Ah, the memories.
With Internet Explorer 9 already downloaded and used by more than two million people, it's time for a look back at how far Microsoft's in-house web browser has come since the very beginning.
Even if you're not a user of IE today, there's probably some version in the nine that was your main browser of choice. It's a fascinating trip down memory lane. Check it out below:
Here is Every Version of Internet Explorer Acid Tested
The same maker of this video did the same thing for Windows earlier this month. Check that out here.
Firefox: 97/100
IE9 95/100
IE got 95/100
acid3:
chrome 5 100/100
opera 10.61 100/100
firefox 3.6.8: 94/100
ie8: 20/100
and firefox and ie *still* don't manage to do that today... (i'll wait for the final versions of both and update the table later or so)
i'm running a c2quad q6600 at stock 2.4GHz with 4gb ram and a gf 8800gt - i keep testing chrome, opera, firefox and ie on html5test.com, acid3, v8 and sunspider 9 - all the results - if you're interested - can be found here: www.keksfabrik.eu/browsers (plain text)
Except that I have to load up firefox or IE to even post a comment. But this isn't as much Opera's fault. The TH website staff are terrible web devs.
Really?
Moreover, there's a fewe elements missing in this:
- IE4 for *NIX was released and did work on platforms such as HP-UX etc. but was very unstable and didn't actually have the same features IE4/Win had
- IE5 for Mac OS had several releases, which were actually more feature-full and more advanced than IE5-6 on Windows: this is actually the browser that introduced doctype-switching for Quirks/Standard mode selection
- There was a IE 5.5 release for Windows: the last to support Windows 95, it also installed on Windows 98/SE and was shipped with Millenium. This is the rendering engine which is now emulated when using Quirks mode in IE 6/7/8/9.
Actually, it's probably your fault. I post on Opera all the time, like this time. It's been working since I've moved to Opera.
aside from that, it's a nice history on IE.