Internet Explorer From 1.0 To 9.0

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Internet Explorer From 1.0 To 9.0

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 17, 2011 @05:01AM 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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TFA? by Ksevio · 2011-03-17 05:03 · 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 · 2011-03-17 05:04 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QqYVurImY&feature=player_embedded
2. Re:TFA? by viablos · 2011-03-17 05:08 · 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.
3. Re:TFA? by recoiledsnake · 2011-03-17 05:22 · 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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4. Re:TFA? by gad_zuki! · 2011-03-17 05:27 · 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.
5. Re:TFA? by arth1 · 2011-03-17 05:36 · Score: 3
  
  I prefer to R TFA.
  Have we really degenerated so badly that even /. has become a video pushing outlet for generation-ADHD?
Nobody ever... by giuseppemag · 2011-03-17 05:05 · 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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7 days by sakdoctor · 2011-03-17 05:26 · Score: 5, Funny

7 days after you watch that youtube video, YOUR BROWSER WILL CRASH.
Re:Not strange. by shutdown+-p+now · 2011-03-17 06:43 · Score: 5, Funny

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