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IE4 -- 11MB IE5 -- 56MB IE6 -- 13MB Their sizes seem to be off (or including something extra). But there definitely is a huge change in IE5 requirements. I'm g

by hajile 8y ago

IE4 -- 11MB IE5 -- 56MB IE6 -- 13MB Their sizes seem to be off (or including something extra). But there definitely is a huge change in IE5 requirements. I'm guessing that's related to the US v Microsoft antitrust bundling lawsuit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_4#System_requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_4#System_req... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_5#System_and_hardware_requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_5#System_and... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6#System_requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6#System_req...

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
I wonder if IE 6 could lean more on existing libraries (renderers etc) in the OS itself; maybe the IE 6 version for older systems than Windows XP were comparable in size to IE 5?
micmil 8y ago
That seems likely. What's funny is how Edge (and eventually IE) became even more entrenched in the system than before, yet nobody cares anymore. Almost like the whole thing was a bunch of arm-waving by nerds and regulators that wanted to pretend they knew what was going on.
- ma2rten 8y ago
  IE is not the dominant browser anymore and Windows is not the dominant OS anymore (if you consider mobile). Instead Google got a huge fine in Europe now for being the default search engine on Android.