Download Old Version of Internet Explorer 5.1.7

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Program Information:

System Requirements:

• Mac OS 8.1 to Mac OS 9.2.2
• Not compatible with Mac OS X

Download Internet Explorer 5.1.7:

Internet Explorer 5.1.7   (12 MB)

What's New in Internet Explorer 5.1.7:

• Support for furigana.
• Scrapbook feature lets the user archive any page in its current state.
• Auction Manager feature automatically tracks eBay auctions.
• Although Internet Explorer for Mac did not have any PNG support at all until version 5.0 (a year or two after other major browsers), the PNG support added in that version was unusually robust, including transparency and color correction.
• An option to change the browser color, to match the colors of the iMac G3. The first builds had a choice of 9 colors, but later builds had 15.
• Print Preview functionality allowing for adjustment of the font-size from within the preview pane.
• Page Holder sidebar functionality allowing users to hold a page in the sidebar (links-only view available too) and load clicked links in the main browser window. Much of this functionality was replaced with tabbed browsing in later browsers, but not the links-only view.
• The URL from which content was downloaded is added to the Finder's Comment field (visible through Get Info).
• A white-on-black address bar for much of its life, that always used small Geneva non-anti-aliased text.

About:

Internet Explorer for Mac, a.k.a. Internet Explorer:mac or Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition, was a proprietary but free-of-charge web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer for Windows, however later versions diverged, particularly with the release of version 5 which included the Tasman rendering engine. As a result of the five-year agreement between Apple and Microsoft in 1997, it was the default browser on Mac OS before it was replaced by Apple owned Safari web browser. Internet Explorer remained available for the Mac OS until January 31, 2006. No major updates had been released since March 27, 2000 aside from bug fixes and updates to take advantage of new features in Mac OS X.

• Auto-complete in the address bar responds to typing partial URLs or page titles, searches favorites and history
• Go menu allows access to the persistent global browser history
• CSS support
• Text zoom allows the user to resize text on any page, regardless of how text size is specified
• Scrapbook feature lets the user archive any page in its current state.
• Auction Manager feature automatically tracks eBay auctions.
• Print Preview functionality allowing for adjustment of the font-size from within the preview pane.