Screen Shots

Internet Explorer 4.0 has undergone numerous changes throughout its development. Catch a glimpse at what its appearance has been before the final release.

Final

The following screen shots are of the Internet Explorer 4.0 final release.

A visitor's active desktop (26k).

Previews

The following screen shots are of the IE 4.0 Preview 2 and interim versions before its release.

The new Active Desktop (51k) with Active Channels.
A desktop view of channels (28k).
Options for customizing security zones (22k). (Microsoft)
New 3-D toobar (12k) with channels.
A slightly different version of the 3-D toolbar (8k).

The control panel (12k) with Web View enabled.
Outlook Express (10k) with the default interface.

Alpha

These images are screen shots from throughout the IE alpha cycle. The final version of Internet Explorer 4.0 will appear different than what these images indicate due to numerous changes and updates.

The Start Menu (5k) had a Browse the Web option with Smart Favorites as one of its items.
The coding (8k) for the new interface is generated automatically from HTML template documents in the windows\web folder.
Hyperlinks give one-click access to desktop icons (5k) and folders (3k) in Windows Explorer.
The Internet (16k) has a special HTML template to describe its contents.
The Windows (17k) folder in My Computer. Note the forward and back buttons on the toolbar and the Tasks folder.
My Computer alone (17k) and in Windows Explorer (21k).
The active desktop with MSNBC (8k) or Pointcast (24k) news. Pointcast even has live stock (18k) updates running on recent alphas.
Browsing from Windows Explorer (32k). The toolbar is dynamic and changes into a browsing toolbar when viewing web pages.
The desktop (24k) and control panel (30k) from an early IE 4 alpha.