Internet Explorer version history

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Major version
Minor version
Release date
Significant changes
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cells: Version 1
1.0
August 1995
Initial release.
Plus! for Windows 95
cells: Version 1
1.5
January 1996
Compatible with Windows NT 3.5
cells: Version 2
2.0 Beta
October 1995
Support of HTML tables and other elements.
cells: Version 2
2.0
November 1995
SSL, cookies, VRML, and Internet newsgroups.
Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95 OSR1 Internet Starter Kit
cells: Version 2
2.01
Unknown
Bug fix release.
cells: Version 3
3.0 Alpha 1
March 1996
Improved support of HTML tables, frames, and other elements.
cells: Version 3
3.0 Alpha 2
May 1996
Support of VBScript and JScript.
cells: Version 3
3.0 Beta 2
July 1996
Support of CSS and Java.
cells: Version 3
3.0
August 1996
Final release.
Windows 95 OSR 2
cells: Version 3
3.01
October 1996
Bug fix release.
cells: Version 3
3.02
March 1997
Bug fix release.
cells: Version 3
3.03
April 1997
Bug fix release.
cells: Version 4
4.0 Beta 1
April 1997
Improved support of CSS and Microsoft DOM.
cells: Version 4
4.0 Beta 2
July 1997
Improved support of HTML and CSS.
cells: Version 4
4.0
September 1997
Improved support of HTML and CSS.
Windows 95 OSR 2.5
cells: Version 4
4.01
November 1997
Bug fix release.
Windows 98
cells: Version 5
5.0 Beta 1
June 1998
Support of more CSS2 features.
cells: Version 5
5.0 Beta 2
November 1998
Support of bi-directional text, ruby character, XML/XSL and more CSS properties.
cells: Version 5
5.0
March 1999
Final release. Last version supported on Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.x.
Windows 98 SE
cells: Version 5
5.01
November 1999
Bug fix release.
Windows 2000
cells: Version 5
5.5 Beta 1
December 1999
Support of more CSS properties. Minor changes to support of frames.
cells: Version 5
5.5
July 2000
Final release. Last version supported on Windows 95.
Windows ME
cells: Version 5
5.6
August 2000
Released for Windows Whistler build 2257.
Windows Whistler
cells: Version 6
6.0 Beta 1
March 2001
More CSS changes and bug fixes to be more W3C-compliant. Add new feature Smart tag
cells: Version 6
6.0
August 27, 2001
Final release. remove the Smart tag again.
Windows XP Windows Server 2003
cells: Version 6
6.0 SP1
September 9, 2002
Vulnerability patch. Last version supported on Windows NT 4.0, 98, 2000 and ME.
Windows XP SP1
cells: Version 6
6.05
October 1, 2003
Released for Windows Longhorn build 4051.
Windows Longhorn build 4051-4094
cells: Version 6
6.0 SP2
August 25, 2004
Vulnerability patch. Popup/ActiveX blocker. Add-on manager.
Windows XP SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP1
cells: Version 6
6.0 SP3
April 21, 2008
Windows XP: Latest updates included with XP SP3.
Windows XP SP3 Windows Server 2003 SP2
cells: Version 7
7.0 Beta 1
July 27, 2005
Support of PNG alpha channel. CSS bug fixes. Tabbed browsing. Support for EV SSL certificate. Phishing filter.
Windows Vista Beta 1
cells: Version 7
7.0 Beta 2 Preview
January 31, 2006
More CSS fixes. Web feeds platform integration. New GUI. Quick Tabs.
cells: Version 7
7.0 Beta 2
April 24, 2006
Feature complete. More CSS fixes. Application compatibility fixes.
cells: Version 7
7.0 Beta 3
June 29, 2006
Fixes rendering issues for CSS.
cells: Version 7
7.0 RC 1
August 24, 2006
Improvements in performance, stability, security, application compatibility and final CSS adjustments.
cells: Version 7
7.0[Note 1]
October 18, 2006
Final release.
Windows Vista Windows Server 2008
cells: Version 8
8.0 Beta 1
March 5, 2008
CSS 2.1, Contextual Services. Accelerators. Web Slices. Tab isolation and DEP protection enabled by default. Automatic crash recovery. Improved phishing and malware filter (SmartScreen). Uses 6 HTTP server connections for improved website responsiveness.
cells: Version 8
8.0 Beta 2
August 27, 2008
CSS 2.1 bug fixes. InPrivate browsing. Smart address bar. Search suggestions. Tab color grouping. Caret browsing.
Windows 7 Pre-Beta
cells: Version 8
8.0 Pre-RC 1
December 11, 2008
CSS bug fixes. Improved Developer Tools. Changes in Compatibility View. Improved Favorites management and other minor changes to UI. Changes to InPrivate browsing and blocking modes.
Windows 7 Beta
cells: Version 8
8.0 RC1
January 26, 2009
CSS bug fixes. Minor changes in favorites management and search bar.
cells: Version 8
8.0[Note 2]
March 19, 2009
Final release. Last version supported on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.[73]
Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2
cells: Version 9
9.0 Platform Preview 1 v1.9.7745.6019
March 16, 2010
Support for some CSS3 selectors (including border-radius property), HTML5 and SVG. New JavaScript engine (code name Chakra). Added support for graphics and web rendering hardware acceleration, using Direct2D and DirectWrite.
cells: Version 9
9.0 Platform Preview 2 v1.9.7766.6000
May 5, 2010
Support for more functions in SVG, HTML5, DOM. Added support for all CSS3 selectors. JavaScript performance improvements.
cells: Version 9
9.0 Platform Preview 3 v1.9.7874.6000
June 23, 2010
Support for HTML5 <audio>, <video> and <canvas> tags. Support for WOFF fonts. JavaScript and graphics performance improvements.
cells: Version 9
9.0 Platform Preview 4 v1.9.7916.6000
August 4, 2010
CSS bug fixes. Support for ECMAScript5 (ES5). JScript engine integrated into the core browser components (architectural change). Performance improvements.
cells: Version 9
9.0 Beta & 9.0 Platform Preview 5 v1.9.7930.16406
September 15, 2010
New UI, Download manager, New Tab page, Search in the address bar, Notification Bar, Add-on Performance Advisor
cells: Version 9
9.0 Platform Preview 6 v1.9.8006.6000
October 28, 2010
CSS3 2D transforms and HTML5 semantic tags.
cells: Version 9
9.0 Platform Preview 7 v1.9.8023.6000
November 17, 2010
Better JavaScript performance.
cells: Version 9
9.0 Release Candidate & 9.0 Platform Preview 8 1.9.8080.16413
February 10, 2011
Performance improvements, Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, paste and navigate, enhancements to user interface, and support for the W3C Geolocation API.
cells: Version 9
9.0[Note 3]
March 14, 2011
Improved performance, improved Tracking Protection, and the option to pin multiple targets per page. Last version supported on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.[74]
cells: Version 10
10.0 Platform Preview 1 v2.10.1000.16394
April 12, 2011
Support for CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 gradients, and ES5 strict mode.
cells: Version 10
10.0 Platform Preview 2 v2.10.1008.16421
June 29, 2011
Support for Positioned Floats, CSS stylesheet limit lifted, CSSOM Floating Point Value support, Improved hit testing APIs, Media Query Listeners, HTML5: Support for async attribute on script elements, HTML5 Drag and Drop, HTML5 File API, HTML5 Sandbox, HTML5 Web Workers, and some Web Performance APIs.
cells: Version 10
10.0 Developer Preview v10.0.8102.0 - Platform Preview 3
September 13, 2011
Support for Windows 8, CSS 3D Transforms, CSS Text shadow, SVG Filter Effects, Spellchecking, Autocorrection, local storage with IndexedDB and the HTML5 Application Cache, Web Sockets, HTML5 History, and InPrivate tabs.
Windows 8 Developer Preview
cells: Version 10
10.0 Developer Preview v10.0.8103.0 - Platform Preview 4
November 29, 2011
Windows 8 Developer Preview
cells: Version 10
10.0 Consumer Preview v10.0.8250.0 - Platform Preview 5
February 29, 2012
Improved performance and support for more HTML5.[75]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview
cells: Version 10
10.0 Release Preview v10.0.8400.0 - Platform Preview 6
May 31, 2012
Windows 8 Release Preview
cells: Version 10
10.0[Note 4]
October 26, 2012
Final release. Last version supported on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
Windows 8 RTM
cells: Version 11
11.0 Preview 11.0.9431.0
June 26, 2013
Windows 8.1 only. Improved support for HTML5 and CSS3. Support for WebGL and SPDY. New Modern UI-interface and developer tools.
Windows 8.1 Preview
cells: Version 11
11.0 Release Preview 11.0.9431.0
September 18, 2013
Windows 7 only.
cells: Version 11
11.0
October 17, 2013
The default browser in Windows 8.1. Last version supported on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.[76]
Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 10 Windows Server 2016

Questions about this table:
originalText: what is the current version of internet explorer
answer: answerTexts: Version 11