The Worst Web Browser Ever! I called it "Internet Sexplorer" when it was crashed after I clicked 2 links I downloaded Firefox at that time. However, I need to use Internet Explorer for some Microsoft sites because the dumb Microsoft's new Sliverlight , ActiveX and other Web applications to let people use

When downloaded it finds and modifies files that other web browsers would never touch. It has a tendency to break expensive applications and destroy ever-so-precious files. It cannot render pages designed for browsers other than itself and it is big, clunky and looks like shit. It was once a good browser but M$ decided to abuse its power and force everyone that buys Windoze to use it as a file browser (Windoze Explorer) and a web browser. It is like an ugly weed; once it has sprouted and grown it can never be truly killed because you always leave a small root that will grow back into the ugly weed.

no words for it. just get firefox and google chrome and delete that shit right away.

Microsoft's default browser for Windows

The best web browser around, maybe even ever. Comes pre-installed with Windows, and has awesome features built into it, such as a popup blocker, private browsing, and link scanning. Definitely the top of the line in terms of technology, compared to its rivals.

Competitors include Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome, but they all take up way too much memory, and have a bunch of useless "add-ons" that you have to install just to do basic stuff such as block popups. These addons frequently cause browser crashes, and become outdated whenever the browser updates. IE8 comes with all of these features from the start, and the addons it has never cause problems. Internet Explorer can also view 99% of all websites with no problem, while these other guys are incompatible with half of the websites out there.

Some douches out there will dis Internet Explorer, but usually these guys are just butthurt Mac fans who are jealous of Microsoft's popularity - so don't listen to them, Internet Explorer is the best.

A web browser for use on Windows platforms. There was once a version for Apple Mac users, but this has been discontinued. Receives a bad reputation from open-source proponents because of perceived flaws and errors in its rendering engine; is the target of much abuse from these proponents, whom are often zealous of Mozilla Firefox to the point of fanaticism.

These zealots often seem ignorant of basic computer security, believing that Firefox will prevent viruses and spyware from infecting their computers, when in fact, Firefox is merely a browser and is not a universal panacea. If Internet Explorer is coupled with the freely-available security updates, it becomes as secure and more stable than Firefox.

Although it may lack the bells and whistles of other browsers, as an internet browser, Internet Explorer performs its job adequately.

A popular web browser by Microsoft based on NSCA Mosaic.