Changes

Most web statistics show Internet Explorer to currently be the most used web browser on the market, although its default inclusion in Microsoft Windows - which has over 85% market share for personal computers - makes it unlikely that this has anything to do with user preferences, let alone whether it is the best browser.

Most web statistics show Internet Explorer to currently be the most used web browser on the market, although its default inclusion in Microsoft Windows - which has over 85% market share for personal computers - makes it unlikely that this has anything to do with user preferences, let alone whether it is the best browser.

Internet Explorer has been criticized for numerous security holes, such as its tight integration with the Windows operating system and its ActiveX technology, which allows websites to run arbitrary programs (such as viruses) on the user's computer.  It has also been criticized for ignoring web standards.  Microsoft claims to have fixed many of these problems version to version however, many of the security vulnerabilities are still present. In addition, it is a resource hog that can slow down your internet page rendering or speed over time.

Internet Explorer has been criticized for numerous security holes, such as its tight integration with the Windows operating system and its ActiveX technology, which allows websites to run arbitrary programs (such as viruses) on the user's computer.  It has also been criticized for ignoring web standards.  Microsoft has fixed many of these problems version to version however, many of the security vulnerabilities are still present.  

==Version History==

==Version History==

In March of 1999, ''Internet Explorer 5.0'' was released, and largely focused on increasing web design capability and personalization, such as apps for Economics or a Internet Radio. 2 years later with the release of [[Windows XP]] in 2001, ''Internet Explorer 6.0'' came onto the scene with a focus on Internet Security and User Privacy, allowing a user to decide what amount of Privacy they wanted on the Internet. For many younger Readers, this will ussualy be the first Internet Browser they had experience with.

In March of 1999, ''Internet Explorer 5.0'' was released, and largely focused on increasing web design capability and personalization, such as apps for Economics or a Internet Radio. 2 years later with the release of [[Windows XP]] in 2001, ''Internet Explorer 6.0'' came onto the scene with a focus on Internet Security and User Privacy, allowing a user to decide what amount of Privacy they wanted on the Internet. For many younger Readers, this will ussualy be the first Internet Browser they had experience with.

5 years after the release of IE 6, Microsoft released ''Internet Explorer 7.0'' which had a focus on both increased Security and personalization. Of note in the changes was the inclusion of Tabbed browsing, which allowed more then one internet page to be open in one browser, a feature popularized by other browsers such as [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]]

5 years after the release of IE 6, Microsoft released ''Internet Explorer 7.0'' which had a focus on both increased Security and personalization. Of note in the changes was the inclusion of Tabbed browsing, which allowed more then one internet page to be open in one browser, a feature popularized by other browsers such as [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] Three ears later, ''Internet Explorer 8.0'' was released, again with improvements to Security and a focus on increasing Browsing speed.

 

==Browser Wars==

==Browser Wars==