Developed specifically for use with Windows 95 operating system
New HTML Extensions -- Marquees, AVI (Audio Video Interleave) inline video clips, selectable fonts, background sounds
Support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and RSA encryption technology
E-mail support integrated with Exchange Inbox included in Windows 95, so all mail can be viewed from same location
Mail package also supports Internet MIME standard for multimedia mail
VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) ready -- Internet Explorer will have 3-D viewer
HTTP-KeepAlive -- Open and download multiple items over same HTTP connection instead of opening new connection for each file -- since most Web pages are made up of several files from same server
Download status indicator -- When you minimize Internet Explorer during download, icon changes to give status indicator on progress of download
Internet Explorer is part of Microsoft Internet Jumpstart Kit and Microsoft Plus!
Various viewers (for example, RealAudio Player) already integrated