Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer) is a free program developed by Microsoft and designed for viewing Internet content. All Windows operating systems are equipped with this. It has been included with this operating system since 1995. However, at that time it was not yet widely used. But today it is the most popular among users. And this is not without reason, since it has a convenient and intuitive window interface.
Internet Explorer browser window interface
At the top of the program is the title bar. There are three buttons in the right corner: Collapse , Roll out the window And Close. The operation of these buttons is very simple, each performs the action assigned to it.
Below is the address bar where you enter the address of the desired web page in . In addition, the page address is entered into the line automatically when moving from one publication to another.
To the left of the address bar are buttons Back And Forward. Icons are displayed as arrows. At the button Back arrow points to the left, button Forward has an arrow pointing to the right. These icons allow you to easily navigate from page to page. To return to the previous page, just click the corresponding button. To view the next page, click the icon Forward .
Depending on the product series, the open page bookmark can be located in two variations: either next to the address bar or below it. There are buttons in the same row as the address bar and the open page tab. Home , Magazine (Favorites) And Settings .
Using a button Home you can quickly return to the main page of the search engine that the user has set as home.
In the tab Magazine Data is recorded by day on pages visited. Tab Favorites displays pages that the user has entered here for his convenience. Using this tab, you can quickly move from one site to another, since no time is wasted on searching.
Using a button Settings you can send a document for printing, change the window scale, go to pinned sites.
Below the address bar is a toolbar. It includes the name of the search engine. Here you can configure various icons for ease of use. Often an email icon, a weather button, and currency quotes are placed here. Each user configures the panel at their own discretion.
Below the toolbar is the work area. It directly displays the content that is posted on websites. There are scroll bars (vertical and horizontal) that appear depending on the size of the content.
Thus, the interface of the Internet Explorer web browser is similar to the interface of other commonly used programs, such as Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel. This similarity is what attracts the user, since an inexperienced person in working with an Internet browser does not need to study the structure of the window for a long time; it is enough to glance at it. This is the main and main advantage of this web browser.
Working with the Internet Explorer Internet browser
Windows developers have provided for frequent use of the browser. As a result, they placed the icon on the taskbar. The icon shows the browser symbol in the form of a capital letter e with a vertical belt. Thus, the program can be launched with a button from the taskbar or launched from the list of programs via the button Start. After launch, a browser window appears.
Here the user either uses his favorite sites, which are recorded in Favorites, or enters the address of the desired electronic page. Website addresses are written in Latin. But recently it has become possible to enter website addresses in Russian. However, even when entering the Russian-language name of the site, you must remember that the protocol http:// must be written in Latin.
In order for the user to be able to browse websites, he initially needs to establish a connection with the provider. If the connection is not established, then instead of web pages, after starting the browser, a message about the impossibility of displaying the page will appear in the working window.
Disadvantages and criticism of the Internet browser Internet Explorer
Any program has a number of advantages and disadvantages. Unfortunately, this browser is no exception. A lot of users note that some websites are displayed incorrectly.
Professionals criticize it for not sufficiently supporting web standards set by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Incorrect display of data creates a problem not only for users, but also for web page masters. Of course, the latest versions of Internet Explorer have support CSS3 and objects Java Script Load quickly, but this browser has some room for improvement.
But this browser also has some important positive characteristics. According to research by NSS Labs, in the test Internet Explorer 10 version far ahead of its competitors. It detected and blocked more than 99 percent of malware.
Hello everyone Let's talk about a program like Internet Explorer, which is in every Windows, I will also tell you why it is needed. This means that Internet Explorer is a browser, but not everyone’s favorite, you can even say that it is the most NOT popular browser, although it is available in any Windows. For some reason no one likes it, no, well, of course there are those who use it, but many are still dissatisfied with it..
And do you know why? Because Internet Explorer is a very slow browser, it’s not clear why it’s so slow even in Windows 10! Or did you think he wasn't here? It’s here, and it’s here, where has it gone? True, if I’m not mistaken, its development has been discontinued, because it was replaced by His Majesty Microsoft Edge, which is like a super-duper fast browser..
It's not all that simple though. The fact is that even when Microsoft Edge appeared, Internet Explorer was not removed from Windows. And it seems to me that this was done because Internet Explorer is not just a browser, it is a system program, the object of which can be used in another program. Well, that is, I mean that any programmer can write a program that will use Internet Explorer for its own purposes. And so that such programs work, and they exist, as it were, that’s why this browser remains in Windows 10.
This is what Internet Explorer looks like:
Supports almost everything that modern browsers do. However, such a little thing as Paste and go, well, when you copied the link, there is no such thing in this browser, it’s a jamb, it’s a jamb
By the way, do you know how to quickly launch Internet Explorer? I'll show you now! So press Win + R and write the following command there:
And that’s it, then click OK and that’s it, Internet Explorer will start! But if you write in the window not iexplore, but iexplore -private, then it will start immediately in private mode
Is it possible to uninstall Internet Explorer? Well, actually you can't. You can disable it at most using Windows settings. But you can still remove it, although it is a little dangerous.. Okay, let me first show you how to disable it. So look guys, right-click on the Start icon and select the topmost item there, that is, Programs and Features:
Now in the window there will be such a thing as enabling or disabling Windows components, so click this:
A window will appear, here you need to find Internet Explorer 11 and uncheck it:
When you uncheck the box, the following message will appear, then click Yes:
Then click OK and there will be a window like this to search for some files, well, it’s like turning off Internet Explorer:
And then you will need to restart the computer again, well, in short:
I advise you not to postpone the reboot, but to complete the job
Then I tried to launch Internet Explorer and this is the error I saw, as if it had actually been deleted:
But the Internet Explorer folder in Program Files still remains, here are its contents:
That is, you see, there is no iexplorer.exe file, but it is this file that launches the browser! There is no file in either just Program Files or Program Files (x86). That is, it smells like a real shutdown and one might even say deletion, because the browser cannot be launched and the main file, that is, iexplorer.exe, then it is not there, but this is essentially the browser.. These are the pies guys
Well, now about removing Internet Explorer. If you want to delete it, I'll show you how to do it, you can try it too. But before deleting, so to speak, for a better effect, well, I’ll write just in case, before deleting, it’s better for the browser to be disabled. Well, that is, as I showed above, through Windows components.
Before deleting, be sure to make a restore point first. But why create this point and how to do it at all? I already uninstalled a system program called MSXML 4.0 SP3 Parser once, and to avoid any mistakes, I first created a restore point just in case. I wrote about this to everyone here, I advise you to take a look
So, to be honest, I don’t know whether I will be able to remove Internet Explorer or not, but I hope that it will work out, and now I will do it. First, we need the Unlocker utility; we can’t do without it. You can easily find it on the Internet, because the utility is quite well known. It seems that this is the official website from where you can download the utility, there is even a portable version.
Just be careful when you install it, some other left-handed program is often installed along with it, so be careful and look for the presence of left-handed checkboxes when installing. When I installed Unlocker for myself, there was this checkbox for installing some incomprehensible leftist:
So, I installed the Unlocker utility, so what do we do now? What we’ll do is delete the Internet Explorer folder from both Program Files and Program Files (x86). The Unlocker utility was created just for such things; it can delete things that, in principle, cannot be deleted. Therefore, be careful with Unlocker and do not delete anything unnecessary, otherwise there will be glitches later and Windows will suddenly not boot!
So, let's go first to this folder:
C:\Program Files
Right-click on the Internet Explorer folder and select Unlocker:
That's it, then you need to select Delete from the menu and click OK:
After this, the Internet Explorer folder should be successfully deleted:
Now you do the same with the Internet Explorer folder that is located in Program Files (x86), that is, you also delete it using Unlocker.
After I deleted it, I rebooted to check that everything would work as it should. Windows turned on, folders opened normally and without glitches, that is, Explorer worked as expected. The fact is that I uninstalled Internet Explorer in Windows 7 in the same way, but there was a jamb, then all my folders opened in a new window, this doesn’t seem to be the case here.
I hope that you understand that it will not be possible to return Internet Explorer back. Because we removed it by the roots. Although, on the other hand, you can not delete the Internet Explorer folders, but move them somewhere so that later you can put them back if necessary. And then all that remains is to enable the component, well, in that Windows Components window, and it is quite possible that Internet Explorer will be restored. But maybe it won't work. In general, you should definitely make a restore point before deleting.
Well, that's all guys, now you know not only what kind of Internet Explorer program this is, but also how to remove this program. I hope everything was clear to you, good luck in life and that everything goes well for you
20.11.2016And yet monopoly is a great force. If you have the most popular operating system on planet Earth in your hands. If only 19 countries in the world are richer than you. If you have been dictating your own rules of the game for many years, then you can afford to be imposing.
Talking about a success story Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, we should not forget that this browser itself is a rather average and not such a powerful development as they want to present it to us today. But if you have the opportunity to integrate your program into Windows (the most popular operating system in the world), then millions will use it in any case. Possessing such colossal capabilities, you will make even the most mediocre solution a leader.
And this is exactly what happened with Internet Explorer. The introduction is over. I invite you on a journey history of IE creation.
The creation of Internet Explorer, or How Bill Gates “slept through” the Internet
Even geniuses make mistakes sometimes. This is what actually happened with: in the early 90s, he was firmly convinced that the Network would remain the lot of the elite. Today it sounds wild and even funny, but Gates’s train of thought can be understood: at that time it had not yet been adapted for the common user. Everything was too expensive, heavy and difficult to master. Guided by considerations about the weak potential of the Network, Microsoft concentrated on the minimum - creating an online service called MSN, which, according to management, should cover all the needs of its few users.
And 1995 struck... And they saw the light. And they realized how wrong they were.
I'm learning, of course. Everything was not so pretentious, but the essence was conveyed correctly - it was in 1995 that Microsoft faced the need to urgently reconsider its strategy. MSN, in which enormous amounts of money had been invested, failed to cope with its leadership role. Bill Gates understood that they urgently needed someone who could, at a minimum, become popular and convenient. The decision was made to start working on IE.
Internet Explorer's first victory
In the mid-90s, the Internet was dominated by Netscape browser. The developers of Internet Explorer were given a specific task - to quickly create a program that would win the palm from Netscape. The first release was based on the developments of the now defunct Mosaic browser. Naturally, some things have been improved and some things have been refined.
Finally, on August 16, 1995, the first version of Internet Explorer was released. By the way, it has not yet been integrated into Windows and was offered for free download. A free browser, immediately integrated into Windows "95, appeared a little later - in 1996. And this immediately began to bear fruit: the program had its first fans. By the way, already from the second release (November 1996) the browser was available as for Windows and Mac.
By 2001, six versions of the program had been released, and each version was significantly updated and modernized. We must pay tribute to Internet Explorer - for that time it was a quite good browser: high loading speed, completely free, constant updates.
It is no wonder that it was in the period from 1999 to 2003 that the Internet Explorer browser won a huge market share, finally defeating the completely unupdated Netscape Navigator in a fair fight. It was this period (until 2003) that is considered to be the “golden era” of IE: according to some data, at that time the program was used by up to 90% of Internet visitors. The figure is more than impressive.
Sunset Internet Explorer
In 2001, an event occurred that first raised the popularity of Internet Explorer to its highest heights, and then turned into its “gravedigger.” It was in this year that the famous sixth version of Internet Explorer was released, which became the cause of thousands of severe nervous disorders and attacks of hatred among webmasters around the world. This version completely ignored generally accepted standards and applications specifically adopted by the W3C consortium.
In simple terms, sites may look great in all known browsers, but will frankly “float” in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. Naturally, too many people did not like this state of affairs. Numerous security holes in the program did not add to optimism.
What exactly happened? It's simple - the usual dizziness from success. Besides the fact that the sixth version itself was quite good (not counting the above-mentioned problem and security problems), it was installed on Windows XP - a real Microsoft masterpiece that broke all records of popularity among users: an unthinkable thing, even today, more than 10 years old, millions of people use this OS.
It was a simply fantastic situation: a very popular version of the browser was installed on an even more popular version of the OS. It would seem like a miracle, comparable to winning the lottery.
You, Microsoft did not provoke a confrontation with the whole world and did not derive any benefit from this situation for itself. I don’t presume to judge what exactly became the root cause of such a strange position: was it pride, the desire to create an alternative (read, subsequently the main) direction in the development of browsers, or something else. What worked perfectly with Windows did not work with the IE browser: users did not want to accept the imposed rules of the game and began to look for other programs for surfing the Internet.
The sixth version of the browser has gained notoriety both among web developers and users. And the more popularity of XP grew, the more dissatisfaction was caused by the browser built into it. This is the paradox in the history of Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer today
Of course, Microsoft rushed to fix the situation, but it was too late. The outflow of users began and continues to this day. Yes, there was the ninth version of Internet Explorer, where all sites were viewed quite correctly, and security problems were more or less resolved. But invaluable time has already been lost. Over the years, new programs have grown and fledged (,), which gladly picked up the flag that fell from the weakening hands of IE. The moment was lost.
To date, there are 11 full-fledged releases of IE, and the latest one is a completely competitive product. Not without flaws, of course.
Yes, today the share of the Internet Explorer browser ranges from 25% in the USA to 8% in Russia and some European countries. But what strength does this give the company! If earlier the influx of users was completely natural, today maintaining positions is only possible with the support of three pillars: huge money, massive PR and, of course, integration into the world’s most popular OS, Windows.
What was literally lying under our feet yesterday, today the creators of the browser have to extract it with enormous efforts.
This is the history of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. A browser that could become for Internet visitors what Windows became for most computer users - everything. But in the end, IE became just one of them.
Internet Explorer has been the default web browser for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems for many years. Microsoft has discontinued Internet Explorer but continues to support it. Microsoft Edge replaced IE as the default Windows browser starting with Windows 10, but IE still ships on all Windows systems and is still a popular browser.
About Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains various Internet connections, network file sharing, and security options. Among other features, Internet Explorer supports:
- Proxy configuration
- VPN and FTP client capabilities
- Remote administration
Internet Explorer has received a lot of publicity for several network security holes that were discovered in the past, but newer versions of the browser have strengthened the browser's security features to combat phishing and malware. Internet Explorer was the most popular web browser used worldwide for many years - from 1999, when it surpassed Netscape Navigator, until 2012, when Chrome became the most popular browser. Even now, it is used by other Windows users than Microsoft Edge and all other browsers except Chrome. Due to its popularity, it is a popular target for malware.
Later versions of the browser were criticized for being slow and stagnant.
Internet Explorer versions
Over the years, 11 versions of Internet Explorer have been released. IE11, released in 2013, is the latest version of the web browser. At one time, Microsoft released versions of Internet Explorer for the Mac OS X operating system and for Unix machines, but these versions were also discontinued.
To view all kinds of web resources on the Internet, special programs called browsers are used. To start enjoying all the possibilities of the global web, as well as increase your own productivity on the network, let's get acquainted with the basic principles of the functioning of browsers using the Internet Explorer web browser as an example.
Internet Explorer (IE) is one of the most famous Internet surfing applications developed by Microsoft, and the fact that this program comes with Windows allows it to remain highly popular among users for many years.
The current and recommended version of this browser is index 9, and if you still have its previous edition (6, 7 or 8) installed, we strongly recommend updating. Unfortunately, Windows XP users cannot install IE higher than version 8, and will have to make do with an outdated and not the most reliable version of this browser.
In the fourth quarter of 2012, Microsoft plans to launch its new operating system Windows 8, where the default browser will be Internet Explorer 10, which, judging by its beta version, will almost completely retain the user interface of its predecessor.
Basic controls
To perform almost all operations in Internet Explorer 9, the panel located at the top of the program window is used.
Here are the main browser controls (from left to right):
- Buttons Back forward - designed to load the previous or previous web page;
- Address bar , combined with the search field;
- Koepka Search - opens a search query window;
- Button Correct display of web pages - allows you to solve problems in case of incorrect display of their contents;
- Button Update - serves to update the contents of the browser window;
- Button Stop - stops loading a web page;
- Tab bar Internet pages viewed;
- Button Home - navigates to the start page;
- Button Favorites - opens a window that displays lists of your most favorite Internet resources, web channels, as well as previously viewed web pages on the corresponding tabs - Favorites, Web Channels and Journal. Here you can also add any resource to your favorites using the button of the same name by selecting the required folder.
- Button Service - calls up a menu with a list of additional actions (printing, zooming, etc.), as well as browser settings.
Address bar and search system
One of the most basic and popular actions when working on the Internet is searching for the necessary information, and therefore any browser necessarily contains this function. The search tool in Internet Explorer 9, based on newfangled trends, is built into the smart address bar. Its cleverness is expressed in the fact that when you enter a site address or a search query, the browser automatically begins to offer various possible options, thereby speeding up the process of error-free typing of the searched words or phrases. In this case, the browser itself will determine what you want from it - go to a web page (site) or perform a search.
When you enter a search query, such as a word or phrase, the search process begins using the default search engine. In this case, in the bottom line of the drop-down list of various proposed options, you can change the search engine or add a new one using the corresponding button. Also notice the new “Go” button with a right-pointing arrow icon that appears between the “Search” and “Stop” buttons. With its help, you can open search results in a new tab.
To remove unnecessary (unused) search engines from the browser, as well as change the order in which icons are displayed in the search field and control options, you need to open the “Tools” menu by clicking on the button of the same name, select “Add-ons” and in the window that opens on the left, click the “Search Services” tab "
Tabs
All modern browsers have special tab services to organize work with several web pages at once. Thus, while viewing a page on the Internet and deciding to open others at the same time, you will not have to create more and more new windows on your desktop. Now, newly opened web pages will be displayed on their own tabs within one window of the running program. Of course, this does not mean that you cannot, if necessary, open the Internet pages you need in separate windows, but organizing the viewing of Internet content using tabs is more convenient and allows you to use your workspace more efficiently.
Initially, in Internet Explorer, the panel where the tabs are located is located to the right of the address bar. On the one hand, this somewhat increases the space in which the content of web pages is displayed, but on the other hand, when you open a dozen tabs at once, navigating through them becomes inconvenient. To correct this situation, right-click on any tab and in the context menu that opens, at the very bottom, select “Show tabs in a separate line.” By the way, there you will also find several more useful commands for working with tabs and their group processing. If there are too many tabs and they no longer fit on the panel, scroll arrows will appear.
The header of each tab displays the logo of the site being visited, the name of the open page, and its closing icon in the form of a cross. To the right of open tabs is a shortcut to open new ones. To change the order of tabs, grab any of them with the left mouse button and move them to the desired location. If you grab a tab, but just drag it outside the placement panel, it will open in a separate window. In the same way, tabs can be dragged from one browser window to another.
IE 9 has another interesting, and even unique, ability to pin the most popular and frequently visited web page to the taskbar. To do this, just grab the tab or site icon from the address bar with the left mouse button and drag it down the desktop. After which its opening becomes a matter of one click of the mouse.
Favorites
Many Internet users have their favorite sites or web pages that they visit most often and regularly. For faster and more convenient access to this kind of resources, Internet Explorer has a “Favorites” tool, which makes it possible to save the addresses of your favorite sites in the form of a special list of links or folders with links.
All the necessary tools for working with the list of favorites are located in the “Favorites” tab, which opens by clicking on the button of the same name with an asterisk. Here you can add a new link, move, rename or delete existing ones. It is also possible to change the structure of the favorites list.
To add the current web page to your favorites, simply open the Favorites window and click the Add to Favorites button. Next, in the dialog box that opens, select the folder in which you want to save the link to the resource from the existing ones, or create a new one.
If you want the “Favorites” tab to be open all the time and in front of your eyes, then to do this you should pin it in the browser by clicking the arrow button located in the upper left corner of the “Favorites” window.
Internet Explorer also has a special panel for favorite resources, which is located immediately below the tab bar. By default, it is disabled, and to enable its display, right-click on an empty space in the header of the browser window and select the “Favorites Bar” command in the context menu. Disabling is done in the same way.
In the “Favorites” tab, in addition to the list of links to your favorite resources, there is also another useful tool called “Journal”. It stores links to all the web pages you've visited over a period of weeks.
To view the journal, click on the “Favorites” button and then open the “Journal” tab. Here, for convenience, you can organize the lists of visited pages, for example, by date or by node.
Uploading files
Many Internet resources provide users with the opportunity to download all kinds of files to their computer, including movies, pictures, music, documents and other content. In previous versions of IE, after selecting this action, a pop-up window appeared, which in version 9 was replaced by the Notification Bar, which appears at the bottom of the browser window, thereby not interfering with work or cluttering the Windows taskbar with a separate tab.
The “Notification Panel” contains several commands with which you need to decide what needs to be done with the downloaded file:
- Execute - starts downloading a file to the computer into the default folder (usually the “Downloads” folder), and after it is completed, the downloaded file is automatically launched.
- Save - simply downloads and saves the file in the default folder.
- Cancel - cancels file download.
If you need to independently select a folder to save the downloaded file, then click on the arrow next to the “Save” button and select “Save as”.
Once the file starts downloading, the composition of the buttons on the notification panel will change.
Now, using them, the user can pause or cancel the download of a file at any time, as well as view which files were downloaded before.
Safety
In today's Internet space, the issues of security and protection of confidential user data are more relevant than ever. That is why any modern browser has built-in protection against various Internet threats. In particular, Internet Explorer has a built-in pop-up blocker and a customizable warning system for loading active content from visited web pages.
In addition, the Microsoft browser has a built-in anti-phishing filter - a means of blocking fraudulent sites that use the original design of real web resources (often banking sites or popular social networks) to steal logins, passwords, credit card numbers and other confidential data.
If a suspicious site is detected, IE9 can block it completely or partially. In the latter case, the browser will only block malicious software without affecting all other parts of the web resource.
Of course, the developers couldn’t ignore the web browser’s download manager, having built in a tool to check downloaded files for malicious content. If unidentified or unsafe content is detected, the filter blocks downloading and users receive a warning message. If necessary, you can continue downloading.
In general, it is worth noting that versions of Internet Explorer below version nine had quite serious vulnerabilities and are considered by many experts to be one of the most unsafe browsers. But in IE 9, the security system has undergone major changes and improvements that are designed to make surfing the web more secure for users.
