Internet Explorer 4

Internet Explorer 4
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release
  • Windows: September 22, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-09-22)
  • Mac OS: January 6, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-01-06)
  • Unix: March 4, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-04)
Stable release
  • Windows: 4.01 SP2 (4.72.3612.1713) / March 16, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-03-16)
  • Mac OS: 4.5
EngineMSHTML
Operating system
Platformx86, 68k (Up to 4.5), PPC, Alpha AXP, PA-RISC, and SPARC
Included withWindows 95 OSR 2.5 and Windows 98 First Edition
PredecessorInternet Explorer 3 (1996)
SuccessorInternet Explorer 5 (1999)
TypeWeb browser
LicenseProprietary
Websitereplay.waybackmachine.org/19980120111844/http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ Edit this on Wikidata

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (IE4) is the fourth, and by now, discontinued, version of the Internet Explorer graphical web browser that Microsoft unveiled in Spring of 1997, and released on September 22, 1997, primarily for Microsoft Windows, but also with versions available for the classic Mac OS, Solaris, and HP-UX[1][2][3] and marketed as "The Web the Way You Want It".[4]

It was one of the main participants of the first browser war. Its distribution methods and Windows integration were involved in the United States v. Microsoft Corp. case. It was superseded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 in March 1999. In addition the Internet Explorer layout engine MSHTML (Trident) was introduced. It attained just over 60% market share by March 1999 when IE5 was released.[5] In August 2001 when Internet Explorer 6 was released, IE4.x had dropped to 7% market share and IE5 had increased to 80%.[6] IE4 market share dropped under 1% by 2004.[7]

Internet Explorer 4 is no longer available for download from Microsoft. However, archived versions of the software can be found on various websites.

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