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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 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.

    3. 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.

  2. 7 days by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. 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!