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Designers: IE 5 a lost opportunity
News The Web Standards Project, a group of 7,000 Web site designers, said IE 5 doesn't go far enough in adhering to the design standards the company itself helped develop. In addition, the group said Microsoft added extensions that make IE incompatible...
[March 19, 1999, 9:15]
MS flags Mac IE 5 security gap
News The glitch, which cropped up under Internet Explorer 3.0 in 1997, resurfaced again in IE 5. Microsoft acknowledged Wednesday that a potential security gap has resurfaced in the Mac version of Internet Explorer after a three-year hiatus.
[May 18, 2000, 13:31]
MS admits 'incompatibilities' with IE 5
News Neil Laver, Microsoft's Internet Product Manager, admitted that there were "some incompatibilities", but argued that IE 5 bugs were not to blame for the problem. Laver explained: "Visual 6 was designed for IE 4.
[March 19, 1999, 12:35]
News Burst: Warning! IE 5 and Diamond warning
News The glitch flagged by Bugnet.com -- a Softbank-owned virus tracking site -- occurs when Diamond video drivers are downloaded after Microsoft's new browser has been installed. According to Bugnet.com, the bug means your computer may not restart.
[March 25, 1999, 11:16]
Gates looks beyond IE 5 release
News Gates called the IE 5.0 launch "a big milestone" for the company. He told the press and Web/satellite viewers who participated in yesterday's launch that IE 5.0 speaks directly "to the mission all of Microsoft is focused on today, taking the...
[March 19, 1999, 9:05]
Microsoft delays Mac IE 5
News Kwong said there will be other Mac-exclusive features in IE 5.0 but declined to specify them. Microsoft is pushing back its shipping schedule for the next Mac version of Internet Explorer. According to an email from Irving Kwong, product manager...
[September 8, 1999, 9:42]
IE 5 and Diamond files clash
News Incompatibilities between Microsoft's new browser and Diamond's drivers, uncovered by Softbank-owned virus tracking site Bugnet.com, ended up crippling some users' computers. According to the Internet Explorer release notes, if you have installed...
[March 25, 1999, 14:10]
IE5 Launch: Microsoft introduces kinder, gentler IE
News IE 5, set to launch today (dowload it from ZD Downloads later today), will include a few new features that will automate Web surfing or save users time -- including Autocomplete, which automatically fills out Web forms; a "go" button, for newbies...
[March 18, 1999, 7:24]
IE 5.0 has security bug
News DeKeles says your Web surfing is easily exposed if you browse with IE 5 on a Windows 98 platform. Microsoft does not yet have a fix, and is investigating whether it affects IE 5 on Windows NT. The breach was uncovered by ZDNet's AnchorDesk...
[May 5, 1999, 10:19]
A Year Ago: IE 5.0 has security bug
News DeKeles says your Web surfing is easily exposed if you browse with IE 5 on a Windows 98 platform. Microsoft does not yet have a fix, and is investigating whether it affects IE 5 on Windows NT. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 has a newly discovered...
[May 5, 2000, 7:01]
IE 6 gains foothold in browser market
News IE 6, released 27 August, showed a fast adoption rate in the week after its launch, StatMarket, a division of audience measurement service WebSideStory, said Wednesday. StatMarket said that although IE 6 had a "strong" start, it expects a low...
[September 7, 2001, 9:32]
IE has another megapatch
News According to Microsoft, this poses no threat to IE 5.01 and IE 5.5, but if GreyMagic is correct -- and as far as I can determine, it is -- IE 5.01 occasionally and IE 5.5 always remain vulnerable to this threat even after this patch.
[May 28, 2002, 10:15]
IE5 Launch: Why Jesse Berst is abandoning Netscape for IE5
News If you're a business person, I think you should take a serious look at IE 5, too. And I'm sure Netscape will make a valiant attempt to leapfrog IE 5 with its next release this summer. Even so, here are the things that have me leaning toward...
[March 18, 1999, 7:52]
Microsoft raises questions over HTML 5 standard
News As part of our planning for future work, the IE team is reviewing the current editor's draft of the HTML 5 spec and gathering our thoughts. The support of ratified standards [that web developers] can use is something that we are extremely...
[August 10, 2009, 10:41]
Browser shoot-out: IE 7 v Firefox 2 review
Reviews IE 7's installation recommended that we back up important files, close all programs, and eventually restart, while Firefox asked us only to close the old Firefox. Firefox's open-source status and myriad add-ons give it a community edge over IE 7.
[October 31, 2006, 8:08]
Browsers beware: new holes in IE and Flash
News Some recently disclosed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL are also detailed in the CERT Advisory CA-2002-23, but none of them is as dangerous as this flaw in IE. The SSL flaw apparently involves all versions of Internet Explorer going back at least five...
[August 27, 2002, 12:24]
Opera to fan the browser-war flames
News Both IE 5.5 and Netscape 6 are free. Microsoft recently released its first collection of fixes and patches for IE 5.5 and has begun signing up beta testers for IE 6.0. The Opera browser has had a lot going for it.
[December 1, 2000, 12:28]
Browser benchmarks: IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari review
Reviews Firefox fans will be pleased with the speed of version 2.0.0.13 compared to IE 7, but Opera 9.27 and Safari 3.1.0 are the real winners here. IE 8 Beta 1 delivers a significantly better result in this test and reels in some of the competition...
[May 23, 2008, 16:40]
IE still rules the browser market - for now
News IE 6 was released last August, and in its first week on the market grabbed a 2.4 percent share, according to StatMarket, a division of audience measurement service WebSideStory. StatMarket said on Wednesday that that figure has risen to 30.4...
[March 28, 2002, 6:31]
IE Eolas workaround turned around
News The patch will accompany the next security update for IE, scheduled for release on 11 April, Microsoft said on Wednesday. The patch should give Web developers more time to make adjustments that take the IE changes into account.
[March 30, 2006, 10:15]
