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Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X, showing its Initial release April 23, 1996; 22 years ago ( 1996-04-23) 5.2.3 (June 16, 2003; 15 years ago ( 2003-06-16)) Development status Unsupported through (up to 4.5), (up to 5.2.3), Website Internet Explorer for Mac (also referred to as Internet Explorer for Macintosh, Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition, Internet Explorer:mac or IE:mac) is an unsupported inactive developed by for the platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as. Later versions diverged, particularly with the release of version 5 which included the cutting edge, and highly standards-compliant. As a result of the five-year agreement between and Microsoft in 1997, it was the default browser on the and from 1998 until it was superseded by Apple's own web browser in 2003 with the release of 'Panther'. On June 13, 2003, Microsoft announced that it was ceasing further development of Internet Explorer for Mac and the final update was released on July 11, 2003.

The browser was not included in the default installation of 'Tiger' which was released on April 29, 2005. Microsoft stopped releases for the product on December 31, 2005 and they removed the application from their Macintosh downloads site on January 31, 2006. Microsoft recommended 'that users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.' An archived version of the download is available on, but only works on and earlier versions, because of the discontinuation of Rosetta.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Versions of Internet Explorer for Macintosh were released starting with version 2 in 1996, to version 5 which received its last patch in 2003. IE versions for Mac typically lagged several months to a year behind Windows versions, but included some unique developments including its own layout engine. Internet Explorer 2.0 for Macintosh [ ] The first version of Internet Explorer for the Macintosh operating system was a beta version of Internet Explorer 2.0 for Macintosh, released on January 23, 1996 as a free download from Microsoft's website.

This first version was based on the web browser licensed from. Available for both and based Macs running or later, it supported the embedding of a number of multimedia formats into web pages, including and formatted video and and formatted audio. The final version was released three months later on April 23.

Version 2.1 released in August of the same year, was mostly aimed at fixed bugs and improving stability, but also added a few features such as support for the (the first version of Internet Explorer on any platform to do so) and support for. 3.0 for Macintosh used the IE 2.1 rendering engine in its built-in web browser. See also: Internet Explorer 3.0 for Macintosh [ ] On November 5, 1996 Microsoft announced the release of a beta version of Internet Explorer version 3.0 for Macintosh.

This release added support for version 3.2,, and controls. The final version, made available on January 8, 1997, also added support for the and security protocols and the and rating systems that can be used to control access to websites based on content ratings. A problem with an operating system extension used in the Mac OS, called CFM68K Runtime Enabler, led to a delay in the release of the version 3.0 for Macs based on the line of processors. Four months later on May 14, Microsoft released version 3.01 which included a version for 68k-based machines. This version also included features from the Windows version of Internet Explorer 4.0 such as and Monitoring Favorites that notified users when sites in their Favorites list have been updated.