<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
(	O
IE2	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
now	O
discontinued	O
,	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
(	O
IE	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
graphical	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
unveiled	O
in	O
October	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
and	O
on	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
launched	O
with	O
12	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
English	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
would	O
expand	O
to	O
24	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
20	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
and	O
9	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
by	O
April	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
lacked	O
many	O
features	O
that	O
became	O
common	O
in	O
later	O
IE	O
versions	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Blue	O
'	O
e	O
 '	O
logo	O
,	O
integration	O
with	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
bundled	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
tenure	O
,	O
IE	O
market	O
share	O
only	O
went	O
up	O
to	O
about	O
roughly	O
3-9	O
%	O
by	O
mid	O
1996	O
,	O
before	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
3	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.1	I-Device
;	O
as	O
the	O
following	O
version	O
,	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
3	I-Protocol
,	O
only	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.5	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE	O
replicated	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
quirks	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
importing	O
bookmarks	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1996	O
,	O
FTP	O
Software	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
providing	O
Microsoft	O
with	O
various	O
technology	O
for	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
including	O
a	O
PPP	B-Protocol
network	O
,	O
16-bit	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
other	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
beta	O
in	O
October	O
1995	O
,	O
only	O
2	O
months	O
after	O
version	O
1	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.1	I-Device
in	O
November	O
1995	O
and	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
NT	B-Device
4.0	I-Device
in	O
July	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Beta	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
came	O
out	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
finalized	O
version	O
in	O
April	O
for	O
68k	B-Device
and	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
Macintosh	O
System	O
7.0.1(PPC or 68k )	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
January	O
1996	O
for	O
PPC	O
,	O
and	O
April	O
for	O
68k	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
OEM	O
Service	O
Release	O
(	O
OSR	O
1	O
)	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Internet	O
Starter	O
Kit	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
in	O
early	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
launched	O
with	O
twelve	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
English	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
expanded	O
to	O
24	O
,	O
20	O
,	O
and	O
9	O
for	O
Win	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Win	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
respectively	O
by	O
April	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.0i	O
version	O
supported	O
double-byte	B-Application
character-sets	I-Application
for	O
supporting	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Japanese	O
or	O
Korean	O
characters	O
in	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.1	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
came	O
out	O
in	O
August	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
version	O
2	O
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
3	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
,	O
especially	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
being	O
economic	O
with	O
resources	O
and	O
for	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
supported	O
the	O
embedding	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
multimedia	O
formats	O
into	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
including	O
AVI	O
and	O
QuickTime	B-Application
formatted	O
video	O
and	O
AIFF	O
,	O
MIDI	O
and	O
WAV	O
formatted	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.1	O
fixed	O
bugs	O
and	O
improving	O
stability	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
few	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
(	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
on	O
any	O
platform	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
)	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
QuickTime	B-Application
VR	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOL	O
3.0	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
used	O
the	O
IE	B-Protocol
2.1	I-Protocol
rendering	O
engine	O
in	O
its	O
built-in	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
various	O
16	O
and	O
32	O
bit	O
versions	O
largely	O
depended	O
on	O
the	O
OS	O
although	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
would	O
use	O
the	O
16	O
bit	O
versions	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE2	B-Protocol
introduced	O
new	O
or	O
improved	O
features	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
soon	O
became	O
ubiquitous	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
cookies	B-Application
)	O
while	O
others	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
integrated	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
were	O
removed	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
out	O
of	O
scope	O
and	O
better	O
covered	O
by	O
dedicated	O
software	O
like	O
Outlook	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Windows	O
versions	O
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Significant	O
changes	O
Shipped	O
with	O
2.0	O
Beta	O
October	O
1995	O
Support	O
of	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
tables	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
elements	O
2.0	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
1995	O
SSL	B-Protocol
,	O
cookies	B-Application
,	O
VRML	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Internet	B-Application
newsgroups	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
OSR1	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
Internet	O
Starter	O
Kit	O
2.01	O
August	O
1996	O
Bug	O
fix	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.1	I-Device
.	O
</s>
