March 14, 2011

Internet Explorer 9 released

MicrosoftThe software giant behind Windows, Office, Azure, and Xbox — founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. released Internet ExplorerMicrosoft's long-running web browser — bundled with Windows for decades before Edge replaced it. 9 on March 14, 2011 with hardware-accelerated graphics, a cleaner UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with., and improved HTML5The fifth major HTML revision — native audio, video, canvas, and APIs without browser plugins. and CSS3 support.

What it was for

Internet Explorer 9IEInternet Explorer — Microsoft's browser that dominated the web in the 1990s and 2000s. 9 was MicrosoftThe software giant behind Windows, Office, Azure, and Xbox — founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.'s answer to ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide.: a GPUGraphics processing unit — a chip optimized for parallel math; now used for graphics, ML, and scientific computing.-accelerated rendering pipeline, pinned sites, and a focus on web standards. It was the last IEInternet Explorer — Microsoft's browser that dominated the web in the 1990s and 2000s. version many enterprises standardized on before Windows 10 and EdgeMicrosoft's Chromium-based web browser — the default on Windows, replacing Internet Explorer..

Companies

  • Microsoft

Why it's here

IEInternet Explorer — Microsoft's browser that dominated the web in the 1990s and 2000s. 9 was MicrosoftThe software giant behind Windows, Office, Azure, and Xbox — founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.'s most standards-focused Internet ExplorerMicrosoft's long-running web browser — bundled with Windows for decades before Edge replaced it. release.

Why it mattered

Hardware acceleration and HTML5The fifth major HTML revision — native audio, video, canvas, and APIs without browser plugins. support narrowed the gap with modern browsers.

What it solved

IEInternet Explorer — Microsoft's browser that dominated the web in the 1990s and 2000s. 8 could not keep pace with ChromeGoogle's web browser — built on Chromium and the most widely used browser worldwide.'s speed and developer mindshare.

Media

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