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Cross-Platform Functionality
With Internet Explorer 4.0, content authors can easily create pages that run on all platforms—the 32-bit Windows® platforms, Windows 3.1, Macintosh®, and Unix. In particular, core Dynamic HTML (DHTML) and Active Channel functionality are cross-platform.
The following DHTML features are supported across platforms:
- Full CSS 1 Core
- CSS—Positioning
- DHTML—Dynamic Styles
- DHTML—Stylesheet Object Model
- DHTML—Element Collection
- DHTML—Event Model
- DHTML—Core Dynamic Content: innerHTML, outerHTML, and associated methods
- Data Binding
- HTML 4 support
- HTML dialogs
The following Active Channel functionality is supported across platforms:
- General CDF support
- Subscriptions, notification, offline reading
In addition, several features are available on some platforms, but will degrade gracefully on other platforms:
- CSS Filters and Transitions. On some platforms, the filters and transitions may degrade to a basic filter or transition effect.
- Font Download. If a platform does not support font download, the specified font will be substituted by another font already on the computer.
- User Profile—Object Model. If a platform does not support this feature, it will appear as though the user has disabled it.
Win32 Premium Platforms
In addition to the cross-platform functionality, the versions of Internet Explorer 4.0 for the 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT®) support additional premium functionality, including:
- Multimedia controls
- DHTML—Extended Dynamic Content: the TextRange, Table object model, and associated methods
- Data Binding—Remote Data Service
- XML parser ActiveX control
- Active Channels: page hit logging
- Active Channels: display as screen saver
- Active Channels: display as desktop component
In the future, support for the above features might be added to additional platforms based on customer demand.
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