Microsoft is proud to introduce Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 3.1 Preview 1. This release includes the premier Internet client for Windows 3.1, Outlook Express (an integrated e-mail and news program) and the Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java.

Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 has all of the best features of Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95 - available now for users of Windows 3.1.

Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 3.1 is modeled after the award-winning Windows 95 version, so it is easy to learn and easy to use. This means that if you ever decide to upgrade to Windows 95, you won't have to worry about learning new software - once you know how to use Internet Explorer on one computer, you know how to use it on any computer. When you send mail from Windows 3.1 using Outlook Express you can be sure that someone who uses the Windows 95 version will see your mail exactly the way you wrote it. If you write web pages you'll be pleased that Internet Explorer for Windows 95 and Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 use the same rendering engine so web pages will look identical in both browsers.

Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 3.1 has all of the cutting edge features that you expect from Internet Explorer. Dynamic HTML extends the capabilities of the web, allowing Internet Explorer to display richer and more interactive pages. Subscriptions deliver the information that you care about directly to your computer. Outlook Express allows you to send interesting and exciting e-mail messages which use HTML to include color, pictures, or sounds. Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 is tuned to work with your existing hardware and software. This means that you have immediate access to all of the latest and greatest Internet features, without needing to buy expensive hardware and system software upgrades.

This site showcases all of the great features that are available in Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 3.1. For more information about Internet Explorer, take a look at the Internet Explorer site on the web.

Note to Web Authors: Pages created using Dynamic HTML for Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95 Platform Preview 1 or Preview 2 may not work correctly in this release. This is because the Dynamic HTML object model for this release includes many, but not all of the Preview 2 enhancements.

We do not recommend writing pages which use the Windows 3.1 Preview 1 Object Model. Developers should create content which uses the Windows 95 Preview 2 Dynamic HTML Object Model, which will be supported in the next preview release of Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 3.1.