<s>
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Macintosh	I-Protocol
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
Macintosh	B-Device
Edition	O
,	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer:mac	I-Protocol
or	O
IE:mac	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
to	O
browse	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
versions	O
were	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
as	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
diverged	O
,	O
particularly	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
5	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
the	O
cutting-edge	O
,	O
fault-tolerant	B-General_Concept
and	O
highly	O
standards-compliant	O
Tasman	B-Application
layout	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
five-year	O
agreement	O
between	O
Apple	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
on	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
from	O
1998	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
Safari	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
in	O
2003	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.3	I-Operating_System
"	O
Panther	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
ceasing	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
final	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
default	O
installation	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.4	I-Application
"	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
"	I-Application
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
stopped	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2005	O
and	O
they	O
removed	O
the	O
application	O
from	O
their	O
Macintosh	B-Device
downloads	O
site	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
archived	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
download	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Softonic.com,	O
but	O
only	O
works	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.6	I-Device
and	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
Rosetta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	O
browser	B-Application
would	O
not	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
platform	O
until	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Macintosh	I-Protocol
were	O
released	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
2	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
to	O
version	O
5	O
which	O
received	O
its	O
last	O
patch	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE	O
versions	O
for	O
Mac	O
typically	O
lagged	O
several	O
months	O
to	O
a	O
year	O
behind	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
but	O
included	O
some	O
unique	O
developments	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
own	O
layout	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
,	O
called	O
Tasman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
operating	O
system	O
was	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
2.0	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
1996	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Spyglass	B-Application
Mosaic	I-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
licensed	O
from	O
Spyglass	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
for	O
both	O
68k	B-Device
and	O
PPC	B-Architecture
based	O
Macs	O
running	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.0.1	I-Operating_System
or	O
later	O
,	O
it	O
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
and	O
WAV	O
formatted	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.1	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
was	O
mostly	O
aimed	O
at	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	O
2.1	O
rendering	O
engine	O
in	O
its	O
built-in	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
5	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
3.0	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
HTML	B-Language
version	O
3.2	O
,	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
,	O
Java	B-Application
applets	I-Application
and	O
ActiveX	B-Application
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
version	O
,	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
January	O
8	B-Operating_System
,	O
1997	O
,	O
also	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
SSL	B-Protocol
and	O
NTLM	O
security	O
protocols	O
and	O
the	O
PICS	O
and	O
RSACi	O
rating	O
systems	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
access	O
to	O
websites	O
based	O
on	O
content	O
ratings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
problem	O
with	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
extension	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
called	O
CFM68K	O
Runtime	O
Enabler	O
,	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
delay	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
version	O
3.0	O
for	O
Macs	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
68k	B-Device
line	O
of	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
months	O
later	O
on	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
version	O
3.01	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
68k-based	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
also	O
included	O
features	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
4.0	O
such	O
as	O
AutoComplete	O
and	O
Monitoring	O
Favorites	O
that	O
notified	O
users	O
when	O
sites	O
in	O
their	O
Favorites	O
list	O
have	O
been	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
introduced	O
a	O
Download	O
Manager	O
and	O
a	O
Cookie	B-Application
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
Apple	O
agreed	O
to	O
make	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
months	O
later	O
on	O
January	O
6	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Macworld	O
Expo	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
4.0	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
offline	B-Protocol
browsing	I-Protocol
,	O
Dynamic	B-General_Concept
HTML	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
new	O
faster	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
and	O
Security	O
Zones	O
that	O
allow	O
users	O
or	O
administrators	O
to	O
limit	O
access	O
to	O
certain	O
types	O
of	O
web	O
content	O
depending	O
on	O
which	O
zone	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
Intranet	O
or	O
Internet	O
)	O
the	O
content	O
was	O
coming	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
publicized	O
feature	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
4.0	O
was	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Active	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
technology	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
deliver	O
regularly	O
updated	O
content	O
that	O
users	O
could	O
personally	O
tailor	O
to	O
their	O
interests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
Active	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
failed	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
wide	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
event	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8.1	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
operating	O
system	O
to	O
bundle	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
as	O
its	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
per	O
the	O
agreement	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
version	O
4.0	O
was	O
not	O
ready	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
so	O
version	O
3.01	O
was	O
bundled	O
on	O
the	O
CDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
's	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Macworld	O
Expo	O
on	O
January	O
9	B-Operating_System
,	O
1999	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
4.5	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
dropped	O
68K	B-Device
processor	O
support	O
,	O
introduced	O
Form	O
AutoFill	O
,	O
Print	O
Preview	O
,	O
the	O
Page	O
Holder	O
pane	O
which	O
let	O
a	O
user	O
hold	O
a	O
page	O
of	O
links	O
on	O
one	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
that	O
opened	O
pages	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
hand	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
technology	O
like	O
Sherlock	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
at	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Macworld	O
Expo	O
,	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
5	I-Protocol
Macintosh	B-Device
Edition	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
two	O
months	O
later	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
5	I-Protocol
had	O
been	O
released	O
a	O
year	O
earlier	O
,	O
but	O
used	O
the	O
Trident	B-Application
layout	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Edition	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
rendering	O
engine	O
called	O
Tasman	B-Application
that	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
compliant	O
with	O
emerging	O
W3C	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
4.0	I-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
Level	I-Language
1	I-Language
,	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
Level	I-General_Concept
1	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
such	O
as	O
complete	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
PNG	O
image	O
standard	O
(	O
which	O
previous	O
versions	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
at	O
all	O
)	O
,	O
DOCTYPE	O
switching	O
,	O
Text	O
Zoom	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
source	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
an	O
Auction	O
Manager	O
for	O
tracking	O
auctions	O
in	O
sites	O
like	O
eBay	B-Application
and	O
an	O
Internet	O
Scrapbook	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
quickly	O
and	O
easily	O
store	O
and	O
organize	O
web	O
content	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
an	O
image	O
or	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
selected	O
text	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preview	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
included	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
the	O
MediaBar	O
which	O
integrated	O
MP3	O
and	O
internet	O
radio	O
playback	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
feature	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
was	O
just	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
however	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
that	O
release	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
a	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
DP4	O
release	O
handed	O
out	O
to	O
developers	O
at	O
the	O
2000	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Public	I-Operating_System
Beta	I-Operating_System
included	O
another	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
version	O
of	O
IE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.0	I-Operating_System
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2001	O
included	O
yet	O
another	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
version	O
of	O
IE	B-Protocol
5	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
updated	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
v10.1	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2001	O
included	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
5.1	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
IE	O
5.1	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
9	B-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Jorg	O
Brown	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
IE	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
developers	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
after	O
version	O
5	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
that	O
produced	O
IE	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
were	O
moved	O
to	O
another	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IE	B-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
was	O
relegated	O
to	O
something	O
they	O
were	O
expected	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
spare	O
time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
5.2	O
(	O
the	O
first	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X-only	O
release	O
)	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
few	O
performance	O
and	O
security	O
fixes	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
features	O
,	O
like	O
Quartz	B-Operating_System
text	O
smoothing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
reassigned	O
developers	O
to	O
develop	O
version	O
6	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
,	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSN	B-Protocol
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
subscription-only	O
browser	B-Application
that	O
worked	O
with	O
the	O
online	O
MSN	B-Protocol
service	O
,	O
incorporate	O
features	O
like	O
an	O
address	O
book	O
,	O
junk	O
mail	O
filters	O
and	O
an	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
hearing	O
that	O
Apple	O
had	O
started	O
development	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
they	O
canceled	O
the	O
standalone	O
browser	B-Application
development	O
and	O
concentrated	O
on	O
the	O
MSN	B-Protocol
browser	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
PC	O
Pro	O
reported	O
that	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Business	O
Unit	O
general	O
manager	O
Roz	O
Ho	O
had	O
confirmed	O
that	O
aside	O
from	O
updates	O
to	O
fix	O
security	O
problems	O
,	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
no	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
days	O
later	O
on	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
(	O
PPC	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
version	O
5.2.3	O
and	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
on	O
July	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
they	O
released	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
9	B-Operating_System
,	O
version	O
5.1.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
OS	I-Protocol
X	I-Protocol
(	O
PPC	B-Architecture
)	O
had	O
a	O
distinguishing	O
blue	O
logo	O
that	O
was	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
the	O
logo	O
used	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
one	O
just	O
had	O
a	O
lighter	O
blue	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
less	O
three-dimensional	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
common	O
contemporary	O
browsers	B-Application
(	O
with	O
the	O
possible	O
exception	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
are	O
still	O
not	O
features	O
in	O
many	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auction	O
Manager	O
feature	O
automatically	O
tracks	O
eBay	B-Application
auctions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
did	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
PNG	O
support	O
at	O
all	O
until	O
version	O
5.0	O
(	O
a	O
year	O
or	O
two	O
after	O
other	O
major	O
browsers	B-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
PNG	O
support	O
added	O
in	O
that	O
version	O
was	O
unusually	O
robust	O
,	O
including	O
transparency	O
and	O
color	O
correction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
option	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
color	O
,	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
builds	O
had	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
9	B-Operating_System
colors	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
builds	O
had	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
an	O
app	O
had	O
a	O
blurred	O
translucent	O
window	O
and	O
an	O
effect	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
look	O
of	O
iOS	O
7	B-Operating_System
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
Carbon	O
versions	O
just	O
used	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
built-in	O
window	O
translucency	O
without	O
blurring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Page	O
Holder	O
sidebar	O
functionality	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
hold	O
a	O
rendered	O
page	O
in	O
the	O
sidebar	O
(	O
a	O
links-only	O
view	O
was	O
available	O
too	O
)	O
and	O
load	O
clicked	O
links	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
browser	B-Application
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
this	O
functionality	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
tabbed	O
browsing	O
in	O
later	O
browsers	B-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
links-only	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
previous	O
IE	O
Mac	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
Macintosh	B-Device
internet	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
URL	O
from	O
which	O
content	O
was	O
downloaded	O
is	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Finder	B-Application
's	O
Comment	O
field	O
(	O
visible	O
through	O
Get	O
Info	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
Config	I-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
were	O
characterized	O
by	O
strong	O
support	O
for	O
Macintosh-only	O
technologies	O
,	O
generally	O
to	O
a	O
greater	O
degree	O
than	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
for	I-Protocol
Mac	I-Protocol
and	O
some	O
other	O
of	O
its	O
contemporaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acid1	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
an	O
offline	O
Easter	O
egg	O
,	O
accessible	O
by	O
typing	O
'	O
about:tasman	O
'	O
,	O
in	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
5	I-Protocol
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
with	O
the	O
text	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
