phone and Windows CE . Later versions of Internet Explorer Mobile (since Windows Phone 8 ) are based on the desktop version of Internet Explorer. Older versions however, called Pocket Internet Explorer (found on Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile ), are not based on the same layout engine .
41-634: Internet Explorer Mobile 11, the last version that was supported, is based on the desktop version of Internet Explorer 11 and came with Windows Phone 8.1 . A new browser, Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer Mobile in Windows 10 Mobile . Support for IE Mobile has ended on all Microsoft operating systems on October 10, 2023 with the end of support for Windows Embedded Compact 2013 . The latest version of Internet Explorer Mobile includes tabbed browsing . The browser supports multi-touch gestures , including pinch-to-zoom as well as tap-to-zoom, although not
82-585: A broader range of the HTML5 capabilities (including pointer events) and boosts applications/websites' performance. When it released, Internet Explorer Mobile 10 out-performed the Galaxy S III , HTC One S , and iPhone 4S on iOS 6 Beta in the SunSpider benchmark. On July 15, 2014, Microsoft released Windows Phone 8.1 , which includes the new Internet Explorer Mobile 11 browser. This version gets even closer to
123-439: A major upgrade to Internet Explorer Mobile based on the rendering engine of Internet Explorer 9 . Like its desktop counterpart, the browser features full hardware acceleration. Changes in this version included moving the address bar to the bottom of the screen and having it present in landscape orientation. Microsoft showed a number of HTML5 demonstrations for the browser. This is the last version supported on Windows Phone 7. In
164-722: A new version of the Internet Explorer Mobile browser. New features for the browser included multi-touch gesture support, tabbed browsing, a new UI, smooth zoom in/out animations, and a hybrid rendering engine of the Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 desktop versions. According to Engadget and Gizmodo , rendering speed and quality has significantly improved and was now on par with those of competing mobile browsers based on WebKit. At Mobile World Congress 2011 in February, 2011, Microsoft unveiled
205-504: A patch was issued to fix the flaw, estimated to have affected around 10,000 websites. As of May 2012 , estimates of IE7's global market share were 1.5-5%. With this version, Internet Explorer was renamed from Microsoft Internet Explorer to Windows Internet Explorer as part of Microsoft's rebranding of components that are included with Windows. Internet Explorer 7 introduces the Windows RSS Platform with which it
246-732: A result of the speed improvements, the reviewer said "if you switched to Chrome for speed alone, you're now using the wrong browser." IE11 was also observed to use less memory with multiple tabs open than contemporary versions of Chrome and Firefox. In August 2015, SitePoint again benchmarked IE11 in its review for Microsoft Edge , where Edge 12, Chrome 44 and Firefox 39 were also present. IE11 came last in Apple 's JetStream test (which replaced SunSpider) and Google's Octane test (which replaces V8) but it came second in Microsoft's "fish aquarium" test, after Edge. Though an internal build of IE11
287-433: A user to confirm any action that could affect the stability or security of the system even when logged in as an administrator, and "Protected-mode IE", which runs the web browser process with much lower permissions than the user. The first vulnerability exclusive to Internet Explorer 7 was posted after 6 days. Internet Explorer 7 is a component of Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Windows Embedded Compact 2013 and follows
328-511: Is a low integrity process; it cannot gain write access to files and registry keys outside of the low-integrity portions of a user's profile. This feature aims to mitigate problems whereby newly discovered flaws in the browser (or in Add-Ons hosted inside it) allowed crackers to subversively install software on the user's computer (typically spyware). Microsoft has addressed security issues in two distinct ways: User Account Control , which forces
369-659: Is more compliant than previous versions, according to all figures it remains the least standards-compliant compared to other major browsers of the period. It does not pass the Acid2 or the Acid3 tests, two test cases designed by the Web Standards Project to verify CSS compliance. In a 2008 MSNBC article, Tim Berners-Lee said that lack of support in Internet Explorer was responsible for holding back
410-400: Is not available for Windows 8 , Windows Vista , Windows Server 2008 , and earlier versions of Windows and Windows Server. On January 12, 2016, Microsoft adjusted their product lifecycle policies to only support the most recent version of Internet Explorer offered for any given version of Windows. Support for Internet Explorer 11, now regarded as an "OS component", is bound to the version of
451-500: Is the default browser from Microsoft in this version of Windows. Internet Explorer is set up to run websites, based on legacy HTML technologies, which are not, or improperly, supported in Microsoft Edge. While there were no other releases of Internet Explorer, an update for Windows 7 and 8.1 was released on April 2, 2014, which added Enterprise Mode, improved developer tools, improved support for WebGL and ECMAScript 5.1. With
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#1732776396348492-524: Is the eleventh and final version of the Internet Explorer web browser . It was initially included in the release of Windows 8.1 , Windows RT 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on October 17, 2013, and was later released for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on November 7, 2013. It is the successor to Internet Explorer 10 , released the previous year, and was the original, default browser in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, before Microsoft Edge
533-428: Is the last version of Internet Explorer to support Windows XP x64 Edition RTM and Windows Server 2003 SP1. Some portions of the underlying architecture, including the rendering engine and security framework, have been improved. New features include tabbed browsing , page zooming , an integrated search box, a feed reader , better internationalization, and improved support for web standards , although it does not pass
574-467: Is tightly integrated and can subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds, synchronize and update them on a schedule and display them with its built-in style sheet. Version 7 is intended to defend users from phishing as well as deceptive or malicious software, and it also features full user control of ActiveX and better security framework, including not being integrated as much with Windows as previous versions, thereby increasing security. Unlike previous versions,
615-570: The Acid2 or Acid3 tests. Security enhancements include a phishing filter, 256-bit stronger encryption , and a "Delete browsing history" button to easily clear private data. It is also the first version of Internet Explorer which is branded and marketed under the name 'Windows', instead of 'Microsoft'. Support for Internet Explorer 7 ended on October 10, 2023 alongside the end of support for Windows Embedded Compact 2013 . Support for Internet Explorer 7 on other Windows versions ended on January 12, 2016 when Microsoft began requiring customers to use
656-557: The Touch API at present. Bing Search is tightly integrated with Internet Explorer Mobile. It can display websites in both "mobile" and "desktop" versions. Internet Explorer Mobile 6 is included with Windows Mobile 6.5 and Zune HD . Internet Explorer Mobile 7 is included with Windows CE 7 . Internet Explorer Mobile 9 is included with Windows Phone . Each version has the same MSHTML rendering engine as its desktop counterpart, but with additional improvements. Pocket Internet Explorer
697-567: The WinInet API. The new version has better support for IPv6 , and handles hexadecimal literals in the IPv6 address. It also includes better support for Gzip and deflate compression, so that communication with a web server can be compressed and thus will require less data to be transferred. Internet Explorer Protected Mode support in WinInet is also exclusive. Although Internet Explorer 7
738-491: The Windows Genuine Advantage component of IE7, allowing it to be downloaded and installed by those without a genuine copy of Windows. Within a year after IE7's release (end of 2006 to end of 2007) support calls to Microsoft had decreased 10-20%. On December 16, 2008, a security flaw was found in Internet Explorer 7 which can be exploited so that crackers can steal users' passwords. The following day,
779-503: The desktop counterpart , by carrying over many of its improvements. New features include: Furthermore, the button to refresh the page is now placed on the address bar, and the open tabs can be displayed on other Microsoft devices besides the smartphone in use: if a user is logged in with his Microsoft account on both his Windows 8.1 device and Windows Phone device, tabs on Internet Explorer 11 will synchronize automatically. Microsoft made several changes to Internet Explorer Mobile to make
820-498: The 'genuine software' validation before install, which means that all versions of Windows, whether able to pass validation or not, are able to install the browser . The integrated search box supports OpenSearch . Internet Explorer operates in a special " Protected Mode ", that runs the browser in a security sandbox that has no WRITE access to the rest of the operating system or file system. When running in Protected Mode, IE7
861-608: The Internet Explorer ActiveX control is not hosted in the Windows Explorer process, but rather it runs in its own process. It also includes bug fixes, enhancements to its support for web standards, tabbed browsing with tab preview and management, a multiple-engine search box, a web feeds reader, Internationalized Domain Name support (IDN), and antiphishing filter. On October 5, 2007, Microsoft removed
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#1732776396348902-531: The June 2023 Windows security update ("B" release) on June 13, 2023, however this decision has been reverted. Internet Explorer 7 Windows Internet Explorer 7 ( IE7 ) (codenamed Rincon ) is a version of Internet Explorer , a web browser for Windows . It was released by Microsoft on October 18, 2006. It was the first major update to the browser since 2001. It does not support versions of Windows earlier than Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 . It
943-544: The Windows Phone Developer Summit in June 2012, Microsoft revealed that the next version of Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8 , would come with the same web browsing engine to be used in Windows 8 PCs and tablets. Internet Explorer Mobile 10 was intended to be faster and more secure, with anti-phishing features like SmartScreen Filter to block dangerous websites and malware. Sharing a core with Internet Explorer 10 , Internet Explorer Mobile 10 supports
984-462: The Windows it is installed on. Thus, Microsoft provides updates only to currently supported versions of Windows. This includes Windows 10 LTSC (formerly LTSB), and supported Windows Server versions, which will continue to receive IE11 updates until their respective end-of-support dates. The exception to this is the Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC). For SAC versions of Windows 10, Internet Explorer 11 support ended on June 15, 2022, Internet Explorer
1025-490: The attack can remain active. This flaw means that phishers can keep links from previous emails functioning by simply moving to a new server when their original web page is blacklisted and adding a redirect. This has been criticised as doubly serious as the presence of a phishing filter may lull users into a false sense of security when the filter can be bypassed. Phishing filter went on to be developed into and renamed Safety Filter and then SmartScreen by Microsoft, during
1066-481: The browser more compatible with sites designed for mobile Safari ( iOS ) and Chrome ( Android ). To accomplish this, Microsoft adopted features used in Safari and Chrome, emulates legacy WebKit features, and claims to web servers that it is iOS or Android compatible. The new version of Internet Explorer Mobile was released with Windows Phone 8.1 Update. Internet Explorer 11 Internet Explorer 11 ( IE11 )
1107-761: The default protocol for secure connections and deprecates RC4 cipher suite . The "document mode" feature in the developer toolset (F12) allows simulating the rendering behaviour of Internet Explorer versions 5 to 10 to facilitate testing pages for compatibility. Internet Explorer 11 for Windows RT does not support Java and other add-ons. In a November 2013 review by SitePoint, IE11 scored better than Google Chrome 30 and Firefox 26 in WebKit 's SunSpider test and Google's WebGL test. It tied with Chrome for fastest in Microsoft's "fish aquarium" benchmark for WebGL and came last in Google's V8 performance benchmark. As
1148-483: The development of Internet Explorer 8 . Internet Explorer 7 adds support for per-pixel alpha transparency in PNG , as well as minor improvements to HTML , CSS and DOM support. Microsoft's stated goal with version 7 was to fix the most significant bugs and areas which caused the most trouble for developers, however full compatibility with standards was postponed. Internet Explorer 7 additionally features an update to
1189-556: The latest version of Internet Explorer available for each Windows version. On February 15, 2005 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced that Microsoft was planning a new version of Internet Explorer. Both he and Dean Hachamovitch , General Manager of the Internet Explorer team, cited needed security improvements as the primary reason for the new version. The first beta of IE7
1230-513: The operating system. An Internet Explorer mode is however provided in Microsoft Edge to run legacy websites. On February 14, 2023, Microsoft permanently disabled IE11 on the Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) as part of a Microsoft Edge update released on February 14, 2023. IE11 visual references, such as the IE11 icons on the Start Menu and taskbar, were set to be removed from Windows 10 SAC by
1271-593: The release of Windows 11 , Windows Server Insider Build 22463 and later, Internet Explorer is no longer preinstalled on any new devices (the application that is, while its core component is due to Microsoft's integration of IE in Windows), but users can still launch Internet Explorer from the Control Panel's browser toolbar settings on or via the PowerShell. Microsoft Edge is the only preinstalled browser in
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1312-400: The same lifecycle, thus it will continue to be supported until October 10, 2023. Some users have criticised the phishing filter for being too easy to circumvent. One successful method of bypassing Internet Explorer's Phishing Filter has been reported by redirecting a blacklisted web page to another, non-blacklisted page, using a server-side redirect . Until the new page is blocked as well,
1353-826: The underlying technology of Internet Explorer 11 partially exists on Windows that do not support Internet Explorer as a proper application, such as Windows 11 and later versions that derive from the Windows 11 codebase. Microsoft has announced support for IE Mode through at least 2029, with a one-year advance notice prior to retiring this variant of IE11. IE11 features redesigned developer tools , support for WebGL , enhanced scaling for high DPI screens, prerender and prefetch. After launch IE11 got support for HTTP/2 . In addition, IE11 supports Full Screen and Orientation APIs, CSS border image support, JavaScript enhancements, DOM mutation observers, Web Cryptography API, video text track support, encrypted media support and an improved HTML editor. IE11 uses Transport Layer Security v1.2 as
1394-457: Was described as "taking advantage of Internet Explorer 6 technologies," with promised support for H.265, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Silverlight content. It would also support panning and zooming on pages designed for desktop browsers, similar to Safari on iPhone. The new update was shown running briefly during Microsoft's 2009 CES Keynote on a Palm Treo Pro , and later in an official video for Toshiba 's TG01 phone. Internet Explorer Mobile 6
1435-842: Was first introduced in Windows CE 1.0, released in November 1996. It does not derive from the Internet Explorer code and was written from scratch for being as lightweight as possible. PIE 1.1 was later released that supported cookies , HTTPS , and SSL . Pocket Internet Explorer 2.0, released in September 1997 with Windows CE 2.0, added many new features: offline browsing, resizing images to fit to screen, and richer HTML support, including framesets and tables. PIE 3.0, introduced in July 1998 with Windows CE 2.10, added support for JScript and various secure protocols. Pocket Internet Explorer 4
1476-503: Was introduced. Internet Explorer 11 was also included in the release of Windows 10 on July 29, 2015, as well as in Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 . On April 16, 2019, Internet Explorer 11 was made available to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard , the only still supported edition of Windows 8 as the final expansion of Internet Explorer 11 availability. Internet Explorer 11, like its predecessor,
1517-593: Was leaked on March 25, 2013, its first preview version was not formally released until June 2013, during the Build 2013 conference , along with the preview release of Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 . On July 25, 2013, Microsoft released the developer preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 . Windows 8.1 only : cryptography (WebCrypto), adaptive bitrate streaming (Media Source Extensions), Encrypted Media Extensions , SPDY v3 Released for Windows 10, where Microsoft Edge
1558-474: Was permanently disabled on February 14, 2023, and any remaining icons or shortcuts were due to be removed on June 13, 2023. However, on May 19, 2023, various organizations disapproved, leading Microsoft to withdraw the change. IE11 can still be accessed in some capacity with a third-party method. IE Mode , a feature of Microsoft Edge, enables Edge to display web pages using Internet Explorer 11's Trident layout engine and other core components. Through IE Mode,
1599-656: Was released as part of Windows Mobile 6.1.4, and some OEMs also installed it on Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Standard devices. New features include enhanced Javascript and AJAX support (Jscript v5.7 from Internet Explorer 8 ) and support for Adobe Flash Lite 3.1. The browser also has a redesigned finger friendly Graphical user interface . Overall rendering quality and speed are also improved with this version; however according to Gizmodo and Engadget it didn't render pages as well as Opera Mobile and browsers based on Webkit . On February 15, 2010, Microsoft unveiled its next-generation mobile operating system , Windows Phone. With it, came
1640-620: Was released on July 27, 2005 for technical testing, and a first public preview version of Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 2 preview: Pre-Beta 2 version) was released on January 31, 2006. The final public version was released on October 18, 2006. On the same day, Yahoo! provided a post-beta version of Internet Explorer 7 bundled with Yahoo! Toolbar and other Yahoo!-specific customizations. In late 2007 both Internet Explorer 6 and 7 received updates. Most PC manufacturers, however, have pre-installed Internet Explorer 7 (as well as 8) on new XP PC's, especially netbooks. On October 8, 2007, Microsoft removed
1681-567: Was the first to support ActiveX , CSS , VBScript as well as further extending support for HTTPS and advanced HTML features. Pocket PC 2002 version of PIE brought limited support for DHTML and XML , and also the ability to browse WAP sites – a feature not present in Internet Explorer for PC, Internet Explorer 6.0 added support for IFrames. The web browser supports FTP , XSLT , cookies and animated GIFs among other features. Microsoft announced an updated Internet Explorer Mobile browser on April 1, 2008, alongside Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0/6.1. It