Windows: 2.01 / August 1996; 27 years ago (1996-08) Mac OS: 2.1 / August 1996; 27 years ago (1996-08)
Operating system
Windows 3.1x
Windows NT 3.1
Windows 95
System 7
Mac OS 8
Platform
x86 (16- and 32-bit), 68k, PowerPC, MIPS, Alpha AXP
Included with
Windows 95 OSR1 and Windows NT 4.0
Predecessor
Internet Explorer 1.0 (1995) Internet Explorer 1.5 (1996)
Successor
Internet Explorer 3 (1996)
Available in
24 languages[1]
Type
Web browser
License
Freeware
Website
www.microsoft.com/ie/IE.HTM
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 (IE2) is the second, and by now discontinued, version of Internet Explorer (IE), a graphical web browser by Microsoft. It was unveiled in October 1995, and was released on November 27, 1995, for Windows 95 and Windows NT, and on April 23, 1996, for Apple Macintosh[2] and Windows 3.1.[1]
Version 2 launched with 12 languages, including English, but this would expand to 24 for Windows 95, 20 for Windows 3.1, and 9 for the Macintosh by April 1996.[1] It lacked many features that became common in later IE versions, including the blue 'e' logo, integration with Windows Explorer, and bundled programs.[2] Its market share was also much lower than later versions. During its tenure, IE market share only went up to about roughly 3-9% by mid 1996, before Internet Explorer 3 was released.[3][4]
This is the last version of Internet Explorer to support Windows NT 3.1; as the following version, Internet Explorer 3, only supports Windows NT 3.5.
Internet Explorer 2 is no longer supported, and is not available for download from Microsoft.
^ abc"Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browser Available on All Major Platforms, Offers Broadest International Support" (Press release). Microsoft. 30 April 1996. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008.
^ abPolsson, Ken (29 January 2017). "Chronology of Personal Computers". islandnet.com.
^Thompson, Maryann Jones (8 October 1998). "Behind the numbers: Browser market share". CNN.com. CNN. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010.
^Kubaitis, Ed. "Browser Statistics for June 1996". University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Archived from the original on May 7, 2001.
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