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Internet Explorer From 1.0 To 9.0

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-how-he-rolls dept.

FrankNFurter writes "Remember the video of Andrew Tait upgrading Windows from 1.0 to 7. He did another one — this time installing all major versions of IE from 1.0 to 9.0." He actually does some interesting packet sniffing to see why sites aren't rendering, and amusingly shows MSIE 1.0 getting a 93/100 on the acid test... pretty impressive considering it lacks JS and CSS.

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  1. TFA? by Ksevio · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This story would be a lot more interesting with a link to an article where we could see some of these things.

    1. Re:TFA? by surgen · · Score: 5, Informative

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QqYVurImY&feature=player_embedded

    2. Re:TFA? by baresi · · Score: 2

      Can't have an article about IE6 or older, just by showing screen shots you will get virus, spyware and just pure ugliness

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    3. Re:TFA? by viablos · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The interesting thing is how good IE9 actually is compared to the older versions. It's a huge advancement from Microsoft and provides browser for casual people that also supports all the newest standards like HTML5 and is extremely secure. Firefox is currently the only browser lacking plugin sandboxing.. They're really lagging behind, and Microsoft has taken over Firefox.

    4. Re:TFA? by viablos · · Score: 2

      Yes, you can use separate software to do it.. You could do it with old IE's too. The fact still remains that Firefox is the only current browser lagging sandboxing and security. Even Chrome has it.

    5. Re:TFA? by recoiledsnake · · Score: 4, Informative

      This story would be a lot more interesting with a link to an article where we could see some of these things.

      http://www.winrumors.com/man-upgrades-internet-explorer-1-0-to-9-0-video/

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    6. Re:TFA? by jez9999 · · Score: 2

      I don't like the minimalist toolbar interface. The only browser I can still customize to get away from that is Firefox.

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    7. Re:TFA? by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Informative

      Right click on the toolbar area. You'll see options to bring back the menu bar, various toolbars, status bars, etc. Its not as user hostile as Chrome.

    8. Re:TFA? by arth1 · · Score: 3

      I prefer to R TFA.

      Have we really degenerated so badly that even /. has become a video pushing outlet for generation-ADHD?

    9. Re:TFA? by amicusNYCL · · Score: 2

      Pretty much every browser these days is customizable, with Chrome being an obvious exception. You can change virtually everything about Opera, for example, but you're apparently myopic regarding Firefox if you think it's "the only browser" you can do that with.

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    10. Re:TFA? by viablos · · Score: 2

      Just because I said (and many people agree to this) that IE9 is an advancement over the older versions I'm now a marketing shill? Jesus...

  2. Nobody ever... by giuseppemag · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...reads TFA, so no need to add it to the post. A byte saved is a byte earned!

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  3. Not strange. by rolfc · · Score: 2

    I don't find it strange that 1.0 is good. Microsoft was caught without a browser when they realized that no one wanted MSN. So they bought Spyglass Mosaic which was a good browser, but they didn't have the time to ruin it before the release. Curiosly, I was one of the first 10 000 that downloaded it and was rewarded with a T-shirt.

    1. Re:Not strange. by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah - Mosaic was so good that it implemented most of specs involved in Acid test correctly before they were even conceived!

    2. Re:Not strange. by gravis777 · · Score: 2

      Uh, The Microsoft Network was bundled with 95, and unless I am much mistaken, did not work on older versions, meaning it was released on August 24, 1995. Internet Explorer 1 was released on August 16, 1995, but was not originally included with Windows 95, although it was in the Plus pack that many OEMs shipped with their system.

      Therefore, Microsoft had already licensed and released Internet Explorer before The Microsoft Network was released on the public. (Albeit only by a week)

  4. 7 days by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    7 days after you watch that youtube video, YOUR BROWSER WILL CRASH.

  5. Re:Not the first, not the second time by just_another_sean · · Score: 2

    Goatse alert, don't be fooled. The goggles, they do nothing!

    tuxrocks4, you're a dick.

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  6. Re:So here's a question for you by amicusNYCL · · Score: 2

    Not sure about IE9, but I set Opera to load all plugins on-demand. That's Preferences -> Advanced -> Content -> Enable plugins only on-demand

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  7. Horse porn? by antdude · · Score: 2

    Haha, "horse porn" at 8:02.

    He should do other non-Windows platforms that have IE too. [grin]

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  8. Re:So here's a question for you by cbhacking · · Score: 2

    Same in IE9. Tools -> Safety -> ActiveX Filtering. Blocks everything, including Flash and Java, just fine. It can be toggled on and off for individual sites quite easily; the little circle-with-a-line-through-it icon in the location bar (between the Search drop-down and the Compatibility Mode toggle button) works as a button to control it, and turns blue when filtering anything.

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