# MSN Explorer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-explorer/41894>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-explorer/41894 "2000-11-19T23:49:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-explorer/41894/1 "2000-11-19T23:49:53Z")

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Does anybody know what MSN explorer is? Is it just a cutsey “skin” for IE5? Or is it another browser all together?

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-explorer/41894/2 "2000-11-20T02:17:06Z")

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It uses the core of the IE engine. It’s just a cute skin.