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Microsoft won industry-wide acclaim for the innovations we introduced to the browser interface with Internet Explorer 3.0. Our objective at the beginning of the Internet Explorer 4.0 project was to crank up the dial and take the Internet client a full quantum leap forward—building a browser that would electrify the end user's Internet experience, and providing a foundation so others could contribute to a new generation of exciting, interactive, and functional Web content. The Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 4.0 demonstrates we're right on target in fulfilling those goals when we deliver the final product later this year.

Check out the many features below.

Internet Explorer 4.0 delivers the best performance across today's wide range of Internet standards and technologies—including Microsoft's innovative new Dynamic HTML—allowing authors to create and users to experience a new generation of exciting and useful content on the Web. Click the links below for a preview.
Dynamic HTML brings new interactivity, excitement, and functionality to Web pages. ActiveXÖ provides a broad range of exciting software components for Web pages. Java brings additional excitement and value to Web pages.		Breakthroughs in multimedia delivery provide state-of-the-art video, sound, and animation in very small data packages. ActiveX Scripting lets ActiveX controls "talk" to each other and to other Web applets. Now help is built into Web pages.
Internet Explorer 4.0 makes browsing the Web easier and more personalized, faster, and more secure. Click the links below to see how.
AutoComplete recalls Internet addresses so you don't have to re-type them each time. You don't have to be connected to the Internet—and worry about connection time—when you view sites offline. Just drag and drop a cool site on the Links bar! Tired of surfing several sites for local news, sports, and weather? Customize the Internet Start page! Ratings services protect your family or business from inappropriate content. This handy tool gets you up and surfing in a matter of minutes.		The new Search Bar lets you see search engine results and pages at the same time. Find out fast when one of your favorite Web pages has been updated! Re-arrange your favorite sites by dragging and dropping them. Stronger security features ensure that your communications and even Internet commerce remain private. Get a "bird's-eye view" of your favorite Web sites or important folders.