and Microsoft in 1997, it was the default browser on Mac OS and OS X from 1998 until 2003 when it was superseded by Safari with the release of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Later versions, particularly with the release of version 5 which included the Tasman layout engine.Īs a result of the five-year agreement between Apple Inc.
Initial versions were developed from the same code as Internet Explorer for Windows. Internet Explorer for Mac (also referred to as Internet Explorer for Macintosh, Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition, Internet Explorer:mac or IE:mac) was a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform.
